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2008
• Named an Honorable Mention AVCA All-American in 2008 after earning AVCA all-region honors
• Selected to her first all-conference team in 2008 with a second-team All-ACC nod
• Improved in nearly every statistical category from her sophomore season to become a focal point of the team's offense; also began playing a full rotation in 2008
• Started all 33 matches and played in all 121 sets in 2008
• Ranked second on the team with 420 kills while hitting at a .241 clip
• Her 3.47 kills per set were fourth-best in the ACC
• Also recorded 26 service aces, just one shy of the team leaders, and 329 defensive saves to trail only libero Didem Ege for the statistic
• Registered double digit kills in 25 matches with 12 double-doubles
• Had five straight double-doubles from Nov. 7-21
• Posted 47 total blocks with 12 solos for the year
• Totaled 37 kills and 20 digs in the three matches of the Big Orange Bash to start the season
• Then recorded 42 kills and a .303 hitting percentage at the UNI Invitational to earn all-tournament honors
• Also named to the All-Carolina Challenge team the following weekend after totaling 37 kills and 27 defensive saves while ailing from the flu
• Had a career-high 23 kills against Georgia Tech on Sept. 18 in the first match of the Clemson Invitational; finished with 61 kills in 12 sets for the tournament while hitting at nearly a .400 clip to earn her third straight all-tournament selection
• Tallied 30 defensive saves over the Sept. 26-27 weekend against Virginia Tech and Virginia to make up for poor offensive matches
• Had double-doubles against Wake Forest and Duke on Oct. 10 and 11, respectively, to help the Tigers post victories against both teams
• Recorded nine digs against both North Carolina and NC State over the Oct. 24-25 weekend to narrowly miss double-double performances; totaled 27 kills in the two three-set matches
• Began her double-double streak at Duke on Nov. 7 with 10 kills and 14 defensive saves
• Followed with 16 kills and 13 digs at Wake Forest the next night
• Had a career-best 19 digs at Florida State on Nov. 14 with 12 kills
• Then recorded 17 kills, a .302 hitting percentage and 16 defensive saves at Miami two days later
• Fifth straight double-double came against Maryland on Nov. 21 with 16 kills and 11 digs while hitting a .375 percentage
• Streak ended against Boston College the following day as the team had a successful offensive night with 46 kills and a .468 team hitting percentage in the three-set win
• Ended the regular season with 10 kills and nine digs at Georgia Tech
• Recorded 14 kills and 15 digs against Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
• Had seven kills, six digs and four blocks against Utah in NCAA Tournament second round.
2007
• Started 32 of 33 matches in 2007 at the second outside hitting position and played in all 114 games
• Improved her hitting percentage by over .100 points from her freshman season to a .231 figure
• Also increased her number of kills to 315 and defensive saves to 85 for the 2007 season to rank third on the team
• Tallied at least 10 kills in 17 matches in 2007 with a season-best 20 against Purdue on Sept. 8, tying her personal best
• Had four total blocks in a pair of matches
• First came against Furman on Sept. 8 to go along with 12 kills; second was in 3-1 win at Virginia Tech on Nov. 3 to help negate a bad night from a hitting stand point
• Tied career high of seven digs twice during the year - at Mississippi State on Aug. 26 and against Miami on Nov. 15
• Had a good all-around game against Virginia on Sept. 29 with 10 kills, a .226 hitting percentage, six digs and two block assists in the 3-0 win
• Hit a season-best .500 against Wake Forest on Nov. 8, posting 10 kills against just one error in 18 attempts
• Also had a successful hitting night against Georgia Tech on Oct. 30 with 16 kills and two errors in 29 attempts (.483) in the Tigers' 3-1 win
• Hit above .400 against Florida A&M (8k, 1e, 16att, .438); Georgia State (10k, 2e, 18att, .444); North Carolina (12k, 1e, 23att, .478); and Maryland (9k, 2e, 17att, .412)
• Tallied 17 kills against Alabama in the first round of NCAA Tournament on Nov. 30
• Also had 10 set assists in 2007.
2006
• Played in all but one game as a freshman in 2006
• Earned the starting position after Brittany Ross was sidelined with a career-ending illness prior to the start of the season
• Ranked fourth on the team with 234 kills
• Also had 53 total blocks, 74 defensive saves and 11 set assists on the year
• Had nine matches with at least 10 kills, including a career high 20 in just her second collegiate match against Northern Iowa on Aug. 26
• Others came against Purdue on Aug. 26 (10); South Carolina on Aug. 31 (16); Charlotte on Sept. 2 (13); at Wake Forest on Sept. 23 (13); Miami on Sept. 29 (11); at Maryland on Oct. 8 (12); at Miami on Nov. 5; and at North Carolina on Nov. 10 (11)
• Charlotte match was her of her best of the year
• Hit .400 in the match while also posting five total blocks, one of two times she had five total blocks in 2006
• Another one of her better matches came at Maryland on Oct. 8
• Had a .423 hitting percentage after recording 12 kills and just one error in 26 attempts
• Also tallied three total blocks in the contest
• Hit a season high .600 figure at NC State on Nov. 11
• Had nine kills in 15 attempts without an error
• Served just once all season, but that one attempt was an ace against Northern Iowa
• Career high eight digs came against Maryland on Nov. 17
High School
• Athletic, fast and strong player who could play the middle or outside position for Hoover's squad
• Helped Dorman High School to three State volleyball titles, as well as three State championships in basketball
• Played club volleyball for Club South
• Joins current Tiger Laura Boozer as only South Carolina natives on the Clemson roster
• Born April 26, 1988
• Major is sociology.
