Western Carolina University

2022 (5th Year Senior): Played all 33 matches…Led WCU with 660 assists and 5.41 assists per set, ranking ninth in the SoCon…Concluded her career with 1,919 assists…Surpassed the 20 assist mark in 17 matches including a season-best 30 at Furman…Posted six double-doubles…Credited with a season-best 15 digs at Chattanooga… Ranked fourth on the team with 31 service aces and tied a single match career high with five in the regular season finale against Furman…Downed a season-best six kills in the regular season finale against Furman…College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team honoree... earned 2022-23 SoCon Honor Roll honors… 

2021 (Senior): Played in all 28 matches…Led the team and ranked eighth in the SoCon with 668 assists for an average of 6.36 per set… Became the 15^th player in program history to surpass the 1,000-career assist milestone…Surpassed the 20-assist mark in 19 matches with six matches over 30 assists and two over 40 assists … Dished out a career-high 47 assists against Western Illinois on Sept. 10…Recorded five double-doubles…Finished with five double-digit dig matches including a career-best 16 against Chattanooga on Oct. 21…Led WCU with 34 service aces…Posted a season-high four aces at Alabama on Sept. 18…Contributed a career-best seven kills in the SoCon quarterfinals against Wofford on Nov. 19. 

2020-21 (Junior): Played in 16 matches with three starts…Recorded a season-best 10 digs at The Citadel on Feb. 1…Opened the season with a season-best four kills at Clemson… Dished out a season-best 25 assists in home opener against Chattanooga on Feb. 14…Contributed a season-high two service aces against Chattanooga on Feb. 15…Finished second on the team with 2.25 assists per game…Posted double-digit assists in seven matches...Named to SoCon Academic All-Conference team

2019 (Sophomore): Played in the opening match of the season against Georgia State before missing the rest of the season due to injury.

2018 (Freshman): Saw action in all 28 matches primarily as a setter…Finished with five double-doubles, all coming in conference matches…Had double-digit assists in all but five matches including a season-high 36 at Furman…Led the team with 38 service aces and a .952 serving percentage, which was fourth-best in the league…Had a season-best five service aces against MTSU…Posted double-digit digs in five matches with a career-high of 13 against Furman…Led the team with a .273 hitting percentage.

Prior to Western Carolina: Prepped at Mountain Brook High School and was member of state championship team as a sophomore...Member of National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, National Society of High School Scholars, Mu Alpha Theta and National Beta Club...Played for Southern Performance Volleyball Club...Was part of squad that placed first in 17 Club at nationals in 2017 and was named MVP...Earned All-American honors at 18 Classic at nationals in 2018...Named to JVA watchlist in 2016, 2017 and 2018...AAU Academic All-American...Won the 2017 NCVA Pacific Beach Qualifier.

Personal: Full name is Sydney Marie Carlson...Daughter of Mike and Lisa Carlson...Has one younger sister, Alexandra.