Colorado State University Athletics
2022 Volleyball Roster
Pritchard, Ciera
Jersey Number 11
Ciera Pritchard
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Position:
- Setter
- Hometown:
- Auburn, Wash.
- High School:
- Auburn Riverside
- Major:
- Psychology
Bio
Awards & Honors:
2021 (Redshirt Junior) [Match-by-Match]: Started 29 of 30 matches, appearing in 109 sets... Led the Rams offense to a .240 mark - third in the Mountain West - as the setter... Dished out 1,070 assists for a 9.82 average - third in the league... Added 50 total blocks (6-44)... Finished the season with a program-record 47 service aces... Recorded 10 matches with 40+ assists, including a season-high 53 at Wyoming on Nov. 9... Dropped in a season-high four aces in five different matches... Reached double-figure digs seven times with a high of 18 at Wyoming on Nov. 9... Also added 59 kills on the season with a season-high five at UNLV on Nov. 25 in the Mountain West Tournament.
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore) [Match-by-Match]: Fall 2020 season was moved to spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and a Mountain West Conference only schedule was played... Appeared in 14 matches, making 14 starts as setter... Played in 50 sets, while dishing out 485 assists for a 9.70 average, which led the Mountain West and ranked No. 88 in the nation... She recorded five matches with 40+ assists... She also added 125 attacks, recording 46 kills and from the serve line she dropped in 17 aces, including a four aces match at Nevada on Feb. 13... On defense, she totaled 98 digs, including four matches where she posted a double-double - with her best performance a 40a-11d match at Nevada on Feb 13.
2019 (Redshirt Freshman) [Match-by-Match]: Appeared in 16 matches playing in 24 sets ... Handed out 97 assists on the season, including a season-high at Nevada on Nov. 23 with 35 ... Added double-figure assists against Chicago State on Aug. 30 with 23 and at Utah State on Oct. 19 with 16 ... While playing in three frames at Nevada, recorded seven digs and three blocks along with her 35 assists.
2018 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Helped her team finish second in State 1B as a starting setter in 8th grade and earned First-Team All-League honors ... As a freshman, her team finished third in State and again was named to the First-Team All-League team ... Her sophomore season she was named the League MVP and the State Tournament MVP ... The following season she guided her team to a 4A State Championship and was named to the State Championship All-Tournament First-Team and First-Team All-League ... She also was named All-American-High Honorable Mention ... Her senior season brought her First-Team All-League, Top-250 Senior Aces and Gatorade Player of the Year Nominee honors, while she led her team to a League Championship and District Championship.
Personal: Born on Nov. 15, 1999, in Sumner, Wash. ... Grew up in Auburn, Wash. ... Formerly Ciera Zimmerman ... Married her husband AJ Pritchard on Sept. 12, 2020 ... Parents are Dawn and Jay Zimmerman ... Has an older sister Alyssa and brother Harrison with a younger sister Lillian ... Favorite athlete is Bethany Hamilton ... Majoring in psychology.
Hilbert on Zimmerman: "Ciera is a setter from the Pacific Northwest and she is very competitive and loves volleyball. Both her high school and club programs are very successful. She has very natural leadership skills that we look for. She was someone that grew on me as I continued to watch her play and I am convinced that she will be a very good setter for us down the road."
Zimmerman on CSU: "I chose Colorado State for a number of reasons. The first reason was that CSU offers Psychology which is my major I intend to pursue. When I went on my visit, I fell in love with the campus, the facilities, and the city. Colorado and the city of Fort Collins just seemed like a place I would want to live. Along with these, playing volleyball for a team that has attended the NCAA Tournament 22 times in-a-row is quite an honor. The team, the coaches, and the program were all factors when I chose to be a Ram."
- Mountain West All-Conference (2020, 2021)
- Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2019, 2020)
- Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2019, 2020, 2021)
2022 (Redshirt Senior): Started in all 30 matches, appearing in 111 sets as setter… Recorded 1044 sets throughout the season, averaging 9.41 per set, good for third in the Mountain West… Led Rams offense to a .276 hitting percentage, the highest in the Mountain West… Surpassed 30 assists in 21 matches for the Rams… Had seven double-double games going double-digits in assists and digs… Finished the season with a career record of 61 kills and a hitting percentage of .270… Recorded a season-high of 60 assists in conference match against Fresno State October 13… Six of her 60 kills were added in match against San Jose State October 8.
2021 (Redshirt Junior) [Match-by-Match]: Started 29 of 30 matches, appearing in 109 sets... Led the Rams offense to a .240 mark - third in the Mountain West - as the setter... Dished out 1,070 assists for a 9.82 average - third in the league... Added 50 total blocks (6-44)... Finished the season with a program-record 47 service aces... Recorded 10 matches with 40+ assists, including a season-high 53 at Wyoming on Nov. 9... Dropped in a season-high four aces in five different matches... Reached double-figure digs seven times with a high of 18 at Wyoming on Nov. 9... Also added 59 kills on the season with a season-high five at UNLV on Nov. 25 in the Mountain West Tournament.
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore) [Match-by-Match]: Fall 2020 season was moved to spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and a Mountain West Conference only schedule was played... Appeared in 14 matches, making 14 starts as setter... Played in 50 sets, while dishing out 485 assists for a 9.70 average, which led the Mountain West and ranked No. 88 in the nation... She recorded five matches with 40+ assists... She also added 125 attacks, recording 46 kills and from the serve line she dropped in 17 aces, including a four aces match at Nevada on Feb. 13... On defense, she totaled 98 digs, including four matches where she posted a double-double - with her best performance a 40a-11d match at Nevada on Feb 13.
2019 (Redshirt Freshman) [Match-by-Match]: Appeared in 16 matches playing in 24 sets ... Handed out 97 assists on the season, including a season-high at Nevada on Nov. 23 with 35 ... Added double-figure assists against Chicago State on Aug. 30 with 23 and at Utah State on Oct. 19 with 16 ... While playing in three frames at Nevada, recorded seven digs and three blocks along with her 35 assists.
2018 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Helped her team finish second in State 1B as a starting setter in 8th grade and earned First-Team All-League honors ... As a freshman, her team finished third in State and again was named to the First-Team All-League team ... Her sophomore season she was named the League MVP and the State Tournament MVP ... The following season she guided her team to a 4A State Championship and was named to the State Championship All-Tournament First-Team and First-Team All-League ... She also was named All-American-High Honorable Mention ... Her senior season brought her First-Team All-League, Top-250 Senior Aces and Gatorade Player of the Year Nominee honors, while she led her team to a League Championship and District Championship.
Personal: Born on Nov. 15, 1999, in Sumner, Wash. ... Grew up in Auburn, Wash. ... Formerly Ciera Zimmerman ... Married her husband AJ Pritchard on Sept. 12, 2020 ... Parents are Dawn and Jay Zimmerman ... Has an older sister Alyssa and brother Harrison with a younger sister Lillian ... Favorite athlete is Bethany Hamilton ... Majoring in psychology.
Hilbert on Zimmerman: "Ciera is a setter from the Pacific Northwest and she is very competitive and loves volleyball. Both her high school and club programs are very successful. She has very natural leadership skills that we look for. She was someone that grew on me as I continued to watch her play and I am convinced that she will be a very good setter for us down the road."
Zimmerman on CSU: "I chose Colorado State for a number of reasons. The first reason was that CSU offers Psychology which is my major I intend to pursue. When I went on my visit, I fell in love with the campus, the facilities, and the city. Colorado and the city of Fort Collins just seemed like a place I would want to live. Along with these, playing volleyball for a team that has attended the NCAA Tournament 22 times in-a-row is quite an honor. The team, the coaches, and the program were all factors when I chose to be a Ram."
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