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Student Organizations Rise to the Top
WOMEN’S CLUB VOLLEYBALL
President Kelsey Stieby and Vice President Savannah
Roberts led Clemson’s “orange” women’s volleyball club
to a DI-AA national championship in Missouri in April. It
was one of two national championship performances,
as the club’s “purple” squad also placed first in a separate
division at the event. Previously, the best national finish
for Clemson in women’s club volleyball history was fifth.
Stieby was named Most Valuable Player in her division
and Cierra Felder claimed the honor for the “purple” team.
WOMEN’S CLUB RUGBY
Fifteen athletes traveled to Washington, D.C. in late
April and helped Clemson’s women’s rugby defeat
UMass 29-17 to claim a national championship in the
DI club division despite frigid conditions. Grace Mowery,
a sophomore, was named Most Valuable Player of the
7-on-7 tournament. Deirdre Rocha, senior captain and
team president, called it a “mixture of euphoria and
disbelief” but added winning a national championship
a couple of weeks prior to graduation was icing on
the cake of her Clemson Experience.
TIGER STRUT DANCE TEAM
Clemson’s competitive dance team, Tiger Strut,
made history at the 2023 College Classic when it won
a national championship in the hip-hop category.
Maddie Rankin, a junior, likened the jubilation of
hearing the announcement Tiger Strut won its first-
ever championship trophy to that of Clemson Football’s
“Running down the Hill” tradition—the most exciting
25 seconds of their competitive dance experience.
The team, typically comprised of 20-25 students, also
earned a sixth-place finish in the jazz competition.