2014 Beach Volleyball Roster

2 Moriah Bellissimo

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School David W. Butler HS
  • Hometown Blackstone, Va.

Biography

2014: Finished with 18-14 record ... Went 17-10 with partner Katie Madewell, playing at the first, second and fourth flights ... Also went 1-4 with Delaney Rohan ... Finished season on a two-match win streak ... Went 3-0 at the Ron Jon Surf Shop Beach-n-Boards Festival.

Georgia Southern (2009-12): Two-time winner of Georgia Southern's Student-Athlete of the Year ... Named Capital One All-American in 2012 ... Four-time letterwinner ... Second Team All-SoCon selection in 2012 ... Three-time SoCon Academic Honor Roll and two-time SoCon All-Academic selection ... Played 121 matches with 783 kills, 1,555 digs, 202 blocks, 185 assists and 87 aces in her career ... Won 2010 SoCon Tournament title ... Won SoCon South regular-season division title in 2012 ... 4.0 GPA in nutrition and food science ... Earned SoCon Presidential Scholarship in 2012.  

Prep: Graduate of David W. Butler High School ... Earned four varsity letters in volleyball and track and field and one in basketball ... Helped lead the Bulldogs to state quarterfinal her senior year, earning all-conference and All-Mecklenburg County honors ... Posted a .458 hitting percentage her senior campaign ... Recorded a match-high 37 kills ... Named all-conference, Team MVP, all-county and Union County Player of the Year her junior year after team finished tied for first in the conference ... Posted team bests in kills, blocks and passing percentage her junior year ... After the Bulldogs won the conference tournament her sophomore year, earned all-conference honors and Best Offensive Player ... In 2006, named All-County Female Athlete for outdoor track ... Qualified for 3A Regionals ... Was Best All-Around and all-conference in 2007 outdoor track.

Personal: Moriah Bellissimo was born on July 16, 1991, in Richmond, Va. ... Parents are Mike and Carson Bellissimo ... Father earned four letters in football at the University of Richmond ... Brother, Jacob, plays football at Carson-Newman College ... Has one year of eligibility in sand for Georgia State.