Simmons University

Why Simmons?
"I chose Simmons because of its location. Being in the heart of the city while having accessibility to many different places at once is a wonderful experience. I also loved the residential campus and how it was a breath of fresh air and like a hidden gem of grass in between all the concrete buildings."

Intended Major
Literature

Hobbies
Reading, Writing, Spending time with friends, Gaming, and listening to music while singing along as loud as possible.

Career Single-Game Highs
Kills: 2, vs. Endicott (Sep. 5 2023)
Digs: 27, vs. Albertus Magnus (Sept. 28, 2024)
Aces: 2, vs. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine (Oct. 11 2023)
Points: 2, vs. Endicott (Sep. 5 2023); vs. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine (Oct. 11 2023)

2024: Has appeared in 27 of 27 matches…racking up 346 digs including 23 digs vs Salve Regina (Sept. 12)...6 assists vs Babson (Sept. 17)...25 digs vs UMass Dartmouth (Sept. 19)...27 digs vs Albertus Magnus (Sept. 28)...awarded GNAC Libero of the week (Sept. 30)...22 digs at Wheaton (Oct. 31)...2 service aces at Wheaton (Oct. 31)...14 digs at Saint Josephs ME (Nov. 6)...15 digs at NEC (Nov. 9)

2023: Appeared in 28 of 30 matches... In addition to being selected to the all-conference first team, first-year Carolina Rodriguez was selected as the GNAC Libero of the Year. Anchoring the Sharks defense, Rodriguez became the conference's first first-year since 2017 to receive the major award accolades. The last one first-year to do earn the honors was JWU's Elyssa Nicolas in 2017... Named GNAC Rookie of the Week (Oct. 23)... Registered 25 digs against Salve Regina (Sept. 14) and against Smith (Sept. 16)... Registered 15 digs against Clark University (Oct. 21)... Recorded 13 digs against Lasell (Oct. 21)... Registered 14 digs against Johnson & Wales (RI) (Nov. 4).

Before Simmons: 
Four-year Varsity letterwinner at Methuen High School ... Captained the Rangers for one year ... Two-time MVC All-Conference First Team selection (2021, 2022) ... Guided the Rangers to the 2022 MVC Championship ... Played club volleyball for SMASH Volleyball for five years ... High Honors student ... Excelled in English, french, history and anatomy ... Daughter of Nydia Rodriguez ... Enjoys reading, writing, pottery and coloring ... Was born and raised in Puerto Rico ... Can speak fluent English and spanish ... Fan of Bad Bunny ... Lists "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende as her favorite book ... Lists "Coraline," "Superbad" and "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" as her favorite movies ... Enjoys watcihing soccer, diving and figuring skating and playing tennis outside of volleyball ... Lists Erik Shoji as her favorite professional athlete.