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East Tennessee State University

2025 Women's Volleyball Roster

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7 Brianna Cantrell

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Appleton, Wisc.
  • High School Appleton North
  • Major Rehab Sciences
  • Instagram briannac_4

Biography

Awards & Honors
» 2022 Rayna Taylor SoCon Freshman of the Year
» 2022 SoCon All-Freshman Team
» 2022 All-SoCon Second Team

2024 (Junior): Played in 29 matches and 107 sets with 19 starts … totaled 188 kills on .162 hitting … added her single-season best 247 digs to go with 26 blocks, 24 aces and 17 assists … had eight matches with double-digit kills and 11 with double-digit digs … posted three double-doubles … racked up a season-best 20 kills on .385 hitting at Davidson (Aug. 31) … posted a .407 hitting percentage (11 kills) against Kennesaw State (Sept. 7) … tallied a career-high 23 digs to go with 11 kills in a five-set win over NC Central (Sept. 20) … opened SoCon play with a 12 kill, 10 dig double-double vs. UNCG (Sept. 26) … notched 16 kills on .297 hitting against Mercer (Oct. 4) … hit .429 with six kills and 16 digs in the SoCon Championship semifinal against Wofford (Nov. 23).

2023 (Sophomore): In her second season in Johnson City, Cantrell appeared in all 29 matches and 108 sets paced the team with 311 kills (2.88 K/S) to go with 203 digs, 34 blocks and 25 aces posted five double-doubles on the season recorded double-digit kill totals in nine of the last 10 matches tallied a season-high 21 kills at Western Carolina (Sept. 21) had 17 outings with double-digit kills notched a season-high 16 digs at Chattanooga (Oct. 27) totaled three aces against Furman (Sept. 23) and at Mercer (Oct. 6) was third on the team in aces and digs. 

2022 (Freshman): Had one of the most memorable freshman seasons in Southern Conference history, as she was tabbed the 2022 Rayna Taylor Freshman of the Year and added second team all-conference honors and all-freshman team honors played in 104 sets — the second-most behind setter Caroline Dykes — and played in all 29 matches, starting 27 led the Bucs with exactly 300 kills and 2.88 kills per set also led the Bucs with 3.35 points per set was the only Buc to tally over 300 points with 348.5 had 181 kills and 3.12 kills per set in league play, ranking sixth in the SoCon ranked second on the team with 22 service aces led the Bucs with 504 reception attempts to record a steady .950 reception percentage added 223 digs to rank fourth on the team and most among non-liberos and non-setters also had 41 blocks to rank fourth on the team had 16 matches with double-digit kills, including eight consecutive to open conference play had six double-doubles, the first of which came against USC Upstate at home and the last of which came against Furman in the SoCon tournament tallied a season-high 20 kills against both The Citadel (Oct. 15) and East Carolina (Sept. 3) totaled five games with at least three service aces ... Had five blocks against Samford (Oct. 29) posted exactly 13 digs in each of her last four matches to end the season.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Appleton North High School ranked the 2nd-best 2022 recruit in the state of Wisconsin by Prep Dig First Team AVCA High-School All American 2020 State Champs, 2021 State Runner Up 3X First Team All-State ... 3X WVCA All-State Team 2X First Team All-Conference Honor Roll all four years of high school graduated with a 3.8 GPA. 

Personal: Pronunciation: bree-AHN-uh (goes by Bri) can-TRELL  Birthday is Oct. 20 majoring in rehab sciences. 

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Historical Player Information

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    2022-23Freshman

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  • 7

    2023Sophomore

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    2024Junior

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    2025Senior

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