2025 Beach Volleyball Roster
Biography
SENIOR (2025)
JUNIOR (2024)
- Six match wins on the season
- Competed with Tynley Smeltzer at the No. 4 pairs for the Sun Belt Championship
- Picked up three wins at the No. 5s with partner Kora Hansen vs. Jacksonville, Chattanooga and Erskine
- Defeated Stephen F. Austin with Smeltzer and Southern Miss with Hansen, both at the No. 4 pairs
- Picked up a win at the No. 5 pairs with Smeltzer vs. Coastal Carolina
SOPHOMORE (2023)
TUSCULUM UNIVERSITY (2022)
- Spent the 2022 season at Tusculum University in Greeneville, Tenn.
- Earned AVCA Top Flight honors in flight four
- Posted a 26-6 record
- Set a single-season program record for overall wins (26)
- Partnered with teammate Katie McLamb for 24 wins in the fourth flight
- Recorded two straight-set wins against Coastal Carolina
- Defeated Tampa in three sets
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HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Powdersville High School in Powdersville, S.C.
- Four-year letter-winner
- Member of three-time state championship team
- Two-time All-Region selection
- Earned All-State and All-Star honorsÂ
PERSONAL
- Full name is Olivia Whitley Knutson
- Celebrates her birthday on Oct. 12
- Daughter of Roland and Linda Knutson
- Has one sister, Sophia
- Four-year member of student government at Powdersville High School
- Member of the National Honor Society and National Society of Scholars
- Intends to major in Business Administration with a minor in Real Estate
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