University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

AS A JUNIOR (2023)
MIAA Excellence Award for a 4.00 GPA ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... defensive specialist ... appeared in 32 matches (one start) and 100 of a possible 117 sets ... came in at 2.17 digs per set ... 320 overall digs ... also provided 33 assists and eight aces ... one of UNK's primary passes (.941 serve receive pct.) ... 10 matches with at least 10 digs ... half those efforts came in a row during early October ... finished stretch with 60 total digs ... had an ace and eight digs in NCAA loss to Wayne ... 10 digs in NCAA win vs. SW Minnesota ... 18 for 18 in serve receive vs NW Missouri in the MIAA Tourney ... joined the program in January 2023

PRIOR TO UNK
Spent two years at Johnson County (Overland Park, Kan.) C.C. ... as a freshman, fourth on the team with 235 digs (2.45 per set) ... reached double figures eight times ... 17 digs in three different matches ... season-best four aces came against Hesston ... NJCAA All-Academic first-team for a 4.00 GPA ... in 2022, played in all 41 matches for a Cavaliers squad that went 36-5 and finished fourth at the national tournament ... Cavs also won district and conference titles ... team-high 653 digs (4.80 per set) ... also 45 aces and 96 assists ... career-high 31 digs in a five-set win vs. Cowley County ... 10 matches between 20-29 digs ... season-bes six aces vs. Labette .... NJCAA Division II second-team All-American ... three-time KJCCC D-II Player of the Week ... left JCC eighth on the career digs list (881)

HIGH SCHOOL
Started for the Blue Valley Tigers as a senior in 2020 ... part of an 13 win squad ... also played four seasons of club volleyball for PVA, two years for Fenix and two years for MAVS 816  … Honor roll student and National Honor Society member

PERSONAL
Daughter of Kevin and Buffie … younger sister, Rhyan, is also on the Loper volleyball team … mother was a tennis player at Southwest Baptist (Mo.) University