Adriana (AD) Lopez steps into her role as Graduate Assistant Coach for Rollins College Women’s Volleyball following a standout playing career as a libero with the Tars. A three-year co-captain, she anchored Rollins’ defense with tenacity and consistency from the back row, while also setting an exemplary standard in the classroom earning SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll honors all four years.

During her senior season (2024), Lopez posted a career high and team leading 3.86 digs/set and added a career best 0.31 service aces per set and 65 assists. She ranked fourth in the Sunshine State Conference in digs per set, played in all but 3 of the team’s 111 sets, and delivered numerous standout performances: from a career-high 26 digs against Florida Tech to an impressive 8.66 digs/set agains Winston-Salem.

Her earlier seasons also showed steady growth:

· In 2023, she tallied 437 digs—leading the team—and added 68 assists and 33 service aces. She ranked sixth in the Sunshine State Conference in digs per set (3.77) and played every one of the team’s 116 sets across 31 matches.

· In 2022, she recorded 407 digs and ranked eighth in the SSC in both total digs and digs per set (3.48).

· As a freshman in fall 2021, she contributed 64 digs and 7 service aces.

A native of Spring Hill, Florida, Lopez starred at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School, where she served as team captain, helped lead the Pelicans to back-to-back state Final Four appearances (including one runner-up finish), and earned Under Armour All-American nomination, All-County First Team, and was named to Florida’s Top 50 Phenom list.

Off the court, Adriana graduated with a Bachelor’s in International Business with a Spanish minor and is enrolled in Rollins’s Crummer 3/2 program, on track to complete her MBA in marketing in the spring of 2026.