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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS (THROUGH 2023-24 SEASON)

• Career Record: 69-44
• First Team All-WCC (2024, 2023)
• Second Team All-WCC (2021)
• Third most wins in program history (69)
• Second most matches played in program history (113)
• Eighth best winnings percentage in program history (0.611)
• Fourth most wins in the #1 position in program history (29)
• T-Third most wins in the #2 position in program history (26)
• T-Eighth most wins in the #4 position in program history (11)

AS A SIXTH YEAR (2023-24):
Beach: The team's win leader, going 23-12 in the SMC 35 match season...Saw time in the #1 (5-4), #2 (17-8) and #3 (1-0) positions...Played the first 25 matches of the season alongside Hannah Couch, going 15-10 and picking up the match clinching wins over Santa Clara (Feb. 24) and San Francisco (Mar. 23)...Also knocked off the #2 pair from sixth ranked TCU with Couch (Mar. 2)...Played exclusively in the #2 spot with Sadie Shipman for the final 10 matches of the season, notching three match clinching wins over Sacramento State (Apr. 13), Pacific (Apr. 20) and Santa Clara (Apr. 26)...Biggest win with Shipman came against RV Boise State, defeating the Broncos' #2 pair that had gone unbeaten in their previous ten matches...Named First Team All-WCC for the second time in her beach career.

AS A FIFTH YEAR (2022-23):
Indoor: Started all 26 matches for the Gaels during her final collegiate season, one of five Gaels to do so...was named Second Team All-WCC after leading the Gaels in a number of categories...finished with a team-best 304 kills and had the best hitting percentage of her career at .261...she also set a career-best with 55 blocks, six more than she had as a senior...on 18 different occasions, she recorded at least 10 kills in a match, including a 26-kill performance put up during the final home stand of the year against Gonzaga on November 17...that number is tied for the tenth-most in the rally scoring era in a single match in SMC history...she was named WCC's Offensive Player of the Week following the performance...ranked inside the top-15 in the WCC in kills, kills per set, and points per set.

Beach: One of the top performers for Saint Mary's all season long, teaming up with Daniella Kensinger to go 21-12, the most wins of any pair for SMC...spent a majority of the year in the Gaels top spot, where she went 17-11...had four ranked wins on the year: #7 Stanford, #9 Cal, #17 Tulane, and #18 Pepperdine...named First Team All-WCC in beach for the first time in her careeer, and the second time she's taken home All-WCC honors in beach.

AS A SENIOR (2021-22)
Indoor: Appeared in 22 matches during the 2021 indoor season, making 18 starts...finished third on the Gaels with 2.40 kills per set, and fourth in kills with 174...improved at the net and set a career-best with 49 total blocks, including 46 assisted blocks...her season-best 13 kills came on three occasions: both LMU matches (Oct. 7, Nov. 6) and at home against San Diego on November 18...was one of the best attackers for Saint Mary's down the stretch, recording six-straight 10+ kill performances from October 30 - November 18, while hitting at least .217 in all six matches, and hitting over .324 in half of them...finished with 10+ kills on eight occasions.

Beach: Appeared in 23 of 34 matches for the Gaels as a senior going 13-10 … paired with Aeriel Sundt, the duo went 2-0 in the third slot, and 11-10 in the fourth slot

AS A JUNIOR (2020-21)
Indoor: Started all 17 matches during her first season in Moraga...finished the season with 133 kills, good for third-best among attackers, and her attack percentage of 22.3% was the second-best on the Gaels behind Boo Laird...ended the year with the third-most blocks on the team (30)...put up a career-best 17 kills in a five-set win over Portland and ended the season with 10 or more kills in five matches...was named Bay Alarm Student-Athlete of the Week after that performance against Portland, coinciding with her first beach matches as a Gael...was named Honorable Mention All-WCC following the season.

Beach: Appeared in 22 matches for the Gaels during her first beach season, and went 12-10 overall...her 12 wins with Crash Parker were good for the second-most among all Gaels...began the year as part of the top pair for SMC before dropping down into the twos...scored ranked wins over #12 Stanford and #13 Pepperdine...went 9-4 against WCC schools...was named All-WCC Second Team following the season.

PRIOR TO SAINT MARY'S: Appeared in 26 matches over her two seasons with UCLA, putting up 78 kills and 134 assists, with all but one of those assists coming in 2019 when the Bruins featured her in the setter position...two best performances of her career came against Long Beach State, where she put up a career-best 10 kills against Long Beach in 2018, and a season-best 9 in 2019...in an early September match against Georgia in 2019, she totaled 6 kills, 23 assists, and 9 digs...born in Honolulu, Hawaii but spent her high school years just north of California in Sisters, Oregon...excelled in four sports at Sisters High School, competing in swimming, tennis, and track in addition to her four years on the court...three-time Sky-Em League Player of the Year and won state titles for the Outlaws (mascot of Sisters High) during her junior and senior seasons...her list of high school accolades doesn't stop there, as she was he 4A Player of the Year as a junior and a finalist for the Oregon Sports Award Athlete of the Year and Volleyball Player of the Year.

PERSONAL: Youngest of three, and both of her siblings had successful athletic careers in college...her older sister Hannah played three seasons of volleyball at Cal Poly Pomona, and her brother Justin was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Washington State...her love of volleyball came from her parents, who both played professional beach volleyball...her mother, Janice, is a 2012 inductee of the Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame after winning 13 combined U.S. and World Championships, playing on the AVP, WPVA, and FIVB Tours.

Favorite volleyball memory: Winning the National Championship for beach volleyball with UCLA.

Favorite holiday: Christmas
What do you love most about Saint Mary's: The small town feel, comfortable and supportive environment that allows us to succeed and continue growing into who we want to be. 
What do you love most about SMC Volleyball: We have fun. Everyday at practice has felt like a new day to just get better at volleyball. And through that experience it brings life skills, and experiences that we will remember for the rest of our life.
Favorite food or meal: granny smith apple with lemon squeezed and almond or peanut butter. The best snack ever.
Top-3 Favorite Songs: Spoil my Night (Post Malone), Crab Rave (Noise Storm), Run to the Father (Cody Carnes)
Favorite Trip: Going to Australia with Family
Favorite movies: Surfs up, The Other Women, High School Musical (all of them) 
Personal hobbies: Cooking, Cleaning, backpacking, Yoga, Running, Swimming, Cross Country Skiing, shopping, vibin and jivin 
One thing everyone should do in their lifetime: get a dog 
Describe yourself in one word: Bubbly

AS A JUNIOR (2020-21)
Indoor: Started all 17 matches during her first season in Moraga...finished the season with 133 kills, good for third-best among attackers, and her attack percentage of 22.3% was the second-best on the Gaels behind Boo Laird...ended the year with the third-most blocks on the team (30)...put up a career-best 17 kills in a five-set win over Portland and ended the season with 10 or more kills in five matches...was named Bay Alarm Student-Athlete of the Week after that performance against Portland, coinciding with her first beach matches as a Gael...was named Honorable Mention All-WCC following the season.

Beach: Appeared in 22 matches for the Gaels during her first beach season, and went 12-10 overall...her 12 wins with Crash Parker were good for the second-most among all Gaels...began the year as part of the top pair for SMC before dropping down into the twos...scored ranked wins over #12 Stanford and #13 Pepperdine...went 9-4 against WCC schools...was named All-WCC Second Team following the season.

PRIOR TO SAINT MARY'S: Appeared in 26 matches over her two seasons with UCLA, putting up 78 kills and 134 assists, with all but one of those assists coming in 2019 when the Bruins featured her in the setter position...two best performances of her career came against Long Beach State, where she put up a career-best 10 kills against Long Beach in 2018, and a season-best 9 in 2019...in an early September match against Georgia in 2019, she totaled 6 kills, 23 assists, and 9 digs...born in Honolulu, Hawaii but spent her high school years just north of California in Sisters, Oregon...excelled in four sports at Sisters High School, competing in swimming, tennis, and track in addition to her four years on the court...three-time Sky-Em League Player of the Year and won state titles for the Outlaws (mascot of Sisters High) during her junior and senior seasons...her list of high school accolades doesn't stop there, as she was he 4A Player of the Year as a junior and a finalist for the Oregon Sports Award Athlete of the Year and Volleyball Player of the Year.

PERSONAL: Youngest of three, and both of her siblings had successful athletic careers in college...her older sister Hannah played three seasons of volleyball at Cal Poly Pomona, and her brother Justin was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Washington State...her love of volleyball came from her parents, who both played professional beach volleyball...her mother, Janice, is a 2012 inductee of the Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame after winning 13 combined U.S. and World Championships, playing on the AVP, WPVA, and FIVB Tours.

Favorite volleyball memory: Winning the National Championship for beach volleyball with UCLA.
Favorite holiday: Christmas
What do you love most about Saint Mary's: The small town feel, comfortable and supportive environment that allows us to succeed and continue growing into who we want to be. 
What do you love most about SMC Volleyball: We have fun. Everyday at practice has felt like a new day to just get better at volleyball. And through that experience it brings life skills, and experiences that we will remember for the rest of our life.
Favorite food or meal: granny smith apple with lemon squeezed and almond or peanut butter. The best snack ever.
Top-3 Favorite Songs: Spoil my Night (Post Malone), Crab Rave (Noise Storm), Run to the Father (Cody Carnes)
Favorite Trip: Going to Australia with Family
Favorite movies: Surfs up, The Other Women, High School Musical (all of them) 
Personal hobbies: Cooking, Cleaning, backpacking, Yoga, Running, Swimming, Cross Country Skiing, shopping, vibin and jivin 
One thing everyone should do in their lifetime: get a dog 
Describe yourself in one word: Bubbly