NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt volleyball will welcome four transfer student-athletes to its roster this spring, the program announced Friday.
“Bringing this transfer class to Nashville will be a defining moment in our young program’s history,” head coach Anders Nelson said. “All four student-athletes will raise the level of athleticism in our gym immediately, but more importantly to us, they’re competitive, driven and academically gifted. We cannot wait to integrate them into our program and get to work on realizing Team 2’s potential.”
Carly Hendrickson, a 6-foot-2 outside from Cincinnati, Ohio, will join the Commodores as a graduate transfer from UCLA. In 2025, Hendrickson appeared in 29 matches and 101 sets, recording 25 service aces. This season, she registered nine kills and six blocks vs. Oral Roberts, hitting at a .412 clip. She recorded a career-high10 kills vs. Texas State. To end the season, she served up a pair of aces in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Hendrickson will return to the SEC in 2026 after beginning her collegiate career at Florida.
Molly Kate “MK” Patten, a 6-foot-5 opposite, comes to Nashville after spending two seasons at Georgia. The Alpharetta, Georgia, native played in 96 sets as a sophomore, recording 228 kills, ranked second on the team, with a .254 hitting efficiency in 2025. At the net, she posted 90 total blocks, recording seven matches with five or more blocks. As a freshman, Patten missed all of nonconference play due to an injury but saw the court in 13 matches. That season, she totaled 71 kills and 48 blocks.
Avery Scoggins, a 6-foot setter from New Bern, North Carolina, played two seasons at Arizona before transferring to Vanderbilt. During her freshman campaign, she tallied 1,184 assists and 289 digs, both stats ranking top 5 in Arizona freshman history. Scoggins was named the 2024 AVCA Pacific Region Freshman of the Year and to the All-Big 12 Second Team and Big 12 All-Rookie Team. In 2025, she led the Wildcats with 1,190 assists and ranked second on the team with 314 digs.
Hailing from Austin, Samantha Wunsch is a graduate transfer from Texas State where she garnered AVCA All-Southwest Region honors in 2024 and three All-Sun Belt Conference nods. In 2025, the 6-foot-3 opposite recorded 336 kills while hitting .205, 263 digs and 86 blocks. She led Texas State in kills during back-to-back seasons in 2024 and 2025. She was named the SBC Offensive Player of the Week on four occasions, Texas State Invitational MVP in 2023 and has earned spots on two all-tournament teams.
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