Open mobile menu
Libero/Defensive Specialist

#23 Susan Carlson

Susan Carlson - Volleyball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Height 5-11
Hometown Pasadena, Calif.
Last School Mayfield
Year Senior
Susan Carlson - Volleyball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Photo Gallery

Honors and Awards
2011 ACC All-Academic Team

2012: Recorded 27 service aces, 150 digs and 35 assists on the season … Tallied a personal-best five service aces at Maryland (Oct. 26) … Put up a season-high 12 digs against NC State (Nov. 10) … Registered three aces and 11 digs against BGSU (Aug. 31) … Notched at least two service aces on seven different occasions.

2011: Tallied 179 digs and a team-best 33 service aces … Averaged 1.53 digs per set … Tallied four service aces at Wake Forest (Sept. 24) … Logged 15 digs and three service aces at the Courtyard Classic (Aug. 26-27) … Tallied 21 digs and five assists at the Rice Invitational (Sept. 2-3) … Made 16 digs and three service aces at the Regency Suites Invitational (Sept. 9-10) … Had a season-high 13 digs, tallied two assists and two aces against NC State (Sept. 30) … Registered 11 digs vs. North Carolina (Oct. 1) … Helped the Jackets to a sweep of Maryland and Boston College with three aces and 13 digs (Oct. 7-9) … Had nine digs, two service aces and four assists in the win at No. 23 Miami (Oct. 16) … Logged four service aces over the course of the weekend at Boston College (Nov. 4) and Maryland (Nov. 6).

2010: Played in 31 matches on the season, starting 29 of them … Recorded 50 kills for an average of 0.43 a set and also recorded 31 assists, 29 service aces (third on the team), 222 digs (1.93 a set) and seven total blocks …Recorded two assists, two aces and 12 digs in the Jackets final game of the year vs. Clemson (Nov. 26) … Had two kills, three assists and 20 digs in the weekend series in North Carolina (Nov. 19-21) … Notched two sets, two aces and 15 digs at Wake Forest (Oct. 29) and Duke (Oct. 30) … Notched 11 digs on [quote]Dig for the Cure[quote] night against North Carolina (Oct. 15) … Registered two digs in the three-set sweep of No. 20 Florida State (Oct. 10) … Tallied 13 digs and two service aces against Miami (Oct. 8) …Saw action in all five sets against Duke (Sept. 24) tallying five kills, two aces and 10 digs … Played in all 11 sets during the Georgia Tech Courtyard Marriott Classic recording 19 kills (1.73/game), two assists, 22 digs and three service aces.

2009: Played in 60 sets … Fourth on the team averaging 1.47 digs per set … Also added 11 kills, 12 assists and 11 aces … Tallied a career-high six kills and .417 attack percentage at Miami (10/4) … Recorded double-figure digs in three matches including a career-high 13 at Miami (10/4) … Had 10 digs vs. Mississippi (9/12) and at Denver (9/18) … Recorded nine digs vs. Maryland (10/9) and eight against Boston College (10/10) … Had two aces against Boston College (10/10), Miami (10/4) and Northern Illinois (9/5) … Had career-high four assists at Miami (10/4).

High School/Club: Four-year letterwinner and two-year captain for coach Ernest Banaag at Mayfield Senior School … Led Mayfield to a pair of CIF Championships and earned Area Player of the Year honors (by the Pasadena Star News) twice … 2007 and 2008 CIF Player of the Year … Twice tabbed to the all-state squad after earning first-team CIF all-area honors as a sophomore in 2006 … Named the Prep League MVP on two occasions (2007, 2008) … Mayfield Senior School Athlete of the Year in 2008 and 2009 … Ranked No. 82 on the 2008 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Aces list … Helped her SCVC and SGVC club teams to a pair of USA Volleyball National Open Championships (2005, 2007) … Participated on the USA Beach Junior Volleyball 19U training squad … Became one of the youngest players to receive an AAA beach rating, when she did so at the age of 14 … A member of the youngest team to receive an AAA beach rating … Earned the Cal Cup title … Member of TCA-18 her final club season.

Personal: Susan Maria Carlson is the daughter of Scott and Yvonne Carlson … Born Oct. 21, 1991 in Pasadena, Calif. … Has one older brother, Michael … Played club soccer for five years before switching to volleyball at the age of 13 …Majoring inmanagement… Four things she wants to do in life are open a restaurant, visit Greece, own a horse and become fluent in another language.

Loading…

Partner of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Legends Partner of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Partner of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Partner of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets