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2022 MIT Women's Volleyball Roster

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Gil Talbot

15 Adrina Tang

  • Position S
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Los Gatos
  • Hometown Monte Sereno, Calif.
  • Major Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making

Biography

Career Highs
Assists 39 vs. Framingham State (Oct. 1, 2021)
Aces 4 vs. Mount Holyoke (Sept. 18, 2021)
Digs 10 vs. Framingham State (Oct. 1, 2021)
Blocks 3 vs. Gordon (Sept. 2, 2022)


Accolades:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2022)


2022:
- Played in four sets, recording 40 assists, nine digs, three aces, and three blocks


2021:
- Played in 26 sets, recording 141 assists, 30 digs, and eight aces


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Favorite memory is going to St. Louis for the NCAA Championship tournament! Super cool to experience as a freshman and it was a really fun trip.


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Regional championships, when a huge crowd came for the game, including the women's soccer team and a lot of other student-athlete friends. Felt like being a part of a really big family to see their support!


Off the Court at MIT:
- Majoring in artificial intelligence and decision making with a concentration in creative writing
- Internship: Built a model for detecting wash trading and improving security with NFT trading at a start up.
- Research: Worked with the MTL Lab on a project to build a model for using ultrasound measurements to predict the blood pressure waveform.


Why I Chose MIT:
- I wanted to be in an environment where I was encouraged to pursue my goals both athletically and academically. I felt that MIT is the right place for me because it emphasized a balance between the two, and gave me the opportunities of a world class education while playing the sport I love. After getting to know the players, I knew that I would love spending the next four years here with such a welcoming and inspirational cast of people around me. Their infectious passion and the diversity that Boston has to offer made me confident that I would have an amazing time at MIT.


High School:
- Graduated from Los Gatos High School
- Four-time varsity letterwinner
- Three-time All-League First Team
- SCVAL Outstanding Freshman of the Year (2017)
- State finalists, 2019 DII Norcal state champions, two-time CCS Division I finalists
- National Merit Scholarship, Peckler Family Foundation Scholarship
- Scholastic Art and Writing National Silver Medal
- FRC Robotics Team mechanical director, Literary Magazine genre editor


Club:
- Vision Volleyball Club
- Qualified for Girls Junior Nationals Open Division

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2021First Year

    S
    5'9"
    15
  • 15

    2022Sophomore

    S
    5'9"
    15