2019 Volleyball Roster

12 Taylor Ristvedt

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Height 6-2
  • Hometown Portland, Ore.
  • High School Cleveland

Biography

2018: Had a breakout junior campaign, becoming SOU's first Cascade Conference Player of the Year since 2010 and the ninth NAIA All-American in team history as a second-team selection... Also a member of the Academic All-CCC team and an All-West Region pick... Ranked third in the CCC with a .345 attacking average and fourth at 3.4 kills per set, making her the only player in the circuit among the top-five in both categories... Totaled 400 kills, the most for any Raider in four years, and hit double figures in 23 matches with a .200 average or better in all but two of those... Deposited 29 kills before her first attacking error of the season, and in her most efficient weekend, at Northwest and Evergreen on Sept. 21-22, recorded 34 kills compared to only two errors... Over five matches at the NAIA National Tournament, posted a team-high 68 kills on a .306 average... Had a season-high 22 kills on a career-high 55 swings on Sept. 1 in a five-set win at College of Idaho where she also had a season-high seven blocks... Average 0.7 blocks per set on the year.

2017: A Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete and Academic All-CCC team member, as well as an All-CCC honorable mention pick... Emerged as SOU's top hitter during her second season of action, starting all 26 matches and totaling 278 kills (2.81/set) on a .273 average... Ranked ninth among all CCC players in kills per set, and in conference matches averaged 2.9... Established a career-high with 23 kills on 46 attacks (.391) in a five-set match against Northwest Christian on Nov. 7, the 13th and final time of the season she reached double figures... Also had 18 kills on 39 attacks in a four-set win against Oregon Tech on Sept. 6... Recorded a season-high seven blocks on Aug. 16 against The Master's and finished the season with 65 (0.7/set), the third-most on the team.

2016: Became SOU's primary right-side hitter during her redshirt-freshman season, starting 27 of 28 matches... Averaged 2.1 kills per set, the third-best mark on the team, on an attacking average of .171... Was third on the team in blocks with 79 for a clip of 0.8 per set... Had a season-high eight blocks in the second match of the season, Aug. 18 against Montana Tech, and a season-high 15 kills on 30 attacks in a Sept. 3 road sweep of Northwest Christian.

2015: Redshirted.

High School: Four-year volleyball letterwinner and three-year basketball letterwinner at Cleveland High, from which she graduated in 2015… A three-time conference all-star who was the Portland Interscholastic League's player of the year and a first-team all-state selection as a junior.

Personal: Born on March 27, 1997 in Portland, Ore... Parents are Reed and Kristy (who played softball at Iowa State) and family includes two younger sisters, Kylie (who competes at University of Portland) and Ella (now a teammate at SOU)... Majoring in environmental science.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2015Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    12
  • 12

    2016Redshirt Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    12
  • 12

    2017Redshirt Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    12
  • 12

    2018Redshirt Junior

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    12
  • 12

    2019Redshirt Senior

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    12