Joy Rhodes
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- Height:
- 6-2
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- Hometown:
- Youngsville, North Carolina
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- Year:
- Senior
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- High School:
- Franklin Academy
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- Previous College:
- Gardner-Webb
Bio
2021 Beach: Went 5-11 at no. four position, primarily with Morgan Siwiec. Went 3-0 at SAC Beach Challenge with Lindsey Geurin to end season. Finishes career with 10-13 record.
2020 Beach: Went 5-2 at the number four position with Morgan Siwiec...went 3-0 at Empower Sports Club in Ft. Wayne, Ind.
2018 (Sophomore): The Gardner-Webb transfer saw time in 21 of the team’s 29 matches playing as a six-rotation outside at times and finishing off the year in the middle. Rhodes averaged 1.68 kills per set and racked up 10.5 total rejections on the season. The Youngsville, N.C. native had three matches with at least 10 kills including a career-high 14 in a four-set effort against Barton on Sept. 7. She piled up her lone double-double of the season on Sept. 25 at Anderson with 11 kills and 15 digs. Rhodes became a blocking machine down the stretch with 7.5 rejections over her final three matches of the year.
2017 (Freshman at Gardner-Webb): Saw time in 21 matches racking up 56 sets played, 99 kills, 12 service aces and 10 total blocks...Posted double-digit kills on three occasions including a career-high 13 against Rider on a .270 hitting percentage on Aug. 25. She also posted season highs in digs (7) and service aces (4)...Her other 10-kill performances came on Sept. 1 against NC Central and on Oct. 20 versus Campbell.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was an All-Conference performer each year...As a senior, she led her conference with 210 kills and a .240 hitting percentage...Also a member of the NC Elite Volleyball and Triangle Volleyball Clubs, earning AAU Academic All-American honors.
Personal: Daughter of Mary and Roy Rhodes, and youngest of 4 siblings...
News mentions
SALISBURY, N.C. - Carson-Newman beach volleyball wrapped up the season with a pair of matches, knocking off Lincoln Memorial 5-0 before falling to Tusculum 4-1 in the nightcap of the SAC Beach Challenge.
SALISBURY, N.C. - Despite taking a late lead, a pair of three-set matches doomed the Eagles, with the convocation falling to Catawba on day one of the SAC Beach Challenge.
TAVARES, Fla. - Despite taking an early lead, Carson-Newman beach volleyball dropped their six straight match of the season with a 4-1 loss to Tusculum on Sunday, Apr. 18.
TAVARES, Fla. - Abby Struewing became the Carson-Newman beach volleyball program's all-time wins leader but the team dropped a pair of matches on day two of the AVCA Small College Championships.
TAVARES, Fla. - Despite two wins from Abby Streuwing and Sierra Still, Carson-Newman dropped two straight matches on day one of the AVCA Small College Championships.
The Eagles learned their matchups and pod for the AVCA Small College Beach Championships schedule on Sunday, Apr. 11.
The Eagles earned their first sweep victory in over a year, knocking off St. Andrews 5-0 in two matches on Wednesday, Mar. 31
The Eagles suffered their first back-to-back sweep losses since April 20, 2019, falling to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.
A strong second match helped the Eagles salvage a split in their first road matches of the season.
After winning their first home match in 713 days, the Carson-Newman beach volleyball team heads to Chattanooga for their first road match of the year on Tuesday, Mar. 16.
The Eagles started the 2021 season off on the right foot with two wins at home, knocking off Erskine 3-2 in the morning before defeating rival Tusculum for the first time ever in a shortened match 3-1.
For the first time in 706 days, the Carson-Newman beach volleyball team will play in Mossy Creek