Sophia LaPorta has captured three letters with the volleyball program, competed during three outdoor track seasons and added two indoor track campaigns at Rutgers-Camden. In 78 career volleyball matches, she had collected 268 digs for an average of 1.55 per set. She also has established an outstanding academic record with numerous honors and semesters with a 4.0 GPA.
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Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 scholastic years…Dean’s List student and member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2022 Fall, 2023 Spring, 2023 Fall, 2024 Spring, 2024 Fall and 2025 Spring semesters…One of only 25 athletes on the 133-member 2022 Fall AD Honor Roll to post a perfect 4.0 GPA…One of only 21 athletes on the 106-member 2023 Spring AD Honor Roll to post a perfect 4.0 GPA…One of only 22 athletes on the 151-member 2023 Fall AD Honor Roll to post a perfect 4.0 GPA…One of only 30 athletes on the 138-member 2024 Spring AD Honor Roll to post a 4.0 GPA…One of only 23 athletes on the 167-member 2024 Fall AD Honor Roll to post a 4.0 GPA…One of only 41 athletes on the 180-member 2025 Spring AD Honor Roll to post a 4.0 GPA.
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Outdoor Track 2025: Competed in four outdoor meets…At the season-opening Stockton Invitational (March 22), finished 26th of 29 in the 100-meter dash (15.49) and 13th of 16 in the long jump (4.17 meters)…Set a PR of 14.23 and finished 58th of 92 in the 100-meter dash at the Danny Curran Invitational (March 29)…At the Paul Donahue Invitational (April 19), placed 58th of 68 in the 100-meter dash (14.93) and 42nd of 45 in the long jump (4.19 meters)…Closed her season at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (May 3) by finishing 18th of 19 in the long jump (4.17 meters).
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Indoor Track 2024-25: Competed in two winter meets, finishing 21st of 23 in the long jump (4.02 meters) at the Frank Colden Invitational (Feb. 8) and placing 12th of 15 in the long jump (a PR of 4.19 meters) at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (Feb. 22).
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Volleyball 2024: Competed in 54 sets over 25 matches…Finished sixth on the team with 114 digs and fourth with 2.11 digs per set…Added 15 service aces (seventh on the team), five assists and three kills…Collected her high of 13 digs against Elizabethtown (Nov. 10)…Had 12 digs against Ursinus (Sept. 17)…Also had 11 digs against Delaware Valley (Oct. 19) and 10 against DeSales (Aug. 31)…Collected two service aces in five matches, coming against Penn State-Brandywine (Sept. 8), Wilkes (Sept. 14), Washington College (Sept. 21), Kean (Oct. 3) and Hunter (Oct. 19).
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Outdoor Track 2024: Competed at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 4-5), setting a PR of 4.33 meters in the long jump on the first day (finishing 12th of 16) and a PR of 55.80 with the 4x100 relay team (seventh of nine) on the second day.
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Indoor Track 2023-24: Competed in the long jump at the Bow-Tie Invitational (Dec. 8), setting her PR of 4.26 meters to finish 26th of 32 athletes.
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Volleyball 2023: Appeared in 26 matches and 66 sets…Fifth on the team with 111 digs…Added seven assists, three kills and two service aces…Had highs of nine digs against Clarkson (Sept. 2) and Penn State-Harrisburg (Sept. 16)…Collected her high of two assists, while adding three digs and one kill, in the second match of the Sept. 16 tri-match, coming against Wilkes…Had eight digs against Elizabethtown (Oct. 28).
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Outdoor Track 2023: Competed in five meets in the long jump and also ran the 200-meter dash in three of them…Made her track debut at the Stockton Invitational (March 25), finishing 13th of 22 (4.20 meters) in the long jump…Finished 36th of 44 in the long jump (3.94 meters) at the Danny Curran Invitational (April 1)…Competed in both the long jump (3.73 meters, 26th of 29) and the 200-meter dash (31.13, 24th of 36) at the Osprey Open (April 8)…Also competed in both events at the Widener Invitational (April 22), placing 36th of 40 in the long jump (3.75 meters) and 68th of 78 at 200 meters (31.16)…Set a PR in both events at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (May 6), finishing 19th of 21 in the long jump (4.27 meters) and 29th of 33 at 200 meters (30.52).
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Volleyball 2022: Played in 53 sets over 27 matches…Notched 43 digs…Added three assists, one kill and one service ace…Made her collegiate debut playing one set against Stevenson (Sept. 2)…Collected her first four digs against Vassar (Sept. 3)…Had her first assist against Ursinus (Sept. 8) and collected her high of two assists, while adding her first kill, against Wilkes (Sept. 17)…Had a season high of six digs against William Paterson (Sept. 20) and notched five digs against both Wilkes (Sept. 17) and Goucher (Oct. 22)…In addition to her four digs against Vassar, also had four digs against Penn State-Harrisburg (Sept. 17) and Ramapo (Sept. 22).
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High School: Four-year varsity volleyball letterwinner for Coach Sean O’Neill at the Atlantic County Institute of Technology…Earned All-Conference First Team honors during her junior and senior years…As a senior, served as the team captain and earned MVP honors…Was the Women of Will Senior Award Winner…Honor Roll as a freshman and junior…Merit Roll during sophomore and senior years…Captured 22nd place in the 2019 NJ STEAM Tank finals…National Honor Society…National Technical Honor Society…Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish…Graduated in the top 10 of her 2022 class.
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Club Team: East Coast Crush (volleyball)
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Personal: Born February 9, 2004…Hobbies include playing piano, arts and crafts, reading, playing video games, playing volleyball and beach volleyball, and firefighting…Chemistry major at Rutgers-Camden with minors in Biology and Math…Plans to pursue a PhD and work in the chemistry research field…Also plans to continue playing volleyball and coaching volleyball…Sophia is the daughter of Loretta and Steven LaPorta of Minotola.
