2021 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Talia Edmonds
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Kalamazoo Central
- Hometown:
- Kalamazoo, Mich.
Collegiate Honors
Academic All-Big Ten  (2019, 2020)
Team Captain (2021)
JUNIOR Â (2020-21): Â Academic All-B1G ... Appeared in 12 of 15 matches in a COVID-19-shortened season ... As a primary defensive replacement and serving specialist, averaged 0.6 digs per 1.2 digs per set and added five service aces ... Posted a pair of service aces in the season opener at Minnesota (1/23), her first game action since November 2018 ... Delivered three digs, an ace and an assist in a five-setter vs. Ohio State (2/1) ... Played both matches at Maryland, (2/12-13), compiling nine digs and an assist in the first matchup ...Had nine digs vs. Michigan (2/17) ... Posted a career-best 11 digs in the second matchup with Wisconsin, and averaged 1.86 digs per set in the series with the Badgers (2/20-21) ... Missed the Penn State series with illness ... In the final series vs. Rutgers (4/2-3), had five digs, an assist, and an ace in the first match.
SOPHOMORE (2019): Â Academic All-B1G ... Missed the entire season with injury.Â
FRESHMAN (2018):  Appeared in 56 sets over 19 matches during the course of her first season in East Lansing ... Averaged 0.30 digs and added seven service aces on the year ... Saw action in all 12 sets at the Tennessee Classic (8/24-25), recording an ace in each match ...  Appeared in all three matches at the Carolina Classic (8/31-9/1), serving up two aces  ... Made an appearance in each match in the Fairfield Invitational (9/7-8), posting a career-best three digs and adding an ace in the finale vs. Central Connecticut ... In the Spartan Invitational (9/14-15), had a season-best five digs vs. UAB.Â
CLUB: Â Competed for USA Michigan and coaches Alex Greene and Erin Onken ... USA Junior National First Team All-American as a setter in 2016 ... Beach Volleyball EVP Champion in Chicago in 2017.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity starter in volleyball and two-time captain ... Four-time First Team All-Conference selection ... Was an All-Region pick in both 2016 and 2017 ... All-State Honorable mention as a senior ... Graduated with the Kalamazoo Central record for career digs and sits second on the list for career aces ... Â Earned MVP Â honors at the Carrie Adams Tournament ... Played scholastic basketball and softball in addition to volleyball ... Helped Kalamazoo Central to four district championships and won a regional championship as a senior in 2018 ... Earned First Team All-Conference honors ... Three-time First Team All-Conference selection in softball, two-time MVP, and captained the team as a senior ... Also played one year of varsity soccer and ran track for one year ... Totaled 13 varsity letters in high school while earning First Team All-Conference honors in volleyball, basketball, softball, and soccer ... Academic All-State pick in both volleyball and softball ... Member of the National Honor Society and recorded more than 500 volunteer hours ... Graduated in the top 10% of her class and was a YWCA Young Woman of Achievement.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Peka) Edmonds ... Mother, the former Peka Malae, was an All-American setter at Hawaii-Hilo, which won both the NAIA and the AIAW national championships in 1981.  She is also in the Vulcans’ Hall of Fame ... Father was a basketball letterman and team captain at Nazareth College who also served in the United States Army and is a graduate of both Army Airborne and Ranger School ... Has three siblings:  Tyler, Blake, and Alika ... Interned at the YMCA in the summer of 2021 ... Human Development and Family Studies major with a minor in Youth and Society. Â
