Zoi Faki

Height:
6-1
Class:
Freshman
High School:
The Moraitis School
Hometown:
Athens, Greece

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2020-21)
Part of the Panthers’ longest NCAA Tournament run in program history, reaching the Elite Eight as the final unseeded team in the field … Helped Pitt secure its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance … Appeared in all 24 matches, logging 72 sets played … Started the first three matches of the season … Recorded season-best totals of 10 kills and 13 digs in the first match of the year for a double-double at Syracuse (Sept. 25) … Posted a career-best three service aces in the Panthers’ NCAA Round of 16 upset of No. 3 Minnesota (April 18) … Totaled a career-best four assists against Boston College (Oct. 9).

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2019)
Helped the Panthers earn their third consecutive ACC Championship with a perfect 18-0 record in conference play … Part of Pitt’s fourth consecutive NCAA Second Round appearance … Appeared in all 32 matches, playing in a total of 107 sets … Recorded season highs of seven kills and three blocks against Duquesne (Sept. 7) … Posted a season high of two aces twice, against Cincinnati (Aug. 30) and North Carolina (Oct. 18) … Tallied a season high of five digs on five separate occasions.

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2018)
Part of the Panthers’ first outright ACC Championship, the second consecutive title for the program … Helped the team to its third appearance in as many years at the NCAA Tournament, defeating Iona in the opening round at Petersen Events Center before falling to Michigan in the second round … Appeared in 18 matches, playing 35 sets … Recorded season highs of 12 kills, 23 digs and two block assists in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Michigan, marking her the first double-double of her career.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
Part of the first volleyball team to win an ACC Championship, claiming the title after defeating Virginia to end the regular season … Helped the team to their second appearance in two years at the NCAA Tournament, defeating VCU in the opening round, before falling to No. 1 Penn State ... Redshirted the season due to injury.

AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Part of the first Pitt volleyball team to reach the NCAA Tournament in 12 years and the first to advance to the second round in 13 years ... Recorded three digs against Duke on Oct. 7 ... Logged her first two service aces in the UCSB Thunderdome Classic against CSU Bakerfield where Pitt won in shutout fashion.

HIGH SCHOOL
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
Born Feb. 8, 1998 … Daughter of Yiannis Fakis and Aggeliki Pythoula ... Has younger twin brothers, Dimitris and Iasonas … Major is communications.