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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• First Team All-WCC (2024)
• Honorable Mention All-WCC (2023)
• Honorable Mention WCC All-Academic (2024)

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024): The Gaels bona fide offensive leader in her third year of action in Moraga…Appeared in all but one set for the year…Led the team with 344 kills, 32 aces and 400 points…Also recorded a career-high 194 digs…Closed out the season with nine straight double-digit kill matches, the longest streak since 2014…Had seven double-doubles for the year, tied for the most on the team…Surpassed the 20 kills mark in a match for the first time in her career with 22 against Washington State (Nov. 8)...Named a first team All-WCC honoree for the first time in her career.

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2023): Entered the season as a preseason All-WCC selectee…Started every set at outside hitter…Finished second on the team with 257 kills and third with 30 service aces and 180 digs…Saw jumps in kills, digs and blocking numbers from her freshman season…Saw three double-doubles on the season…Twice put up a career-high 16 kills in home wins over Portland State and Gonzaga…Put up a career-high 15 digs to go along with 14 kills against Weber State…Earned honorable mention All-WCC recognition at the culmination of the season.

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2022): Started all 26 matches during her first season, one of five Gaels to do so...finished as the second-leading attacker on the Gaels, with the second most kills (223) and attempts (755)...led the Gaels and tied for seventh in the West Coast Conference with 35 service aces...was fourth on the team with 42 total blocks, including 38 block assists, and was fourth in digs with 158...recorded at least 10 kills on nine different occasions, including four times in the final five matches of the year...set a career-best for kills at BYU on November 12, racking up 15 in just three sets...had her first double-double in the next match with 13 digs and 12 kills against Gonzaga on November 17...had five service aces in a home win over Penn on September 9.

AS A FRESHMAN (2021): Did not see action during the 2021 indoor season.

PRIOR TO SAINT MARY’S: Played for NorCal Volleyball Club and earned four varsity letters at California High School...led her team and the East Bay League in hitting percentage as a sophomore...Bane was also dominant on defense, finishing third in the league with 68 total blocks...in 2019, she was named to the league honorable mention team.

Favorite volleyball memory: Playing with my sister and mom by the lake 
Favorite holiday: Christmas 
What do you love most about Saint Mary’s: The community and how beautiful our campus is. 
Favorite thing about SMC Volleyball: My amazing teammates 
Favorite food or meal: A burrito from Costa Vida 
Top-3 favorite songs: Love feat Zacari (Kendrick Lamar), Officer (Slightly Stoopid), Pink + White (Frank Ocean)
Favorite Movies: Blades of Glory, Tangled, Interstellar 
Personal Hobbies: Skiing 
One thing everyone should do in their lifetime: Travel somewhere alone 
Describe yourself in one word: Him