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Chaminade University Athletics

2024 Beach Volleyball Roster

3 Sophie Schilling

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • High School Schul- and Leistungssportzentrum Berlin
  • Hometown Berlin, Germany
  • Previous School University of Alaska

Biography

2024 (Senior):  Team's Most Outstanding Player ... played 13 matches, finishing with a 6-7 mark ... five wins came at Flight 3, one at No. 2 ... went 4-2 in final six matches.

Indoor Volleyball:
2023 (Senior):
  Academic All-Pacific West Conference ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... played all 121 sets and all 34 matches ... ranked second in the Pacific West Conference in hitting percentage (.345) and 52nd in Division II ... totaled 199 kills, 94 blocks (12 solo, 82 assist), 39 digs and four service aces.
2022 (Junior):  All-Pacific West Conference Second Team ... Academic All-PacWest ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award honoree ... helped Silverswords win their second straight Pacific West Conference title, an NCAA West Regional finals appearance and an AVCA national ranking in the final poll ... ranked fifth in the PacWest in attack percentage (.306) ... second on the team in blocks (89) and blocks per set (0.81) ... totaled 159 kills (1.45 per set) and 33 digs.

Previous School:  Attended the University of Alaska from 2019-21 … received Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a 3.97 GPA.
2021 (Sophomore):  Earned All-GNAC Honorable Mention and All-GNAC Academic honors … nominated for GNAC Player of the Week twice … started 28 of 29 matches, playing 107 sets in helping Nanooks post an 18-12 record (11-7 GNAC), the program’s most wins since 2008 … finished second on team in kills (233) and fourth in kills per set (2.18) … ranked second on team in total blocks with 116 (11 solo, 105 assist) while 1.08 blocks per set was sixth in the GNAC and 22nd nationally.
2020:  Did not play due to athletic shutout (COVID-19 pandemic).
2019 (Freshman):  Played in 21 matches with six starts … totaled 43 kills, 28 blocks and 13 aces.
 
Prep:  A two-time national champion for SG Rotation Prenzlauer Berg club team, winning the U18 Germany national championship in 2018 and another with the U20 squad … had a third-place finish in the Division 2 German League.
 
Personal:  Parents are Stephen Reineke and Danja Schilling … studying for Master of Science in Counseling Psychology at CUH … would like to help promote and establish mental health resources and classes in schools and working as a therapist with depression patients … was on the Chancellor’s List each year at Alaska … earned the GNAC FAR Honor … received the Dean’s Choice Award for undergraduate research funded independently by URSA at UAF … loves the outdoors and being active in the mountains by skiing, hiking, cross country skiing and more … also enjoys the ocean and could spend hours snorkeling and observing nature … was part of a choir in Germany but left to concentrate on volleyball.

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