Sydni Schetnan

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-5
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Sioux Falls, S.D.
High School:
Washington HS

Volleyball
2022: Sydni redshirted the 2022 season.

Basketball
Freshman Year (2021-2022):

Tallied her first career points and block in the win at Clemson on 2/3
Made collegiate debut vs. Bellarmine on 11/16, played eight minutes and recorded one rebound and one steal

High School:
Volleyball: Sydni Schetnan, a 6’5” outside hitter from Sioux Falls, SD, played for Coach Mitch Lunning at Kairos. At Washington High School, Schetnan played both volleyball and basketball. As a senior, she set a school record for blocks in a season with 81 and a career record with 186. Hitting .286 with 224 kills and 57 digs, Schetnan was named to the Class AA Volleyball All-State First-Team in 2020.

Basketball

Ranked as No. 69 prospect by Collegiate Girls Basketball Report and No. 101 by PASS. Ranked as a three-star prospect and the 10th best post player by espnW Hoop Gurlz. Listed as a four-star prospect by Prospects Nation and the 11th best post player
Averaged16.1 points, 9.2 rebounds, 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 57.6% from floor as a senior
Helped lead Washington to 20-2 record in 2020-21, Class AA State Champions and Metro-Conference Champions
Set a school record for blocks in a season with 81 as a senior and set career record with 186
Named 2021 Class AA All-State First Team, 2021 USA South Dakota Female Basketball Player of the Year, 2021 Class AA Player of the Year, 2021 Argus Leader First-Five Team Member, 2021 Midco Sports Class AA Player of the Year, 2021 Metro All-Conference First Team
Earned First Team Class AA All-State honors in 2020 after averaging 12.8 points and 8.3 rebounds, while shooting 48 percent from the floor. She blocked an impressive 75 shots in just 20 games, good for 3.8 blocks per game
In 2020, helped lead Washington to a 12-8 record and a spot in the Class AA state basketball tournament. She had 24 points, eight rebounds, three steals, two blocks, and an assist in a 65-48 win over No. 11 Mitchell in the state playoffs before the cancellation of tournament
Named 2020 Class AA All-State First Team Volleyball
Plans to play both basketball and volleyball at the University of Louisville

Personal:

Born on December 12, 2002
Daughter of Thad and Kim, has one sister Jadyn
Major is undecided
Comes from a super-athletic family as her father ran cross country at North Dakota and her mother played basketball at South Dakota State and then ended her career at the University of South Dakota-Sioux Falls
Her Aunt JoElle (Byre) Benson played at South Dakota State University and is in the SD High School Hall of Fame and Washington High School Hall of Fame along with her 1980 Basketball Team. She was also Miss Basketball
Grandpa Elton Byre played at Dakota Weslyan University where we ended with numerous records and is the Dakota Weslyan Hall of Fame and South Dakota BB Hall of Fame.
She has a cousin that plays football at Iowa, two cousins that played volleyball at SDSU