Stetson University Athletics

2016: AVCA All-American ... Atlantic Sun Pair of the Year ... Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year ... Atlantic Sun all-tournament team ... Three-time Atlantic Sun Pair of the Week ... Graduate with ASUN Honors ... Honor Roll ... ASUN Honor Roll ... Went 32-3 at the 1 seed with Sara Putt ... Perfect 11-0 in A-Sun regular season and postseason ... School and conference single-season record 32 dual match victories ... Won the first 21 matches in a row to start the season ... Posted non-conference wins over #18 Tulane, #12 LSU, #10 Georgia State, #5 Hawaii, #10 FIU, #4 UCLA, #20 FAU, and #19 South Carolina ... First pair of Stetson University All-Americans in beach volleyball.

Hampton University: Was a two-time All-American and two-time Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year ... Compiled 1,725 career kills in just three seasons ... Ranked second in the nation with 691 kills and a 5.81 kills-per-set average as a senior ... Earned AVCA All-East region and AVCA honorable mention All-America honors as a junior and a senior ... Was twice named the Most Outstanding Player of the MEAC tournament, helping lead her team to two straight NCAA Tournament appearances ... Also earned AVCA National Player of the Week honors during her senior season.

Previously: Placed third in beach volleyball at the Czech Academic Games in 2013.

Personal: Vendula Strakova was born in 1991 in Brno, Czech Republic ... Daughter of Tatana and Ivo Straka.