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2025-26 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

Shane Rodrigues
Shane Rodrigues

44 Sophie Buschmann

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Erie, Colo.
  • Prev School:
    Broomfield HS

Summary

Biography

2025 (Sophomore)

  • Played in 31 matches.
  • Finished the season 11-20 overall.
  • Went 7-9 at the No. 4 flight and 4-11 at the No. 5 flight.
  • Started the season paired with Kristen Serrano, going 6-12.
  • Made her final 13 appearances with Sydney Miller, notching a 5-8 mark.
  • Tallied four wins over pairs of ranked squads, including back-to-back wins over No. 6 Cal Poly and No. 16 North Florida in the Best in the West tournament. 
  • Captured the clinching point in UH’s 3-2 win over No. 14 Stetson with a three-set victory the No. 4 flight while paired with Miller.
  • Named academic all-Big West.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioners Honor Roll

2024

  • Redshirted.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2023 (Freshman)
  • Appeared in 13 matches as a true freshman.
  • Finished 7-6 while playing primarily at the No. 4 and No. 5 flights.
  • Played nine of her 13 matches with Ilihia Huddleston, going 5-4.
  • Made her collegiate debut on Feb. 23 in a straight set win over Saint Mary’s at the No. 5 flight.
  • Also paired with Ana Maidment (1-0), Chandler Cowell (1-0), Caprice Lorenzo (0-1) and Lea Kruse (0-1).
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Prep:
  • A 2022 graduate of Broomfield High School in Broomfield, Colo..
  • A four-year letterwinner for both volleyball and track and field. 
  • Named first-team all-state as a senior as well as the Front Range League Player of the Year.
  • Helped lead her high school indoor team to two Front Range League championships.
  • Led the league in kills both her junior and senior seasons. 
  • Concluded her indoor career with 799 career kills, 552 digs, and 117 aces. 
  • Invited and trained with the 2020 US Girls U19 A3 National Training Team. 
  • Trained in beach volleyball with The Lab Volleyball in Arvada, Colo. 
  • A four-time academic all-state honoree in both track and volleyball.
  • A member of the National Honor Society and graduated magna cum laude.
Personal:
  • Born in Louisville, Colo.
  • Given first name is Sophia.
  • A kineseology, health & exercise science major.
  • Has one younger brother.
  • Parents are David Buschmann of Broomfield, Colo., and Gretchen Buschmann of Erie, Colo.

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    2023Freshman

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    2026Junior

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