Graduating Athletes: Women’s Volleyball

Cody Cook

Jordan Banich (left) & Taylor Degraaf (right)

Layda Galvan, Assistant Sports Editor


Favorite Team Memory

“When we traveled to play Monterey Bay. We got to go to Cannery Row as a team and check out all the shops and eat cookies.”


Taylor Degraaf, Outside hitter

Major: Kinesiology

Stat: Recorded first double­double with 17 kills and 10 digs.

Best win in 2015 to 2016 season: “Beating Chico in their home gym.”

Post-­graduation plan: “Hopefully going into a nursing program somewhere.”

Ideal graduation trip: “Europe! Greece and Amsterdam.”

Advice to teammates who have yet to graduate: “Use volleyball as your outlet, your stress relief from school, classes, everything else. Use your same worth ethic from volleyball in the classroom.”


Jordan Banich, Outside hitter

Major: Communication

Stat: Double digit kills in eight consecutive games.

Best win 2015 to 2016 season: “Beating Chico in their home gym.”

Post­Graduation plan: “Working as an event planner in Orange County.”

Ideal graduation trip: “Switzerland! I love the mountains and I am dying to see the Swiss Alps.”

Advice to teammates who have yet to graduate: “Work hard in school and your sport. Find a balance also find, an internship as soon as possible.”