2020 Beach Volleyball
Tia Miric
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- The Bishop Strachan School
- Hometown:
- Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Redshirt Junior (2021)
Earned First Team All-Conference honors after going 16-8 with Mariah Whalen while playing primarily from the No. 3 spot in the lineup ... finished with an overall combined record of 18-12 ... ended the season on an eight-match winning streak, including a win against Stanford in the NCAA Tournament ... named Cal Poly's Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year and earned Big West All-Academic honors
Junior (2020)
In the abbreviated season that was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, paired with Mariah Whalen and finished 8-1 while playing at both the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the lineup ... named Big West Pairs Team of the Week March 9 after winning all three of their matches the previous weekend in straight sets ... while playing at the No. 2 position in the lineup, they collected wins over pairs from No. 2 Florida State, No. 13 South Carolina, No. 6 Pepperdine, and No. 9 LMU ... also had a win over No. 7 Grand Canyon while playing from the No. 1 spot ... earned Highest Honors while being named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll for her strong work in the classroom.
Sophomore (2019)
Paired with Crissy Jones to become the first Cal Poly pair to win Big West Pair of the Year ... named an AVCA Beach All-American for the second year in a row after she and Jones finished the season a team-best 22-8 at the No. 1 position ... had a stretch in which they won 16 of 17 matches and went 4-0 in the Big West Tournament ... only Cal Poly pair to earn AVCA Pair of the Week honors, which they took home following the Big West Tournament ... ranked by collegebeachvb.com as the fifth-best pair in the country ... also named to the Big West All-Academic Team for her work in the classroom
Freshman (2018)
Finished with a 19-8 record alongside Torrey Van Winden at the No. 1 position ... named an AVCA Beach All-American and named to All-Big West First Team ... won the Big West's first-ever Pairs Championship at the Big West Tournament
Prep
A highly decorated beach player, she helped Canada win its first-ever U-21 World Beach Volleyball Championship in 2014, winning tournament MVP ... has also been a three-time provincial champion, a three-time national champion, two-time provincial silver medalist and two-time provincial bronze medalist ... as an indoor volleyball player, Miric has been a two-time Ontario champion, earned two consecutive Provincial All-Star Awards and two Canadian National All-Star Awards.
Personal
Born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada ... daughter of Lili and Lou Miric ... has an older sister, Alexandra ... chose Cal Poly because of head coach Todd Rogers and because of the warm weather of the Central Coast ... majoring in business ... aspires to one day make it to the Olympics in beach volleyball
