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2022 Women's Volleyball Roster

Andy Li
Leroy Yau
Leroy Yau
Leroy Yau
Leroy Yau
Leroy Yau
Leroy Yau

4 Josephine Ough

4 Josephine Ough

  • Height:
    6-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Position:
    Middle Blocker
  • Major:
    Community & Regional Development
  • Hometown:
    El Cerrito, Calif.
  • High School:
    El Cerrito HS ’18

Summary

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
2022 All-Big West Conference Second Team
2019, 2021 All-Big West Conference First Team
2019, 2021 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
2018 Big West Conference All-Freshman Team
Big West Defensive Player of the Week (10/18/21)

2022: Concludes her career with the most kills in program history, finishing with 688 over her four years at UC Davis...Finished second all-time for career hitting percentage (.339) and total blocks (399)... Started 25 of the team's 30 matches...Led the team in points-per-set with 3.11, ranked third in kills (251) and kills-per-set (2.49)...Hit. 349 on 539 total swings, ranking third in the Big West...Led the Aggies in total blocks with 115.0 which was the fifth-best mark in the conference...Posted 16 matches with double-digit kills, including double-digit hauls in eight of her last nine matches...Hit .469 and notched a season-high 16 kills in UC Davis' five-set win over UC San Diego on Oct. 1...Registered a season-high nine blocks when the Aggies defeated Sacramento State on Sept. 5...Led the team in blocks-per-set with 1.14 to finish fourth in the Big West and land herself at 85th in the nation.

2021: Appeared in 29 of the team's 31 matches, making 28 starts... Ranked third on the team with 308 total points (2.96 points per set), and ranked third with 229 kills (2.20 kills per set)... Hit .376 on the year with only 40 errors in 502 total swings... Defensively, finished with 24 blocked solos (second in the Big West) and 110 assists for 134 total blocks for an average of 1.29 in blocks per set... Finished the year ranked No. 5 in the league in hitting percentage and led the Big West in blocks per set... Both marks rank fourth on the school's single-season charts... Her 134 total blocks also ranked fourth on the school's single-season list... Posted the top three single-match block performances in the Big West: 12 versus UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 16, another 11 at Sacramento State on Aug. 27, and 11 against Cal Poly on Nov. 12... The 12 blocks against the Gauchos are tied for the second-highest total in a match in school history and the most since Kelechi Ohiri finished with 12 against Cal Poly in 2015... Nationally, she finished No. 22 in blocks per set, No. 42 in total blocks, and No. 40 in hitting percentage... Posted a season-high 15 kills at UC Irvine on Oct. 1, hitting .483 for the match... Finished in double digits in kills nine times... Hit a season-best .600 (10-1-15) against Santa Clara on Sept. 4... Tallied four blocked solos twice against California (Sept. 16) and UC San Diego (Oct. 2)... Finished with a season-high 17.5 points three times against Utah Valley (Sept. 10), UC Irvine (Oct. 1), and UC San Diego (Oct. 2).

2020: Season canceled by the Big West Conference due to COVID-19, student-athletes will not lose a year of eligibility and maintain their athletic standing for the 2021-22 academic year.

2019: Appeared in 26 of the team’s 30 matches, and 95 of 112 sets… Named to the South Dakota Classic All-Tournament Team… Finished with 173 kills and 1.82 kills per set while hitting .386 on the season… Ranked second in the Big West in hitting percentage and fifth in blocks per set (1.08)… Her hitting percentage ranked third on the school’s single-season list.. Hit a season-high .650 (14-1-20) against Wyoming (9/14) in five sets… Finished with a season-high 10 blocks in five-set contests against Cal Poly (10/5) and Long Beach State (11/2)… Her 103 blocks were the most since Kelechi Ohiri finished with 106 in 2017 and became only the seventh Aggie in the Division I era to reach 100 for a season… Her 17 solo blocks are the most since Allison Whitson had 17 in 2011… Her five solo blocks at Cal Poly (10/5) are tied for third on the program’s single-match list with Jenny Adams against Central Missouri State in 1991… Finished with double-digit kills six times, including a season-high 14 against Wyoming (9/14).

2018: Started 19 of 22 matches for 74 sets... Only Aggie to start all 16 Big West matches... Led Aggies with 76 total blocks (1.03 per set), averaging fifth in conference... Totaled 97 kills on 241 swings, including 79-37-200 in Big West play... Posted season-high 9 blocks twice, both at home: vs. UC Irvine (10/20) and UC Santa Barbara (11/10)... Had best overall match at UCSB, hitting 10-1-21 (.429) with 2-5-7 blocking chart.

EL CERRITO HS ’18: Three-time All-Tri-County Athletic League first-team selection... Helped team to undefeated TCAL record and league championship as a sophomore... Played club ball for Absolute VBC, earning nod on PrepVolleyball.com’s Top 150 Senior Aces list.

PERSONAL: Born in Berkeley, Calif.... Name is pronounced “Oh”... At 6-6, replaces Jackie Graves as tallest player in program history... Has an older brother who graduated from Cal... Chose UC Davis because she “loved the school, campus, people and opportunities.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2018Freshman

    MB
    6'6"
    4
  • 4

    2019Sophomore

    MB
    6'6"
    4
  • 4

    2020Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'6"
    4
  • 4

    2021Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'6"
    4
  • 4

    2022Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'6"
    4