2018 Women's Volleyball
Roster
Polina Prokudina
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Mowgli Secondary/Syracuse
- Hometown:
- Moscow, Russia
- Major:
- Psychology
2019: Played in 116 sets as she finished second on the team in kills with 366, while adding 160 digs and 12 aces…was named All-MAC Honorable Mention…had 17 kills and 18 digs against Colgate (9/1) and finished with 14 kills and 12 digs against the College of Charleston (9/7)…added 19 kills against Ohio (10/12) and 20 kills against Western Michigan (10/18)…had eight straight performances with double figures in kills, including 23 against Akron (10/31) and 26 kills at Ball State (11/2)…finished the season with 13 kills and just one error in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals against Bowling Green (11/22).
2018: Played in all 113 sets and was named a second-team All-MAC selection…finished second on the team with 289 kills…finished with double figures in kills 12 times, including a season-high 19 kills against Northwestern (9/7)…had 17 kills against Seton Hall (8/24) and at Toledo (11/10)…had 15 kills against St. John’s (9/1) and 14 in the season-opener against Niagara (8/24) and Eastern Michigan (10/19)…added double-doubles against Niagara and Seton Hall with 14 and 11 digs, respectively…recorded 53.0 total blocks, including a season-high six blocks against North Dakota State (8/25)…finished with three service aces against Niagara (8/24) and Siena (9/1).
2017: Led the Bulls with 387 kills as she played in all 106 sets…was twice named the MAC East Offensive Player Of the Week, winning it two out of three weeks in September…had a career-high 27 kills in a 3-2 win over Canisius (8/25)…finished with 18 kills and 20 digs against Seton Hall (9/1) and had 26 kills in a 3-2 win over Rutgers (9/2)…added 26 kills and 17 digs against Appalachian State (9/16)…finished with 21 kills against Western Michigan (10/14) and had 23 kills in the MAC Tournament match against Eastern Michigan (11/16)…finished the year with 12 double-doubles.
Previous School: Played her freshman season at Syracuse University where she had 69 kills on 218 swings, while adding 48 digs and 12.0 blocks...had a career-high 16 kills against Virginia Tech and notched a double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs at Boston College.
High School: Went to Mowgli Secondary School where she also took part in tennis and skiing...was a member of the team that won the Russian Country Championship in 2015...also was a member of two silver medal winning teams at the championships in Moscow as well.
Personal: Born December 18, 1998...daughter of Ilya Prokudin and Yuriya Prokudina...has one brother (Andrew) and one sister (Liubov)...enjoys spending time with family and other sports she enjoys are soccer and skating...chose UB because it was the perfect opportunity to mix her academics with training to be a professional athlete...favorite quote is “Rome was not built in a day!”
