2025 Volleyball Roster

2 Sophia Johnson

  • Position Defensive Specialist/Libero
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Junior
  • Last School(s) Wayzata HS
  • Hometown Wayzata, Minn.

Biography

CAREER HONORS
  • 2025 California Tournament MVP
  • 2024-25 ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2024 All-ACC Academic

As a Sophomore (2024)
  • Played in all 32 matches with six starts and appeared in 114 total sets
  • Tied for the top receiving performance nationwide by a defensive specialist in Week 13 (2.58)
  • Tied for the third-best receiving performance nationwide by a defensive specialist in Week 12 (2.52)
  • Posted a career-high 21 digs vs. Virginia (Nov. 15)
  • Matched her career high of four service aces at Notre Dame (Sept. 29) and against Virginia Tech (Nov. 14)
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • All-ACC Academic

As a Freshman (2023)
  • Competed in 108 sets across 30 matches
  • Her serving powered a team-high 27 streaks of four-or-more points, including a 16-point streak against Saint Mary’s (Calif.) on Sept. 6.
  • Posted four aces against Washington (Nov. 3) and had three additional three-ace matches
  • Fifth on the team with 177 digs and 23 aces

Prior to Cal: Ranked as Prep Dig’s No. 2 libero and No. 13 overall player in Minnesota… was the 2022 Wayzata High School varsity captain, leading a team that had been undefeated since 2019… named All-Minnesota State and All-Lake Conference in 2022, as well as AVCA All-Region and Minnesota All-Metro Second Team… also earned Wayzata’s Outstanding Teammate Award that year… earned All-Lake Conference Honorable Mention status in 2020 and 2021… the team was ranked No. 1 in the state each year from 2020-22 (No. 8 nationally in 2021), earning section and conference championships for all three years as well as Class 4A State Championships in both 2021 and 2022… Wayzata volleyball was named the most outstanding female team for the All-Metro area by the Minneapolis Star Tribune in 2021… also played for MN Select 18-1 Club Volleyball, which was ranked No. 13 nationally prior to the 2022-23 season… the team took first place at the Northern Lights Qualifier and placed in a power pool for the Triple Crown in both 2022 and 2023… finished second at the Girls Junior National Championship in 2022 and took fifth at the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Nationals… took first place at that year’s North County Region Qualifier and second place at the Show Me Qualifier... was in the National Honor Society from 2021-22 and was named an AAU Volleyball Academic All-American from 2020-2

Personal: Majoring in business at Cal… pursuing a career in marketing or international business…is a member of the planning committee for Cal's Go Girls, Go Bears, Go Play event...  daughter of Jerry and Emily Johnson.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2023Freshman

    Libero
    5'9"
    2
  • 2

    2024Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'9"
    2
  • 2

    2025Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'9"
    2