Olivia Babcock

Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics

Position:
RS
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
Class:
Senior
Letters:
3
High School:
Sierra Canyon HS
Height:
6-4

Career Highlights
AVCA National Player of the Year (2025)
ACC Player of the Year (2025)
CWSA Volleyball Honda Award Winner (2025)
AVCA Rightside Hitter of the Year (2025)
AVCA First Team All-American (2025)
Jordan Larson/900 Square Feet National Player of the Year (2025)
AVCA East Coast Region Player of the Year (2025)
Honda Award Finalist - Volleyball (2025)
AVCA East Coast Region Team (2025)
First Team All-ACC (2025)
Pittsburgh NCAA Regional Most Valuable Player (2025)
AVCA National Player of the Year Semifinalist (2025)
AVCA National Player of the Year Watch List (2025)
Preseason All-ACC Team (2025)
AVCA National Player of the Year (2024)
ACC Player of the Year (2024)
ESPY Nominee - best college athlete in women's sports (2025)
CWSA Volleyball Honda Award Winner (2024)
AAU Sullivan Award Semifinalist (2024)
AVCA East Coast Region Player of the Year (2024)
AVCA First Team All-American (2024)
First Team All-ACC (2024)
AVCA East Coast Region Team (2024)
Volleymag.com First Team All-American (2024)
Pittsburgh NCAA Regional Most Valuable Player (2024)
Preseason All-ACC Team (2024)
AVCA National Freshman of the Year (2023)
AVCA First Team All-American (2023)
AVCA East Coast Region Freshman of the Year (2023)
AVCA All-East Coast Region Team (2023)
ACC Freshman of the Year (2023)
First Team All-ACC (2023)
All-ACC Freshman Team (2023)
Volleymag.com Freshman of the Year (2023)
Volleymag.com First Team All-American (2023)
Pittsburgh NCAA Regional Most Valuable Player (2023)
3x AVCA National Player of the Week (2023, 2024)
Six-time ACC Freshman of the Week (2023)
4x ACC Offensive Player of the Week (2023, 2024)
All-ACC Academic Team (2023)

AS A JUNIOR (2025)

Set the program record with 646 single-season kills
Broke Pitt's long standing single match kills record twice, first with 41 kills at No. 4 Louisville and again at No. 21 North Carolina with 45
She was the only player to reach that mark in 2025 and the first since Cincinnati's Jordan Thompson recorded 50 kills against UConn on Nov. 3, 2019.
Averaged a personal best 5.17 kills per set and 2.09 digs per set
Notched 20 plus kills in 15 matches
Recorded double-digit kills in all but four matches
Registered a career-high 17 digs in the win over No. 11 SMU at the Petersen Events Center
Finished top five nationally with 646 total kills (2nd), 746.5 total points (2nd), 5.97 points per set (4th) and 5.17 kills per set (5th)
Added a season-high three aces in four matches
Her seven blocks at No. 5 Stanford was a season high
AVCA National Player of the Year
AVCA First Team All-American
CWSA Volleyball Honda Award Winner
AVCA Rightside Hitter of the Year
ACC Player of the Year
AVCA East Coast Region Player of the Year
Honda Award Finalist - Volleyball
Jordan Larson/900 Square Feet National Player of the Year
AVCA East Coast Region Team
First Team All-ACC
AVCA National Player of the Year Semifinalist
Pittsburgh NCAA Regional Most Valuable Player
5x ACC Offensive Player of the Week
AVCA National Player of the Week (10/21)
AVCA National Player of the Year Watch List
Preseason All-ACC Team

AS A SOPHOMORE (2024)

Recorded 538 kills on the year, a 25-point scoring era individual season record
Her 4.72 kills per set clip is another best in the rally scoring era
Notched two triple-doubles on the season
Set a program record with 12 aces in a single match against Boston College (10/4)
Broke the all-time individual single season record with 71 aces, passing the previous record of 67 set in 1989
Registered 33 kills in the National Semifinal, another 25-point scoring era record and the most by a Panther in an NCAA Tournament match
Notched double-digit kills in all but six matches
AVCA National Player of the Year
ACC Player of the Year
AVCA East Coast Region Player of the Year
AVCA First Team All-American
First Team All-ACC
AVCA East Coast Region Team
Pittsburgh NCAA Regional Most Valuable Player
Asics Classic Tournament MVP
3x ACC Offensive Player of the Week
2x AVCA National Player of the Week

AS A FRESHMAN (2023)

Played in and started all 34 matches
Led the team in points (536.5), kills (420) and aces (51)
Recorded double-digit kills in 22 matches
Notched a career-high 23 kills and 12 digs against Louisville (11/18), marking her first double-double
Hit a career-high .800 with eight kills on 10 attempts against Virginia Tech (10/27/23)
Hit over .400 in 13 matches
AVCA National Freshman of the Year (Program's first)
AVCA First Team All-American
AVCA East Coast Region Freshman of the Year
AVCA East Coast Region Team
ACC Freshman of the Year (Program's first)
All-ACC First Team
All-ACC Freshman Team
Pittsburgh NCAA Regional Most Valuable Player
AVCA National Player of the Week (11/14)
Six-time ACC Freshman of the Week
ACC Offensive Player of the Week (11/13)
All-ACC Academic Team

HIGH SCHOOL

An AVCA and volleymag.com First-Team High School All-American
Was rated as the No. 43 recruit in the country for the Class of 2023 by prepvolleyball.com and No. 27 by prepdig.com.
Babcock led her high school, Sierra Canyon, to its first-ever Division 1 girls volleyball championship. She made a team-high 22 kills in the championship match.
She was invited to the Team USA U-19 Training team and is the first member of her family to play Division I athletics.

PERSONAL