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Jersey Number 10
Anna Rita
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Hometown:
- Riga, Latvia
- High School:
- Riga State Gymnasium No. 1
- Previous School:
- Austin Peay
AS A JUNIOR (2025)
• Earned Second Team All-Sun Belt honors
• Ranked fourth in the Sun Belt Conference with 143 total blocks
• Recorded the second-most solo blocks (30) and blocks per set (1.39) in the Sun Belt
• Registered double-digit kills in five matches, including 11 against South Carolina (9/3/25) and Marshall (9/27/25)
• Had five or more blocks in 15 matches with a season-high 10 against Cleveland State (9/12/25)
• Credited with nine blocks at NC State (9/14/25) and Marshall. (9/26/25)
• Posted a .667 hitting percentage at Marshall (9/27/25) with 11 kills on 15 attacks with only one error; hit .643 in the two matches at Marshall (19-1-28)
• Named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team
• Joined the Chanticleers in January 2025
AS A SOPHOMORE (2024 | Austin Peay)
• Played and started 25 matches
• Tallied 181 kills on the season with a .261 attacking percentage
• Had 107 blocks for an average of 1.14 per set
• Earned Academic All-District honors from College Sports Communicators
AS A FRESHMAN (2023 | Austin Peay)
• Played in 24 matches and made 18 starts
• Had 73 total blocks, averaging 1.03 per set
• Career-high of nine blocks came against Central Arkansas (11/10/23)
• Totaled 73 kills for an average of 1.03 per set.
• Career-high of seven kills against North Alabama (11/11/23)
• Had a career-high .667 hitting percentage with four kills on six swings at Eastern Kentucky (10/27/23)
PRIOR TO AUSTIN PEAY
• Member of Latvian Women's National Volleyball team; qualified for the 2024 U22 European Championships
• Played 2022-23 season with Riga Volleyball School, which finished second in the Latvian Cup and third in the Latvian League
• Played 2021-22 season with RSU/MVS volleyball
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Liga and Juris Rita.
• Born Oct. 10, 2004 in Riga, Latvia
• Has two siblings, Helena and Peteris
• Member of the Coastal Carolina beach volleyball team
• Earned Second Team All-Sun Belt honors
• Ranked fourth in the Sun Belt Conference with 143 total blocks
• Recorded the second-most solo blocks (30) and blocks per set (1.39) in the Sun Belt
• Registered double-digit kills in five matches, including 11 against South Carolina (9/3/25) and Marshall (9/27/25)
• Had five or more blocks in 15 matches with a season-high 10 against Cleveland State (9/12/25)
• Credited with nine blocks at NC State (9/14/25) and Marshall. (9/26/25)
• Posted a .667 hitting percentage at Marshall (9/27/25) with 11 kills on 15 attacks with only one error; hit .643 in the two matches at Marshall (19-1-28)
• Named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team
• Joined the Chanticleers in January 2025
AS A SOPHOMORE (2024 | Austin Peay)
• Played and started 25 matches
• Tallied 181 kills on the season with a .261 attacking percentage
• Had 107 blocks for an average of 1.14 per set
• Earned Academic All-District honors from College Sports Communicators
AS A FRESHMAN (2023 | Austin Peay)
• Played in 24 matches and made 18 starts
• Had 73 total blocks, averaging 1.03 per set
• Career-high of nine blocks came against Central Arkansas (11/10/23)
• Totaled 73 kills for an average of 1.03 per set.
• Career-high of seven kills against North Alabama (11/11/23)
• Had a career-high .667 hitting percentage with four kills on six swings at Eastern Kentucky (10/27/23)
PRIOR TO AUSTIN PEAY
• Member of Latvian Women's National Volleyball team; qualified for the 2024 U22 European Championships
• Played 2022-23 season with Riga Volleyball School, which finished second in the Latvian Cup and third in the Latvian League
• Played 2021-22 season with RSU/MVS volleyball
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Liga and Juris Rita.
• Born Oct. 10, 2004 in Riga, Latvia
• Has two siblings, Helena and Peteris
• Member of the Coastal Carolina beach volleyball team
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