Upcoming Event: Volleyball at Mississippi State on September 10, 2025 at 7 PM
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Volleyball
at Mississippi State
2022 Volleyball Roster
Yap, Sydney
Jersey Number 5
Sydney Yap
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Setter
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
Bio
Honors: All-ACC Academic Team (2022) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022) ... 2021 ACE in Place | Peru ... ACC Top Six for Service (2022)
2023: A captain for the fall campaign.
2022: Saw action in 27 matches and 97 sets as one of Duke’s go-to defensive specialists … Picked up 189 digs for a 1.95 digs per set average … Added 23 aces and 17 dimes … Tallied a career-high 17 digs against Winthrop (9/15) … Tied for third on the team in aces (23) … Saw eight matches with 10 or more digs … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll … Honored by the ACC with the league’s Top Six for Service Award for her work with Gigi’s Playhouse, a national organization that serves those with Down Syndrome.
2021: Played in 26 matches with eight starts as an important defensive player … Tallied 96 digs, 41 assists and 13 aces … Picked up a career-high five aces versus Howard (9/3/21) … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21: Saw action in 13 contests as a rookie setter … Dished 72 assists that featured a career-high 21 against Virginia Tech (Oct. 25) … Added 60 digs.
High School/Club: Yap joins the Blue Devils from Plano, Texas where she played for Texas Advantage Volleyball (TAV) under John Sample ... In 2019, Yap helped guide her club team to the Girl's Junior National Championship (GJNC) 17 Open National Championship after previously claiming the title in 2017 ... Won or earned a medal in every GJNC qualifier from 2017-19 ... Selected a Junior Volleyball Association West Coast Cup Champion from 2017-19 ... With her high school team, she was named captain of her squad in 2018 and 2019 and earned 6A First Team All-District honors from the Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) in 2017-19 ... Named 6A Academic All-District in 2019 and earned second place at the 2019 State Championship and third place in 2018 ... A member of the National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society and part of the Plano West Senior High Student Council in 2018.
2023: A captain for the fall campaign.
2022: Saw action in 27 matches and 97 sets as one of Duke’s go-to defensive specialists … Picked up 189 digs for a 1.95 digs per set average … Added 23 aces and 17 dimes … Tallied a career-high 17 digs against Winthrop (9/15) … Tied for third on the team in aces (23) … Saw eight matches with 10 or more digs … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll … Honored by the ACC with the league’s Top Six for Service Award for her work with Gigi’s Playhouse, a national organization that serves those with Down Syndrome.
2021: Played in 26 matches with eight starts as an important defensive player … Tallied 96 digs, 41 assists and 13 aces … Picked up a career-high five aces versus Howard (9/3/21) … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21: Saw action in 13 contests as a rookie setter … Dished 72 assists that featured a career-high 21 against Virginia Tech (Oct. 25) … Added 60 digs.
High School/Club: Yap joins the Blue Devils from Plano, Texas where she played for Texas Advantage Volleyball (TAV) under John Sample ... In 2019, Yap helped guide her club team to the Girl's Junior National Championship (GJNC) 17 Open National Championship after previously claiming the title in 2017 ... Won or earned a medal in every GJNC qualifier from 2017-19 ... Selected a Junior Volleyball Association West Coast Cup Champion from 2017-19 ... With her high school team, she was named captain of her squad in 2018 and 2019 and earned 6A First Team All-District honors from the Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) in 2017-19 ... Named 6A Academic All-District in 2019 and earned second place at the 2019 State Championship and third place in 2018 ... A member of the National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society and part of the Plano West Senior High Student Council in 2018.
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