2020 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Savvy Simo
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Torrey Pines HS
- Hometown:
- Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
2020
Savvy Simo ended the season with an overall record of 13-2 and a career record of 91-25 ... partnered with Abby Van Winkle for the entire 2020 season, all on court one ...ย the duo helped the top-ranked Bruins to a 5-1 weekend at the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic and was named the Pac-12 Pair of the Week (Feb. 25), with all five wins coming against ranked teams before closing out the opening weekendย with a hard-fought 3-2 decision against then-No. 3 LSU ... they took down 2019 first team AVCA All-Americans Claire Coppola/Kristen Nuss from LSU in straight sets in the first meeting but lost in three sets the second time around ... Simo was named the Best Attacker at the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic ... the duo was named Pac-12 Pair of the Week for the second time on Mar. 10 after helping the second-ranked Bruins to a 4-0 weekend at the Pac-12 South Tournament which included wins over two ranked opponents as UCLA defeated Oregon, Washington, No. 5 USC, and No. 19 Arizona State ... the pairย won all four matches in straight sets at the tournament, allowing only one opponent to score more than 16 points in just one of the eight sets as their wins on court one clinched the team dual victory over ASU (Mar. 7) and Oregon (Mar. 8)ย ... the Bruins faced 11 ranked opponents in the 15 duals in the shortened season with Simo going 9-2 against ranked teamsย ... recorded a season-best winning streak of six consecutive duals which was still alive at the end of the season ... the pairย also clinched a team-high four victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins ... the duo wentย 11-1 in two-set matches and 2-1 in three-set matches on the year.
2019
Ended the season with an overall record of 30-7 (25-5 on court four and 5-2 on court three) and aย career record of 78-23 ... named Pac-12 Pair of the Week (April 9) with Lea Monkhouse and was also aย Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection ... she began the 2019 season with Mac May and went 6-2 with her (3-1 on courts three and four) ... May and Simo posted wins over No. 11 Stanford (Feb. 23), Saint Mary's (Feb. 23) and Oregon (Mar. 26) on court three and No. 6 Cal Poly (Feb. 21), at No. 5 Hawai'i (Feb. 24) and No. 13 Loyola Marymount (Mar. 26) on court four ... the duo's only losses on the year were to No. 4 Pepperdine on court four (Feb. 24) and to No. 2 USC on court three (Feb. 27) ... Simo played the majority of the season withย Monkhouse, going 22-5 (20-4 on court four and 2-1 on court three)ย ... she ended the year with Madi Yeomans who replaced Monkhouse after she was forced to withdraw during the NCAA Championship and the duo went 2-0, posting wins over third-seeded Florida State (May 3) and top-seeded USC (May 5) in the finalsย ... the Bruins faced 32 ranked opponents in the 38 duals with Simo going 24-7 against ranked teamsย ... Simo clinched five victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins with three when she was paired with Monkhouse and two with Mayย ... Simo was 27-3 in two-set matches (23-2 on court four and 4-1 on court three) and was 3-4 in three-set matches (2-3 on court four and 1-1 on court three) ... she went 6-2 in postseason play (4-1 in Pac-12s and 2-1 in NCAAs)ย ... recorded a season-best winning streak of 13 consecutive duals during the season with Monkhouse (started on March 29 and ended on April 26).
2018
Nicknamed "Team Wounded Bear" by head coach Stein Metzger, the pair of sophomore Savvy Simo and junior Zanaย Munoย wasย named Third Team All-Americans by VolleyMob ... Simo enters her junior season with a career record of 48-16 ... they went 25-5 on the year overall (22-4 on court three, 1-1 on court four and 2-0 on court five) ... Muno missed 14 duals due to injury, but came back for the NCAA Championship and went 4-2 with Simo on court three ... theย duo went 23-5 against ranked teams ... Simo only missed one dual on the year, but played with nagging injuries for most of the season ... she paired with Madiย Yeomans for the Pac-12 Championship and together, the duo was named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team, going 4-0, and providing the Championship clinching point over USC ... Simo was also named Second Team All-Pac-12 and received Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic honors ... Muno and Simoย also clinched seven victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins and had the best record on the team in three-set matches, going 6-2... they also recorded a personal-best winning streak of 17 consecutive duals during the season ... Simo paired with two other partners while waiting for Muno to return from injury and had an overall record of 33-10 on the year.
2017
Completed her first beach season with an overall record of 15-6 (7-4ย on court five, 2-0 on court four and 6-2 on court three)ย ... had four different partners on the year, starting with Torrey Van Winden on court three (6-2), before suffering an undisclosed injuryย ... paired with fellow freshman Chanti Holroyd, going 1-1 (all on court five) and with senior Jordan Anderson, going 2-0 (all on court four)ย ... ended the season with freshman Lily Justine, going 6-3ย (all on court five)ย ... posted dual wins vs. CSU Bakersfield (March 2), at Cal Poly (March 2), vs. #10 LSU (March 11), vs. #12 FIU (March 11), vs. #7 Georgia State (March 12), vs. New Orleansย (March 31), vs. #14 Florida Atlanticย (March 31),ย vs. Tulane (April 1), #20 Cal Poly (April 5), #20 Loyola Marymount (April 5), vs. Washington (April 8), vs. Washington (April 27), vs. #1 USC (April 28), vs. #1 USC (April 28) and vs. #7 LSU (May 5).
Simo played three seasons of outside hitter at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego ...averaged over four kills and nearly two digs per set to go with 28 aces as a senior ... helped the Falcons to three-straight Palomar League titles and back-to-back CIF Championships ... TPHS won the 2015 CIF San Diego Section Open Division title and reached the State quarterfinals ... named First Team All-CIF and Palomar League Player of the Year as a junior ... three-time member of the San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic Team ... averaged over three kills and two digs per set as a junior ...ย coached by Brennan Dean ... plays club with Wave Volleyball under coaches Dean, Rachel Morris, Brent Hilliard, Steve Timmons and Jud Buechler ... her U-16 squad won the Atlanta Big South Qualifier and also finished third at the L.A. Qualifier and ninth at JO's ... on the beach, won the U-19 USA High Performance Championships in 2015 ... also placed first in four additional CBVA tournaments and was on the USA Beach Volleyball A1 Team for U-17 and U-19.
PERSONAL
Full name: Savannah Marie Simo, prefers Savvy ... born in La Jolla, Calif. ... parents are Celeste and Brian Simo ... father was a professional NASCAR driver ... is the oldest of three children ... has a sister, Sawyer, and a brother, Slater ... chose to attend UCLA because it was her dream school since she was younger ... things she likes the most about volleyball are the team aspect and speed of the game ... biggest athletic thrill to date was winning CIF in high school ... favorites include the movie "Chasing Mavericks", the Golden State Warriors, the television show "Friends" and singer Drake ... athlete she admires the most is four-time Olympic medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings ... biggest hobby is going to the beach ... majoring in sociology.
