Paige Anderson

Photo by: Ty Russell

Photo by: Ty Russell

Height:
6-2
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
McKinney Boyd High School
Hometown:
McKinney, Texas

2021 (Super-senior)
Named to the All-Big 12 Second Team for the third time in her career ... Started in all 27 of the Sooners' matches ... Led the team in blocks with 109 (20 solo) on only five errors ... Second in the Big 12 in blocks per set (1.22) and third in total blocks ... Third on the team in kills (215), kills per set (2.03), points (297.5) and points per set (2.81) ... Owned six of the top eight highest single game block totals on the team ... Logged double digit kills on 10 different occasions, including six such games in a row ... Tallied a career high 18 kills against West Virginia (09/25) ... Totaled a team-high nine blocks in back-to-back games against TCU (10/08-09) ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree.

2020 (Senior)
Did not play due to injury.

2019 (Junior)
All-Big 12 Second Team…Nike Invitational MVP…Played in 105 sets over 28 matches…Finished third on the team with 245 kills and 2.33 kills per set…Posted 91 total blocks (10 solo, 81 assisted) to rank third on the team…Notched double-digit kills 14 times, including a career high 17 against Georgia Tech (Sept. 14)…Hit over .500 seven times, including a season-best .667 against Oregon State (Sept. 5)…Tallied five or more total blocks six times…Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2018 (Sophomore)

All-Big 12 Second Team selection … Played in 107 sets, starting all 28 matches at middle blocker … Led the Sooner defense with 1.29 blocks per set, the fourth-best mark in OU history during the 25-point rally scoring era … Paced the Big 12 with 138 total blocks … Led the Sooners with a .276 hitting percentage … Ranked third among Sooners with 2.05 kills per set … Six performances with double-digit kills and three showings with double-digit blocks … Registered a career-high 14 blocks against Georgia (9/8), tying for third-most blocks in a single match in 2018 Division I volleyball and matching a program record for blocks in a five-set match … Set the program record with 11 blocks in a four-set match against Pittsburgh (8/31) … Set a career high with 16 kills in just three sets against Kansas State (9/21) … OU Nike Invitational All-Tournament Team … Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

2017 (Freshman)

Started all 29 matches, playing in all of OU's 107 sets ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ... Led the team with 84 total blocks (nine solo, 75 assisted), averaging 0.79 blocks per set, and ranked fourth on the team with 176 kills, averaging 1.64 kills per set ... Opened the season with a career-high eight blocks (one solo, seven assisted) against Seton Hall (8/25) ... Collected two of her three service aces of the season at Baylor (9/30) ... Hit .692 with nine kills and no errors at TCU (10/18) ... Hit .667 with seven kills and one error at Texas (11/22).

High School

Became the all-time blocks leaders in McKinney Boyd history with the 392nd of her career as a senior... totaled 298 kills and hit .300 in 2016... named All-District First Team in 2015 and 2016 as well as All-District Second Team in 2014... twice earned Academic All-District in 2015 and 2016... voted tournament MVP of the 2016 Circle of Champions and was named to the 2016 Allen Texas Open All-Tournament Team... helped team to two district championships and a regional final.

Club

Played with Texas Advantage Volleyball for six years and won an Open Division National Championship...helped team to silver medal in the 2017 USA Volleyball 18 Open...qualified for nationals in four consecutive seasons to finish club career.

Personal

Paige Anderson... Parents: Melissa Nicholson and Jeff Anderson... Siblings: Lily and Wyatt Nicholson; Allie, Blair and Charleigh Anderson... Major: Undecided.