Biography
*Updated December 17, 2024
IN THE RECORD BOOK
Tied for third on the single-match (four sets) list with 31 digs at UNCW (Sept. 24, 2022) ... Eighth all-time in career digs per set (3.27) ... Seventh all-time in career digs (1,560) ... Tied-Eighth all-time in Rally-Scoring Era digs in a season (551)
CAREER HONORSÂ
2023 CAA Libero of the Year ... 2023 All-CAA First Team ... 2024 CAA Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll ... CAA Rookie of the Week (Nov. 8, 2021) ... CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 25, 2023) ... CAAÂ Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 2, 2023) ... CAA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9, 2023) ... CAA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 30, 2023) ... 2024 All-CAA Preseason ... CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 9, 2024) ... CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 14, 2024) ... CAA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21, 2024) ... CAA Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 18, 2024) ... 2024 CAA Libero of the Year ... 2024 Second-Team All-CAA ... 2024 CAA Champion
SENIOR (2024)
Played in 34 matches, with two starts … Played in 123 sets, averaging 0.02 kills, 0.84 assists, and 0.29 points … Totaled 2 kills, 37 points, and had a 0.091 hitting percentage … Lead team with 551 digs and 4.37 digs per set, ranked 4th in conference with 4.73 digs per set … Second on team with 106 assists … Second on team with 35 service aces and 0.28 service aces per set, ranked 7th in conference with 0.36 service aces per set … Recorded double-digit digs in 28 matches (14 straight matches Sept. 28 – Nov. 9) … Recorded season-high 30 digs on Oct. 12 against Towson … Reached 1300th career digs on Oct. 11 against Towson and 1400th on Oct. 26 against North Carolina A&T … Reached 1500th career digs on Nov. 15 against Northeastern and became the eighth player in program history to reach that milestone … Recorded career-high five aces on Sept. 21 against Elon … Reached 100th career ace on Oct. 18 against William & Mary … Recorded a kill on Oct. 5 against Stony Brook and Oct. 25 against N.C. A&T …Two-time CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 9, Oct. 14) … Two-time CAA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21, Nov. 18)
JUNIOR (2023)
Appeared in all 30 matches with six starts, Three-time CAA Defensive Player of the Week ... Tied for team-best 30 service aces ... Paced team with 424 digs and 3.96 digs per set ... Reached double digits in digs in 20 contests, including the final 19 matches ... Had 20-or-more digs in eight contests ... Had at least 16 digs in every conference match ... Set a career-high with four service aces in the opener against Davidson (Aug. 25) ... Season-best three kills at The Citadel (Aug. 29) ... Recorded 1,000th career dig in CAA Quarterfinals versus Stony Brook (Nov. 16).
SOPHOMORE (2022)
Appeared in 26 matches with 22 starts ... Led the team in total digs (367) and digs per set (3.90) ... Third in service aces (18) and assists (64) ... Ranked sixth in the CAA in digs per set ... Recorded at least 20 digs in six matches ... Set a new career-high with 31 digs at UNCW (Sept. 24) ... Collected 25 digs against Delaware (Oct. 2) ... Had 25 digs and six assists at Elon (Oct. 23) ... Tallied 24 digs with three assists and two aces against North Carolina A&T (Nov. 12) ... Posted 22 digs against Delaware (Nov. 17) in the CAA Quarterfinals
FRESHMAN (2021)
Appeared in 24 matches with eight starts, including five at libero ... Averaged 2.56 digs and 0.32 aces per set ... Reached double digits in digs in nine matches ... Recorded at least 20 digs in three matches ... Made her first career start as the libero and recorded 17 digs with four assists against Idaho State (Sept. 10) ... Accounted for four kills, three aces and six digs against Campbell (Sept. 11) ... Posted 11 digs against Florida A&M (Sept. 11) ... Recorded eight digs and equaled her season-high with three aces at JMU (Sept. 26) ... Collected seven digs and two aces in a sweep at William & Mary (Oct. 2) ... Registered 11 digs and two aces against Hofstra (Oct. 17) ... Accumulated 23 digs at Delaware (Oct. 24) ... Totaled a season-high 24 digs at Northeastern (Nov. 6) ... CAA Rookie of the Week (Nov. 8) ... Accounted for 20 digs in a five-set win over UNCW (Nov. 13) ... Had 15 digs, four kills and two blocks against UNCW (Nov. 14)
HIGH SCHOOL & CLUBÂ
Graduated from Calvary Day School in Savannah, Ga. ... Four-time All-Region First Team selection ... Three-time Region Co-Player of the Year ... Named to the Under Armour All-America Watchlist in 2020 ... Four-time GVCA All-State honoree including three first-team selections ... Recognized on the Under Armour All-Region 3A Team as a senior ... Totaled 1,051 kills, 921 digs and 188 aces in four seasons ... Averaged 3.41 kills per set for her career and hit .390 as a senior ... Member of 2017 state championship team ... Also played basketball was named to the all-region team in back-to-back seasons.
PERSONAL
Full name is Victoria Tynley Smeltzer ... Celebrates her birthday on November 14 ... Daughter of Glen and Michelle Smeltzer ... Has a brother, Bryson and a sister, Aniston ... Her brother Bryson plays baseball at Georgia College ... Majoring in exercise science ... Honors student.
