Zoi Faki Season 2021

2020-21 SEASON (At Pittsburgh): Helped the Panthers secure their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament during her senior campaign that was split between the fall and spring … Contributed to Pitt’s longest NCAA Tournament run in program history, with the Panthers reaching the Elite Eight as the final unseeded team in the field … Played in all 24 matches, appearing in 72 sets … Cracked the starting lineup in the first three matches of the season … Finished the year with 23 kills (0.32/set), 41 digs (0.57/set), 10 services aces and four total blocks … Opened with a double-double after logging season-high totals of 10 kills and 13 digs in the first outing of the year at Syracuse (9-25-20) … Dished out a personal-best four setting assists vs. Boston College (10-9-20) … Served up a career-high three aces in Pitt’s NCAA Round of 16 upset of third-ranked Minnesota (4-18-21) … Earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the fourth time in her career.
 
2019 SEASON (At Pittsburgh): Played in all 32 matches as a junior, helping the Panthers claim their third straight ACC championship with an 18-0 record in conference action … Racked up career highs of 36 kills (0.34/set), 64 digs (0.60/set), 14 service aces and 10 total blocks in 107 sets … Posted multiple digs in 17 matches, equaling her season best of five scoops on five separate occasions … Blasted a season-high seven kills and finished with five digs in Pitt’s 3-0 whitewash of Duquesne (9-7-19) … Also served up a pair of aces in two additional sweeps vs. Cincinnati (8-30-19) and North Carolina (10-18-19) … Landed on the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2018 SEASON (At Pittsburgh): Saw action in 18 matches as a redshirt sophomore, helping the Panthers capture their first outright ACC championship … Played 35 sets, compiling 30 kills (0.86/set), 46 digs (1.31/set), six setting assists, five service aces and three block assists, as Pitt earned its third consecutive NCAA Tournament berth … Recorded her first collegiate double-double with career highs of 12 kills and 23 digs vs. Michigan in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (12-1-18) … Was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2017 SEASON (At Pittsburgh): Sat out as a redshirt due to injury … Earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll following the season.

2016 SEASON (At Pittsburgh): Played 14 sets in eight matches during her freshman campaign … Was part of a Panther squad that reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 12 seasons and the first to advance to the second round in 13 years … Logged her first two career service aces in Pitt’s three-set sweep of CSU Bakersfield at the UCSB Thunderdome Classic (9-3-16) … Scooped up a season-high three digs at Duke (10-7-16).

HIGH SCHOOL:  Was a three-time Greek Junior National Team selection at the Moraitis School in Athens ... Led her team to a second-place finish at the Moraitis Championship in 2013 ... Two-time participant at the CEV Women’s Challenge Cup with AEK Volleyball.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Yiannis Fakis and Aggeliki Pythoula ... Has younger twin brothers, Dimitris and Iasonas.