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π Look who made #SCTop10 last night, @shaffermary14!!#GoHoosβοΈ pic.twitter.com/SbUtlXYPpa
— Virginia Volleyball (@UVAVolleyball) October 9, 2021
14
Mary Shaffer
OH/RS
Position
6'0''
Height
Junior
Class
Cincinnati, Ohio
Hometown
Saint Ursula Academy
High School / Club
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2021
- All-ACC Academic selection
- Appeared in 28 matches, including 26 starts, and played in 99 sets
- Third on the team in kills per set (1.91) and total kills (189)
- Fourth on the team in hitting percentage (.175)
- Tournament MVP of UVA’s second home tournament (Sept. 17-18)
- Posted a career-high 14 kills against Clemson (Oct. 10) and Bellarmine (Sept. 17)
- Recorded a career-high eight digs against Ohio State (Sept. 11)
- Notched a career-best six blocks in four matches: Hofstra (Aug. 28), Akron (Sept. 3), at Wake Forest (Nov. 12) and at Boston College (Nov. 26)
- Posted double-digit kills in sweeps over Bellarmine, Georgetown and Fairleigh Dickinson, including 14 kills against BU (Sept. 17).
- All-tournament selection in UVA’s first home tournament (Sept. 3-4)
- Maryland Invite (Aug. 27-28) all-tournament selection
- Appeared on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top-10 Plays – at No. 3 – for keeping a ball in play with her foot before registering a block assist
2020
- Appeared in two matches and appeared in three sets
HIGH SCHOOL
- AVCA High School All-America Honorable Mention
- First-team All-State in 2019 and second-team selection in 2018
- Two-time All-District and All-Girls Catholic first team selections
CLUB
- Played six seasons for Tri-State Elite
PERSONAL
- Undeclared major within arts & sciences
- Daughter of Robert and Janie Shaffer
- Mother, Janie, played volleyball at Duke and was a three-time ACC champion
- Janie Shaffer was recruited by then-Kentucky assistant coach and current Florida head coach Mary Wise, who Virginia head coach Shannon Wells served under as the associate head coach at UF