AWARDS & HONORS:
- 2021 Mason Invitational All-Tournament Team
- A-10 Rookie of the Week (9/9/2019)
2022: Finished her storied career by re-writing the George Mason record books several times during her senior season... Ranks fourth all-time at Mason with 1,176 total digs and tallied the third-most digs in a single match with 34 against New Orleans on Aug. 27... Appeared in 96 sets across 26 matches... Ranked first on the team with 415 digs and 4.32 digs per set, good for fifth in the Atlantic 10... Was third on the team with 18 service aces, including a career-high four against Loyola Chicago on Oct. 15... Registered double-digit digs in all but two matches, including six matches with 20+ digs... Contributed 97 assists, including a career-high seven four times.
2021: Appeared in 88 sets across 24 matches... Averaged 2.33 digs per set... posted a service reception rate of .918... Tallied 35 assists and 15 service aces... 10 matches with double-digit digs... tallied a season-high in back-to-back matches to open the season against American and Howard (Aug. 28 and Aug. 29)... Registered two services aces three times throughout the season... Credited with a season-high five assists twice vs. Howard and Wofford.
2020-21: Appeared in 57 sets across 15 matches… Averaged 3.11 digs per set… Posted a service reception percentage of .980… Tallied 20 assists and 14 service aces… 10 matches with double-digit digs, including two matches with 20-plus digs… Tallied a season-high 24 digs at Fordham (March 12)… Registered 21 digs with two service aces vs. Rhode Island (March 20)… Notched a season-high five assists to go along with 17 digs at GW (March 26)… Added 14 digs, four assists and two service aces vs. La Salle (March 24).
2019: Appeared in 97 sets across 26 matches… Led the team in digs (379) and digs per set (3.91)… A-10 Rookie of the Week on Sept. 9… Averaged 4.15 digs per set in Atlantic 10 play... Posted personal-best 28 digs at George Washington on Sept. 28… Notched season-high five service aces vs. Delaware (Sept. 6)… Recorded six 20-plus dig performances, and 19 double-digit dig performances.
Prep: Played at Chantilly High School under coach Charles Ezigbo…Named First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Region, and First Team All-State in 2017…Named First Team All-Conference and First Team All-Region in 2018…Played on club team Virginia Juniors under coach Elizabeth Bottorf…Competed in Girls’ Junior National Championships from 2014-2018…Led Virginia Juniors to first place finish in Capitol Hill Classic in 2017…Took Virginia Juniors to the Girls’ Junior National Championship game in 2017…Named to All-Tournament Team for Girls’ Junior National Championship in 2017.
Personal: Stephanie Der…Born Nov. 28, 2000 to Steven and Selina Der…Has one sibling, Priscilla…Member of National Honor Society and recipient of Chantilly High School’s Academic Award from 2016-2018…Hobbies include football, watching baseball, and listening to music…Intends on majoring in community health.
Career Highs
Kills: 1, three times
Assists: 7, four times
Service Aces: 5 vs. Delaware (9/6/19)
Digs: 34 vs. New Orleans (8/27/22)
Blocks: N/A
