2020 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Piper Monk-Heidrich
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- Mira Costa HS
- Hometown:
- Manhattan Beach, Calif.
2020
Piper Monk-Heidrich was on the team but didn't see any action.
2019
Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinner in beach volleyball and earned one as a middle blocker on the indoor team at Mira Costa High School ... In 2018, Monk paired with incoming Bruin Abby Van Winkle paired up to take first in the AVPFirst National Championships (150 teams qualified for championships) ... also paired with Van Winkle to place second in the AAU Junior Olympics, second at AAU Nationals, third at the AAU Pan Pacific Championship and first at the AVPNext Tournament ... also placed third at the BVCA National Championships with Lexi McKeown and first (for the second straight year) at the IBVL State Championships with Maya Harvey ... was named All-American Team One and as an AVCA High School Beach First Team All-American in 2018 ... was on the three's team her freshman year for the IBVL Championships and was on the one's team her sophomore and junior seasons for IBVL Championships ... placed first during her sophomore season in the IBVL Pairs Tournament ... competed for Elite Beach Volleyball, winning the BVCA in 2017 and has been a part of High Performance for beach volleyball for five years.
PERSONAL
Full name: Piper Reese Monk-Heidrich ... born in Torrance, Calif. ... her mother is Katherine Monk ... has two brothers, Julian Monk and Slater Heidrich and one sister, Indigo Monk ... her sister was a professional snowboarder who was on the short list for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics before having to medically retire ... chose to attend UCLA because "Since I was little I have always wanted to go to UCLA. It has great academics, a beautiful campus, and a fantastic sports program." ... lists winning the AVP First National Championships and winning the California state title two years in a row in high school as the biggest athletic thrills of her career ... was sponsored from ages 7-10 on the Burton Snowboard team ... hobbies include making movies, snowboarding, going to the beach, reading mystery novels, and traveling ... some athletes she admires are Holly McPeak, Barbra Fontana, Eric Fonoimoana ... has yet to declare a major.
