2025 Beach Volleyball Roster
Biography
2025: Finished the season with a 12-15 record, the most wins for any Sandy Cougs... Played with Sophie Hays, Elizabeth Curry, Alexa Psotka, and Sophie Sageer... Earned a win over former team Georgia State at the Sun Belt Championship.
(GEORGIA STATE) 2024: Thayse finished the 2024 spring season with a 3-6 record with appearances at the fourth, and fifth flights... Cassie finished Sun Belt play with a perfect 3-0 record including wins over Mercer and Southern Miss… Helped the Sandy Panthers to a second consecutive Sun Belt Conference Championship Title… Helped GSU to a third consecutive NCAA Championship berth in a season that saw the team ranked top-16 or better nationally for every week…
(GEORGIA STATE) 2023: Saw the majority of spring 2023 competition at the sixth flight... Appeared twice at the fifth flight alongside Destiny White late in the season... Helped the Sandy Panthers to a Sun Belt Conference Championship Title in the league's inaugural season of beach volleyball... Helped GSU to a second consecutive NCAA Championship berth in a season that saw the team ranked top-14 or better nationally for every week Â
HIGH SCHOOL: Native of Rochester, N.Y. ... Attended Penfield High School and lettered 4 years in volleyball... Trained with Optimum Beach and Team Davis... AVCA High School All-American in 2021... Earned New York State Section 5 All-Star honors for 2020 and 2021... 2-time AVCA Phenom in 2019 and 2020... 4-time NYHSAA All-Academic 2018-2021
PERSONAL: Born April 15, 2004 in Green Bay, Wis. ... Daughter of Destree Rickard, Andrew Rickard and Justin Thayse ... Has one sister, Eden, and one brother, Collin ... intends to major in Biology with a minor in Health administration.
