2024 Volleyball Roster
Mira Chopra
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- MB
- Height:
- 6-3
- Hometown:
- Champaign, Ill.
- High School:
- Champaign Central
Senior (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 26 of 31 matches, playing in 86 sets, starting two matches
• Recorded 23 aces, 2 assists and 27 digs
• Third on the team in aces and second in aces per set (0.27)
• Registered two aces against Indiana (Nov. 27)
• Recorded three aces in a four-set win vs. Ohio State (Oct. 13)
• Tallied two aces in back-to-back matches against USC and UCLA (Oct. 4 & 5)
Junior (2023)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in 72 total sets, started in 3 matches
• Ranked third on the team with 18 total aces
• Tallied 2 service aces against Iowa (Nov. 3)
• Recorded 4 kills, 2 aces and 4 blocks against Michigan State (Sept. 22)
• Recorded 2 aces against Bowling Green (Sept. 17)
• Recorded a career-high 3 aces against Western Michigan (Aug. 29)
Sophomore (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in nine matches, seeing action in 13 sets
• Recorded a solo block against Rutgers in the season finale (Nov. 25)
Freshman (Fall 2021)
• Appeared in three matches, totaling four sets played
• Had first career kill against Rutgers (Nov. 13)
• Recorded a block assist at Indiana (Oct. 20)
• Collegiate Debut: Sept. 17 against. Eastern Michigan
Prep
• Champaign Central High School, Champaign, Ill. (2021)
• All-Area (2021)
• News Gazette Player of the Year (2021)
• As a senior, had hitting percentage of .514
• All-News Gazette first team (2018-21)
• Honorable mention Under Armour All-American (2021)
• USA HP Continental Team (2018)
• USA HP A1 Team (2020)
• Also played golf, and was a three-time medalist and all-area golf team member
• High honor roll student
• Illinois state scholar
• Academic Award letter winner
Club
• Illini Elite Volleyball Club
Personal
• Mira Chopra
• Daughter of Archana and Sanjiv Chopra
• Brother, Varun, played golf at Northwestern
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, & the Arts
