2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

Olivia Babcock
- Position:
- RS
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Sierra Canyon HS
- Height:
- 6-5
Career Highlights
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)
- ACC Offensive Player of the Week (8/25)
- 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 with her club teammate and fellow Pitt signee, Stafford, and will be the first member of her family to play Division 1 athletics.
PERSONAL
- She is the daughter of Dave and Katrina Babcock and has a twin sister named Natalie.
- Olivia plans on studying Criminal Justice and psychology at Pitt.