AT HOFSTRA
2009: Played 48 sets in 15 matches...Recorded 140 assists, 89 digs and 13 service aces on the season...Posted a career-high 45 assists versus UNC Wilmington...Tallied 44 assists versus Georgia State...Posted a season-high 12 digs against Seton Hall, Stony Brook and Georgia State...Had a career-best eight kills versus Seton Hall...Served three aces against Rhode Island and Stony Brook...Had three blocks against Marshall...CAA Player of the Week on November 9...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...2008: Played in 103 sets in 30 matches...Recorded 242 digs, 20 service aces and 19 assists on the season...Picked up a career-best 22 digs versus Georgia State and at Delaware...Had 19 digs and a career-high five service aces in CAA Championship match against William and Mary...Had three kills on the season...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...2007: Played in 56 sets in 22 matches...Tallied 72 assists, 34 digs, six kills and six service aces on the season...Dealt a season-high 21 assists versus Siena...Had 18 assists versus Jacksonville...Picked up four digs versus Butler, Jacksonville and San Diego State...Recorded four kills and two aces versus Jacksonville...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award.
BACKGROUND: Lettered in volleyball and track at Lyons Township High School in LaGrange, Illinois...Team co-captain as a senior...Earned all-area accolades as a senior...All-conference selection in 2006...Chicago Tribune Player of the Week...Earned Team Most Valuable Player, Sportsmanship and Team Player Awards as a senior...Academic all-conference selection...Named all-area honorable mention as a junior...Helped team achieve a record of 91-27 during her last three seasons...Led Lyons Township to sectional championships in 2004, 2005 and 2006...Club team placed second at the 2007 USA Junior Volleyball Championships...Named to all-tournament team.
PERSONAL: Has one sister...Parents were both athletes at the University of Illinois at Chicago...Father, Don played football, while mother, Gert was a member of the volleyball team...Dad later coached volleyball for 23 years at UIC and won 421 matches...Member of the National Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society and the Math National Honor Society...Lists writing and scrap booking as hobbies...Plans to be a teacher and coach...American Cancer Society volunteer...English and english education major.
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 8 vs. Seton Hall (9-5-09)
Assists: 45 vs. UNC Wilmington (11-8-09)
Blocks: 3 vs. Marshall (8-29-09)
Aces: 5 vs. William and Mary (11-22-08)
Digs: 22, last at Delaware (11-8-08)
