SMC California Athletics

AS A SENIOR (2021)
Indoor: Appeared in 24 matches during her senior season in her first games since 2019...was the team's primary libero and put up the best numbers of her career, en route to earning All-WCC honorable mention honors for the first time in her career...ended the year with 295 digs and 3.28 digs per set, the second-most of her career...her digs per set number was top-five in the WCC...had the third-best receiving percentage on the team, and the best among defenders...recorded the most aces in a match of her career at LMU on November 6, when she put up four aces...15 times, Knudsen had 10+ digs in a match, including a season-best 21 against San Diego on November 18.

AS A JUNIOR (2020-21)
Indoor: Did not play during the 2021 spring season due to injury

Beach: Did not play during the 2021 season due to injury

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2019-20)
Indoor: Was one of just three Gaels to play in every set (106) as well as every match (28) during the 2019 season...Named to the WCC All-Academic First Team following the 2019 season...Collected 363 digs for an average of 3.42 per set...Earned 94 assists which was third-best on the team...Recorded 15 service aces on the season including a season-high three during the match against Cornell on September 13.

Beach: Appeared in all eight matches for the Gaels during the 2020 season…along with teammate Jennifer Laird, went 4-4 on the year, going 4-1 over their final five matches…picked up their first win of the year over No. 20 Stanford on February 29…won their only conference bout against Santa Clara on March 10.

AS A FRESHMAN Beach (2017-18), Indoor (2018-19)
Beach: Joined the Gaels for the beach season in the spring and earned 2018 All-WCC Beach Volleyball Freshman Team honors … Made an immediate impact in her first season of beach volleyball primarily at the No. 4 spot … Finished the season 12-14 individually, going 10-13 with partner Lindsey Calvin … Played eight matches that went to third sets over the course of the season winning five of them… She and Calvin defeated nationally ranked team LMU three times … They defeated East Bay rival California to secure a 3-2 victory for the Gaels on Feb. 24, defeating Micheletti and Schafer in three sets.

Indoor: Redshirted. Played in eight matches and 34 sets for Saint Mary's during the 2018 ... Collected her season-high 22 digs during the match against Cal Baptist as well as her season-high five assist during the same match.

Beach: Redshirted.

PRIOR TO SAINT MARY'S: Named Foothill League Player of the Year as a senior in 2016, which followed a first team all-league as a junior in 2015 at Valencia High School … Is a challenging defensive specialist/librero that helped the Vikings win back-to-back Foothill League championships … Earned a spot in the California Interscholastic Federation state championship tournament in 2015 … Collected 400 or more digs as a junior and senior … Is one of the best servers in the class that tallied 80 service aces to her name over two varsity seasons … Older sister is Lindsey Knudsen, an SMC alumna.

Favorite volleyball memory: Literally any time I get to play volleyball with my family.

Favorite holiday: Christmas

What do you love most about Saint Mary's: The campus is breathtaking and I love the sense of community

What do you love most about SMC Volleyball: I love that everyone is so talented and that we all share the same goals of success and friendship

Favorite food: Chicken Curry

Favorite songs: Olana by Marc Cohn, Son of Man by Phil Collins, and any country song ever

Favorite movies: Napoleon Dynamite, School of Rock, or any Marvel movie

Personal hobbies: Reading, eating, sleeping, listening to music

Personal motto or favorite quote: Practice like you've never won. Perform like you've never lost.

One thing everyone should do in their lifetime: Take a class or learn more about something that really interests them, even if there's no reason/way to use it in daily life

Describe yourself in one word: Sassy