2021 USC Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Graudina, Tina
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/ Women's Beach Volleyball
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/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
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Jersey Number 14
Tina Graudina
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Jurmala, Latvia
Bio
CAREER
2022 · SENIOR
2021 · JUNIOR
2020 · REDSHIRT
2019 · SOPHOMORE
2018 · FRESHMAN
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graudina took fourth place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games with partner Anastasija Kravcenoka… earned two other fourth-place finishes in 2021 FIVB World Beach Pro Tour events in Sochi, Russia and Gstaad, Switzerland… finished fourth at the 2021 European Championships in Vienna, Austria… named the 2018 FIVB Top Rookie and earned 2019 FIVB Most Improved Team with partner Anastasija Kravcenoka… won the 2019 European Championship with Kravcenoka… earned the first-ever Latvian women’s berth into the Olympics with Kravcenoka by winning the Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Tournament (Haiyang, China)… first-ever NCAA collegiate beach volleyball player to qualify for the Olympics… finished fifth at the 2018 FIVB Yangzhou four-star event and took ninth place in three other (Sydney, Lucerne, and Espinho) FIVB competitions during the 2018-19 with partner Anastasija Kravcenoka… earned gold at the 2016 U22 European Championship with Kravcenoka and took gold at the 2015 U18 European Championship with Paula Neciporuka… placed third in the 2014 U17 World Championships with Linda Gramberga… had fifth place finishes in the 2015 U19 World Championship and the 2017 European and U21 World Championships… took ninth place in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
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PERSONAL
Tina Laura Graudina was born on March 9, 1998, in Riga, Latvia… parents are Maris and Ilze Graudina… has two brothers named Miks and Maris… grandfather Arturs Graudinš was a Latvian champion in the 100-meter hurdles and grandmother Stanislava Spruženieks was a Latvian champion in the high jump… competed in six years of track and field as a heptathlete… aspires to a professional volleyball career after graduation… majoring in political science.
- 122-9 all-time record
- Four-time AVCA All-American
- Three-time Pac-12 Player of the Year (2019, 21)
- Three-time Pac-12 Pair of the Year (2019 with Abril Bustamante, 2021 with Megan Kraft, 2022 with Hailey Harward)
- DiG Magazine National Player of the Year (2019)
- First NCAA beach volleyball player to qualify for the Olympic Games
- Finished in fourth place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
2022 · SENIOR
- AVCA All-America First Team
- AVCA Top Flight Award (Flight No. 1)
- Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
- Pac-12 All- Conference First Team
- Pac-12 Player of the Year
- Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal Winner
- AVCA National Pair of the Year with Hailey Harward
- NCAA All-Tournament Team (Pair No. 1) with Hailey Harward
- Pac-12 Pair of the Year with Hailey Harward
- AVCA/CBVB Pair of the Week (April 4) with Hailey Harward
- Pac-12 Pair of the Week (March 15, April 12) with Hailey Harward
- Served as one of three team captains for the Trojans in the 2022 season
- Went 31-1 overall in dual matches at the No. 1 position with Hailey Harward
- Delivered clinching point in 15 duals
- Ended the season with a 30-match winning streak
2021 · JUNIOR
- AVCA All-American
- VolleyballMag.com All-America First Team
- Pac-12 Pair of the Year (with Megan Kraft)
- NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team (Pair No. 1 with Megan Kraft)
- Pac-12 Player of the Year
- Pac-12 All-Conference First Team
- Pac-12 Championship All-Tournament Team
- AVCA/CollegeBeachVB.com Pair of the Week (April 13 with Megan Kraft)
- Pac-12 Beach VB Pair of the Week (April 13 with Megan Kraft)
- AVCA Top Flight Award (Flight 1 with Sammy Slater)
- Two-time Pac-12 Beach VB Pair of the Week with Sammy Slater (March 18 and 24)
- 27-4 overall record (26-1 at the No. 1 position, 1-0 at No. 2)
- Went 12-3 with Sammy Slater (all at No. 1 position)
- Went 15-1 with Megan Kraft (14-1 at No. 1, 1-0 at No. 2)
- Delivered clinching point in 10 duals
- Started the season with a 12-match winning streak
2020 · REDSHIRT
- Redshirted her junior season to train for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
- Earned a berth into the Olympic Games to represent Latvia with partner Anastasija Kravcenoka as winners of the Olympic Beach Qualifying Tournament
- 2019 European Champion (with Anastasija Kravcenoka)
- First Latvian women’s pair to qualify for the Olympics
- First NCAA beach volleyball player to earn an Olympic berth
2019 · SOPHOMORE
- AVCA All-American
- DiG Magazine National Player of the Year
- DiG Magazine All-America First Team
- Volleyball Magazine National Pair of the Year (with Abril Bustamante)
- Volleyball Magazine All-America First Team
- Pac-12 Player of the Year
- Pac-12 Pair of the Year (with Abril Bustamante)
- Pac-12 All-Conference First Team
- Pac-12 Championship All-Tournament Team (with Abril Bustamante)
- Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
- Two-time Pac-12 Pair of the Week: March 5, March 26 (with Abril Bustamante)
- AVCA/CollegeBeachVB.com National Pair of the Week: March 12 (with Abril Bustamante)
- 33-2 overall record, all at the No. 1 position with Abril Bustamante
- Delivered clinching win in 12 duals
- Had double-digit winning streaks of 15 matches (April 6-May 5) and 11 matches (Feb. 27-March 10)
2018 · FRESHMAN
- AVCA All-American
- Volleyball Magazine/Sand Socks National Pair of the Year (with Abril Bustamante)
- Volleyball Magazine All-America First Team
- Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year
- VolleyMob.com National Pair of the Week, March 13
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- Pac-12 All-Conference First-Team
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
- Pac-12 Championship All-Tournament Team (with Abril Bustamante)
- Pac-12 Pair of the Week, March 27
- 31-2 overall record, all at the No. 1 position with Abril Bustamante
- Had a season-long winning stream of 19 matches (March 24-April 28)
- Outrigger Resorts Hawai’i Invitational Best Blocker award
- Pac-12 South Invitational All-Tournament Team (with Abril Bustamante)
- Pac-12 North Invitational All-Tournament Team (with Abril Bustamante)
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graudina took fourth place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games with partner Anastasija Kravcenoka… earned two other fourth-place finishes in 2021 FIVB World Beach Pro Tour events in Sochi, Russia and Gstaad, Switzerland… finished fourth at the 2021 European Championships in Vienna, Austria… named the 2018 FIVB Top Rookie and earned 2019 FIVB Most Improved Team with partner Anastasija Kravcenoka… won the 2019 European Championship with Kravcenoka… earned the first-ever Latvian women’s berth into the Olympics with Kravcenoka by winning the Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Tournament (Haiyang, China)… first-ever NCAA collegiate beach volleyball player to qualify for the Olympics… finished fifth at the 2018 FIVB Yangzhou four-star event and took ninth place in three other (Sydney, Lucerne, and Espinho) FIVB competitions during the 2018-19 with partner Anastasija Kravcenoka… earned gold at the 2016 U22 European Championship with Kravcenoka and took gold at the 2015 U18 European Championship with Paula Neciporuka… placed third in the 2014 U17 World Championships with Linda Gramberga… had fifth place finishes in the 2015 U19 World Championship and the 2017 European and U21 World Championships… took ninth place in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
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PERSONAL
Tina Laura Graudina was born on March 9, 1998, in Riga, Latvia… parents are Maris and Ilze Graudina… has two brothers named Miks and Maris… grandfather Arturs Graudinš was a Latvian champion in the 100-meter hurdles and grandmother Stanislava Spruženieks was a Latvian champion in the high jump… competed in six years of track and field as a heptathlete… aspires to a professional volleyball career after graduation… majoring in political science.
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