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2024 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

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11 Madi Firnett

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Neuqua Valley
  • Hometown Naperville, IL

Biography

Career 

  • WCC All-Academic Team – 2023, 2024
  • Two-time WCC Pair of the Week with Abbey Thorup
  • WCC All-Freshman Team 
  • WCC Freshman of the Year 
  • WCC Second Team - 2021, 2023 
  • 2023 AVCA Top Flight Award with Isabelle Tucker 
  • Overall Record 87-34 
 
2024 · Senior 
  • Back-to-back WCC Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week with Abbey Thorup – April 15 and April 22 
  • Named to the 2024 All-WCC Beach Volleyball Preseason Team 
  • Went 25-12 overall on the season  
  • Went 19-10 overall at the No. 5 Position (14-3 with Abbey Thorup, 5-7 with Cassie Chinn)  
  • Ranked wins over Hawaii x2, USC, Washington , Grand Canyon, Stetson, Georgia St, FAU, FIU, UCLA x2, Florida St, LBSU, USC, and Arizona
  • Had an nine-match winning streak, a seven-match winning streak, and a three-match winning streak  
 
2023 · Junior 
  • WCC Second Team 
  • WCC All-Academic Team 
  • 2023 AVCA Top Flight Award with Isabelle Tucker 
  • Went 34-10 overall on the season (29-7 in dual matches; 5-3 in pair matches) 
  • Went 1-1 in dual matches at the No. 4 position exclusively with Isabelle Tucker 
  • Went 28-6 in dual matches at the No. 5 position exclusively with Isabelle Tucker 
  • Ranked win over Grand Canyon, Florida Atlantic (x2), Georgia St (x2), South Carolina, Georgia St, FIU, LSU (x2), FSU, USC (x2), Pepperdine (x3), Washington, Hawaii 
  • Had a seventeen-match winning streak, a six-match winning streak, and five-match. 
  • Placed 25th with Vilhelmiina Prihti at the AVCA National Pairs Championship going 5-3 
 
2022 · Sophomore 
  • Went 12-3 overall on the season played exclusively with Cassie Chinn 
  • Went 2-0 in dual matches at the No. 4 position 
  • Went 10-3 in dual matches at the No. 5 position 
  • Ranked win over Grand Canyon 
  • Had a ten-match winning streak 
 
2021 Freshman 
  • WCC All-Freshman Team 
  • WCC Freshman of the Year 
  • WCC Second Team 
  • Went 23-12 overall on the season played exclusively with Emma Doud 
  • Went 3-2 in dual matches at the No. 3 position  
  • Went 10-3 in dual matches at the No. 4 position 
  • Went 12-7 in dual matches at the No. 5 position 
  • Ranked wins over Cal (x2), Long Beach St, Pepperdine (x4), UCLA (x2), Cal Poly, and Grand Canyon. 
  • Had a nine-match winning streak and one six-match winning streak 

 
High School 
Attended Neuqua Valley High School…A member of Team One Volleyball Club from 2013-20 …founded Team One Rescue with volleyball club.  
 
Personal 
Madi Firnett was born on Jan. 10, 2002, in Albuquerque, New Mexico…parents are Jeff and Kelly Firnett…has an older sister, Sabrina, who swam at the University of San Diego…favorite food is ice cream…favorite movie is Little Women…enjoys hanging out with friends, going to the beach, and playing pickleball…greatest athletic thrill was having a kill on match point and dual deciding point against UCLA to advance into the national semifinals her freshman year…chose LMU because of the location, coaches, and great team environment. 

Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2020-21Freshman

    5'8"
    8
  • 22

    2022Sophomore

    5'8"
    22
  • 11

    2023Junior

    5'8"
    11
  • 11

    2024Senior

    5'8"
    11