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2025 Women's Volleyball Roster

Mikaela Engstrom
Ariel Fox
Tom Gilbert
Tom Gilbert
Colin Noftsier
Cos Lymperopoulos
Cos Lymperopoulos
Ben Solomon

1 Zora Hardison

1 Zora Hardison

  • Position:
    MB
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Palm Bay, Florida
  • Highschool:
    Heritage
  • Major:
    Undeclared

Summary

Biography

Awards & Honors
  • Ninth in Rally-Era Career Blocks Per Set (0.87)
  • Tenth in Rally-Era Career Solo Blocks (20)
  • Sixth in Sophomore Blocks (89)
Junior (2025)
  • Opened the season swinging .418  with 2.38 k/s and 11 total blocks, including six solo stops, in the opening weekend in matches with Marist, Liberty and Buffalo
  • Tied her career mark with a trio of solo rejections in a five-set match with Liberty (Aug. 30)
Sophomore (2024) - Game-By-Game Stats
  • Second on the roster in blocks with 79 total and 10 solo, averaging 0.97 per set.
  • Finished season fifth among Rutgers sophomore blocks (89)
  • Let Rutgers in blocks in 11 matches including with five or more blocks in five contests
  • Totaled 158 kills, with five double-digit kill matches, averaging 1.72 per set and swinging .227
  • Hit a season best .529 with 10 kills on 17 attempts with only one error along with a team-leading six blocks vs. #4 Penn State (Nov. 27)
  • Set a career high with eight blocks in the victory at Northwestern (Nov. 23)
  • Tied her career high with 15 kills, swinging .314 for the match, while adding seven blocks against Indiana. (Nov. 1) 
  • The 15 kills against the Hoosiers tied for the most by a Scarlet Knight in a four-set match in 2024
  • Led RU with seven kills vs. #16 USC (Oct. 20) 
  • Posted seven stops at Maryland. (Oct. 5)
  • Captured a career-high in kills with 15 at Michigan (Sep. 29)
  • Put up a game-high six blocks against Binghamton. (Sep. 12) 
  • Made it back-to-back matches with five blocks with one solo and four assisted stops in a win over La Tech (Sept. 6)
  • Tied her then career-high with 10 kills to go along with five blocks in five-set match against Little Rock. (Sept. 6) 
Freshman (2023) - Game-By-Game Stats
  • Played in 20 matches and 59 sets joining the starting rotation for the final 10 matches of the season
  • Averaged 1.25 kills and 0.71 blocks per set
  • Season-high eight blocks - three solo blocks & five block assists - in five-set victory at Iowa (Oct. 27)
  • Season-high 10 kills in four-set match with Michigan (Oct. 12)
  • Hit a season-best .833 (10-0-12) versus the Wolverines marking the best hitting percentage by an RU player in a four-set match in 2023 (Oct. 12)
Prior To Rutgers
  • 2023 First Team All-Conference
  • Member of Cape Coast Volleyball Club 

Personal

  • Daughter of Winston Jr. and Angela
  • Has one brother, Winston III
  • Plans to major in pre-dentistry 
Hardison On Choosing Rutgers: "I had an instant connection to the players, coaches, and school. It felt like a family."

Know Your Knights
Nickname: Z
Major: Psychology 
I chose my major because: I’m interested in how the human mind works
I chose Rutgers because…:  it was a different environment from what I knew.
I started playing my sport because…: I wanted to try a new sport
I most admire is and why: My dad,he constantly makes sacrifices for his family so we can have a better life
If I wasn’t playing volleyball, I’d be: Living in Europe
One word to describe Coach Schweihofer: unique
One word to describe myself off the court: Funny
Best player ever competed against: Tina Grkovic
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: Coach Disney
Favorite professional athlete: LeBron James
One word to describe myself off the court: Funny
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: listening to music
Few people know that I: love to draw
Favorite cereal: Lucky Charms
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: Spider-Man: into the spider verse
Favorite musician/group: Drake
The first song I knew all the words to is: ABC song
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Fortnite
Favorite all-time gift received: Jewelry
Pets I had growing up were: Tito - Chihuahua
My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: Cleopatra
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Switzerland
The website I visit most often is: Aritzia
My favorite teacher was: Ms. Bracken, 3rd
The quote that most resonates with me is: Comparison is the thief of joy
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Black
One thing on my bucket list is: to visit the pyramids
Phone app you cannot live without: Apple Music
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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2023Freshman

    MB
    6'2"
    15
  • 1

    2024Sophomore

    MB
    6'2"
    1
  • 1

    2024-25Sophomore

    MB
    6'2"
    1
  • 1

    2025Junior

    MB
    6'2"
    1
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