Kansas Jayhawks
Anezka Szabo - Volleyball - Kansas Jayhawks
Position Opposite
Height 6'3"
Class Super-Senior
Hometown Sioux Falls, S.D.
High School Lincoln HS

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team 
  • 2021 LUV Invitational All-Tournament

2021 (R-SENIOR)

  • Played in all 30 matches with 13 stars 
  • A season-high 16 kills and 20 points against Wake Forest (Nov. 3)
  • Logged 140 kills and 100 blocks

2020-21 (R-JUNIOR)

  • Played in all 22 matches with 17 starts
  • Recorded 160 kills with 54.0 total blocks 
  • Tallied six matches with double-digit kills, including a season-high 15 kills at Wichita State (March 18)
  • Eight matches with double-digit points, recording 15.5 points in back-to-back matches at TCU (March 13) and at Wichita State (March 18)

PRIOR TO KANSAS 

  • Attended the University of Nebraska from 2017-2019
  • Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2019; Beach-2019)
  • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2017; Spring 2019)
  • Sam Foltz Hero 27 Leadership Award (2019)
  • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018, 2019)
  • Appeared in 48 sets as redshirt-sophomore in 2019
  • Played in nine matches during her sophomore campaign prior to a season-ending injury
  • Tallied 15 kills and three blocks in her first season as a Husker, and logged 10 kills on .400 hitting in a win over Saint Mary’s on Sept. 2, 2017
  • Ranked the No. 34 overall prospect in 2016 by PrepVolleyball.com
  • Received Under Armour All-America honorable mention in 2016
  • Was a South Dakota first-team all-state selection as a senior after amassing 513 kills, 32 blocks, 56 aces and 347 digs

PERSONAL 

  • Pronounced “ah-NESH-kah ZAY-bo”
  • Father, Brett Szabo, played for the Boston Celtics in 1996-97