California Golden Bears Athletics
2026 Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 21
Portia Sherman
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Last School(s):
- Dos Pueblos HS
- Hometown:
- Goleta, Calif.
Beach Volleyball
As a senior (2026):
Beach Volleyball: Two-time AVCA First-Team All-American...Program records in single-season wins (31) and career wins (59) with doubles partner Emma Donley....Two-time First-Team All-MPSF...Ended the 2026 regular season as the nation's No. 4 overall pair according to Truvolley...Led the Bears to the NCAA quarterfinals in the team's fifth consecutive NCAA Championships appearance...Won gold with Team USA at the 2025 Junior Pan Am Games and the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) U23 Continental Tour...Earned a bronze medal at Senior NORCECA Continental Tour.
High School: Two-time team captain for indoor and three-time team captain for Beach at Dos Pueblos HS...Member of the USAV High Performance A1 team for four years...Finished third in the 2021 Santa Monica CBVA open division...Named to VolleyballMag's Top 20 Underclassmen to Watch List...Part of USA Beach Volleyball's U18 2021 Summer Training series...Won the USA Volleyball NBT Winter Series Tournament while playing with current Cal teammate Jenna Colligan...Channel League MVP for the indoor volleyball team while playing as an outside hitter...Led the indoor team to their first league title in 10 years...Helped the indoor team to a 2019 CIF Southern Section Team Academic Championship...Member of the National Honors Society and the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy
As a senior (2026):
- Joined indoor team after playing four years with Cal's beach volleyball program
Beach Volleyball: Two-time AVCA First-Team All-American...Program records in single-season wins (31) and career wins (59) with doubles partner Emma Donley....Two-time First-Team All-MPSF...Ended the 2026 regular season as the nation's No. 4 overall pair according to Truvolley...Led the Bears to the NCAA quarterfinals in the team's fifth consecutive NCAA Championships appearance...Won gold with Team USA at the 2025 Junior Pan Am Games and the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) U23 Continental Tour...Earned a bronze medal at Senior NORCECA Continental Tour.
High School: Two-time team captain for indoor and three-time team captain for Beach at Dos Pueblos HS...Member of the USAV High Performance A1 team for four years...Finished third in the 2021 Santa Monica CBVA open division...Named to VolleyballMag's Top 20 Underclassmen to Watch List...Part of USA Beach Volleyball's U18 2021 Summer Training series...Won the USA Volleyball NBT Winter Series Tournament while playing with current Cal teammate Jenna Colligan...Channel League MVP for the indoor volleyball team while playing as an outside hitter...Led the indoor team to their first league title in 10 years...Helped the indoor team to a 2019 CIF Southern Section Team Academic Championship...Member of the National Honors Society and the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy
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