Ayanna Rodgers
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ga.
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- Year:
- So.
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- Previous School:
- Alan C. Pope HS
Bio
2024 (R-Freshman): Rodgers did not officially see the sand during the 2024 beach season, competing only in Tech's alternate position in exhibition duals.
2023 (Freshman): Rodgers sat out the 2023 season as a redshirt due to injury.
High School: Rodgers was a three-year letterwinner at Alan C. Pope High School in Marietta, Ga. for head coach Erica Miller… took home Most Improved Player honors as a member of the junior varsity team, eventually earning a promotion to varsity as part of the GHSA 6A State Championship squad… compiled 787 kills, 293 blocks, 195 digs, and 79 service aces during her career… as a senior, recorded 379 kills, 109 blocks, 117 digs, and 51 aces on her way to GHSA 6A All-State Player of the Year honors… also named AVCA Best and Brightest Second Team and to the All-State First Team… earned three straight All-Region First Team honors, including GHSA Region 6-6A Player of the Year as a junior and senior… as a sophomore, collected GVCA 6A All-State Honorable Mention… led her team to back-to-back Region 6-6A titles in 2020 and 2021.
Personal: Daughter of Jerome and Aronda Rodgers… born in Rhode Island on May 7, 2004… full name is Ayanna Nicole Rodgers… father, Jerome, played basketball at Tennessee Tech from 1987-91, still ranks 25th on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,138 points, and was a member of the 1987-88 OVC All-Freshman Team.
Academic: Majoring in exercise science and physical wellness with a concentration in sports administration… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll five times.
News mentions
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team dropped its first of two match-ups with Ohio Valley Conference rival Morehead State for the weekend, falling to the visiting Eagles Friday afternoon in a 5-0 decision at the Tech Beach Courts.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team will play host to Ohio Valley Conference rival Morehead State in the team's two lone home duals of the 2025 campaign this weekend, starting with a 3:00 p.m. CT tilt with the visiting Eagles on Friday afternoon at the Tech Beach Volleyball Courts.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team will head west for the first of two Ohio Valley Conference weekends of competition, visiting Martin, Tenn. for four sets of duals across Friday and Saturday.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team officially kicks off the 2025 campaign with a trip north for the Cincy Clash on Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22. Hosted by Eastern Kentucky, the event will be held at the Grand Sands facility in Loveland, Ohio.