Valeria Vazquez Gomez

Position:
OH
Hometown:
Manati, Puerto Rico
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Letters:
3
High School:
Colegio Marista Manati
Height:
6-1

Career Highlights
All-ACC Second Team (2024)
AVCA East Coast Region Team (2024)
All-ACC Academic Team (2024)
All-ACC Second Team (2023)
AVCA East Coast Region Team (2023)
Preseason All-ACC Team (2023)
All-ACC Academic Team (2023)
AVCA Second Team All-American (2022)
Volleyballmag.com 4th Team All-American (2022)
All-ACC First Team (2022)
AVCA East Coast Region Team (2022)
2x ACC Player of the Week (10/10/22 & 11/28/22)
All-ACC Academic Team (2022)

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2024)

Played in all 35 matches in her final year as a Panther
Second on the team in aces (41), third in kills (230) and fourth in digs (216)
Recorded a double-double in the win against Louisville (10/25) with 10 kills and 11 digs
Notched double-digit digs in five matches despite sweeping 27 opponents
Second Team All-ACC
AVCA East Coast Region Team

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2023)

Played in 33 matches, starting 32
Second on the team in aces (34), digs (212) and third in kills (245)
Recorded a season-high 15 kills against Louisville (11/18), adding 10 digs
Registered double-digit digs in six matches
Tied a career-high four aces against Louisville (12/9) to advance to the Final Four
Hit a career-high .258 for the season
AVCA East Coast Region Team
All-ACC Second Team
Preseason All-ACC Team
2023 All-ACC Academic Team

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022)
Member of Pitt’s NCAA Final Four team, the second consecutive National Semifinal appearance…won her second ACC Championship, helping the Panthers to a 17-1 conference record and the most wins in a single season since 1990 (31-4)…Earned 2^nd Team AVCA All-American and volleymag.com 3^rd team All-American after setting personal bests in every major statistical category including: kills (359), kills/set (2.85), hit % (.241), assists (32), aces (24), digs (291), blocks (40) and points (405.5)…her 291 digs this season is the fourth most by an outside hitter in the modern scoring era…delivered a career-best 22 kills in Pitt’s five-set win over Georgia Tech (11/23)…set a career-best in digs by posting 24 in Pitt’s four-set win over NC State (9/25), the most digs in a single match by a Pitt non-defensive specialist since 2017…recorded five double-doubles all with kills and digs including an 11 kill, 22 dig performance in Pitt’s 3-2 victory at defending national champion Wisconsin in the Elite 8…led the team with 3.10 digs/set in the NCAA Tournament…led all outside hitters in the tournament with 62 digs…finished the NCAA Tournament with 50 kills becoming the fourth Panther in program history to achieve 50 kills in a single NCAA Tournament.

AS A REDSHIRT 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 28 matches, making eight starts … Averaged 1.08 kills, 1.22 digs and 0.16 service aces per set … Posted a career-high 14 kills in a tough road match at No. 13 Georgia Tech (Nov. 19) … Hit a career-best .500 against Bowling Green (Sept. 11) with seven kills on 10 swings and one error … Posted season-best totals of 11 digs and two blocks in the NCAA First Round against UMBC (Dec. 3) … Recorded crucial serving performances during the NCAA Tournament, with at least one ace in four of the five matches, including two in a 3-1 win over Penn State in the Second Round (Dec. 4).

AS A REDSHIRT 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 all 24 matches, logging 85 sets played and 21 starts … Ranked third on the team with 1.98 kills and 2.41 digs per set … Second for Pitt with 0.21 service aces per frame … Posted two double-doubles, in back-to-back matches: 11 kills and 10 digs against Miami (March 20) and 11 kills and 15 digs at Duke (March 21) … Recorded a season-best 11 kills at three matches: against No. 20 Georgia Tech (March 8), against Miami (March 20) and Duke (March 21) … Had double-digit digs at 10 matches … Hit a season-best .467 with seven kills on 15 attempts and zero errors against North Carolina (March 28) … Posted three aces twice: at Wake Forest (March 12) and against West Virginia (March 24) … Picked up a career-best 21 digs at No. 5 Notre Dame (Oct. 18) … Named the Female Newcomer of the Year at the Panthers’ Choice Awards.

AS A FRESHMAN (2019)
Helped the Panthers earn their third consecutive ACC Championship with a perfect 18-0 record in conference play … Part of Pitt’s fourth consecutive NCAA Second Round appearance … Did not compete in her initial college season.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Voted MVP of the Jeep Volleyball Championships in 2017 … Named an All-Star in the 2017 AAU Junior National Championships … Received 2016 Power League Super Regional accolades as her team competed in the championship.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Ramón Vázquez Meléndez … Has four siblings, Frances, Verüshka, Jonathan and Zahira … Intended major is rehabilitation science … Father played professional basketball in Puerto Rico and all four of her siblings played volleyball.