2018 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster

Sydney Marks
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Hometown:
- Lodi, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Saint Mary's HS
Played in seven matches on the season... Logged 20.5 points (1.46 a set), 19 kills (1.36), four digs, a block and an ace on the year... Posted a season-high five kills on a .308 hitting percentage (5-1-13), a block, ace and dig against New Orleans... Graduated ranking top-13 in CBU history in career blocks (264, 11th), attacks (2,332, 12th) and kills (920, 13th).
Sydney Marks recorded her 1,000th career point at CBU this week. She is just the fourth Lancer in the postseason eligible NCAA era (2013-present) to reach that milestone.#LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/jHbhunqrfc
— California Baptist Volleyball (@CBUvolleyball) February 10, 2021
2020
Played in 13 of 16 matches in her senior season, which was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic... Logged 93 points (2.02 a set), 88 kills (1.91), 24 digs and 10 blocks... Recorded her 1,000th career point with seven kills against Utah Valley on Feb. 9 to become the fourth Lancer in the NCAA era to reach that milestone... Notched a season-high 12 kills on a .435 hitting percentage (12-2-23) and three blocks against Life Pacific on Jan. 29... Tallied a season-high seven digs at Dixie State on Feb. 16... Voted to the Western Athletic Conference All-Preseason Team.
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— CBU Volleyball (@CBUvolleyball) January 13, 2021
Congratulations to Christine Graf and Sydney Marks on being voted onto the @WACsports All-Preseason Team!
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2019
Played in all 30 matches as a junior... Transitioned from middle blocker to outside hitter and led team with 326 kills (2.79 a set) on a .224 percentage... Added 91 digs and 37 blocks on the year... Notched a career-high 21 kills against UC Riverside on Nov. 20... Logged a career-high 11 digs against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi... Eclipsed double-digit kills 16 times, with 18 or more four times... Received NCAA Division I Academic All-District 8 team honors from CoSIDA and was named to the WAC All-Academic team.
2018
Played in all 32 matches during her sophomore season... Finished the season with 302 kills (2.36 a set), 117 blocks (0.91) and 46 digs... Attacked at a team-best .317 percentage, which also ranked in the WAC and on CBU's NCAA-era, single-season record list... Also ranked first on the team and sixth in the WAC, CBU NCAA-era record books in blocks... Set a career high with 15 kills against San Francisco... Named to WAC All-Academic team.
CBU picks up the 15-11 win in set five to defeat Little Rock (17-25, 25-12, 25-17, 20-25, 15-11). The Lancers improve to 21-10 and advance in the @WomensNIVC.
— CBU Volleyball (@CBUvolleyball) November 30, 2018
Here is the final point of the match. Sydney Marks notched the Lancers' last two points with kills. #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/XOajm6wZtG
2017
Played and started all 30 matches as a true freshman... Voted Freshman of the Year in the PacWest and earned all-conference third team honors...Named PacWest Freshman of the Week twice... Logged 185 kills on a .342 hitting percentage and added 99 blocks... Logged 10 or more kills twice, with 11 on a .588 percentage versus Western Washington... Earned Academic All-PacWest honors.
Sydney Marks shares what #MoreThan means to her.#LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/16f6t0XJuS
— CBU Volleyball (@CBUvolleyball) May 11, 2020
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped three varsity seasons at Saint Mary's High in Stockton, Calif., where she graduated in 2017... Earned two All-Area and Tri-City Athletic League honors, including the league's MVP award in 2016... Made two all-star teams in the Northern California and Stockton area in 2016 after she tallied 354 kills, 263 digs, 115 blocks and 31 aces as a senior... Named team captain, team MVP in 2016 and Most Dedicated Player in 2015... Served on athletic leadership committee for three years... Played club at Rage and Pacific Coast Volleyball... Selected for HP A2 USA national volleyball team in 2014, took first at Under Armour Volleyball Combine in 2015.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Peter and Richele Marks... Born in Monterey and raised in Lodi, Calif... Has one sibling, Simon... Father, Peter, played tennis at UC Davis and grandfather, Norman, played baseball at Sacramento State... Business administration major... Plans to manage and market for major corporation after graduation... Enjoys hanging out friends, watching Netflix and going to the beach... Lists Proverbs 31:25 as her favorite Bible verse.