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Abby Tadder
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Position
6'2''
Height
Junior
Class
San Diego, Calif.
Hometown
Point Loma
High School
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2024
- With seven blocks against Middle Tennessee State (9/18), cracked UVA’s top-10 career blocks list
- Quest for the Crown All-Tournament Team
- Appeared in 32 matches, starting 32, and played 121 sets
- Tallied 313 kills and averaged 2.04 kills per set, finishing second on the team
- Led the team in blocks (119), blocks per set (0.98) and points (395)
- Tied her career-high three solo blocks against West Virginia (9/13)
- Finished her career ranked third in UVA history with an attack percentage of .287
- Ended her career ranked eighth in UVA history with 413 total blocks
- Concluded her career tied for ninth in UVA history, averaging 0.96 blocks per set
- Named to the 2024 ACC All-Academic Team
2023
- Cavalier Classic All-Tournament Team
- Hit .909 (10-0-11) in UVA’s season-opening win over Rider (8/25)
- Her .909 hitting clip tied her for No. 2 all-time in UVA single-match history
- Appeared in 26 matches, including 25 starts
- Finished first on the team in hitting percentage (.311)
- Led the team in kills (299)
- Second on the team in blocks (92) and blocks per set (.95)
- Posted a career-high 21 kills against Notre Dame (Nov. 12)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
2022
- All-ACC Academic Team
- Appeared in all 29 matches, including 27 starts, and played in all 115 sets
- Finished second on the team and ninth in the ACC in hitting percentage (.333)
- Her .333 hitting percentage tied for 10th all-time in program history in a single season
- Led the team in total blocks (114.0), blocks per set (0.99), block solos (10) and block assists (104)
- Recorded a career-best three block solos in UVA’s sweep over Notre Dame (10/23)
- Registered a career-high 18 kills and hit .517 in UVA’s five-set win over Florida State (10/14)
- Xavier Tournament All-Tournament Team (9/3)
- Hit .625 (11-1-16) against Eastern Michigan (9/3)
- Gators Invitational All-Tournament Team (8/27)
- Posted a career-high 14 kills and five blocks, and hit .591 against ETSU (8/26)
- Competed in European Global Challenge (July 11-15) in Pula, Croatia
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
2021
- Appeared in all 28 matches, including 25 starts, and played in 98 sets
- Second on the team in total blocks (88.0) and blocks per set (0.90)
- Fifth on the team in kills (113) and kills per set (1.15)
- Recorded a season high 7.0 blocks on seven block assists at Boston College (Nov. 26)
- Posted a season-high nine kills and 13 points against Clemson (Oct. 10)
- ACC Honor Roll recipient
Background
- 2x San Diego First Team All-League selection (2019 & 2021)
- 2020 San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic Team selection
- 2019 Bishops School All-Tournament Team selection
- 2019 Bishops School All-Tournament Team
- 2018 San Diego Second Team All-League selection
- 2018 Field Level All-Tournament Team
- 2018 Division-3 State Champion
- Three-time Team MVP (2017, 2019, 2021)
- 4x Honor Roll recipient (2018-21)
- Led Coast Volleyball Club to a fifth-place finish in the Open Division at Girls Junior National Championship 2021 and 2019
- 2021 All-Tournament Team selection in the Open Division
- Led Coast Volleyball Club to a fifth-place finish in the National Division at Girls Junior National Championship in 2018
- 2018 All-Tournament Team selection in the National Division
Personal
- Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences
- Daughter of Jeff and Anne Tadder
- Has two sisters: Grace and Caroline
- Her grandfather, Arnold Morawa, played football at the University of Michigan (1961-1965)
- Her uncle, Tim Tadder, played played football at William & Mary (1990-94)
- Majoring in economics with a general business minor