Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: Two-year letterwinner. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2024.

Sophomore (2024):  Played in 21 of the 26 matches with two starts, totaling 67 sets. ... Racked up 144 assists, including the 500th of her career, with double-digit totals in five of the first six matches and seven matches overall. ... Had a season-high 19 assists in the opener against Cal State San Bernardino on Sept. 1. ... Came up with 105 digs, with a season-high 13 at Northwest Nazarene on Sept. 13. Made it a double-double with 13 assists, and now has 13 double-doubles for her career. ... On Oct. 10 at Western Washington with the Falcons down 2-0 in sets and 23-18 in Set 3, she was on the serve for the final seven points, with an ace on set point, to extend the match which SPU eventually won, 3-2.

Freshman (2023): Played in 26 of the 27 matches, totaling 95 of the 101 sets. … Led SPU in double-doubles (assist / dig) with 12. … Had double-digit assists in 24 of her 26 matches, all while splitting time with junior Emily Tulino on a 6-2 system. … Her first double-double was with career highs of 20 assists and 15 digs in a 3-2 victory against Concordia Irvine on Sept. 8. … Came back just a few hours later and set another career high with 22 assists in a 3-1 victory against Cal State San Marcos. … Topped her digs career high the next day with 17 in a 3-1 win against St. Edward’s. … Rewrote that one again on Nov. 2 with 21 in a 3-2 victory at Simon Fraser.

Personal: Sophia Teal Chambers. … Engineering major.

Northwest High School: Four-year varsity starter and three-year captain for the Texans. … As a senior in 2022, was named the District Co-MVP, the team MVP, and the All-Area Utility MVP. … Earned 1st-team All-District as a junior in 2021, and 2nd-team All-District as a freshman and sophomore. … Was an All-State alternate in 2021. Voted to the NISD Classic All-Tournament team in 2021.
 
Reason she chose SPU:  "I liked the fun area as well as the Seattle Pacific community. It really had everything I was looking for in a school."
 
Fun facts: Has played volleyball for 11 years prior to arriving at SPU. … Also has played basketball and beach volleyball. … If not for volleyball, would do gymnastics “because I like the difficulty and complexity of it.” … Favorite sport to watch is basketball. … Can’t say what the dumbest movie she has ever seen is “because I can’t sit through dumb movies.” … Book she just couldn’t put down was “The Inheritance Games.” … Favorite junk food is Sour Patch Kids. …  Favorite healthy food is pickled okra. … Favorite TV program is “Criminal Minds.” … Favorite teams are the Dallas Mavericks and Wrexham AFC. … Favorite athlete is US men’s national soccer team and Chelsea player Christian Pulisic. … Her dream vehicle is a Vespa. … Loves to shop for tennis shoes. … If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be American filmmaker Wes Anderson “because I think he is very creative and artistic, and I would like to know what inspires him to make his movies the way he does.” She would serve Pelini. … If she could be any action hero, would be Black Widow. … Her friends call her Soph, Sophie Lophie, or Sophapilla. … In 10 years, hopes to be helping send people to Mars.


CAREER STATISTICS
Yr    GP    K    E   TA   Pct  Ast  Ace   D   BS   BA   TB   Pts
23    95   12    5   45  .156  394   19  240   0    3    3   32.5
24    67    8    3   24  .208  144    5  105   0    1    1   13.5
TOT  162   20    8   69  .174  538   24  345   0    4    4   46.0