Loyola Marymount University Athletics

Career 

• WCC Pair of the Year with Michelle Shaffer - 2024
• WCC Pair of the Year with Melanie Paul - 2023
• AVCA First Team All-America – 2023, 2024
• All-WCC First Team – 2023, 2024
• WCC Co-Freshman of the Year - 2022
• All-WCC Freshman Team – 2022
• 2024 AVCA Top Flight Award (1’s) with Michelle Shaffer - 2024
• 2022 AVCA Top Flight Award (3’s and 4’s) with Macy Gordon - 2022
• Overall Record 99-31 (93-12 in dual matches; 6-5 in pair matches) 

• Vilhelmiina Prihti is in her senior season with the LMU Lions.

• WCC Pair of the Year with Michelle Shaffer 
• All-WCC Beach Volleyball First Team 
• WCC Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week with Michelle Shaffer – March 4 
• Named to the 2024 All-WCC Beach Volleyball Preseason Team 
• Went 31-9 overall on the season  
• Went 31-9 overall at the No. 1 Position (31-9 with Michelle Shaffer) 
•  Ranked wins over Hawaii x2, Stanford, UCLA x2, Washington, Grand Canyon x2, California, Setson, LBSU, Georgia St, LSU, Florida St x2, Cal Poly, and Arizona
• Had an nine-match winning streak, a six-match winning streak, and two five-match winning streaks 

• WCC Pair of the Year with Melanie Paul 
• AVCA First Team All-America 
• All-WCC First Team  
• Went 31-15 overall on the season (25-10 in dual matches; 6-5 in pair matches) 
• Went 25-10 in dual matches at the No. 1 Position exclusively with Melanie Paul 
• Ranked wins over Cal, FAU (x2), Stanford, GCU, GSU (x2), FIU, LSU (x2), LBSU, FSU, Pepperdine 
• Had a ten-match winning streak 
• Placed 17th with Jacinda Ramirez at the West Coast Pairs Championship going 1-2 
• Placed 25th with Madi Firnet at the AVCA National Pairs Championship going 5-3 

• Named WCC Co-Freshman of the Year 
• All-WCC Freshman Team 
• 2022 Top Flight Award (3’s and 4’s)  with Macy Gordon 
• Went 31-7 overall on the season played exclusively with Macy Gordon 
• Went 1-0 in dual matches at the No. 2 position 
• Went 16-3 in dual matches at the No. 3 position 
• Went 13-3 in dual matches at the No. 4 position 
• Ranked wins over GSU, Pepperdine (x3), Cal Poly (x2), FSU, USC, UH (x2), GCU (x2), FIU, TCU, Stetson, Cal. 
• Had an eleven-match winning streak and one ten-match winning streak 

 
High School 
Prihti was an outside Hitter on the Indoor Volleyball team for 1-year of high school at Vammalan Lukio from 2017-2018…Member of the Finnish Junior National Team, 2018-2021. 
 
International Experience 
Prihti won the 2021 Finnish Championship, as well as, finishing 17th at the 2022 European Championship. 
 
Personal  
Vilhelmiina Prihti was born on Apr. 26, 2021, in Kiikka, Finland… parents are Kirsi and Janne Prithi … has one brother, Ville…enjoys baking..favorite food is Avocado halloumi pasta... Chose LMU because of the quality of coaching and training, her love for Los Angeles, the team culture, and the pretty campus.