Sopheea Mink

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Position:
Outside Hitter/Right Side
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
DeForest Area
Hometown:
DeForest, Wis.
Prev School:
High Point

*Updated Oct. 11, 2023

CAREER HONORS:

CAA Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 6)

GRADUATE (2023):

Has appeared in all 19 matches with 14 starts
Has 10-plus kills in four matches with three consecutive from Sept. 24 through Oct. 1
Career-best 16 kills and 18 points at Delaware (Oct. 1)
Hit exactly .480 in back-to-back matches with 27 kills on just 50 swings (Sept. 24 & Sept. 30)
Set a new career-high with 12 digs at Georgia Southern (Sept. 1) finishing just one kill shy of a double-double
Career-best six blocks at William & Mary (Sept. 17)
Recorded her first two career service aces in a sweep of Charleston Southern (Sept. 5)
Currently second on the team in hitting percentage (.258)
Sits third in kills (147), kills per set (2.23) and blocks (30)
Leads the Cougars in attack percentage (.347) in CAA play
Has single season career-highs in kills (147), kills per set (2.23), attack percentage (.258), assists (6), aces (2), digs (60) and points (167)
Recorded her 500th career kill in a sweep of UNCW (Oct. 8)

Prior to College of Charleston:
Senior (2022)

Appeared in 81 sets, tallying 104 kills (1.28 kills/set).
Finished with a .257 hitting percentage.
Collected 5+ kills in 13 matches.
Third on the team in total blocks with 56.
Added 31 digs (.38 dig/set).
Had a season-high eight kills vs. Furman (Sept. 2) and Sacred Heart (Sept. 8).
Collected a season-high five block assists on two occasions, the first vs. Furman (Sept. 2) and the second time vs. Radford (Nov. 4).
Recorded a .538 hitting percentage at Winthrop (Oct. 29) after going 7-for-13 in the four set rally.

Junior (Fall / 2021)

Ended the season by playing 76 sets, finishing with 88 kills (1.16 kills/set).
Closed with a .233 attack percentage after making 227 total attacks and just 35 miscues.
Capped off the slate with 34 digs (0.45 digs/set).
Responsible for 29 total blocks, converting 27 assisted blocks along the way.
Began the season with a 14-kill, eight-dig outing against James Madison (Aug. 27), closing with a .323 attack percentage.
Emerged with five kills in 12 attempts versus Columbia (Sept. 3).
Drove home six kills in nine attempts, posting a .667 attack percentage, at Army (Sept. 4).
Had one of her best defensive performances of the season, finishing with five assisted blocks, against BYU (Sept. 11).
Tallied seven kills in nine attacks (.778 attack pct.) along with three assisted blocks in a Big South clash at Charleston Southern (Oct. 15).
Capped off a three-set match with Winthrop (Oct. 22) with seven kills and a .778 attack percentage.
Continued her solid play in Big South Conference action with seven kills and a .467 attack percentage against Winthrop (Oct. 22) along with eight kills (.571 attack pct.) the following evening against Gardner-Webb.
A solid front row defender for the Panthers, emerged with three assisted blocks against N.C. A&T (Nov. 6) as well as four assisted blocks in the season finale against Campbell (Nov. 21).

Sophomore (Spring / 2021)

Saw action in 31 sets for the Panthers, driving home 37 kills at a clip of 1.19 kills/set.
Posted a .240 attack percentage after making 96 total attacks (14 errors) along the way.
Made her impact on HPU defense with 20 digs and 14 assisted blocks.
Delivered four kills and two assisted blocks in the season-opener against Radford (Feb. 25).
Established her single-match season high in kills (nine) and digs (five) at USC Upstate (March 4).
Put together a solid defensive performance, which included four digs and an assisted block, at USC Upstate (March 5).
Drove home two kills while amassing four digs in match versus Campbell (March 26).
Had eight kills en route to a .500 attack percentage, while assisting on five blocks against Gardner-Webb (April 1).
Capped off the series against Gardner-Webb (April 2) with six kills, .333 attack percentage and two digs.
Millis Scholar Athlete.

Freshman (2019)

Drove home 124 kills (1.29) in 96 sets played for the Panthers, notching a .207 attack percentage.
Had 347 total attacks for High Point, sixth-most on the team.
Made her presence felt on defense with 50 total blocks, fourth-most on the unit.
Responsible for 45 assisted blocks, third on the team, while making five solo blocks (fourth-most).
Solid back row defender with 47 digs, helping HPU amass 1,895 digs as a team.
Responded with five kills in at least 14 matches for the Panthers, eight matches with at least three assisted blocks.
Delivered seven kills, .385 attack percentage and five blocks (four assisted) against Lipscomb (Aug. 30).
Played five sets against Villanova (Aug. 31), posting four kills and two assisted blocks.
Drove home six kills and had three digs in a non-conference clash with Furman (Sept. 8).
Began a five-match stretch of at least five kills by delivering six kills (.308 attack pct.), three digs and two assisted blocks versus Jacksonville (Sept. 21).
Closed out clash at Davidson (Sept. 21) with five kills, .455 attack percentage, and four blocks (three assisted).
Had five kills, .308 attack percentage and five total blocks (four assisted) at South Carolina (Sept. 22).
Established her single-match season-high in kills (10), having a .318 attack percentage, along with three digs and two assisted blocks against Radford (Sept. 28).
Came through with five kills (.400 attack pct.) and three digs versus Hampton (Oct. 4).
Closed with seven kills, .600 attack percentage, and four blocks (three assisted) at Presbyterian (Oct. 11).
Delivered six kills in consecutive matches against Gardner-Webb (Oct. 19) and UNC Asheville (Oct. 25).
Equaled her single-match season-high in kills (10) in 26 attacks against USC Upstate (Oct. 26).
Had seven assists and two digs at Radford (Nov. 1).
Recorded five kills and a .333 attack percentage while assisting on three blocks against Charleston Southern (Nov. 15).
Responded with six kills, four assisted blocks and three digs against Campbell (Nov. 23).
Millis Scholar Athlete.

PREP: Mink came to High Point after playing three seasons of varsity volleyball under head coach Scott Schumann at DeForest Area High School…An all-area honorable mention selection her junior year and won all-conference awards her sophomore, junior and senior seasons…Logged 296 kills on a .438 hitting percentage, while also tallying 52 blocks her senior season…Played club volleyball for Capital Volleyball Academy and led her team to the JVA World Challenge Championship in the 2018 season.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Scott and Amie Mink…Has a younger sister, Bella…Obtained varsity letters in track and basketball at DeForest…Studying sociology and anthropology and minoring in environmental science.