CAREER NOTES2014 All-MIAA ... AVCA D2 National P.O.W. in Oct. 2014 ... currently 21st in UNK history in digs with 1,102 ... tied for 10th in dps (3.19 per set) ... 434 kills, 204 assists and 52 blocks ... .227 attack percentage
AS A JUNIOR (2014)Moved to the backrow due to injury ... switched between libero and defensive specialist ... third on the team in digs at 2.41 per set ... one of six Lopers to play 100 sets or more ... also had nine aces and 17 assists ... eight matches with 10 or more digs ... career-best 30 in five-set loss to C. Oklahoma ... effort part of a stretch of four straight matches with 10 plus digs ... 14 digs in five-set loss to C. Missouri ... had two aces at NW Missouri and at Emporia
AS A SOPHOMORE (2014)MIAA first-team ... split time between outside hitter, right side hitter and defensive specialist/libero ... missed some time early in the year due to injury ... played in 29 matches and 102 sets ... third on the team in kills (253/2.48 per set) and second in digs (394/3.86 ps) ... also had 43 assists, 18 blocks and 15 aces ... hit .212 ... began the year in the back row and was in double figures in digs in six of seven matches ... had 21 in a sweep of Central Oklahoma ... had 15 straight matches with 10 plus kills ... 11 double doubles during that stretch ... AVCA D2 National Player of the Week for Oct. 29 ... in three matches, averaged 4.56 kills and 4.00 digs ps and hit .326 ... had season-best 25 kills, in 51 swings, and hit .412 in a five-set loss at Washburn ... on Nov. 1 and Nov 2nd, had 22 kills at Pitt State and 23 at Central Oklahoma ... had 29 total digs in those road wins ... season-best 24 digs in a four-set win at Ft. Hays State ... had 23 in a five-set loss to Washburn .... four matches with two or more blocks ... five aces in sweep of Hays
.... also a thrower on the Loper track team .... was 12th in both the shot and discus at the MIAA outdoor meet
AS A FRESHMAN (2013)Was the Lopers starting right side ... among the top freshmen in the MIAA and region ... averaged 1.44 kills, 3.74 digs, 1.15 assists and 0.27 blocks per set ... hit a solid .260 ... also served up 21 aces ... season-best 11 kills in regular season finale at Washburn ... also had 23 digs and four blocks in the five-set win ... earlier, had 10 kills in a three set win vs. NW Oklahoma State ... season-best 26 digs and nine kills in four set win over Truman ... had seven kill and hit .778 in sweep of Fort Hays
HIGH SCHOOLOne of the top volleyball players in Kansas ... three-year starter on the outside ... also played some in the middle and in the back row ... led the Indians to the 2010 Class 6A state volleyball title ... subsequently, named the Class 6A Player of the Year ... as a senior, recorded 441 kills, 340 digs and 41 blocks for a team that reached the first round of the state tournament ... 2012 state champ in both the shot (40-9) and discus (144-5) ... four top 10 showings in these events as a sophomore and junior ... also a two-time all-state basketball player and lettered once in softball
PERSONALGiven first name is Mari Jo ... also a thrower on the track team ... younger sister, Allie, transferred to UNK in the spring of 2014 ... daughter of John & Jodi ... father was a soccer player at Drury (Mo.) and mother was a volleyball for Benedictine
