Jolie Cranford

AWARDS/HONORS

• 2023 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• 2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
• 2024 College Sports Communicator’s Academic All-District Team

2024 (JUNIOR)

• Stepped off the sand and joined the indoor team as a crossover athlete, appearing in 16 matches and 41 sets.
• Earned a back row/serving sub role in week one, playing in eight of the team’s 10 sets at Duke.
• Scored her first point off a service ace against No. 13 Kansas (8/30).
• Dropped in an ace and added four digs over six sets against Temple and North Carolina.
• Saw time on the left pin against Stetson, recording her first kill of the season while adding two service aces and four digs (9/13).

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB

• Played multiple positions for her high school indoor team and also earned three letters for softball.
• A two-time all-state and four-time all-league honoree in volleyball
• Four-time scholar athlete award winner.
• Trained at the club level with Colorado Juniors for indoor and The Lab for beach.
• Finished 9th at AAU nationals and ranked 44th nationally for points on the AVP 18U circuit.

PERSONAL

• Daughter of Joseph and Ann.
• Has one sister, Daniela.
• Has SEC ties in the family, her father and uncle played baseball at Georgia. Her mother played college volleyball at Colorado Mesa.
• Is the first player from the state of Colorado to come to South Carolina for beach volleyball.
• Plans to major in exercise science with a career goal of becoming a pediatrician.