Dior Charles Season 2024-25

#9
PositionMB
Height6-1
YearJunior
HometownLos Angeles, Calif.
Previous SchoolWake Forest
2024 / AS A SOPHOMORE AT WAKE FOREST
  • Continued to be a defensive force at the net during her second year,  including 108 of the team's 118 sets
  • Led the team in blocks with 133.0, tying for the fourth-best mark in Wake Forest's single-season history (matched 2013's Kristen Grissom)
  • Finished sixth in the ACC in blocks among all league individuals (1.23/set), resting in the top 5 for a good portion of the fall
  • Recorded a career-high 13 blocks at South Carolina (9/15)
  • Posted 10 blocks versus Duke (10/11) and at Notre Dame (10/20)
  • Shined in the team's offensive attack at No. 17 Georgia Tech (10/27), tallying a career-best 12 kills while also adding five blocks
  • Went 11-of-18 on attacks with only one error in a home victory over Syracuse (11/3)
  • Had 10 kills and five blocks at Clemson (10/25)
  • Notched a season-best three solo blocks twice
  • Averaged 2.14 points per set
  • Ranked fifth on the roster in kills with 154, including nine performances of 7-plus kills

2023 / AS A FRESHMAN AT WAKE FOREST
  • ACC All-Academic Team
  • Quickly emerged as an athletic, defensive presence during her first year while competing in 25 matches and starting in 18
  • Second on the squad in total blocks (80.0)
  • Contributed five or more blocks nine times
  • Registered seven blocks in three different showings: versus App State (9/15), at Boston College (10/6) and versus Notre Dame (10/22)
  • Showed out at Davidson (9/16), posting a career-high 10 kills on a .389 attacking clip and adding five blocks
  • Tallied five or more kills in nine matches
  • Stood out in a two-way performance against Mississippi State (Sept. 10) at the 2023 Kennesaw State Invitational -- going 7-of-10 on attacks with only one error (.600) and collecting six blocks through three quick sets
  • Posted six kills (.455) and four blocks in the season finale versus Boston College (Nov. 22)
  • Stood as a top-10 individual in the ACC for blocks at a midpoint of the fall

HIGH SCHOOL
  • 2021-22 MaxPreps national champion at Marymount
  • Also finished as a CIF state champion in 2021-22
  • AVCA All-America Watchlist
  • Member of Sunshine Volleyball Club, as her team placed second at the JVA West Coast Cup and finished second at USAV Windy City Qualifier