2021 Beach Volleyball Roster

41 Caroline Schafer

  • Position Player
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Miramonte
  • Hometown Orinda, Calif.

Biography

Career (2018-2021):
• Graduated in Spring 2021 with a degree in business administration 
• 2021 All-Pac-12 First Team
• 2019 All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Two-time All-Pac-12 All-Academic honoree 
• Collected 66 wins while playing all over the Cal lineup the third-most victories by a Cal player in school history.
• Compiled a winning percentage of .667, which ranks seventh in school history.
• Had the highest career winning percentage of any Cal player at the No. 4 pair, winning 80.6% of her matches
• Member of two of the top five pairs in school history according to total wins, recording 23 with Mia Merino and 22 with Mima Mirkovic  
• Has the most wins at the No. 1 and No. 4 pair in school history, with 23 wins alongside Mia Merino at No. 4  and 21 with Mima Mirkovic at the top pair
• Has two of the top seven career winning percentages for a pair in school history with a .821 with Mia Merino and a .818 alongside Jordan Polo

As a Senior (2021):
• First Team All-Pac-12 
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Posted a 20-8 record while partnering with Mima Mirkovic, primarily at the top spot in the lineup
• Recorded 10 ranked wins over No. 7 Loyola Marymount, No. 6 Hawaii, No. 5 Cal Poly, No. 12 Arizona, No. 7 Stanford, No. 11 Pepperdine, No. 10 Stanford, No. 10 Stanford, No. 8 Grand Canyon and No. 8 Arizona 
• Teamed with Mirkovic to record 20 wins, tied for third-most wins in a season by a Cal pair and fifth-most by any individual in a season
• Had a .714 winning percentage, the ninth-best mark in school history
• Recorded 19 wins at the top spot in the lineup, most at the No. 1 pair by any Cal duo
• Named Pac-12 Pair of the Week alongside Mirkovic on April 21 after going 4-0 and defeating three ranked teams at the Pac-12/WCC Challenge 

As a Junior (2020):
• Notched a 9-1 record while playing in the second spot in the lineup.
• Collected victories over no. 19 Arizona State and no. 5 USC, helping Cal to victories in both matches.
• Partnered with Jordan Polo to win nine straight matches and help Cal to a no. 9 ranking in the AVCA poll. 

As a Sophomore (2019):
• All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Notched a record of 12-17 during the 2019 season while playing in the top two pairs for the Bears
• Recorded three wins over pairs from ranked teams

As a Freshman (2018):
• Finished the season as the fifth-ranked No. 4 pair in the country (with Mia Merino) by collegebeachvb.com with a 23-5 record (25-7 overall)
• Went 10-4 against pairs from ranked teams with Merino, including two wins over USC when Trojans were ranked in the top-5

Personal:
• Qualifier for the FIVB U21 World Championships in Udon Thani, Thailand in 2019
• Member of the the USA High Performance National A2 Team
• Participated in the NVCA Select Team USA High Performance Championships
• Won the bronze medal in the 18U division at the 2016 CVBA Cal Cup
• Took bronze medal at the 2015 AAU Nationals
• Three-time Indoor All-Diablo Foothill League selection
• Two-time Indoor All-NCS pick
• Parents are Dave Schafer and Barb Brawner

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