2024 Men's Volleyball Roster
Godbold, Clarke
Jersey Number 12
Clarke Godbold
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Criminology
- Hometown:
- San Pedro, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Palos Verdes Peninsula HS
Bio
2024 AVCA HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICAN
2023 AVCA SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
2023 BIG WEST HONORABLE MENTION
2022 AVCA SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
2022 BIG WEST ALL-FIRST TEAM
2021 VOLLEYBALLMAG.COM FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
2021 BIG WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
2021 BIG WEST ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
2024 (Senior): Named AVCA honorable mention All-American ... Saw action in 20 matches during the regular season, and in that time averaged a team-leading 3.31 kills per set and 4.06 points per set, which ranked him fourth in the Big West ... Also hit .342 on the year, to rank third in the conference and 17th in the nation, while also contributing 0.87 blocks per set which is good for ninth in the league ... Headed into the NCAA Tournament with 14 double-figure kills performances, including a season-high 21-kill performance at NJIT (1/20) ... Led the Beach in kills 11 times this season including a pair of double-digit kill showings in The Big West Championships that helped the Beach capture their second conference tournament title, while Godbold took home MVP honors ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2023 (Junior): AVCA Second team All-American … Big West Honorable Mention selection… Second on the team with 1.09 blocks per set, which ranked him third in The Big West and eighth in the nation … Owned a .287 attack percentage to rank second on the team and eighth in the conference … His 2.78 kills per set average was good for third on the team and 10th in The Big West … Recorded a career-high 32 kills at then-No. 15 CSUN (4/7), becoming the first LBSU player since 2010 to record 30 kills in a match … In addition to his 32-kill performance, Goldbold hit .571 (32-4-49) in the contest … Tied his career-high with eight blocks against UC Santa Barbara (3/11) … Served up a career-best four aces against Lindenwood (1/14/23) … Led the Beach in blocks five times … Led LBSU in kills seven times … Recorded double-digit kills nine times.
2022 (Sophomore): AVCA Second Team All-American … Big West All-First Team selection … Named Big West Defensive Player of the Week (1/24) … Led Long Beach State with 88 blocks and averaged 0.87 blocks per set which ranked sixth in The Big West … Posted a .293 attack percentage to rank third on the team and sixth in the conference … Ranked third on the team with 2.78 kills per set … Recorded a career-high 17 kills versus then-No. 2 UCLA (2/11) … Recorded a career-high eight blocks on two separate occasions, first against then-No. 4 Penn State (1/29), then against then-No. 4 Hawaii (4/1) … Hit a career-best .750 (10-1-12) against Long Island … Led the Beach in blocks eight times … Recorded 16 double-figure kill performances.
2021 (Freshman): Named 2021 VolleyballMag.com and Big West Conference Freshman of the Year … Selected to the Big West Conference All-Freshman Team … Three-time Big West Conference Freshman of the Week honoree (3/29, 4/5, and 4/12) … Tied the Big West Conference record for most consecutive weekly awards by a freshman … Played and started in all 12 matches for LBSU … Finished the season ranked second on the team with 2.51 kills per set and 1.56 digs per set … Averaged 0.78 blocks per set … Ranke in the top 10 in the Big West in blocks per set and digs per set … Has recorded six double digit kill performances … Notched one double-double … Tallied a career-high 13 kills on two occasions … Hit a career-high .435 (11-1-23) at No. 12 UC San Diego (4/9) … Posted a career-best six blocks twice.
High School: Played five years for SCVC out of Hermosa Beach ... Owns an abundance of Junior National Team experience ... A member of the 2018 and 2019 USA Youth National Team ... Named the 2019 Volleyball Magazine Player of the Year after leading the 2019 USA Junior National Team to a Gold Medal ... Named to the All-American Team ... Won a Gold Medal with the 2017 USA Junior National Team ... Selected to the All-American Team ... Four-year letterwinner at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School ... Helped his team win the Division 3 CIF Championship in his senior year.
Personal: Son of Bryan and Elizabeth Godbold ... Father, Bryan, played volleyball at Pepperdine ... Mother, Elizabeth, played Tennis at Idaho State ... Has an older brother, Blake, who plays basketball at Lake Forest ... Majoring in criminology.
2023 AVCA SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
2023 BIG WEST HONORABLE MENTION
2022 AVCA SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
2022 BIG WEST ALL-FIRST TEAM
2021 VOLLEYBALLMAG.COM FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
2021 BIG WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
2021 BIG WEST ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
2024 (Senior): Named AVCA honorable mention All-American ... Saw action in 20 matches during the regular season, and in that time averaged a team-leading 3.31 kills per set and 4.06 points per set, which ranked him fourth in the Big West ... Also hit .342 on the year, to rank third in the conference and 17th in the nation, while also contributing 0.87 blocks per set which is good for ninth in the league ... Headed into the NCAA Tournament with 14 double-figure kills performances, including a season-high 21-kill performance at NJIT (1/20) ... Led the Beach in kills 11 times this season including a pair of double-digit kill showings in The Big West Championships that helped the Beach capture their second conference tournament title, while Godbold took home MVP honors ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2023 (Junior): AVCA Second team All-American … Big West Honorable Mention selection… Second on the team with 1.09 blocks per set, which ranked him third in The Big West and eighth in the nation … Owned a .287 attack percentage to rank second on the team and eighth in the conference … His 2.78 kills per set average was good for third on the team and 10th in The Big West … Recorded a career-high 32 kills at then-No. 15 CSUN (4/7), becoming the first LBSU player since 2010 to record 30 kills in a match … In addition to his 32-kill performance, Goldbold hit .571 (32-4-49) in the contest … Tied his career-high with eight blocks against UC Santa Barbara (3/11) … Served up a career-best four aces against Lindenwood (1/14/23) … Led the Beach in blocks five times … Led LBSU in kills seven times … Recorded double-digit kills nine times.
2022 (Sophomore): AVCA Second Team All-American … Big West All-First Team selection … Named Big West Defensive Player of the Week (1/24) … Led Long Beach State with 88 blocks and averaged 0.87 blocks per set which ranked sixth in The Big West … Posted a .293 attack percentage to rank third on the team and sixth in the conference … Ranked third on the team with 2.78 kills per set … Recorded a career-high 17 kills versus then-No. 2 UCLA (2/11) … Recorded a career-high eight blocks on two separate occasions, first against then-No. 4 Penn State (1/29), then against then-No. 4 Hawaii (4/1) … Hit a career-best .750 (10-1-12) against Long Island … Led the Beach in blocks eight times … Recorded 16 double-figure kill performances.
2021 (Freshman): Named 2021 VolleyballMag.com and Big West Conference Freshman of the Year … Selected to the Big West Conference All-Freshman Team … Three-time Big West Conference Freshman of the Week honoree (3/29, 4/5, and 4/12) … Tied the Big West Conference record for most consecutive weekly awards by a freshman … Played and started in all 12 matches for LBSU … Finished the season ranked second on the team with 2.51 kills per set and 1.56 digs per set … Averaged 0.78 blocks per set … Ranke in the top 10 in the Big West in blocks per set and digs per set … Has recorded six double digit kill performances … Notched one double-double … Tallied a career-high 13 kills on two occasions … Hit a career-high .435 (11-1-23) at No. 12 UC San Diego (4/9) … Posted a career-best six blocks twice.
High School: Played five years for SCVC out of Hermosa Beach ... Owns an abundance of Junior National Team experience ... A member of the 2018 and 2019 USA Youth National Team ... Named the 2019 Volleyball Magazine Player of the Year after leading the 2019 USA Junior National Team to a Gold Medal ... Named to the All-American Team ... Won a Gold Medal with the 2017 USA Junior National Team ... Selected to the All-American Team ... Four-year letterwinner at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School ... Helped his team win the Division 3 CIF Championship in his senior year.
Personal: Son of Bryan and Elizabeth Godbold ... Father, Bryan, played volleyball at Pepperdine ... Mother, Elizabeth, played Tennis at Idaho State ... Has an older brother, Blake, who plays basketball at Lake Forest ... Majoring in criminology.
NCAA National Collegiate Championship Post Match Press Conference (Finals)- #1 UCLA
Sunday, May 05
NCAA National Collegiate Championship Post-Match Press Conference (Finals) #2 Long Beach State
Sunday, May 05
#1 UCLA Practice Day 2024 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship Press Conference
Friday, May 03
#2 Long Beach State Practice Day 2024 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship Press Conference
Friday, May 03
