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The forerunner of the national success for the Buccaneer volleyball team, Wei Liu was one of the first volleyball All-Americans in Barry University history, earning the honor in 1995. Wei led the Buccaneers to the NCAA national tournament for the first time in 1994 and was a primary member of the Bucs’? 1995 NCAA II national championship team. She came to Barry from Beijing, China in 1993 and immediately established herself as the best player in the Sunshine State Conference. She was the SSC’?s Player of the Year in 1993, and was selected All-Region and All-SSC three times.

Called the epitome of the perfect role model by former Barry coach Leonid Yelin, Wei was the first to bring an international diversity to the Bucs. An outstanding student-athlete, Wei was a member of the SSC Commissioner’?s Academic Honor Roll three times, and graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA in earning her Master of Business Administration degree. Prior to coming to Barry, she was a member of the Chinese national volleyball team.