2025 Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 9
Avery Shimaitis
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sugar Land, Texas
- Major:
- Integrated Studies - Business and Consumer Science and Social Sciences
- High School:
- George Ranch HS
- Prev School:
- Pepperdine
Bio
JUNIOR (2024): College Sport Communicators Academic All-District … Played in 101 sets across 28 matches, making 20 starts … One of six Cougars to play in all 28 matches … Finished second on the team with 0.46 blocks per set … Placed third on the team with 205 kills, 2.03 kills per set, 229.5 points and 2.27 points per set … Led Houston in kills in three matches and blocks in two matches … Posted 11 kills, her first double-digit kill effort, in her Cougar debut at Omaha (Aug. 30) … Hit .706 behind a 13-1-17 line against East Texas A&M (Sept. 19) … Earned 11 kills against Ole Miss (Sept. 20) … Hit .450 with nine kills and a season-high eight digs at Kansas State (Sept. 25) … Notched 12 kills at #9 Kansas (Sept. 27) … Boasted five blocks against West Virginia (Oct. 4) … Earned 13 kills and hit .300 against Iowa State (Oct. 9) … Tallied 11 kills at Baylor (Nov. 23) … Posted 12 kills at Texas Tech (Nov. 27) … Season highs: 13 kills, 1 assist, 8 digs, 5 blocks, 14.5 points.
SOPHOMORE (2023 at Pepperdine): Played in 14 sets across nine matches ... Tallied 15 kills on the year, including a season-high five against UCLA (Sept. 7) and Gonzaga (Nov. 7) ... Also added five blocks.
FRESHMAN (2022 at Pepperdine): Appeared in 17 matches and 36 sets during her freshman campaign … Posted 58 kills and averaged 1.82 points per set … Recorded a career-high nine kills against Texas A&M Corpus Christi (Aug. 26) ... Tallied 13 blocks and four digs.
CLUB: Played for Houston Skyline for four years and helped the team win Nationals in her 15’s year at the Open … Skyline tabbed an eighth-place finish in 18’s Open Nationals in 2022 as well.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from George Ranch High School in Houston, Texas in 2022 … Lettered for years as an outside in the District 20-6A conference while at GRHS … Throughout her career, amassed 1,364 kills, 290 blocks and 575 digs … As a senior, earned VYPE Hitter of the Year honors, AVCA All-American first team, AVCA Best and Brightest first team and to the AVCA High School All-Region first team … Garnered All-District 20-6A first team status as well as the district’s Most Valuable Player … Named PrepVolleyball High School All-American nominee … Also excelled in the classroom, tabbing TGCA Academic All-State, THSCA Academic All State second team, GHVCA All-Academic and District 20-6A Academic All-District honors … As a junior, tabbed a spot on PrepVolleyball’s Top-150, as well as AVCA Phenom lists … Named to District 20-6A first team, GHVCA Postseason Team and helped lead her team to a 20-6A District Co-Champion finish, as well as a 6A Bi-District Championship and a 6 Area Finalist finish … Earned Academic All-District … In her sophomore campaign, recognized as an AVCA All-American phenom, District 23-6A first team, All-Area first team and led her team to a 6A Bi-District State playoff … Earned a spot on the District 23-6A first team and to GHVCA and TAVC All-Academic teams … In her freshman season, was a part of a team that was All-District 23-6A, 6A Bi-District and 6A Area Champions, propelling the squad to a 6A Regional semifinal appearance.
PERSONAL: Majoring in business at Pepperdine … Daughter of Jennifer and Richard Shimaitis … Has one sibling, Jordan … Stated that she chose to attend Pepperdine because ‘I really loved the team culture … and watching how they interacted with each other confirmed it’s more of a family atmosphere. The coaches were a big influence as well because they showed me that we are more than just athletes from.’
FAVORITES: Jalen Green (pro athlete) … Houston Astros (pro team) … Behind Closed Doors (book) … Top Gun (movie) … Stranger Things (tv show) … Harry Styles and Justin Bieber (musical artists) … avocado toast (food) … baseball (sport other than volleyball) … shopping and hanging with friends (hobbies/pastimes).
SOPHOMORE (2023 at Pepperdine): Played in 14 sets across nine matches ... Tallied 15 kills on the year, including a season-high five against UCLA (Sept. 7) and Gonzaga (Nov. 7) ... Also added five blocks.
FRESHMAN (2022 at Pepperdine): Appeared in 17 matches and 36 sets during her freshman campaign … Posted 58 kills and averaged 1.82 points per set … Recorded a career-high nine kills against Texas A&M Corpus Christi (Aug. 26) ... Tallied 13 blocks and four digs.
CLUB: Played for Houston Skyline for four years and helped the team win Nationals in her 15’s year at the Open … Skyline tabbed an eighth-place finish in 18’s Open Nationals in 2022 as well.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from George Ranch High School in Houston, Texas in 2022 … Lettered for years as an outside in the District 20-6A conference while at GRHS … Throughout her career, amassed 1,364 kills, 290 blocks and 575 digs … As a senior, earned VYPE Hitter of the Year honors, AVCA All-American first team, AVCA Best and Brightest first team and to the AVCA High School All-Region first team … Garnered All-District 20-6A first team status as well as the district’s Most Valuable Player … Named PrepVolleyball High School All-American nominee … Also excelled in the classroom, tabbing TGCA Academic All-State, THSCA Academic All State second team, GHVCA All-Academic and District 20-6A Academic All-District honors … As a junior, tabbed a spot on PrepVolleyball’s Top-150, as well as AVCA Phenom lists … Named to District 20-6A first team, GHVCA Postseason Team and helped lead her team to a 20-6A District Co-Champion finish, as well as a 6A Bi-District Championship and a 6 Area Finalist finish … Earned Academic All-District … In her sophomore campaign, recognized as an AVCA All-American phenom, District 23-6A first team, All-Area first team and led her team to a 6A Bi-District State playoff … Earned a spot on the District 23-6A first team and to GHVCA and TAVC All-Academic teams … In her freshman season, was a part of a team that was All-District 23-6A, 6A Bi-District and 6A Area Champions, propelling the squad to a 6A Regional semifinal appearance.
PERSONAL: Majoring in business at Pepperdine … Daughter of Jennifer and Richard Shimaitis … Has one sibling, Jordan … Stated that she chose to attend Pepperdine because ‘I really loved the team culture … and watching how they interacted with each other confirmed it’s more of a family atmosphere. The coaches were a big influence as well because they showed me that we are more than just athletes from.’
FAVORITES: Jalen Green (pro athlete) … Houston Astros (pro team) … Behind Closed Doors (book) … Top Gun (movie) … Stranger Things (tv show) … Harry Styles and Justin Bieber (musical artists) … avocado toast (food) … baseball (sport other than volleyball) … shopping and hanging with friends (hobbies/pastimes).
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