Colorado University Athletics
2026 Spring Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 9
Avery Bolles
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Libero
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Andover, Minn.
- High School:
- Andover High School
- Major:
- Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Awards:
- 2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
Career Highs
Digs: 12 vs. California (9/14/24) & Wyoming (9/15/24)
Aces: 5 vs. Utah (9/21/23) & CSU (9/15/23)
Assists: 5 vs. Wyoming (9/15/24)
Cumulative Career Statistics:
Digs: 196
Points: 98.0
Aces: 94
Assists: 29
Kills: 4
2026 (JUNIOR):
- Avery Bolles will be a junior defensive specialist/libero for the Buffs in Fall 2026.
2025 (JUNIOR):
- Redshirted after seven matches.
2024 (SOPHOMORE):
- Saw action in 30 out of 32 matches and 113 sets
- Set two career highs for 12 digs and five assists against Wyoming (Sept. 15)
- Had six games with above 10 digs and a total of 155 digs throughout the season
- Had at least one service ace in 22 out of 30 matches
- Named to 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
2023 (FRESHMAN):
- Saw action in all 31 matches and 115 sets
- Recorded at least one ace in 24 of 31 games
- Matched a career-high five aces against Utah (Sept. 21) and set the career-high at CSU (Sept. 15)
- Had four aces against Northern Colorado (Aug. 31) and again at Cal (Nov. 22)
HIGH SCHOOL:
- Graduated from Andover High School in 2023
- Four-year varsity starter; totaled 1,236 digs, 1,164 kills and 203 aces
- Ms. Baden MN Volleyball Finalist as a senior
- Named All-State First Team as a senior
- Earned First Team All-State honors as a sophomore and junior, and received an honorable mention as a freshman
- During her freshman season, helped Andover High School to win the Section Championship
- Holds aces record at Andover High School with 203, and was the Andover High School MVP all four years
- Earned MaxPreps Player of the Week Minnesota three times
- Received the Spotlight on Scholarship Award three times
- Was named to the All-State Academic team
- Was a National Honors Society member for two years
- Played Club for MN Select
- Finished third at the GJNC Open playing for the 14-1s team (coached by Vicki Swenson, Sean Haugen and Chris Thibault) at MN Select
- Finished second at the GJNC Open playing for the 17-1s team (coached by George Padjen, Rachel Thibault and Tori Hanson) with MN Select
PERSONAL:
- Avery Norene Bolles is the daughter of Wendy Slagle, Travis Bolles and Kassandra Mauch
- Has an older sister, Aniki, who’s a competitive spike ball player
- Her most thrilling sports moment is beating 17th-ranked ASU in three sets in the 2023 season
- Biggest sports hero is Serena Williams because she is such a strong and amazing athlete and woman
- Favorite hobbies and pastimes are car rides, doing crafts, listening to music and going on sunset walks
- Wants to travel to France, Brazil, Jamaica and Greece
- Favorite foods are pasta, pizza, watermelon and sushi
- Favorite music artist is Benson Boone
- Fun Fact: her dog, Hank, is her best friend and fur baby
- After CU, wants to attend grad school and become a speech language pathologist
- Chose to attend CU because she loves the people, and she enjoys being outside with my friends and the mountains
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