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2025 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

35 Renee Nachtigall

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Bernau, Germany
  • High School Paulus Praetorius Gymnasium
  • Prev School Hartnell College
  • Major Biology

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS (THROUGH 2024-25 SEASON)

  • Career Record: 5-10

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024-25)
Indoor: Missed the entire season recovering from an offseason injury.

Beach: Appeared in 15 matches in her first season with the Gaels...Appeared in 15 matches, 10 at the fives (4-6) and five at the fours (1-4)...Played in seven matches with Grace Travis at the #5 spot (3-4), five with Genevieve Bane at the #4 spot (1-4), two with Sedona Sherman at the fives (1-1) and one with Sarah Incitti at the fives (0-1)...First win with the Gaels came in her second collegiate match against Colorado Mesa at the fours.

PRIOR TO SAINT MARY'S: Quickly established herself to be one of the top junior college volleyball players in the country...In two seasons at Hartnell College, tallied 691 kills, 521 digs and 72 service aces, hitting over 0.350 for the entirety of her career...Was named All-Conference and All-Region as a freshman, but followed that up with a sophomore campaign for the ages...In 2024, led the Panthers to a 21-7 record, including an undefeated conference season...Was named the Coast Conference North MVP and an AVCA All-American after leading her conference in kills and hitting percentage, and ranking fourth in the state in the latter...Was also named first team All-Coast Conference North in Beach Volleyball, and was selected to go to the pairs state championship on the sand.

Club career in Germany was the stuff of legends...Led her team four times to the Brandenburg State Championship, and four more times led them to a second place finish at state...In her U14 and U16 years, took her team to the German National Championships, where each time they placed eighth overall...In her final season playing in her home country, she was six times named a match MVP, and was named to the All-Brandenburg State team every year from 2017-2020...Also played beach volleyball for her club, where she was a two time state runner up and a one time top-10 national finisher.

Favorite Volleyball Memory: The first time I got to play alongside my sister
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
What do you love most about Saint Mary’s: The beautiful campus
Favorite thing about SMC Volleyball: Welcoming, passionate and kind players and coaches
Favorite food or meal: Pizza Marinara
Top-3 favorite songs: May Be - Vincent Mason, Where I Belong - Simple Plan, You Don't Go to Parties - Five Seconds of Summer
Favorite Movies: Just Go With It, Narnia 2, 7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald
Personal Hobbies: Playing Guitar, Photography
One thing everyone should do in their lifetime: Feeling really passionate about something and  giving it your all
Describe yourself in one word: Reliable