2023 Women's Volleyball Roster
Cat Flood
- Position:
- OH
- Hometown:
- Wilmette, Ill.
- Class:
- Senior
- Letters:
- 3
- High School:
- New Trier HS
- Height:
- 6-2
Career Highlights
- All-ACC Academic Team (2024)
- All-ACC Academic Team (2023)
- All-ACC Academic Team (2022)
AS A GRADUATE (2024)
- Saw action in 34 of Pitt's 35 matches
- Recorded at least one ace in 20 matches
- Had a career day against Notre Dame, registering a career-high eight kills hitting .500, eight digs and three assists
- Played well defensively with five digs in the win over Oregon in the Regional Semifinal
- Her three aces against Washington State in the Regional Finals tied a career high
- Flood's 52 digs, 27 aces and 20 digs are all a personal best
AS A SENIOR (2023)
- Played in a career-high 33 matches and 97 sets
- Finished the year with a 17 aces and 43 digs
- Notched a career-high three kills against Syracuse (10/1) on a .286 hitting percentage
- Recorded a personal best six aces in the NCAA Tournament
- Her three aces against Washington State in the Regional Finals tied a career high
AS A JUNIOR (2022)
Member of Pitt’s NCAA Final Four team, the second consecutive National Semifinal appearance…won her first ACC Championship, helping the Panthers to a 17-1 conference record and the most wins in a single season since 1990 (31-4)…played in 32 matches mostly as a serving specialist…posted 16 aces with only 11 errors alongside five kills, six assists and 23 digs…her Ace to error ratio of 1.45 led the team this season and is the highest by a Panther since 2018…made a career-high three aces twice this season, once at Virginia and the other time during Pitt’s 3-2 victory at defending national champion Wisconsin in the Elite 8…finished the NCAA Tournament with five aces and only one error.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2021)
Part of Pitt’s first NCAA Final Four appearance by a women’s team in school history … Helped Pitt reach its sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, marking the program’s longest NCAA postseason streak in history … Appeared in 15 matches, tallying 22 sets played … Posted a career-high two kills against Virginia Tech (Oct. 31) … Tied a career-best two digs at Morehead State (Sept. 18) … Recorded one service ace at American (Nov. 9) and Clemson (Nov. 21)
AS A FRESHMAN (2020)
Part of the Panthers’ first NCAA Elite Eight appearance in program history, reaching the Regional Final as the final unseeded team in the field … Helped Pitt secure its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance … Appeared in seven matches, including three during the Panthers’ NCAA Tournament run: LIU (April 14), No. 10 Utah (April 15) and No. 7 Washington (April 19) … Picked up a season-best two digs against LIU (Oct. 14) … Recorded the first ace of her career against West Virginia (March 24), and posted another against Virginia Tech (April 2).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Named one of PrepVolleyball’s Top 150 Senior Aces for the Class of 2020 … Three-time conference champion and two-time all-conference selection at New Trier HS … Competed for Wildcat Juniors club out of Evanston, Ill., from her freshman to junior years, where she was team captain of her 16s and 17s teams … Played with Adversity Volleyball Club out of Vernon Hills, Ill., for her senior season … Three-time Honorable Mention for Academic Achievement at New Trier HS.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Julie and Brian Flood … Full name is Catherine ... Also played soccer in high school and intended to pursue collegiate soccer career until sophomore season when she fell more in love with volleyball … Grandfather, the late James Flood, was director of athletics and assistant chancellor at UW-Oshkosh.
