Upcoming Event: Volleyball at Georgia Tech on October 10, 2025 at 7 PM
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Volleyball
at Georgia Tech
2006 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 2
Polly Bendush
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist / Libero
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Monarch Beach, Calif.
2005: Played in 39 games and 14 matches during her junior campaign ... Recorded 37 digs on the year with a season-high seven digs against N.C. State on Sept. 30 ... Added six assists and five service aces ... Appeared in three or more games on nine occasions.
2004: Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Played in 17 matches, starting two as a sophomore ... Played in 29 games, averaging 1.10 digs per game and 0.21 service aces per game ... Totaled 32 digs with a season-high six digs against Villanova on Sept. 4 ... Dug four or more balls in five games ... Had six service aces and five assists.
2003: Played in 35 games and 11 matches as a freshman ... One of seven Blue Devils to notch double-digits in service aces, posting 11 for the season while averaging a team high 0.31 aces per game ... Finished sixth on the team in digs per game with an average of 2.37 ... Registered 83 digs total ... Recorded 11 digs in her first career match against Marquette on Aug. 30 ... Tallied 13 digs against Charlotte on Sept. 5 ... Posted a career-high 22 digs against Iowa on Sept. 12 ... Also notched a career-high four service aces against the Hawkeyes.
High School: Graduated from St. Margaret’s High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. ... A four-year letterwinner ... Named to the first team All-Academy League and All-CIF Southern Section (SS) as a sophomore, junior and senior ... The 2002 CIF SS Division IV Co-Player of the Year ... Academy League Most Valuable Player as a senior ... 2002 team captain and team MVP ... Named to the Torrey Pines California Challenge All-Tournament Team her senior year ... Named to the 2001 Orange County Championship All-Tournament Team ... A member of the Brentwood Classic All-Tournament Team as a sophomore ... Her team won the CIF SS division championship all four years and was a finalist in the state championship in 1999 ... Played on the Laguna Beach Volleyball Club that won the Davis Volleyball Festival three times ... Also lettered in soccer, where she played goalie, as a sophomore and senior ... Named to the Headmaster’s Honor Roll all four years ... A member of the National Honor Society and National Charity League ... Earned her AA rating in beach volleyball during the summer of 2004.
Personal: Katherine Esther Bendush was born on March 5, 1985, in Mission Viejo, Calif., and her parents are Bill and Sophie Bendush ... she has one sister, Allison, who graduated from and played volleyball for Harvard.
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