2025 Volleyball Roster

Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith

20 Megan James

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Guardian Christian
  • Hometown Chester, Va.

Biography

2024 - Junior Season - Named to NCAA Regional Championship All-Tournament Team and also the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team ... Continued to impress in her third season with the Captains as she recorded 255 kills, 31 aces, 353 digs, and 20 blocks ... Played in 35 matches with 32 starts with appearances in 120 total sets ... Ranked third on the team in kills with a career-high 255 ... Blasted a season-high 14 kills in two matches ... Logged eight double-doubles ... Ranked third on the team in digs ...  Notched a season-high 24 digs against William Paterson in the NCAA Tournament ... Recorded double-digit digs in 20 matches ... Earned Academic All-District accolades from the College Sports Communicators ... Also selected to the C2C All-Academic Team for the third year in a row 

2023 - Sophomore Season - Appeared in all 35 matches with 22 starts during her second season ... Played in 129 out of 132 total sets ... Ranked second on the team in digs with 340 ... Added 56 kills, 35 assists, and 43 aces ... Logged 18 double-digit dig performances including a season-high 24 digs against Swarthmore on October 21 ... Notched a season-high nine kills twice, with both efforts coming in the NCAA Tournament

2022 - Freshman Season - Played in 91 sets across 26 matches, the second-most for any freshman on the team…Hit 207 kills, one of four Captains to hit more than 200 kills…Fifth on the team with 220 digs…Hit a season best 17 kills against Mary Washigton (9/9)...Totaled season bests in digs (16) and blocks (3) against Salisbury (10/2)

At Guardian Christian - Named both Virginia Metro Athletic Conference player of the year and GCA’s varsity volleyball MVP all four years with the Lady Knights…Also was named All-Conference and All-Tournament all four years…Honored as a NACA All-American and the NACA offensive MVP in 2019…Also named to VISAA DIII All-State First-Team in 2019…MaxPreps Virginia player of the week for the week of August 26, 2019…Achieved A honor roll all four year of high school and was a member of the National Honor Society…Competed with Xzone Volleyball Club and Richmond Volleyball Club…Also played a year of soccer

Personal - Megan Bristow James is the daughter of Byron and Melody James…Has one brother, Ben…Favorite athlete is Misty May-Treanor…Lists pickled onions, salmon, and key lime pie as her favorite foods…Majoring in Biology, she is studying to become a physical therapist.

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2022Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'8"
    20
  • 20

    2023Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist/Outside Hitter
    5'8"
    20
  • 20

    2024Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'8"
    20
  • 20

    2025Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'8"
    20