Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... All-GNAC honorable mention in 2016, 2017, 2018. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2016, 2017, 2018. ... Preseason All-GNAC in 2018. ... Falcon Award for Excellence in 2019.
Senior (2018): Started all 27 matches and all 104 games. ... Broke SPU career assists record on Nov. 3 at Alaska Fairbanks with the 4,010th of her career. It came midway through Game 1 when Gabby Oddo took Tran's set and softly tipped it over the net and onto the floor. That broke the mark of 4,009 established by Jenna Von Moos from 2003-06. Tran finished her career with 4,149 assists. ... Had 1,056 assists for the year, her third straight season of topping a grand. ... That included five matches of 50 or more, and eight matches in the 40s. ... Had a single-sesaon best 341 digs, giving her 1,240 for her career. Her 1,000th in that category came on Sept. 8 in a four-game win at Simon Fraser ... Had 16 assist / dig double-doubles for the season, giving her 61 for her career. ... Had 51 blocks for the season, giving her 205 for her career. ... Set a career high with 14 attacks at Concordia-Portland on Oct. 11, putting four of those onto the floor. ... Delivered a career-high 4 service aces in the season opener against Fresno Pacific on Aug. 24. ... Had 16 error-free matches on the attack.
Junior (2017): Started all 28 matches and all 114 games. ... Set up a single-season best 1,176 assists, her second straight year topping 1,000. ... Total included her 3,000th career assist, coming on Nov. 16 at Western Oregon. ... Her average of 10.32 assists per game tied for No. 3 in the GNACÂ and pushed her career per-game average up to 9.88. ... Recorded a career-high 68 assists in a five-game battle at home against Western Washington on Nov. 9. ... Prior to that, tied career high with 58 assists at Alaska Fairbanks on Sept. 21. ... In that same match, tied career high with 5 kills. ... Had 50 or more assists in seven matches. ... Logged 17 assist-dig double-doubles, with a string of 8 in a row from Sept. 14 through Oct. 7. ... Her 329 digs ranked No. 3 on the team. ... Served 23 aces, the second-highest total on the team. ... Had 12 error-free hitting matches with 2 or more kills. ... Came through with by far her finest year offensively, with single-season bests of 54 kills (previous 32), 158 attacks (previous 107), and a .241 hitting percentage (previous .159).Â
Sophomore (2016): Started all 28 matches and all 106 games. ... Posted a team-leading 16 double-doubles, all assist-dig. ... Racked up 1,085 assists for the season, the first Falcon to top the millennium mark since 2012, when Shelby Swanson had 1,105. ... Earned her 1,000th career assist late in SPU's three-game sweep of Humboldt State on Sept. 7 in the D2 West Region Showcase at Cal State Dominguez Hills. ... Set a then-career high 55 assists on Sept. 29 at Northwest Nazarene, tied it two nights later at Central Washington, then broke it with 58 on Oct. 15 at home against Western Washington, also recording a career-high 35 digs vs. the Vikings. ... Prior to that, broke career high for digs in two other matches: 21 in the season opener against Concordia Irvine on Sept. 2 (old mark was 17), then 24 vs. Azusa Pacific on Sept. 9 at Dominguez Hills. ... With her 58 assists against Western, pushed her season average to 10.04 per game -- the first time she had been in double digits since the very first match of her career in 2015. Kept it above 10.00 for the rest of the season, finishing at 10.24 to rank No. 6 in the GNAC and lift her career average to 9.63.
Freshman (2015): Started all 27 matches she played, totaling 93 games. Only match she missed was due to illness. ... Racked up a team-leading 832 assists, an average of 8.95 per match. Both totals ranked No. 5 in the GNAC. ... Hit the 50-assist mark for the first time on Sept. 17 at Simon Fraser, when she finished with 51. ... Had back-to-back matches of 50-plus, starting with a career-high 53 on Oct. 10 at home against Montana State Billings. ... Ranked second on the team with 234 digs. ... Logged 13 assist-dig double-doubles. ... Also had 30 total blocks, with five solos.
Jesuit High School: Helped lead Crusaders to a 31-0 season and the Oregon Class 6A state championship in 2014. Jesuit won 81 of 83 games as Tran had 1,078 assists (12.4 per game), 149 digs, and 39 service aces. ... All-Metro League 1st team and All-State Tournament 1st team in 2014. ... Also played on 2012 state championship team. ... All-Metro League All-Around 1st team in 2013. ... Candidated on National Player of the Year watch list in 2014.
Personal: Symone Bao-Vi Tran. ... Born May 18, 1997. ... Applied Human Biology major, with the intention of enrollling in medical school.
Fun facts: In addition to volleyball, also enjoys track & field. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "Nacho Libre." ... Books she just couldn't put down were all of the John Green books, "The Hunger Games," and the "Divergent" trilogy. ... Favorite junk foods are Cheetos and Dr. Pepper. ... Favorite TV programs are "Are You the One?", "Awkward," "So You Think You Can Dance," and "New Girl." ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be actor Ansel Elgort "because he is gorgeous, a really good actor, and seems like a pretty cool guy." They would have takeout "because I can't cook that well." ... In 10 years, hopes to have graduated from medical school and be in the second year of her residency. ... Would like to visit Taiwan and participate in the Festival of the Floating Lanterns.
CAREER STATISTICS
Yr  GP  K  E  TA  Pct  Ast  Ace   D  BS  BA  TOT  Pts
15Â Â 93Â Â 17Â Â 14Â Â 71Â Â .042Â Â 832Â Â 11Â Â 234Â Â 5Â Â 25Â Â 30Â Â 45.5
16Â Â 106Â Â 32Â Â 15Â 107Â Â .159Â 1085Â Â 16Â Â 336Â Â 4Â Â 60Â Â 64Â Â 82.0
17Â Â 114Â Â 54Â Â 16Â 158Â Â .241Â 1176Â Â 23Â Â 329Â Â 0Â Â 60Â Â 60Â 107.0
18Â Â 104Â Â 45Â Â 11Â 167Â Â .204Â 1056Â Â 21Â Â 341Â Â 5Â Â 46Â Â 51Â Â 94.0
TOTÂ 417Â 148Â Â 56Â 503Â Â .183Â 4149Â Â 71Â 1240Â 14Â 191Â Â 205Â 328.5
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