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Jersey Number 21
Zaria Ragler
- Position:
- MB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Eligibility:
- Y-5
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Upper Marlboro, Md.
- High School:
- Arundel
- Prev School:
- Ohio State
EMU: 2026: Joins the program as an incoming transfer from Ohio State.
OHIO STATE: Named Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar-Athlete in 2024…Tabbed Academic All-Big Ten from 2023-25…Earned OSU Scholar-Athlete status from 2023-25.
2025: Did not play due to injury.
2024: Played in 10 sets and six matches…Recorded season-highs in kills (two), assists (one), and points (2.5) against Rutgers, Nov. 16…Recorded two kills on two attacks against Nebraska, Oct. 19.
2023: Played in 37 sets…Averaged 1.62 kills per set and hit .310 on the season…Led the team with 0.84 blocks per set…Also averaged 0.46 digs per set and had seven service aces, and four assists…Had career-highs in kills (13) and points (16.0) against Indiana, Nov. 4…Totaled career-highs in digs (5) and blocks (6) against Rutgers, Nov. 25.
2022: Did not play.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Arundel High School, where she helped the team to two state championships…2022 Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year…2021 Capital Gazette Player of the Year and 2021 Baltimore Sun Player of the Year…Named to the Washington Post All-Met First Team in 2021…Won the Ohio Valley Qualifier, Capital Hill Classic and Caribbean Volleyball Championship in 2022…Finished fifth at the Girls Junior National Championship in 2021 in the 17-open division…Named All-Anne Arundel County in 2019 after winning the Monument City Classic and Beast of the East Championship…Won the Monument City Classic, CHRVA Regionals and Beast of the East Championships in 2018.
PERSONAL: Full name: Zaria Sanaa Ragler… Daughter of Tinisha Board Smith and Thad Smith…Has four siblings, Khadijah, Garland, Gabbie, and Bryson…Her father played basketball at VCU.
OHIO STATE: Named Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar-Athlete in 2024…Tabbed Academic All-Big Ten from 2023-25…Earned OSU Scholar-Athlete status from 2023-25.
2025: Did not play due to injury.
2024: Played in 10 sets and six matches…Recorded season-highs in kills (two), assists (one), and points (2.5) against Rutgers, Nov. 16…Recorded two kills on two attacks against Nebraska, Oct. 19.
2023: Played in 37 sets…Averaged 1.62 kills per set and hit .310 on the season…Led the team with 0.84 blocks per set…Also averaged 0.46 digs per set and had seven service aces, and four assists…Had career-highs in kills (13) and points (16.0) against Indiana, Nov. 4…Totaled career-highs in digs (5) and blocks (6) against Rutgers, Nov. 25.
2022: Did not play.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Arundel High School, where she helped the team to two state championships…2022 Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year…2021 Capital Gazette Player of the Year and 2021 Baltimore Sun Player of the Year…Named to the Washington Post All-Met First Team in 2021…Won the Ohio Valley Qualifier, Capital Hill Classic and Caribbean Volleyball Championship in 2022…Finished fifth at the Girls Junior National Championship in 2021 in the 17-open division…Named All-Anne Arundel County in 2019 after winning the Monument City Classic and Beast of the East Championship…Won the Monument City Classic, CHRVA Regionals and Beast of the East Championships in 2018.
PERSONAL: Full name: Zaria Sanaa Ragler… Daughter of Tinisha Board Smith and Thad Smith…Has four siblings, Khadijah, Garland, Gabbie, and Bryson…Her father played basketball at VCU.
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