Susquehanna University Athletics

2019: AVCA First Team All-America ... AVCA East Region Player of the Year ... AVCA All-East Region ... NCAA All-Tournament Team ... Landmark Player of the Year ... All-Landmark First Team at OH/Opp ... AVCA Division III National Player of the Week (Oct. 1) ... Landmark Athlete of the Week (Nov. 4) ... Landmark Fall Academic Honor Roll ... River Hawk of the Week (Sep. 2, 9, and 30) ... Emory Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Randolph-Macon Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Salisbury Sea Gull Classic All-Tournament Team ... Played in 39 matches and 131 sets ... 19th in the nation with a total of 452 kills ... Second for SU with 452 kills ... Third for SU with 80 blocks ... Contributed three assists and two solo blocks ... Season-high 22 kills at Juniata (Nov. 2).

2018: All-Landmark Second Team at OH/Opp ... Landmark Fall Academic Honor Roll ... Played in 37 matches and 129 sets … Season-high 18 kills against Ohio Northern (Oct. 13) … Season-high six blocks against Scranton (Oct. 10) ...  Second on team in kills ... Second on team in blocks ... Ended the season with 305 kills, 11 assists, 42 digs, and 68 blocks. 

2017: All-Landmark Second Team at OH/Opp ... Played in all 33 matches and 115 sets … Season-high 24 kills against McDaniel … Season-high six blocks against Scranton … Third on team in kills ... Third on team in blocks … Ended season with 263 kills, 58 blocks, 37 digs, and a hitting percentage of .207.

Personal: Sydney Portale ... Born January 25 ... Dean's List (Fall '17, '18, '19; Spring '18, '19) ... Alpha Lambda Delta (first-year) ... Lambda Pi Eta (communications) ... University Scholar ... SAAC - President (2020-21); Public Relations Chair (2019-20) ... Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... Discple Makers ... SU Leadership Council.

Future Aspirations: To work for the Philadelphia Eagles in their marketing department.

Best SU Sports Moments: My favorite moment at SU was beating Juniata for the first time in history and becoming the very first nationally-ranked SU volleyball team (2019) ... My favorite SUVB memory is from 2018 when we beat Johns Hopkins for the first time in program history.