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2025 Volleyball Roster

8 Canyen Rodriguez

  • Position Setter
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Gregory-Portland
  • Hometown Portland, Texas

Biography

2025 (Senior):
Named to the 2025 LSC Preseason Players to Watch for setters for the second year in a row... Team Captain... Totaled 91 assists in 16 matches and 31 sets... Was third on the team in total assists, and was second in assists per set (2.94), matching her assists per set average from her first year at UTPB... Had five matches with double-digit assists, including a season-high of 21 assists during her Senior Day win vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Nov. 15)... Had 14 assists and a season-high five digs during the first day of the season vs. Southern Nazarene (Sept. 5)... Added 11 assists, all in the third set, in UTPB's first win of the season vs. Arkansas-Monticello (Sept. 6)... Had 10 assists, five digs and a season-high two service aces in a big 3-0 sweep at Oklahoma Christian (Oct. 4)... Had her most assists since the first day of the season with 14 in a 3-1 win at Sul Ross State (Oct. 28)... Named to the Fall 2025 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2024 (Junior):
Named to the 2024 LSC Preseason Players to Watch list for setters... Played as the team's second setter in a 6-2 system, and ranked second on the team in assists (301) and service aces (18) while coming in sixth in digs (81).... Played 72 sets... Was one-half of UTPB’s 6-2 setting system that led us to UTPB’s record-breaking offensive efficiency (team record .214 hitting percentage on the season and team record .392 hitting percentage in a match)... Her 301 assists in one season were a career-high at UTPB... Averaged 4.18 assists per set... Had 15 matches with double-digit assists, four of those matches with 20 plus assists... Had 12 matches with at least 15 assists... Had 22 assists to go along with a UTPB career-high 11 digs for a double-double in the second match of the season vs. Fort Lewis College (Sept. 6)... Had a UTPB career-high of 25 assists vs. St. Mary's (Nov. 7)... Personal highlight of the season was winning 3-2 at Oklahoma Christian (Nov. 15) because the team fought so hard during the match and it really paid off. Rodriguez finished the match with 18 assists to go along with seven digs and a timely service ace to give the Falcons a 13-9 lead in the fifth set... Named to the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll (4.0 Fall semester)... Has been named to the LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in each of her first four semesters at UTPB... Earned 2025 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2023 (Sophomore):
Saw action in nine matches and landed fourth on the team with 53 assists... While playing in two matches in the Iceman Invitational on September 9, Rodriguez dished out 14 assists against St. Mary's and then added 13 assists while serving up four aces against Sul Ross State... Served up a UTPB career-high four aces against Sul Ross State (Sept. 9)... Made the LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll during both semesters.

Molloy (2022):
2022 First-Team All-Conference... Helped the Lions qualify for the 2022 ECC Tournament and NCAA National Tournament... Played in 67 sets… Averaged 8.35 assists and 0.52 service aces per set… Had 30-plus assists in nine matches… Had a career-high 51 assists against Mercy (Oct. 27)… Served up a career-high six aces vs. Roberts Wesleyan (Nov. 5)… Career-high in a match: Assists - 51, Aces - 6, Digs - 13, Kills - 5, Blocks - 4... Ranked among the top-10 in the nation in assists per set... Ranked among the top-50 in the nation for aces.

Gregory-Portland (HS):
2018-21 Academic All-District... 2018-21 Academic All-State... 2020-21 First-Team All-District... 2019 Second-Team All-District... 2020-21 Setter of the Year... Set schools records in assists per set and aces per set... Team was District Champs, Bi-District Champs, Area Champs and Regional Tournament Qualifiers from 2018-21... Helped the Wildcats reach the regional semifinals twice... Also a member of the Student Council, Student Advisory Council, Y-LEAD, Art Club and Math Club.

Personal:
Member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) at UTPB... Assists with the South Texas Food Bank... Helps make food for the homeless and goes to hand it out in Corpus Christi, Texas... Involved with the Dezy Strong Foundation... Is an Autism Speaks Volunteer, a Breast Cancer Awareness Walk Volunteer, and a Suicide Prevention Walk Volunteer... Sister, Chloe, played volleyball at UAB... Father, Corando, played baseball at Hill College.

Statistics

Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2023Sophomore

    Setter
    5'10"
    4
  • 4

    2024Junior

    Setter
    5'10"
    4
  • 8

    2025Senior

    Setter
    5'10"
    8