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Sacred Heart University Pioneers

2021 Women's Volleyball Roster

22 Olivia Fairchild

  • Position Opposite
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Fordham
  • Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.

Biography

2020-21:

  • First-Team All-NEC.
  • Named NEC Player of the Week (3/8).
  • Scored 213 points.
  • Scored 20 points or more for 6 games in a row.
  • Notched two 8-block games.

At Fordham:

2019: 

  • Started 25 of 26 matches, appearing in all but one set, as a redshirt junior
  • Finishes her career as the program’s all-time kills-per-set leader, with 3.39, and is also third with a 0.40 aces per set average, seventh with 127 career aces, 10th with 1,063 kills, and 10th with a career .235 hit percentage.
  • Wrapped up the season second on the team with 236 kills (2.25 per set), at a .229 clip, second-highest on the squad.
  • Added 94 digs, 59 blocks (five solo), seven aces, and six assists.
  • Returned from injury to double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs, plus three assists, in a win over Lamar (8/30).
  • Recorded 11 kills, four blocks, two digs, and an assist against Western Carolina, then double-doubled again with 11 kills and 10 digs at Georgia State later in the day (8/31).
  • Led the Rams to a three-set win over Norfolk State with a season-high .625 hit percentage on 10 kills and no errors, then tallied 14 kills at a .364 clip with six digs, four blocks, an ace, and an assist in a win over Rider (9/6).
  • Double-doubled with 15 kills and 11 digs, plus an ace and an assist at Manhattan (9/18).
  • Matched her career-high with 17 digs to go with 12 kills, five blocks, and three aces at LIU (9/20).
  • Went for 12 kills and two blocks in a win over Duquesne (11/1).

2018: 

  • Sat out the season due to injury.
  • Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2017: 

  • Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team.
  • Earned two A-10 Player of the Week honors (8/28 and 9/5).
  • Set a new program record in a four-set match with eight aces against George Washington on October 1.
  • Her 63 aces and 0.64 aces per set mark rank sixth and joint-second, respectively, in a single campaign in school history.
  • Finishes her sophomore season with the highest career kills per set average (3.96) by a wide margin, the highest aces per set rate (0.59), and is already seventh with 120 career aces.
  • One of only two Rams to play in all 27 matches and 98 sets.
  • Totaled 350 kills (3.57 per set) at a .253 clip with 63 aces (0.64 per set), 226 digs, and 47 blocks.
  • Named to ECAC Academic Honor Roll.
  • Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.


2016: 

  • Named Atlantic 10 and ECAC Rookie of the Year.
  • Also named to the A-10 Second Team and All-Rookie Team.
  • Named A-10 Player of the Week once and Rookie of the Week four times.
  • Team MVP.
  • Finished with the second-most kills in the A-10, fourth-most kills ever in a single season in program history, and most ever for a true freshman, with 477.
  • One of two players to feature in all 111 sets and the only player to start all 29 matches.
  • Her 4.30 kills per set average was, by far, the most in a single year, as well, and the only Ram to ever average over four per set.
  • Led the A-10 with 57 aces, the eighth-most in a single season in program history, and sixth in Division I.
  • Also finished second on the team with 229 digs and added 40 blocks, third-most in the squad.
  • Her .227 hit percentage was second on the team and her 1,191 total attacks rank fourth all-time and most by a freshman in program history.
  • Finished first among Division I freshmen in service aces, aces per set, and points per set, second in total points and kills per set, and fourth in total kills... Ranked sixth in service aces, eighth in aces per set, 19th in points per set, 28th in kills per set, 29th in total points, and 42nd in total kills in all of Division I.
  • Began her career with 23 kills (.333), five aces, and five digs in a five-set win over Lehigh (8/26).

Before SHU:

  • Constructed a four-year career at Desert Vista High School.
  • Max Preps #1 Team in the Nation
  • Named Prep Volleyball High School All American
  • Named First Team All-State by the Arizona Republic as a senior while leading Desert Vista to back-to-back state championships
  • Was team MVP after recording 405 kills – the third most in single-season Desert Vista history – en route to being an Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year finalist...
  • Named 2015 AIA First Team All Arizona All Division
  • 2015 AIA First Team Arizona Division 1
  • 2015 AIA First Team Arizona  Section II
  • Named Desert Vista High School Athlete of the Year
  • Placed on the Prep Volleyball Preseason High School All-American Watch list
  • 2014 & 2015 AIA Volleyball Scholar-Athlete Award recipient, as well as the 2015 Tempe All-City Award winner
  • Named to the Nfinity Southern California Volleyball All-Tournament team, the Nike Tournament of Champions All-Tournament Team and the Westwood All-Tournament Team
  • Selected Honorable Menion Rockin' Refuel All-Academic Team.
  • Selected as the Arizona Republic Athlete of the Week once and the Athlete of the Month runner-up.
  • Second Team All-State selection by the Arizona Republic as a junior.
  • Played club volleyball for Club One 18 Platinum
  • Led 18 Platinum to the Bronze Medal at USAV Nationals in Milwaukee (National Division)
  • Named 2016 AAU Academic All-American, while leading Club One 18 Platinum to 13th place in AAU 18 Open Division
  • Was Named All-Tournament USAV Nationals (National Division
  • Led team to Gold Medal in the AZ Region 18 Open Division…Won the AZ Region National Bid.
  • Chosen for the Club One Wall of Fame at Court One.
  • Helped Club One 18 Platinum as a Junior to qualify Open for USAV Nationals in New Orleans.
  • Won the Gold Medal in the AZ Region 18 Open Division.
  • Selected for the USAV A1 National Training team, after playing for the A1 Youth National Training Team.
  • State Runner-up in the javelin throw… Member of the Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society as well as an honor student.
  • Volunteer volleyball coach at the Club One U Clinic at Club One Volleyball and volunteered at the Senior Center in downtown Phoenix.

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2020Redshirt

    OPP
    6'1"
    22
  • 22

    2021Graduate Student

    Opposite
    6'1"
    22