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Focused On The Details

As a Sophomore (2024)                                                  

• ACC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 2)
• Started all 32 matches and played in 114 sets
• Had the most total kills (463 – second-most in ACC) and kills per set (4.06 – third-most in ACC) by a Cal player since 2011
• Also ranked third in the ACC in points (512.0) and points per set (4.49)
• Averaged 4.01 kills per set and 4.39 points per set in ACC play, respectively ranking third and fourth in the conference that season
• Led the team in kills in 28 matches
• Posted 20 or more kills seven times, including four of the last five matches
• Started and ended the season with 10-straight double-digit kill outings apiece
• Tied for second on the team with seven double-doubles
• Posted four service aces in the season finale against Notre Dame (Nov. 30)
• Hit .381 with 27 kills and recorded 13 digs at Duke (Nov. 24)
• Totaled 20 kills (.395) at North Carolina (Nov. 22)
• Notched 24 kills and 18 digs against Virginia (Nov. 15)
• Totaled 28 kills (.328) at Saint Mary’s (Sept. 10) for the most by a Cal player all season; also posted 10 digs
• Hit .372 with 23 kills at Utah State (Sept. 6)
• Cal’s Gatorade Student Athlete of the Month (August)
• Rose City Showdown All-Tournament
• CSC Academic All-District
• All-ACC Academic

As a Freshman (2023)

• VolleyballMag All-America Honorable Mention - first freshman in program history to be recognized by VolleyballMag
• AVCA Pacific West Region Freshman of the Year – first in program history
• AVCA Pacific West Region Honorable Mention – first in program history and the only freshman that year to win All-Region honors of any kind
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Year – third in program history and first since 1990
• Only freshman to make the All-Pac-12 Team
• Was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week six times, tied for the second-most in conference history and for the most Pac-12 weekly awards in program history
• Started all 31 matches for the Bears and played in 113 sets.
• Ended the year with 441 kills, third-most in the conference and fourth-most among all Division I freshmen (41^st all D-I)
• Averaged 3.90 kills per set, fourth-most in the Pac-12 and fourth-most among all Division I freshmen (52^nd all D-I)
• Posted 491.5 points and 4.35 points per set, both fourth-most in the Pac-12 and the former ranking fourth among all Division I freshmen (Tied-49^th all D-I)
• Second on the team with 34 aces (14th Pac-12), third with 265 digs and fifth with 21 assists
• Her serving powered 16 scoring streaks of four-or-more consecutive points, third-most on the team
• Recorded 11 double-doubles on the year, tied for a team high
• Reached double-digit kills in 26 of Cal’s 31 matches, including a 12-match streak from Sept. 15-Oct. 22
• Posted 24 kills against Texas State (Sept. 8), a team-high that year
• Cal’s Gatorade Student Athlete of the Month (August)
• Wolf Pack Invitational All-Tournament
• Bobcat Classic MVP
• Army Invitational All-Tournament

Prior to Cal: Was on the Chinese Women’s National U20 Team in 2022, which took second place at the Asian U20 Women’s Championship… also a member of the Chinese Women’s National Team II, which took second place at the AVC Cup (Asian Cup) for Women… named Best Outside Hitter in the 9th Chinese National Traditional Sports League and MVP of the Beijing District High School Women’s Volleyball Championship in 2021… that year, she also helped lead her team to a second-place finish at the 9th Chinese National Traditional Sports League Tournament… the squad won the Beijing District High School Women’s Volleyball Championship in 2020… in 2019, they finished fourth in the Chinese School Volleyball Association National Volleyball Tournament.

Personal: Intends to major in business… plans to continue her volleyball career after graduation… daughter of Huijun (John) Li and Chunyuan (Cathy) Sheng… mother played for the Chinese National Junior Team and for Beihang University.