2023 Beach Volleyball Roster

12 Ainsley Radell

  • Position Player
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Monte Vista HS
  • Hometown Moraga, Calif.

Biography

Career (2020-22):
• Ninth in career wins in school history with 53
• 12th in school history in winning percentage with a .654 mark in her career
• Recorded 34 wins at the No. 2 spot in the lineup, the most of any player in school history
• Named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team in 2021 and 2022

As a Junior (2022):
• Became the 10th Bear in program history to record 50 wins with a victory over No. 17 Arizona at the Pac-12 Tournament
• Posted a 25-13 mark and recording the seventh-most wins by an individual in a season (25)  
• Went 19-12 while playing at the top three spots with Ava Mann, tying for the sixth-most wins in school history by a pair in a season
• Recorded four ranked wins over No. 15 Long Beach State, No. 9 Hawaii, No. 12 Cal Poly and No. 16 Long Beach State alongside Mann
• Went 3-0 with wins over No. 17 Arizona and No. 8 Stanford at the Pac-12 Tournament while playing alongside Ashley Delgado as the pair was named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team 
• Won her match alongside Delgado at the NCAA Tournament as the pair beat No. 6 LSU at No. 2. 

As a Sophomore (2021):
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Tallied a 19-9 overall record, partnering with Jordan Polo primarily at the No. 2 spot in the lineup
• Tied for the ninth-most single season individual wins in school history with 19 
• Tied for the fifth-most single season pair wins in school history with 19 alongside Polo 
• Secured ranked wins over No. 6 Hawaii at the top pair and No. 12 Stanford, No. 7 Stanford, No. 11 Pepperdine, No. 10 Stanford, No. 5 Loyola Marymount, No. 9 Stanford and No. 8 Arizona at the second spot in the lineup
• Named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team after going 2-1 at the Pac-12 Championship and winning the deciding match in Cal's upset win over No. 8 Arizona

As a Freshman (2020):
• Compiled an overall record of 9-1.
• Recorded wins against no. 19 Arizona State and no. 5 USC. 
• Teamed with Maddie Micheletti to go 8-0 at the fourth spot in the lineup.

High School:
• AVCA Second-Team High School All-American
• Honor Roll all four years of high school at Monte Vista HS
• Johns Hopkins Scholar
• Community service with Amigos de las Americas
• Played for Kleos Beach Volleyball Club with coach Derek Olson
• Finished in the top five at the national championships in 2018
• Placed second at the regional HP USA Tournament
• Played on the National U19 Team  

Personal:
• Parents are Scott and Paige
• Majoring in business administration
• Has three younger siblings named Matt, Aaron and Emery
• Won Junior Olympics for swimming twice at the ages of 12 and 13
• Her soccer team won nationals
• Started playing volleyball as a freshman in high school

Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

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    6'1"
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    2021Sophomore

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    2022Junior

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    6'1"
    12
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    2023Senior

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