UWPD investigating sharing of 'sensitive' photos, video of Wisconsin volleyball team (2024)

FAQs

How did the Wisconsin volleyball pictures get leaked? ›

A report previously stated that photos originated from one of the players' phones, a fact UWPD Executive Director of Communications Marc Lovicott confirmed to Fox News Digital on Thursday. "The focus of our investigation is not on any of the student athletes," Lovicott said in an email.

High school sports fans may have heard about a Wisconsin girl kicked off from her volleyball team for breaching the school's code of conduct. The teenager, known as Jane Doe, was accused of drinking at a party and uploading a beer bottle photo on social media.

At least one of the photos appears to have been taken after the team won the Big Ten title last November and shows members of the team posing with their sports bras lifted, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The athletic department called the leak a “significant and wrongful invasion” of the athletes' privacy.

Following the University of Wisconsin-Madison's volleyball team winning the 2021 Big 10 championship last November, photos and video footage was captured during the celebrations. This included explicit images and footage which was not intended to be circulated to the wider public.

The University of Wisconsin volleyball team keeps packing more and more people into the UW Field House. The average number of tickets scanned at Badgers home matches in 2023 was 6,261, the highest on record and a 4.6% climb over 2022.

Sophomore outside hitter Ella Wrobel entered the transfer portal Monday. The 6-foot-4 hitter from Illinois, who took a redshirt this past season, played in six matches during her freshman season. She'll have three years of eligibility left. Senior defensive specialist Sydney Reed also entered the transfer portal.

At 6-foot-9, Anna Smrek is one of the most commanding volleyball players in Big Ten and Wisconsin Badger history.

The Miracle Season is a 2018 American sports drama film directed by Sean McNamara and starring Erin Moriarty, Helen Hunt, William Hurt, and Danika Yarosh. The film is based on the true story of the Iowa City West High School volleyball team after the sudden death of the team's heart and leader, Caroline Found, in 2011.

The sisters were both suspended indefinitely by their club after being anonymously accused of bullying online.

Based on the true story of Iowa City's West High School girls' volleyball team, the movie takes place in 2011, after Caroline "Line" Found (played by Danika Yarosh), the squad's 17-year-old star setter, is killed in a moped accident.

Has there ever been an undefeated college volleyball team? ›

Long Beach State posted an undefeated 1998 campaign — the first NCAA volleyball program to do so — and continued this unprecedented streak through September 1999.

In terms of financials, the UW - Madison women's volleyball program paid out $3,353,124 in expenses and made $1,825,115 in total revenue. Unfortunately, that means the program lost money, racking up a net loss of $-1,528,009.

Texas surged in the final two sets to roll Wisconsin, 3-1 (25-22, 20-25, 25-13, 25-16). The Longhorns aced 11 times, which is a season-best for the squad. Madisen Skinner had a career game at the service line, doubling her previous career-best of three, and Asjia O'Neal and Emma Halter both added two.

Wisconsin, the 2021 national champions, saw its streak of four straight Big Ten titles end last season when Nebraska won it. Clearly, many great players have come through Wisconsin's program in the past 10 seasons.

They won a national title in 2021. They have had eleven head coaches since the team's inception.