A four-time conference player of the week, Anna Popenko is one of the most accomplished volleyball players in program history. This week we caught up with the native of Russia, who played for Georgia State for two years (2000-2001) and works on campus today.
A conference tournament MVP on Georgia State's first conference championship team, Popenko led GSU to its only NCAA Tournament appearance in school history with a school-record 28-10 record before losing to No. 3 Southern Cal in Los Angeles. Despite dropping their match, the NCAA Tournament remains Popenko's favorite memory of playing at GSU.
The hitter's name still appears in numerous places in the program history book.