2019 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Lily Justine
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Pleasant Valley HS
- Hometown:
- Chico, Calif.
2020
Lily Justine ended the season with an overall record of 10-4 and a career mark of 87-31 ... partnered with Lea Monkhouseย for the entireย season and was 9-3 on court three and 1-1 on courtย twoย ... the Bruins faced 11 ranked opponents in the 15 duals in the shortened season with Justine going 7-4ย against ranked teamsย ... recorded a season-best winning streak of three consecutive duals twice during the yearย ... the duoย also clinched three victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins ... she was 7-2 in two-set matches and 3-2 in three-set matches on the year.
2019
Ended theย year with a career record of 77-27ย ... partnered with Sarah Sponcilย for the entire season going 26-5 overall during the 2019 season (24-5 on court two and 2-0 on court one)ย ...ย the duo was named First Team All-America by the AVCA for the first timeย ... Justine also was named First Team All-Pac-12, Pac-12 All-Tournament Team, and Pac-12 All-Academic First Team ... Justine and Sponcil were named the AVCA Pair of the Week (March 5) and the Pac-12 Pair of the Week (Feb. 26)ย ... the duo went 26-5 on the year (2-0 on court one and 24-5 on court two) ... the duo had a 2-2 postseason record 1-1 each in the Pac-12 Championship and the NCAA Championshipย ... the Bruins faced 32 ranked opponents in the 38 duals with Justineย going 22-5 against ranked teamsย ... recorded a season-best winning streak of 11 consecutive dualsย ... the pair also clinched four victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins and went 23-3 in two-set matches and 3-2 in three-set matches on the year.
2018
Justineย partnered with junior Sarah Sponcilย the entire season and the duo was named First Team All-Americans and the court two Pair of the Year by VolleyMob ... the pair was also named Honorable Mention All-Americaย by the AVCA ... was the lone Bruin named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Beach Volleyball Second Team ... the duo went 33-8 on the year, all on court two ... also had a stellar postseason record of 6-1, going 3-0 in the Pac-12 Championship and 3-1 in the NCAA Championship ... posted both of the dual clinching wins on NCAA Championship Sunday, May 6, picking up victories over No. 3 Hawai'i and No. 4 Florida State ... the Bruins faced 39 ranked opponents in the 44 duals with Justineย going 28-8 against ranked teams, including going 16-1 against ranked squads to end the year ... named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team and also recorded a personal-best winning streak of 15 consecutive duals during the season ... named First Team All-Pac-12 ... the pair also clinched 12 victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins to lead the team in that category.
2017
Completed her first beach season with an overall record of 18-14 (15-12 on court five, 1-0 on court four and 2-2 in pairs tournaments)ย ...ย paired with fellow freshman Chanti Holroyd for most of the season, going 11-9 with her (10-9 on court five and 1-0 on court four)ย ... went 6-3ย with freshman Savvy Simo (all on court five)ย ... posted dual wins vs. CSU Bakersfield (March 2), vs. #2 Florida State (March 12), vs. San Francisco (March 17), vs. #13 Grand Canyon (March 18), vs. #20 Saint Mary'sย (March 18), vs. #15ย Californiaย (March 27), vs. #12 Arizona Stateย (March 31), vs. #14 Florida Atlanticย (March 31),ย at #15 FIUย (April 1), vs. Tulane (April 1), #20 Cal Poly (April 5), vs. Washington (April 8), vs. Concordia (April 8), vs. Washington (April 27), vs. #1 USC (April 28), vs. #1 USC (April 28) and vs. #7 LSU (May 5).
HIGH SCHOOL
Was an outside hitterย for coach John Mitchell at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico,ย Calif.ย ... was a four-year varsity letter winnerย inย indoor volleyball ... earned Northern Section first team three years in a row and NSCIP Most Valuable Player two years in a row ... wasย the 2016 Chico Enterprise Record Female Student-Athlete of the Year ... earned MaxPreps Pleasant Valley Player of the Year in 2016 and MaxPreps All-CIF Division second team in 2014 ... registered 1118 kills, 92 blocks, 924 digs and 107 aces in her high school volleyball careerย ... was also a four-yearย track and field athlete, lettering three yearsย ... competed in the high jump and long jump, earningย NSCIFย All-League High Jump honors ...ย played clubย beach volleyball for Santa Cruz Beach Volleyball Clubย ...ย was a member of the USA Volleyball Beach High-Performance U-19ย A1 national team.
PERSONAL
Full name:ย Lily Anne Justine ... born in Seattle, Wash.ย ... parents are John Mitchellย and Mia Justine-Mitchell ... is an only child ... her uncle, Leonard Gundert, and her grandfather, Jim Mitchell, both attended UCLA ... chose to attend UCLAย "because it is one of the top 25 colleges in the world and has an outstanding history of athletics with the most NCAA titles in the nation and 250 Olympic medals, which is more than entire countries. UCLA has an extremely beautiful campus, a perfect location, and, most importantly, is accepting of students from all backgrounds and walks of life."ย ... lists being invited last-minute to compete in the California Beach Volleyball State Championship tournament in Manhattan Beach and finishing in third place after being ranked dead last as the biggest athletic thrill of her careerย ... hobbies include teaching young kids how to play volleyball, playing the ukulele, caring for animals, going to the beach, swimming and surfingย ... some athletesย she admires are Misty May-Treanor, Jackie Robinson, Jenny Johnson Jordan and Jack Yerman ... majoring in physiological science.
