University of California Athletics

CAREER HONORS

• 2024-25 ACC Academic Honor Roll
• 2024 All-ACC Academic

As a Junior (2025)

• Started in nine matches for the Bears, appearing in 28 total contests and 75 sets
• Posted 10 kills against No. 3 Pitt (Nov. 16)
• Posted 10 kills and four blocks against Florida State (Oct. 18)
• Totaled 12 kills on .320 hitting in Cal’s reverse sweep of No. 14 Miami (Oct. 16)
• Had a career-best 17 kills on .412 hitting and six blocks at Syracuse (Oct. 10)

As a Sophomore (2024)

• Appeared in 20 matches and 35 sets
• Totaled 25 kills on the year
• Posted a season-high 6 kills vs. San Francisco (Aug. 31)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• All-ACC Academic

As a Freshman (2023)

• Competed in 36 sets across 15 matches
• Totaled 80 kills and 13 blocks on the year
• Reached 10 kills against UCLA (Oct. 13)
• Notched 10 kills (.444) against Southern Utah (Sept. 2)
• Posted 13 kills against Fairfield (Aug. 26)
• Joined the Bears in Spring 2023

Prior to Cal: Competed for Walnut High School in 2022 and La Salle High School from 2019-21, as well as the T-Street Inland Empire club team… 2022 Varsity Walnut Summer League champion… in 2021, was named to the Division 2 All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section Team, the All-Del Rey League First Team and the Crescenta Valley Falcon All-Tournament Team, as well as earning Varsity Offensive Player of the Year honors from La Salle… that year, the team won the Del Rey League Championship, the Crescenta Valley Falcon Tournament and the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy (FSHA) Summer Classic… La Salle won the 2019 Crescenta Valley Falcon Tournament and the FHSA Summer Classic… four-year honor roll student.
 
Personal: Majoring in media studies… daughter of Hua Li and Cynthia Yao… father Hua was on the Shanghai men’s volleyball team and the Chinese National Beach Volleyball Team… mother Cynthia played for the Shanghai women’s volleyball team and the FuDan University women’s volleyball team.