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Jersey Number 4
Paloma Bowman
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Vacaville, Calif.
- High School:
- Christian Brothers
- Prev School:
- Portland
Bio
2023 AVCA Top-Flight Award
Played two seasons for the Huskies following three beach seasons for UC Davis, and three indoor seasons, two for UC Davis and one for Portland ... was a 2021 All-Big West First Team selection on the beach at UC Davis, and is a two-time Big West Pair of the Week winner.
2022-23 (As A Senior)
Earned an AVCA Top-Flight Award for the No. 3 position teaming with Scarlett Dahl … was 18-15 in dual matches and 13-7 in the fall … in dual play, went 17-8 with Dahl (16-7 at No. 3; 1-1 at No. 4) and 1-7 with Mary Sinclair (0-6 at No. 3; 1-1 at No. 4) … finished her career ranked No. 4 in pair career dual wins with Dahl, with 23, and No. 9 in pair winning percentage with Dahl at .639.
Partnered with Dahl: Won AVCA Top-Flight honors at the No. 3 spot … had five dual wins over Top-20 teams … won 11 of 12 matches from Mar. 11 to Apr. 7 … defeated 4th-ranked Florida State’s Chacon/Sassack at No. 3, 21-19, 21-16 … a 21-14, 21-17 win over 9th-ranked Hawaii’s Kruse/Russo … topped 20th-ranked Tulane’s Hall/Speicher, 21-6, 23-21 at No. 3 … had a 21-14, 14-21, 15-11 win over No. 9 Cal’s Gessner/Dreibholz on Apr. 1 … a key win in 3-2 win over No. 20 Pepperdine, beating Standage/Juju, 21-17, 21-14 … in 3-2 win over Arizona State, beat Thomas/Weber, 21-17, 21-15 … went 2-0 together in the fall, with wins over GCU and Arizona duos at the West Coast Pairs Championships.
Partnered with Sinclair: Had a three-set win over Oregon’s Schroeder/George at the No. 4 spot on Mar. 5 … had three losses in third sets against Top-20 ranked squads … went 11-3 during the fall, making the Alki Pairs tourney silver division final, and getting four wins at the Arizona Fall Classic.
2022 (As A Junior)
Had a 9-12 record in her first year on the squad … went 6-5 with Scarlett Dahl (0-1 at No. 1; 6-4 at No. 2) and 3-6 with Audra Wilmes (0-2 at No. 2; 1-4 at No. 3; 2-0 at No. 4) and 0-1 with Ashley Shook at No. 4
Partnered with Dahl: had a close three-set loss at No. 1 against Cal’s Gessner/Costa, 15-21, 21-15, 15-12 … big victories at Alki Beach in UW’s upset of No. 8 Hawaii and 3-2 win over Oregon, defeating Hawaii’s Loker/Santer, 21-15, 21-14, and Oregon’s Laita/Wetton, 21-13, 19-21, 15-5 … backed up Hawaii win with another win over the Wahine’s Penner/Widener, 21-16, 21-10 on Apr. 17 … a 22-20, 21-13 win over Saint Mary’s Suarez/Laird … one of two wins for UW in loss to Arizona State on Apr. 10, beating Bordis/Pemberton, 21-14, 21-19 … competitive match at No. 2 against UCLA’s Newberry/Whitmarsh, falling 21-17, 24-22
Partnered with Wilmes: first win was at No. 4 over Oregon’s Schroeder/Tyus, 15-9 in the third, in a 4-1 win … a marathon win over Boise State’s Mejia/O’Neil, 21-19, 17-21, 18-16 … a 21-16, 22-20 win over Utah’s Koch/Leight with Wilmes on Apr. 9.
2021 (As A Sophomore at UC Davis)
An All-Big West First Team selection ... teamed with Colleen McGuire to lead the Aggies with a 15-12 overall record at the top two spots in the lineup …finished a team-best 14-9 at the No. 1 spot and went 1-3 at No. 2 … finished the year with wins in her final five head-to-head matches from April 18-30 — and 11 of her final 13 — to close out the year, including wins over CSU Bakersfield and Long Beach State at No. 1 at the Big West Championships … posted wins over pairs from a receiving votes Saint Mary’s team, as well as wins against pairs from No. 11 California, No. 13 Arizona, and No. 10 Pepperdine … the 15 wins are the most in a single season by any UC Davis individual or pair, regardless of spot in the lineup, while the 14 wins at No. 1 are also a single-season school record … joined McGuire as the Big West Pairs Team of the Week on April 12 after splitting a pair of matches against No. 10 Pepperdine and posting wins over San Jose State and Saint Mary’s … set program record with 26 career individual wins ... earned Big West All-Academic honors.
2020 (As A Sophomore at UC Davis)
Appeared in all eight duals for the Aggies during the shortened 2020 campaign … finished the season with a 3-5 overall record, splitting time between the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the lineup … posted a 2-4 record alongside partner Jane Seslar at the top spot, and finished 1-1 at No. 2 with partner Megan Luly … won back-to-back clinching points against Utah (2/29) and San Jose State (3/7), and extended that winning streak to three with a win against Stephen F. Austin (3/12) … all three wins were in straight sets ... earned Big West All-Academic honors.
2019 (As A Freshman at UC Davis)
Finished 8-11 overall while playing in four of the five spots in the lineup … finished 4-5 at the No. 3 position, while also posting two wins at No. 4, and one win each at No. 1 and No. 2 … earned Big West Conference Pairs Team of the Week on April 8 along with teammate Josephine Ough after finishing 3-0 during a four-team weekend round-robin at Sacramento State … finished 6-9 overall alongside Ough, with four of those wins at the No. 3 spot in the lineup ... earned Big West All-Academic honors.
High School and Personal: Born in Berkeley, Calif. ... parents are Deborah and David Bowman ... has two older sisters, Tatijana and Nastassja, and one younger brother, Xavier ... Nastassja played volleyball at Cal State Fullerton ... played club volleyball indoors and beach for Five Starz, helping team win the National division at Junior Nationals in 2015, earning tourney MVP ... named All-Capital Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.
INDOORS
2021 at Portland
Appeared in 35 sets for the Pilots and 10 total matches, missing the second half of the season ... ranked second on the team with 164 assists, averaging 4.69 assists per set ... had 50 kills, hitting .268, averaging 1.43 kills per set ... served up 10 aces and missed just four serves ... had 2.29 digs per set ... a season-high 13 kills on 22 swings in season-opening match against Nevada with 18 digs and 23 assists for a triple-double.
2018 at UC Davis
Played in all 28 matches (96 sets) with 14 starts ... finished with 417 assists (4.34 per set) and shared team lead with 27 aces (0.28) ... provided 185 digs on defense ... notched season-best 35 assists at UC Santa Barbara (9/29), helping team hit .251 and score five-set victory ... had eight matches with double-figured digs, including season-best 16 vs. Long Beach State (10/25).
2017 at UC Davis
Named to the Big West Conference All-Freshman Team ... played in all 30 matches, making 16 starts and totaling 99 sets ... part of a 6-2 setter rotation ... led Aggies in assists with 611 (6.17 per set) ... also had 16 aces and 195 digs ... amassed season-best 57 assists vs. Long Beach State (10/7), helping team hit .285 in four-set win with season bests of 3 aces and 4 blocks in that match.
Played two seasons for the Huskies following three beach seasons for UC Davis, and three indoor seasons, two for UC Davis and one for Portland ... was a 2021 All-Big West First Team selection on the beach at UC Davis, and is a two-time Big West Pair of the Week winner.
2022-23 (As A Senior)
Earned an AVCA Top-Flight Award for the No. 3 position teaming with Scarlett Dahl … was 18-15 in dual matches and 13-7 in the fall … in dual play, went 17-8 with Dahl (16-7 at No. 3; 1-1 at No. 4) and 1-7 with Mary Sinclair (0-6 at No. 3; 1-1 at No. 4) … finished her career ranked No. 4 in pair career dual wins with Dahl, with 23, and No. 9 in pair winning percentage with Dahl at .639.
Partnered with Dahl: Won AVCA Top-Flight honors at the No. 3 spot … had five dual wins over Top-20 teams … won 11 of 12 matches from Mar. 11 to Apr. 7 … defeated 4th-ranked Florida State’s Chacon/Sassack at No. 3, 21-19, 21-16 … a 21-14, 21-17 win over 9th-ranked Hawaii’s Kruse/Russo … topped 20th-ranked Tulane’s Hall/Speicher, 21-6, 23-21 at No. 3 … had a 21-14, 14-21, 15-11 win over No. 9 Cal’s Gessner/Dreibholz on Apr. 1 … a key win in 3-2 win over No. 20 Pepperdine, beating Standage/Juju, 21-17, 21-14 … in 3-2 win over Arizona State, beat Thomas/Weber, 21-17, 21-15 … went 2-0 together in the fall, with wins over GCU and Arizona duos at the West Coast Pairs Championships.
Partnered with Sinclair: Had a three-set win over Oregon’s Schroeder/George at the No. 4 spot on Mar. 5 … had three losses in third sets against Top-20 ranked squads … went 11-3 during the fall, making the Alki Pairs tourney silver division final, and getting four wins at the Arizona Fall Classic.
2022 (As A Junior)
Had a 9-12 record in her first year on the squad … went 6-5 with Scarlett Dahl (0-1 at No. 1; 6-4 at No. 2) and 3-6 with Audra Wilmes (0-2 at No. 2; 1-4 at No. 3; 2-0 at No. 4) and 0-1 with Ashley Shook at No. 4
Partnered with Dahl: had a close three-set loss at No. 1 against Cal’s Gessner/Costa, 15-21, 21-15, 15-12 … big victories at Alki Beach in UW’s upset of No. 8 Hawaii and 3-2 win over Oregon, defeating Hawaii’s Loker/Santer, 21-15, 21-14, and Oregon’s Laita/Wetton, 21-13, 19-21, 15-5 … backed up Hawaii win with another win over the Wahine’s Penner/Widener, 21-16, 21-10 on Apr. 17 … a 22-20, 21-13 win over Saint Mary’s Suarez/Laird … one of two wins for UW in loss to Arizona State on Apr. 10, beating Bordis/Pemberton, 21-14, 21-19 … competitive match at No. 2 against UCLA’s Newberry/Whitmarsh, falling 21-17, 24-22
Partnered with Wilmes: first win was at No. 4 over Oregon’s Schroeder/Tyus, 15-9 in the third, in a 4-1 win … a marathon win over Boise State’s Mejia/O’Neil, 21-19, 17-21, 18-16 … a 21-16, 22-20 win over Utah’s Koch/Leight with Wilmes on Apr. 9.
2021 (As A Sophomore at UC Davis)
An All-Big West First Team selection ... teamed with Colleen McGuire to lead the Aggies with a 15-12 overall record at the top two spots in the lineup …finished a team-best 14-9 at the No. 1 spot and went 1-3 at No. 2 … finished the year with wins in her final five head-to-head matches from April 18-30 — and 11 of her final 13 — to close out the year, including wins over CSU Bakersfield and Long Beach State at No. 1 at the Big West Championships … posted wins over pairs from a receiving votes Saint Mary’s team, as well as wins against pairs from No. 11 California, No. 13 Arizona, and No. 10 Pepperdine … the 15 wins are the most in a single season by any UC Davis individual or pair, regardless of spot in the lineup, while the 14 wins at No. 1 are also a single-season school record … joined McGuire as the Big West Pairs Team of the Week on April 12 after splitting a pair of matches against No. 10 Pepperdine and posting wins over San Jose State and Saint Mary’s … set program record with 26 career individual wins ... earned Big West All-Academic honors.
2020 (As A Sophomore at UC Davis)
Appeared in all eight duals for the Aggies during the shortened 2020 campaign … finished the season with a 3-5 overall record, splitting time between the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the lineup … posted a 2-4 record alongside partner Jane Seslar at the top spot, and finished 1-1 at No. 2 with partner Megan Luly … won back-to-back clinching points against Utah (2/29) and San Jose State (3/7), and extended that winning streak to three with a win against Stephen F. Austin (3/12) … all three wins were in straight sets ... earned Big West All-Academic honors.
2019 (As A Freshman at UC Davis)
Finished 8-11 overall while playing in four of the five spots in the lineup … finished 4-5 at the No. 3 position, while also posting two wins at No. 4, and one win each at No. 1 and No. 2 … earned Big West Conference Pairs Team of the Week on April 8 along with teammate Josephine Ough after finishing 3-0 during a four-team weekend round-robin at Sacramento State … finished 6-9 overall alongside Ough, with four of those wins at the No. 3 spot in the lineup ... earned Big West All-Academic honors.
High School and Personal: Born in Berkeley, Calif. ... parents are Deborah and David Bowman ... has two older sisters, Tatijana and Nastassja, and one younger brother, Xavier ... Nastassja played volleyball at Cal State Fullerton ... played club volleyball indoors and beach for Five Starz, helping team win the National division at Junior Nationals in 2015, earning tourney MVP ... named All-Capital Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.
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INDOORS
2021 at Portland
Appeared in 35 sets for the Pilots and 10 total matches, missing the second half of the season ... ranked second on the team with 164 assists, averaging 4.69 assists per set ... had 50 kills, hitting .268, averaging 1.43 kills per set ... served up 10 aces and missed just four serves ... had 2.29 digs per set ... a season-high 13 kills on 22 swings in season-opening match against Nevada with 18 digs and 23 assists for a triple-double.
2018 at UC Davis
Played in all 28 matches (96 sets) with 14 starts ... finished with 417 assists (4.34 per set) and shared team lead with 27 aces (0.28) ... provided 185 digs on defense ... notched season-best 35 assists at UC Santa Barbara (9/29), helping team hit .251 and score five-set victory ... had eight matches with double-figured digs, including season-best 16 vs. Long Beach State (10/25).
2017 at UC Davis
Named to the Big West Conference All-Freshman Team ... played in all 30 matches, making 16 starts and totaling 99 sets ... part of a 6-2 setter rotation ... led Aggies in assists with 611 (6.17 per set) ... also had 16 aces and 195 digs ... amassed season-best 57 assists vs. Long Beach State (10/7), helping team hit .285 in four-set win with season bests of 3 aces and 4 blocks in that match.
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