2025 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Bri Denney
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Santa Fe Christian School
- Hometown:
- San Marcos, Calif.
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore):
Traveled with the Bears and played in the Foreign Tour matches in Austria, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia in June 2024 ... Came into the match against No. 22 TCU to set (10/6).
2023 (Sophomore):
Saw action in three matches on the season … Played in two sets against No. 7 Minnesota in the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge … Played against No. 19 Ohio State … Saw action in one set against Stephen F. Austin … Did not see action for the rest of the season due to injury, redshirted.
2022 (Freshman):
Her first season with the Bears ... Dealt with injury for the first part of the season ... Saw action in three sets across two matches.
High School:
Bri grew up in San Diego, CA where she played volleyball since the age of 10 at Southern California’s top two clubs; Wave and Coast. She played on their 1s teams every year with the exception of 11s & 14s, when she played on the 2s. Her teams always played in the highest divisions at the USA National Championships, placing 1st in the National division on her 13-1s team and 5th in the Open division on her 15-1s team. Bri has been trained by top club coaches and was privileged to train closely in her high school years with Fiapo Guilherme Tenius, (7x Olympic medalist coach for Brazil, US & Canada). She graduated from Santa Fe Christian School in 2022. In high school, she was First Team All-League, won second place in Division I, named Varsity Invitational Classic All-Tournament Team, and was Team Captain... In 2019 she and her team finished third in the Coastal League and second in DI postseason; in 2021, they finished second in the league and sixth in DI Postseason ... Bri was named National Honors Society, Principal's Honor Roll, California Scholarship Federation Gold Seal Bearer and an Academic Letterwinner. In addition, she was a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes while dedicating a lot of her time to volunteering.
Personal:
First name is Brianna but goes by "Bri" ... Daughter of Monica and Robb Denney ... Father, Robb, played rugby at the national level for the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC) on their Super League Team. She has one older brother, Colin, who played baseball at Biola University his freshman year, as a catcher, then graduated from Liberty University after transferring and is now an Investment Advisor in Tampa, FL. ... Bri’s major is Business Management. She will graduate in December 2025. In her free time she enjoyed being outside, being active and spending time with friends.
