College: Belardi plays beach volleyball at Stanford. She had 28 wins (28-7) as a freshman, marking the second most wins in a season by an individual and most ever by a pair in program history, playing exclusively with Ashley Vincent on courts three and four. As a sophomore she again had a 28-7 record, splitting time between Chloe Hoffmann and Ashley Vincent on courts two through four. In her junior season she collected 31 wins, the most of any player, with most of those coming alongside Charlotta Bell and Avery Jackson on court three.

Personal: Belardi comes from an athletic family as her father Jim swam at Stanford and was a two-time Olympic Swimming Trials participant. She has two brothers, John and Davis Waugh, who was a water polo player at Loyola Marymount University. Her uncle, Steve, competed in both football and tennis at Cal State Fullerton while her aunt, Christa, swam at UCLA and was a participant in the Olympic Swimming Trials. Belardi played indoor volleyball in high school, and in her senior season she was a First Team All-American for her team that ranked first nationally with a 35-0 record. Belardi earned her AAA beach rating at the age of 13.