Tia Shum

Photo by: Rob Goldberg Jr. Photo

Position:
Defensive Specialist/Libero
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
High School:
Saunders Secondary School
Hometown:
London, Ontario

2024 (Senior): Played in 66 sets for the Pirates ... Recorded 115 digs and 12 service aces ... Also tallied 17 assists ... Named to the American All-Academic Team.

2023 (Junior): Played in 73 sets over 30 matches ... Tallied 179 digs and 28 assists ... Logged double-digit digs in nine matches, including the last three of the season ... Posted 20 digs in the campaign opener against UNC Greensboro ... Notched 19 digs in the regular season finale at UTSA ... Collected 31 digs in the two NIVC matches versus The Citadel and Georgia Southern.

2022 (Sophomore): Did not play in any matches.

Fall 2021 (Freshman): Played in 93 sets over 27 matches, developing into the team’s starting libero … Led the squad in digs (359) and digs per set (3.86) while ranking seventh among American Athletic Conference players in digs per set … Made her collegiate debut against Wofford … Tallied a career-high 28 digs at Tulane (Nov. 14) … Racked up double-digit digs in 20 matches … Notched 20 digs and three aces at Memphis (Oct. 29) … Dished out a personal-best six assists and recorded 16 digs in the Pirates’ huge five-set AAC win over league powerhouse Houston (Oct. 24).

High School: Put together an MVP season her sophomore year, helping Saunders Secondary School to a 55-2 overall record and its first Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations provincial title in 27 years after not dropping a set the entire tournament ... Served as team captain and was MVP her junior season, helping the Sabres win the city and Western Ontario titles after averaging 12 digs per game ... Tabbed to the 2020 Team Ontario Elite roster ... Named MVP of the 2019 St. Clair Invitational ... Earned a silver medal as the starting libero for Team Ontario, the third-ranked team in all of Canada, at the 2019 USA Volleyball High Performance Championships ... Was ranked first nationally at the 2018 U15 Canada Beach Volleyball Championships ... Won the gold medal in the U16 division at the Volleyball Canada Indoor National Championships in 2017 while also being named Best Attacker at the Capitol Hill Classic ... Guided her U15 team to the title at the 2016 Indoor Ontario Championships while playing up two age divisions ... Captured back-to-back gold medals at the 2015 U13 and U14 Ontario Beach Volleyball Championships.