Biography
Junior (2018): Appeared in 24 matches with 15 starts ... Recorded 131 kills for an average of 1.60 kills per set, 23 assists, 15 service aces, 151 digs for an average of 1.84 digs per set, 11 block-assists and 11 total blocks ... Finished with 68 kills, 18 assists, 10 sergvice aces, 102 digs and nine total blocks in Sun Belt Conference matches ... Finished one dig shy of a double-double in the season opener against Ball State (Aug. 24) after posting 17 kills and nine digs ... Recorded a season-high 20 kills at Georgia Tech (Aug. 31) ... Finished with a season-high 13 digs against Appalachian State (Nov. 11).
Sophomore (2017): Appeared in all 27 matches with 21 starts ... Ranked second on the team in kills (240) and kills per set (2.45) ... Also added eight assists, eight service aces, 120 digs, five solo blocks, 31 block-assists and 36 total blocks in 98 sets played ... Ranked second on the team in kills (139) and kills per set (2.48) in Sun Belt Conference matches ... Recorded two double-doubles on the year ... Posted 10 or more kills in the first three matches of the season, including a season-high 17 against Alabama (Sept. 1) ... Finished with 10 kills and a career-high six total blocks in the SBC opener at Texas State (Sept. 22) ... Recorded 10 kills and 15 digs, along with one assist and one service ace, in her first double-double of the season at Appalachian State (Oct. 27) ... Tied her season high in kills (17) and posted 12 digs in her final double-double of the year, which came against Louisiana (Nov. 3) ... Recorded 11 kills on 18 total attacks in three sets played for a career-high .500 hitting percentage against Appalachian State (Nov. 12).
Freshman (2016): Appeared in 29 matches with 25 starts ... Led the team with 27 service aces ... Ranked second on the squad in kills (287) and kills per set (2.66), and third in digs (202) ... Also recorded 34 total blocks for an average of 0.31 blocks per set ... Recorded five double-doubles, which tied for the most on the team ... Named to the Bulldog Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 17) ... Earned Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week and SBC Freshman of the Week on Sept. 19 after recording two double-doubles in three matches at the Bulldog Invitational ... Recorded a career-high .448 hitting percentage against Bethune-Cookman (Sept. 17) and posted a career-best 22 kills in four sets later that day against Georgia ... Tallied a career-high 17 digs in five sets against Southern Mississippi (Sept. 6) ... Recorded three or more service aces in four different matches ... Finished with a career-high four total blocks at Georgia Southern (Sept. 30), and matched that total at Troy (Oct. 25).
BELGRADE GYMNASIUM
Lettered four seasons for 14 Belgrade Gymnasium in her native homeland of Belgrade, Serbia … Also played five seasons for the Red Star club team based in Belgrade, Serbia … Helped lead her high school team to a fourth-place finish at the Championship of Belgrade and a second-place finish at the Youth Girls, State Championship during the 2015 season … Also played beach volleyball in 2015 where her and her teammate, Anja Andjelkovic where the duo finished second at the U19 Girls Beach Volleyball Tournament in Temerin, Serbia and fourth at the U20 Beach Volleyball Balkan Championship held in Temisoara, Romania … Guided her team to second-place finishes in 2014 at The Championship of Belgrade (Youth Girls Division and the Junior Girls Division) and at the State Championships (Youth Girls) … Finished third that same season at the State Championships (Junior Girls) … In 2013, her teams finished second at the State Championship for Youth Girls, and in the Youth Girls and Junior Girls divisions at the Championship of Belgrade … Was a member of the Pre-Youth National Team of Serbia that finished second at the Pre-Youth Girls Balkan Championship held in Bucharest, Romania … Competed on the Youth National Team of Serbia where they finished second at the 2012 Youth Girls Balkan Championships held in Kazanilak, Bulgaria … Chose South Alabama over Sun Belt Conference member Little Rock, Illinois State, Long Island, Virginia Commonwealth and Rhode Island among others.
PERSONAL
Iva Durdanovic … Born in Novi Sad, Serbia … Daughter of Bojan and Radmila Durdanovic … Oldest of three children in her family … Has two younger sisters, Nadja and Anja … Favorite movie is “The Imitation Game” … Favorite book is “The Guardian Angel” written by Paulo Coehlo … Favorite athletes are Tom Logan and Alex Ranghievi … Favorite musical artists are Imagine Dragons and What So Not … Favorite foods are sushi and four-way chicken … Lists favorite classes as neuroscience, physiology and German … Aspires to play professionally and do research in the field of neurodegenrative diseases … Majoring in biomedical sciences.
