2022 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

Nicci Reinking and Claire Newlander, Kristian Kuld
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Nicci Reinking and Claire Newlander
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Nicci Reinking
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Nicci Reinking, Holland Jackson
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Nicci Reinking and Tyler Spriggs action shot
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Nicci Reinking action shot
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Nicci Reinking action photo
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Nicci Reinking and Claire Newlander Action Photo
Nicci Reinking, Zoi Konstantopoulou
Nicci Reinking
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Nicci Reinking
Nicci Reinking
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Nicci Reinking, Claire Newlander
Claire Newlander, Nicci Reinking
Nicci Reinking
Nicci Reinking
Nicci Reinking Headshot
Jersey Number 1

Nicci Reinking

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Major:
    Computer Engineering
  • Hometown:
    Fountain Valley, Calif.
  • High School:
    Calvary Chapel HS
  • Prev School:
    Calvary Chapel HS

LBSU Top Ten - #1 Career Individual Wins (93)
LBSU Top Ten - #1 Career Pairs Win% (.852, with Claire Newlander)
LBSU Top Ten - #3 Single-Season Pairs Win% (.857, with Claire Newlander)
LBSU Top Ten - #4 Career Pairs Wins (41, with Zoi Konstantopoulou)
LBSU Top Ten - #7 Single-Season Pairs Win% (.769, 2018 with Zoi Konstantopoulou)
LBSU Top Ten - #8 Career Pairs Win% (.707, with Zoi Konstantopoulou)
LBSU Top Ten - #8 Single-Season Pairs Wins (21, 2019 with Zoi Konstantopoulou)
2018 AVCA Top Flight Award Winner
2018 All- Big West Honorable Mention
2019 All-Big West First Team
2021 All-Big West First Team
2022 AVCA Top Flight Award Winner
2022 All-Big West Second Team

Senior (2022):
AVCA Top Flight Award Winner with Claire Newlander ... All-Big West Second Team selection with Claire Newlander ... Posted a team-high 24 wins (24-11 record) in her final season at Long Beach State ... Went 2-7 in flight two, 5-1 in flight three, and 17-3 in flight four ... Was 3-2 at the Big West Tournament ... Recorded 10 wins over ranked opponents ... Her 20 flight four wins is the third most in single-season program history ... Her 17 flight four wins with Claire Newlander ranks tied for third in single-season program history ... Ends her career as the all-time individual wins leader (93).

Junior (2021): First Team All-Big West Pairs selection with Katie Kennedy … Posted an overall record of 17-16 … Was 3-1 in flight one, 10-13 in flight two, and 4-2 in flight three … Went 3-2 in the Big West Tournament … Picked up two wins against ranked opponents.

Junior (2020): 2020 season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic (granted extra season of eligibility) ... Had an overall record of 7-2 (3-1 with Madison Smeathers, 4-1 with Claire Newlander)... was 1-1 in flight 2, 2-0 in flight 3, and 4-1 in flight 4… posted 4 wins against ranked opponents.

Sophomore (2019):  Named All-Big West first team, along with partner Zoi Konstantopoulou … Had an overall record of 21-11 playing on the top two flights … went 6-2 on flight 1 and 15-9 on flight 2 … Posted 6 wins against ranked opponents.

Freshman (2018): Named All-Big West Honorable Mention, along with partner Zoi Konstantopoulou … Recognized, along with Zoi Konstantopoulou, in the inaugural AVCA Top Flight awards … Posted a 24-7 record in her freshman season ... Played mostly with Zoi Konstantopoulou as the pair posted a 20-6 record … Tallied a season-high in kills against GCU (4/17) with 25 … Posted a season-high 16 digs against FSU (3/15), in addition to posting double-digit digs Pepperdine (3/7) with 12 … Totaled 179 kills on the season, with 95 digs, and eight blocks.

Beach Volleyball: Earned a AAA rating in 2015 ... Made the finals in 12 U18 beach volleyball tournaments in 2016 and 2017 ... Won the U18 USAV Manhattan Beach Junior Beach Tour in September of 2016 ... Reached the Round of 16 in the AAU Junior Nationals in the U18 Open Division ... Won the 2017 U18 Cal Cup with fellow 49er Marisa Ramsey ... Earned two fifth-place finishes with Ramsey, most recently at Santa Monica in June 2017.

Personal: Sister Emily plays Beach Volleyball at Grand Canyon ... Mother Jill played volleyball at Southern Illinois University ... Majoring in Computer Engineering.

LBSU Career Record: 93-47
Record by Flight
1: 9-3
2: 28-30
3: 15-4
4: 41-10
5: N/A

Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs UCLA
Tuesday, September 02
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs Oregon State
Monday, September 01
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs Stanford
Saturday, August 30
Men's Volleyball Weekly Press Conference
Monday, May 05