2021 Men's Volleyball Roster
Simon Andersen
- Position:
- MB
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Applied Mathematics
- Hometown:
- Middlefart, Denmark
- Prev School:
- Middlefart Volleyball Club
2020 AVCA ALL-AMERICAN HONORABLE MENTION
2020 ALL-BIG WEST FIRST TEAM
2019 ALL-BIG WEST HONORABLE MENTION
2018 AVCA ALL-AMERICAN HONORABLE MENTION
2018 BIG WEST ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
2018 ALL-BIG WEST HONORABLE MENTION
2018 OFF THE BLOCK FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM
2018 VOLLEYMOB FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM
2020: Named to the Big West Conference First Team … AVCA All-American Honorable Mention selection … Played in 10 matches … Finished the season with 103 kills on .307 hitting, with 29 blocks, 41 digs, and five aces … Led the Beach in kills twice and blocks four times … Recorded seven 10-kill performances … Registered a career-high 13 kills three times … Tallied a career-high eight digs at No. 15 Ohio State (2/8) … Posted a season-high six blocks versus USC (1/17).
2019: Earned All-Big West Honorable Mention selection after leading the team with a .573 (156-14-248) attack percentage … His 78 total blocks (0.80 per set) ranked him second on the team … Concluded the season with 156 kills to average 1.61 per set … Recorded thee double-figure kill performances with a season-high 11 kills on two occasions … Was a perfect 11-for-11 without committing an attack error for a 1.000 hitting percentage in the season opener against No. 14 Grand Canyon (Jan. 3) … Posted a season-high seven blocks against Hawaii (April 13) … Led the Beach in blocks 13 times.
2018: Earned AVCA All-American Honorable Mention honors … Named to the Big West All-Freshman Team … Garnered All-Big West Honorable Mention status … Selected to the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc., Freshman All-America Team … Named to the VolleyMob Freshman All-America Team … Named Big West Freshman of the Week on seven separate occasions … Started in all 29 matches for the Beach … Hit a team-leading .471 (150-26-263) which is the highest hitting percentage ever by a freshman LBSU … Third on the team with 80 total blocks for an average of 0.80 blocks per set … Averaged 1.50 kills per set … Led the team in blocks seven times … Recorded a career-high nine kills at No. 2 UCLA (2/21) … Posted a career-best seven blocks versus Stanford (1/26) … Tallied a career-high three service aces at Lewis (1/12) and at UC Santa Barbara (3/15).
High School: Played for the Middlefart Volleyball Club … Named Dream Team U18, U21 Best Middle … Earned awards for Best Middle Blocker for the U19 NEUZA team in 2015 … Ranked the No. 2 rising star in the Danish League in both 2015 and 2016.
Personal: Son of Jorgen and Annette Andersen ... Has a sister who played volleyball on the Danish National Team ... Majoring in applied mathematics.
