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2021 Women's Volleyball Roster

Michael Cummo
Ariel Fox
Rich Graessle
Rich Graessle
Michael Cummo
Michael Cummo
Rich Graessle
Mike Lawrence
(Ben Solomon/Rutgers Athletics)

1 Beka Kojadinovic

1 Beka Kojadinovic

  • Position:
    RS
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown:
    Belgrade, Serbia
  • Highschool:
    Sesta Beogradska Gimnazija
  • Major:
    Business Analytics and Information Technology

Summary

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
  • UConn Challenge MVP & All-Tournament (2021)
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021)
  • Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020)
  • Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee (National Student-Athlete Honor Society)
  • Cal Molten Classic All-Tournament Team (2018)
  • School Record Holder in Aces in a Game (10)
  • Rally Scoring Era Leader in Career Aces (106)
  • Ranks Third in Rally Scoring Era in Career Matches played (125)
  • Ranks Third in Rally Scoring Era in Career Points (1105.0) 
  • Ranks Fourth in Rally Scoring Era in Career Kills (889) 
  • Ranks Sixth in Rally Scoring Era in Career Digs (863)
  • Ranks Seventh in Rally Scoring Era in Career Sets Played (399)
  • Ranks Seventh in Rally Scoring Era in Career Block Assists (201)
  • Ranks Seventh in Rally Scoring Era in Career Total Blocks (211)
  • Ranks Ninth in Rally Scoring in Era in Career Kills Per Set (2.23)
Fifth-Year Senior (2021) - Game-By-Game Stats
  • Appeared and started all 29 matches playing 101 of 102 sets
  • Finished seventh on rally era season leaders list with 30 aces 
  • Landed 10th on the rally era season leaders list with 287 kills  
  • Career-high 24 digs vs. Illinois - Most digs by a Scarlet Knights in a Big Ten match (Nov. 29)
  • 19 digs vs. Indiana - Most digs by a Scarlet Knight in a Big Ten five-set match (Oct. 29)
  • Four aces at Northwestern - Most aces by a Scarlet Knight in a Big Ten three-set match (Nov. 1) 
  • Collected eight double-doubles on the season and posted 22 total in career
  • Led Rutgers with 287 total kills and 2.84 kills per game and 30 service aces
  • 14 contests with double figure kills
  • Three games with four aces including UMBC (Aug. 28), UConn (Sept. 4) and Northwestern (Oct. 1)
  • Second on the team with 264 digs and 2.61 digs per game
  • 13 matches with double figure digs
  • Season-high 16 kills against UMBC (Aug. 28), NC State (Sept.10) and Purdue (Nov. 7)
  • Career-high 47 attacks against UMBC (Aug. 28)
  • Tied career-high with six blocks vs. NC State (Sept. 10)
Senior (Spring 2021) - Game-By-Game Stats
  • Appeared in and started all 20 games
  • Set a Rutgers record with 10 aces at Michigan State (Apr. 2)
  • The 10 aces were the most by a Big Ten player since 1989 and ties for the second-most in Big Ten history. Only Maureen McLaughlin of Michigan State has served up more aces with 12 against Northwood on Sept. 18, 1986
  • The 10 points at the service line also tie for the most in a Big Ten conference match matching the 10 by Michigan State's State Gina Conroy vs. Minnesota on Oct. 7, 1983 and Minnesota's Sharon Oesterling vs. Michigan on Oct. 1, 1989
  • The 10 aces helped Rutgers to a school record 17 team aces marking the most in program history and besting the previous mark of 14 against Coppin State back on Aug. 31, 2018.
  • Averaged 0.45 aces per game to rank third in the Big Ten
  • Led Rutgers in aces in 13 of 20 contests
  • Led the Scarlet Knights in kills in 13 of 20 matches
  • Posted 19 kills against Maryland (Mar. 27) for the most by a RU player in a four-set match
  • Captured six double-doubles
  • Recorded the second most points by a Rutgers player in a Big Ten contest with 21.0 against Purdue (Mar. 19), Maryland (Mar. 27) and Michigan State (Apr. 3)
     
Junior (2019) - Game-By-Game Stats
  • Three double-doubles 
  • Career-high 18 kills hitting a career-best .531 to go along with 10 digs in win over Princeton (Sept. 6)
  • Career-high 16 digs along with 12 kills in victory over Northwestern (Oct. 27)
  • Also had double-digit kills with 12 at #7 Minnesota (Oct. 5)
  • Logged nine matches with double digit digs including seven against Big Ten competition
  • Season-high six blocks in win over Northern Colorado (6 BA) (Aug. 30) and Colgate (1 BS, 5 BA) (Sept. 14)
  • Captured seven kills with no errors against New Hampshire (Sept. 13)

Sophomore (2018)
  • Named to the Cal Molten Classic All-Tournament Team with 3.20 kills/set, 12 blocks and 27 digs. She posted a career day with 17 kills and a .382 attack clip in the four-set setback to Colgate.
  • Posted a double-double with 11 kills and 12 digs against Chicago State (Aug. 25)
  • Recorded 12 kills in win at Lafayette (Sep. 1) and 11 kills in win against Howard (Sep. 7)
  • Had 15 digs and five blocks in win over Navy at the Rutgers Invitational (Sep. 8)
  • Recorded double-doubles against St. John's and UConn on September 14. She had 13 kills and 10 digs against St. John's and 10 kills and 14 digs at UConn
  • Posted 10 digs and five blocks in five setter against Ohio State (Oct. 5)
  • Recorded 11 digs at No. 4 Penn State (Oct. 17) and 11 kills against Iowa (Oct. 10)
Freshman (2017)
  • Made collegiate debut and earned the start at opposite hitter in the opener against Georgia State (8/25) with two kills and three digs
  • Posted a double-double of 11 kills and 12 digs in four-setter at Seton Hall (9/2), to go with two service aced and a career-high six blocks, the first of which was her first college block

Prior to Rutgers
  • A four-year player for Dimano Pancevo in Serbia, led her team to four consecutive championship matches in the Junior Tournament of Vokvodina, winning it all in 2016
  • Participated on the runner-up team at the 2016 Junior National Championship of Serbia and the third place team at the 2017 national championships.
 
Personal
  • Daughter of Ljiljana Vujovic and Djordje Kojadinovic
  • Has a younger sister, Lara

KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS
One word to describe your Coach: Dedicated
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: Anastasiia Maksimova
Best player ever competed against::Tijana Boskovic
Major: Business Analytics and Informational Technology
I chose my major because: I wanted to learn how to use information systems to hopefully help a future company make better business decisions
Favorite place to hang out on campus: The Yard
The person I most admire is and why: My parents because of everything they’ve been through in order to give my sister and me everything we needed
If I wasn’t playing volleyball, I’d be: A singer
Favorite professional athlete: Novak Djokovic
One word to describe myself on the court: Passionate
One word to describe myself off the court: Adventurous
Few people know that I: Am the shortest one in my family (6’0)
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: My dad
I started playing my sport because…: My dad thought it was a great sport for girls and I loved it from day one
I chose Rutgers because…: The academics are really strong and we compete in the best conference in the country
Favorite cereal: Cinnamon Crunch
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: White chicks
The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: Sandra Bullock
Favorite musician/group: Bon Jovi
The first song I knew all the words to is: Every breath you take (the first one in English)
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: A number of pancakes one can eat
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: I rap one song and I’m ready
Pets I had growing up were: I have a dog now (tibetian terrier)
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Currently Maldives
The website I visit most often is: Blackboard and YouTube
My favorite teacher was: Christopher Young (business ethics)
The quote that most resonates with me is: “ Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.”
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Red
One thing on my bucket list is: Jump from the plane
Phone app you cannot live without: Whatsapp
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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    RS
    6'0"
    1
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    2018Sophomore

    RS
    6'1"
    1
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    2019Junior

    RS
    6'1"
    1
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    2020Senior

    RS
    6'1"
    1
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    2021Fifth Year

    RS
    6'1"
    1
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