Colgate University Athletics

Before Colgate
Graduated from Lake Catholic High School… recorded 4 varsity letters with the Cougars under head coach Kara Oster… tallied 223 aces, 1,204 digs, and 338 sets played over her high school career… holds the Lake Catholic High School Volleyball record for most career aces… 3x State Champion… 4x Sectional, District, and Regional Champion… 4x Crown Conference Champion… 2x Team Defensive Player of the Year… named 2024 Conference Defensive and District Player of the Year… also made 2024 Gilmour Invitational All Star Team senior year… 2023 First Team All-District and Conference Defensive Player of the Year… received the 2023 All-State Honorable Mention nod… named to the 2022 Third Team All-Conference and Gilmour Invitational All Star Team… made it to the 2021 State Final Four and was named Rookie of the Year… senior captain… also played for Eastside Cleveland Juniors from 2015-202, Maverick from 2021-2022, and Academy Volleyball of Cleveland from 2022-2025… served as club team captain from 2021-2025… Senior Student Body Vice President… Spiritual Life and Student Ambassador member all four years… received First Honors all semesters… AP Language and Composition Department Award honoree… won the University of Notre Dame Book Club of Cleveland Award… honored with the Religion Departmental Award… member of the National Honor Society.

Personal
Born: Julia Carol Oster in Painesville, Ohio.
Family: Daughter of Linda and Dan Oster has one brother, Derek, and two sisters, Hannah and Kara.

Julia on choosing Colgate: “I chose Colgate because I really like the community aspect and the culture of the program, players, and coaches. I like the academic rigor and the feeling I got when I first stepped on campus.”