Upcoming Event: Women's Volleyball versus Yellow & Blue Scrimmage on August 8, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.
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11:00 a.m.
Women's Volleyball
vs Yellow & Blue Scrimmage
South Dakota State University Athletics
2025 Women's Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 11
Sydni Schetnan
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Washington H.S.
- Hometown:
- Sioux Falls, S.D.
- Major:
- Communications
PRONUNCIATION
PERSONAL: Daughter of Kim and Thad Schetnan... her father ran cross country at North Dakota and her mother played basketball at South Dakota State before a career-ending injury... cousin to teammate Joslyn Richardson... cousin Ellie Benson played volleyball at SDSU from 2015-17 and her aunt, JoElle (Byre) Benson played basketball for the Jacks in the mid-1980s.
HONORS & AWARDS
AVCA All-Northwest Region (2024-25)
Summit League First Team (2024, 2025)
Summit League All-Tournament Team (2024)
Summit League Peak Performer of the Month (September 2024)
Summit League Peak Performer of the Week (Offensive - 9/24/24, 10/1/24; Defensive - 10/15/24, 10/22/24, 10/21/25, 11/11/25)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2023-24, 2024-25)
2025: Played in every set for the Jackrabbits for the second straight season (28 matches, 104 sets)… repeated with Summit League First Team honors… led the Jackrabbits with 144 blocks and 1.38 blocks per set in her final season… her 144 total blocks ranks third in program history and her 1.38 blocks per set ranks second… ended the year ranked 28th nationally in blocks per set and total blocks… contributed 1.90 kills per set and paced the Jackrabbits with a .349 attack percentage… opened the season with eight kills and a .444 hitting percentage to go with seven blocks in the Jacks’ win over Illinois (9/29)… put up 10 kills (.471) and five blocks against Wyoming (9/7)… notched 10 kills and nine blocks against Boise State (9/20)… had six kills and eight blocks at Denver (10/2)… hit .600 with seven kills on 10 swings at Oral Roberts (10/4)… reached double digits with 10 kills (.467) and four blocks against Kansas City (10/9)… had seven kills and seven blocks against St. Thomas (10/11)… notched nine blocks at South Dakota (10/18)… was errorless with six kills on 11 swings for a .545 hitting percentage against Oral Roberts… posted 10 kills and five blocks against Denver (10/25)… had 14 kills and eight blocks at North Dakota State (11/6)… had 13 blocks, including a program-record 11 block assists, at St. Thomas (11/8)
2024: Played in all 30 matches (113 sets) for the Jackrabbits… was tabbed First Team All-Summit League and AVCA All-Region… led the team with a .388 hit percentage and 1.29 blocks per set… her .388 hitting percentage was the best in a single season in program history... her 146 total blocks and 1.29 blocks per set both rank second for a single season at SDSU in the current scoring era... tallied 2.49 kills per set out of the middle, the second highest mark on the team… hit .412 with 10 kills and six blocks at Georgia State (8/30)… hit .421 with 10 kills versus Indiana State (8/31)… hit .452 with 16 kills at Western Illinois (9/6)… tallied nine kills at a .400 clip and seven blocks against Purdue Fort Wayne (9/7)… registered a .571 hitting percentage with 12 kills and no errors to go with 10 total blocks (seven solo) at Bradley (9/14)… posted 10 kills at a .556 rate against Idaho State (9/19)… had 12 kills (.435) and nine blocks in a five-set win over Toledo (9/20)… put up a season-high 17 kills at a .680 clip in a reverse sweep over Oral Roberts (9/26)… tallied 14 kills while hitting .619 and had five blocks at Denver (9/28)… had 13 kills and no errors on 22 swings (.591) against North Dakota (10/12)… recorded 15 kills and eight blocks at St. Thomas (10/1)… had 16 kills while hitting .400 and recorded nine blocks against Denver in the Summit League Semifinal (11/25)… posted nine blocks against South Dakota in the Summit League Championship (11/26)
2023: Played 107 sets across 29 matches... recorded 203 kills throughout the season to average nearly two kills per set, ranking third on the squad... led the Jackrabbits with a .251 attack percentage on the year… also led the team with 83 total blocks and .78 blocks per set… tallied 18 kills on 28 attacks to record a .571 attack percentage against South Dakota (11/14)... registered eight blocks against Winthrop (8/25)... recorded a season-high of 11 blocks against South Dakota (10/17)... tallied a match-high of six digs against Tenessee Tech (9/9)... later recorded five digs against LMU (9/16) and North Dakota State (11/2).
PERSONAL: Daughter of Kim and Thad Schetnan... her father ran cross country at North Dakota and her mother played basketball at South Dakota State before a career-ending injury... cousin to teammate Joslyn Richardson... cousin Ellie Benson played volleyball at SDSU from 2015-17 and her aunt, JoElle (Byre) Benson played basketball for the Jacks in the mid-1980s.
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