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Zuzanna Michalska
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Warsaw, Poland
- High School:
- XXXVII Liceum Ogólnoksztalcace im. Jaroslawa Dabrowkiego
- Prev School:
- Spartanburg Methodist College / Palm Beach State College
Bio
Career Accolades
2025 All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
2025 (Junior):Â Earned second team All-Sun Belt honors in her debut season in the Hub City . . . Posted a 17-20 overall record, playing in 38 of Southern Miss' 39 matches with one dual left unfinished due to weather . . . Paired with Madison Cassidy in all 37 matches at the top flight . . . Claimed marquee wins over eventual Sun Belt Champions Georgia State and Tulane while posting a 6-3 regular season record against Sun Belt Conference opponents . . . Finished 2-2 in the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Championships, falling in the opening round to UNCW before rattling off back-to-back victories on day two of the tournament to send the Golden Eagles within a win of the championship match . . . Provided the equalizing point in the dual against Mercer (April 25), sealing the win for Southern Miss.
Prior to Southern Miss: Earned four letters across indoor and beach volleyball . . . As a freshman, played on both teams for the Spartanburg Methodist College Pioneers . . . Led the Pioneers to a 10th-place finish at the NJCAA National Tournament . . . On the court, she played in 72 sets across 21 matches and helped the team to a runner-up finish in the FCSAA/NJCAA Division II Gulf District Tournament . . . As a sophomore, she transferred to Palm Beach State College where she again lettered on the court and in the sand . . . Propelled the beach volleyball team to a NJCAA national championship and earned Most Valuable Pair of the National Tournament honors.
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Beach Volleyball Career
2023-24 (Sophomore // Palm Beach State College): Played for NJCAA National Champion Palm Beach State College (Lake Worth, Fla.) . . . One of the Lady Panthers’ three pairs that won their duals to clinch the title … Named as Most Outstanding Pair of the Tournament alongside teammate Ana Paula Fallas Cruz . . . The Lady Panthers finished the 2024 season 23-8 overall and 6-1 in FCSAA play . . . In the national championship tournament at the John Hunt Complex in Huntsville, Ala., PBSC swept Gaston College (5-0), Mesa Community College (5-0), Bryant & Stratton College (5-0), Sandhills Community College (5-0), Lake-Sumter State College (3-0) and Richard Bland College (3-0) to clinch their second-straight national championship.
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2022-23 (Freshman // Spartanburg Methodist College): Made her beach volleyball debut at Spartanburg Methodist College (Saxon, S.C.) . . . In one season with the Pioneers, Michalska played on a squad that finished 18-16 overall and 5-1 in conference play . . . The Pioneers competed in the NJCAA for the classification’s first season sponsoring beach volleyball . . . SMC finished 2-3 at the national championship tournament good enough for a 10th-place finish.
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Indoor Volleyball Career
2023-24 (Sophomore // Palm Beach State College): Played in 21 matches for the Lady Panthers, appearing in a total 72 sets . . . Averaged 3.31 kills per set to finish the season with 238, setting a new career-high while leading the team . . . Her 37 service aces and 241 digs also led the team . . . She finished the year with 280 total points for an average of 3.9 per set.
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2022-23 (Freshman // Spartanburg Methodist College): Tallied 182 kills across 75 sets and 26 matches for the 21-12 Pioneers … Averaged 2.43 kills per set over the season with a career-high 14 at Catawba Valley Community College (Oct. 8) . . . Also recorded 37 service aces and held a .196 hitting percentage as an outside hitter . . . Finished the season with 182 digs . . . Team fell in the first round of the 2022 NJCAA Division I Southeast District B Championship to Miami Dade College.
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Personal: Born July 29, 2003, to parents Piotr and Malgorzata Michalska . . . Majoring in business administration.
2025 All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
2025 (Junior):Â Earned second team All-Sun Belt honors in her debut season in the Hub City . . . Posted a 17-20 overall record, playing in 38 of Southern Miss' 39 matches with one dual left unfinished due to weather . . . Paired with Madison Cassidy in all 37 matches at the top flight . . . Claimed marquee wins over eventual Sun Belt Champions Georgia State and Tulane while posting a 6-3 regular season record against Sun Belt Conference opponents . . . Finished 2-2 in the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Championships, falling in the opening round to UNCW before rattling off back-to-back victories on day two of the tournament to send the Golden Eagles within a win of the championship match . . . Provided the equalizing point in the dual against Mercer (April 25), sealing the win for Southern Miss.
Prior to Southern Miss: Earned four letters across indoor and beach volleyball . . . As a freshman, played on both teams for the Spartanburg Methodist College Pioneers . . . Led the Pioneers to a 10th-place finish at the NJCAA National Tournament . . . On the court, she played in 72 sets across 21 matches and helped the team to a runner-up finish in the FCSAA/NJCAA Division II Gulf District Tournament . . . As a sophomore, she transferred to Palm Beach State College where she again lettered on the court and in the sand . . . Propelled the beach volleyball team to a NJCAA national championship and earned Most Valuable Pair of the National Tournament honors.
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Beach Volleyball Career
2023-24 (Sophomore // Palm Beach State College): Played for NJCAA National Champion Palm Beach State College (Lake Worth, Fla.) . . . One of the Lady Panthers’ three pairs that won their duals to clinch the title … Named as Most Outstanding Pair of the Tournament alongside teammate Ana Paula Fallas Cruz . . . The Lady Panthers finished the 2024 season 23-8 overall and 6-1 in FCSAA play . . . In the national championship tournament at the John Hunt Complex in Huntsville, Ala., PBSC swept Gaston College (5-0), Mesa Community College (5-0), Bryant & Stratton College (5-0), Sandhills Community College (5-0), Lake-Sumter State College (3-0) and Richard Bland College (3-0) to clinch their second-straight national championship.
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2022-23 (Freshman // Spartanburg Methodist College): Made her beach volleyball debut at Spartanburg Methodist College (Saxon, S.C.) . . . In one season with the Pioneers, Michalska played on a squad that finished 18-16 overall and 5-1 in conference play . . . The Pioneers competed in the NJCAA for the classification’s first season sponsoring beach volleyball . . . SMC finished 2-3 at the national championship tournament good enough for a 10th-place finish.
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Indoor Volleyball Career
2023-24 (Sophomore // Palm Beach State College): Played in 21 matches for the Lady Panthers, appearing in a total 72 sets . . . Averaged 3.31 kills per set to finish the season with 238, setting a new career-high while leading the team . . . Her 37 service aces and 241 digs also led the team . . . She finished the year with 280 total points for an average of 3.9 per set.
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2022-23 (Freshman // Spartanburg Methodist College): Tallied 182 kills across 75 sets and 26 matches for the 21-12 Pioneers … Averaged 2.43 kills per set over the season with a career-high 14 at Catawba Valley Community College (Oct. 8) . . . Also recorded 37 service aces and held a .196 hitting percentage as an outside hitter . . . Finished the season with 182 digs . . . Team fell in the first round of the 2022 NJCAA Division I Southeast District B Championship to Miami Dade College.
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Personal: Born July 29, 2003, to parents Piotr and Malgorzata Michalska . . . Majoring in business administration.
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