Stetson University Athletics

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Career:

• AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2019)
• VolleyballMag.com All-America Honorable Mention (2019)
• Two-time AVCA National Pair of the Week (2019, 2020)
• Two-time ASUN Pair of the Tournament (2017, 2018)
• Two-time ASUN All-Tournament team (2017, 2018)
• Two-time ASUN First Team All-Conference (2018, 2019)
• Five-time ASUN Pair of the Week
• AVCA Top Flight Award (2018)
• ASUN Freshman of the Year (2017)
• Ranks second in school history with 90 career wins (90-29)
• Ranks fifth all-time in winning pct. (.756)
• Part of the winningest pair in Stetson and ASUN history (84 wins with Carly Perales)
• Helped lead Stetson to three ASUN Championships (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Helped lead Stetson to an NCAA Championship berth (2019)
• Helped keep Stetson ranked in the Top 20 every week during her four years
• Named to the ASUN All-Decade team in 2020

2020: AVCA CollegeBeachVB.com National Pair of the Week ... ASUN Pair of the Week (March 10) ... ASUN Honor Roll ... Went 12-2 with Carly Perales at Pair 1 and Pair 2 ... Won their final nine matches of the season ... Went 4-0 at the Stetson Spring Fling and 5-0 in California, defeating five straight ranked opponents ... Picked up wins over nine ranked opponents overall, including Top 10 wins over No. 7 Cal Poly, No. 8 LMU, and No. 9 Pepperdine ... Ranked ninth in MoVR rankings (44.75) ... Stetson Distinguished Senior Award winner (with Carly Perales).

2019: AVCA All-America Honorable Mention ... VolleyballMag.com All-America Honorable Mention ... ASUN First Team All-Conference ... Three-time ASUN Pair of the Week ... AVCA CollegeBeachVB.com National Pair of the Week ... ASUN Honor Roll ... Went 27-12 with Carly Perales at Pair 1 ... Tied for the fifth-most wins by a Stetson pair in school history ...  Had the fourth-most wins for any Pair 1 in the NCAA ... Went a perfect 8-0 against ASUN opponents, going 16-1 in sets played ... Became the winningest pair in Stetson history on Feb. 23 ... Won 11 matches in a row, including three ranked wins in one day on April 12 at FAU … Posted 11 wins against ranked opponents, including top 10 wins over #10 South Carolina and #8 FIU.

2018: ASUN Pair of the Tournament ... ASUN All-Conference Team ... ASUN All-Tournament Team ... ASUN Pair of the Week ... AVCA Top Flight Award (2 seed) ... Was named ASUN Pair of the Tournament with Carly Perales for the second year in a row after winning all three matches and all six sets ... Went 32-6 overall, tying the single-season program record for dual match wins ... Was 11-4 at the 1 seed and 21-2 at the 2 seed ... Posted an 8-2 mark in ASUN play ... ...  Earned seven non-conference wins against ranked opponents … Defeated the 1 seeds from #12 Georgia State, #18 Tulane, and #20 FAU … Defeated the 2 seeds from #4 Florida State twice, #14 California and #15 Arizona … Won 19 of their last 21 duals.

2017: ASUN Pair of the Tournament ... ASUN Freshman of the Year ... ASUN All-Tournament team ... ASUN All-Freshman Team ... Was named ASUN Pair of the Tournament with Carly Perales after winning all three matches and all six sets ... Went 19-9 overall and a perfect 9-0 in ASUN play ... Played primarily at the 5 seed with additional action at the 1, 2, and 4 seeds ... Posted notable non-conference wins over No. 4 Florida State, No. 5 Hawai'i, No. 9 South Carolina, No. 10 LSU, and No. 14 Florida International ... Went 14-2 in her final 16 matches of the season.

Previous Beach Volleyball: 
2016: Won two silver medals on the senior Norwegian Tour … Placed ninth at the European Championship u20 in Turkey ... 2015: Placed 25th at the European Championship u22 in Portugal … Placed ninth at the Europa Championship u20 in Cyprus … Seventh place finish at Nevza senior … Gold Norwegian Championship u21 … Won one gold and four bronze on the senior Norwegian Tour ... 2014: Participated in second junior Olympic qualification … 17th place finish at the World Championship u19 … Eighth place finish at the European Championship u18 … Seventh place finish at the European Championship u20 in Italy … Gold Norwegian Championship u21 … Won one silver and two bronze on the senior Norwegian Tour ... 2013: Gold Norwegian Championship u21 … Silver NEVZA (The North European Volleyball Zonal Association) u19 … 25th place at the European Championship u18 … Qualified from first round in junior Olympic qualification ... 2012: Silver Norwegian Championship U18, 2012

Previous Indoor Volleyball:
Played for the national team of Norway u17, u18, u19, u20 and u21 … Named best outside hitter on the All Star team at NEVZA in 2013.

Personal: Sunniva Helland-Hansen was born in July, 1997 in Bergen, Norway … Daughter of Peter Helland-Hansen and Hege Kristin Seland Helland-Hansen … Has three brothers, including one playing for Norway’s senior volleyball national team and one playing volleyball at Medicine Hat University in Canada ... Majoring in Sociology.