Annalyse
Shimada
Annalyse Shimada is a 6-foot sophomore middle blocker from Kanarraville, Utah, and Cedar High School who wears No. 14 for Utah Tech volleyball. She leads the Trailblazers with 53 total blocks in 15 matches played and shared the Big Sky's Defensive Player of the Week award on October 5, 2026.
Who is Annalyse Shimada?
Annalyse Shimada is a Middle Blocker for Utah Tech's volleyball program from Kanarraville, Utah. 2026 in 15 matches played: 53 total blocks (1.20 per set, team lead), 40 kills, .326 hitting; Big Sky co-Defensive Player of the Week, Oct. 5
A Cedar High two-sport athlete anchoring Utah Tech's net
Shimada wears No. 14 for Utah Tech, whose roster lists her as a 6-foot sophomore middle blocker from Kanarraville and Cedar High School. Her biography notes she played in 18 games for Utah Tech women's basketball as a freshman in 2025-26, and that at Cedar she was a three-time 4A all-state basketball player who also earned all-region and all-state volleyball honors and led Region 9 in blocks in 2024.
She has become a defensive anchor for a Utah Tech team that was 7-0 in Big Sky play. In four-set wins over Southern Utah and Northern Colorado she led Utah Tech in blocks both nights, with six against Southern Utah and a season-high 11 against Northern Colorado, and the Big Sky named her co-Defensive Player of the Week on October 5, per Utah Tech's release.
What the official record shows
Utah Tech's 2026 statistics, read on October 16 through 17 team matches (15 played by Shimada), list Shimada with 53 total blocks (11 solo, 42 assisted), 1.20 per set and the team lead, plus 40 kills on .326 hitting. Utah Tech was 14-3 at that point. Follow the Trailblazers on the Utah Tech volleyball team page.
At a glance
Key achievements
- Big Sky co-Defensive Player of the Week, Oct. 5, 2026: 17 blocks in wins over Southern Utah and Northern Colorado
- Season-high 11 blocks in a 3-1 win over Northern Colorado, Oct. 1, 2026
- Team-leading 53 total blocks (1.20 per set) and .326 hitting in 15 matches played in 2026
- Three-time 4A all-state basketball player at Cedar High School, with all-region and all-state volleyball honors (Utah Tech biography)
Official sources
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- Utah Tech Athletics: 2026 volleyball rosterutahtechtrailblazers.com
- Utah Tech Athletics: Annalyse Shimada biographyutahtechtrailblazers.com
- Utah Tech Athletics: 2026 volleyball statisticsutahtechtrailblazers.com
- Utah Tech: Shimada earns Big Sky Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 5, 2026)utahtechtrailblazers.com
- Utah Tech: Trailblazers top Bears in four sets to win eighth straight (Oct. 1, 2026)utahtechtrailblazers.com
What each source confirms
- Utah Tech Athletics: 2026 volleyball roster
- #14 Annalyse Shimada, MB, 6-0, Sophomore, Kanarraville, Utah, Cedar HS. Read 2026-10-16.
- Utah Tech Athletics: Annalyse Shimada biography
- 2025-26 women's basketball: played in 18 games; Cedar: three-time 4A all-state basketball, all-region and all-state volleyball, Region 9 blocks leader in 2024.
- Utah Tech Athletics: 2026 volleyball statistics
- Read 2026-10-16 (17 matches, 14-3): 15 MP, 44 sets, 40 K, .326, 11 BS, 42 BA, 53.0 BLK, 1.20 per set; next-best 46.
- Utah Tech: Shimada earns Big Sky Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 5, 2026)
- Six blocks vs Southern Utah and a season-high 11 vs Northern Colorado; 17 blocks on the weekend.
- Utah Tech: Trailblazers top Bears in four sets to win eighth straight (Oct. 1, 2026)
- 11 blocks vs Northern Colorado.
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