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Highlights: Named AVCA Honorable Mention All-America ...also selected to AVCA All-East Region and was a second-team All-ACC honoree ...set a school record for hitting percentage by a senior with a .381 figure in 2007, a mark that ranked 21st nationally that year ...percentage also ranked third all-time for a single season ...concluded her career with the fourth-best hitting percentage in Clemson history ...ranked seventh all-time with 350 career blocks and fifth with a 1.12 career blocks per game average ...helped the Tigers to post a pair of top-five marks for blocks and block assists in a match in 2007 ...named an National Strength Coaches Association Strength & Conditioning All-American in 2007.
Academic: Received the Jim and Pat Thacker Award, a postgraduate scholarship from the Atlantic Coast Conference ...Named to the ACC All-Academic Volleyball Team for the second straight year ...Selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Third-Team
2007
• Started all 33 matches in the middle to help to lead team to the ACC title in 2007 and the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999
• Totaled 308 kills for a .381 hitting percentage, posting at least 10 kills in 15 matches
• Hitting percentage ranked third in the ACC
• Set a career high with a .688 hitting percentage against Maryland on Nov. 21 with 11 kills and zero errors in 16 attempts
• Tallied her career-best 16 kills twice in 2007, in 3-1 win over #14 Duke on Nov. 9 and at North Carolina on Sept. 22
• Hit over .400 in 19 matches in 2007
• Recorded 126 total blocks with 12 solos on the year
• Set personal bests for block assists and total blocks in a single match with 10 assists and one solo at Wake Forest on Oct. 12. Helped the Tigers to record 19.5 team blocks that night to rank second all-time and first in a four-game match
• Followed that with an eight-block performance at then-ranked #13 Duke. Also had 13 kills in the match to help Clemson knock off its highest ranked opponent
• Had a solid performance in the Tigers' win over Virginia Tech on Nov. 3 with 14 kills and six total blocks
• Named to the Microtel Mississippi State All-Tournament team after posting a .526 hitting percentage for the weekend, including a then-personal-best .686 figure against the host Bulldogs
• Finished the season with 20 defensive saves and 131 assists as well.
2006
• Finally had an injury-free season and played in 111 of 113 total games in 2006
• Set four career highs and tied one other during the season
• Ranked third in the team with 295 kills while also hitting a .340 figure
• Tallied 128 total blocks on the year to rank second on the team
• Hit over .500 (with at least 10 attempts) in seven matches, including a career-high .636 in Clemson's 3-0 victory over Florida State on Nov. 3
• Had nine kills against two errors in 11 attempts in the match
• Also posted five total blocks against the Seminoles
• Recorded a personal best 21 kills, with a .514 hitting percentage, against 25th-ranked Duke on Oct. 28
• Posted nine total blocks, with one block assist, against Boston College on Nov. 18
• The nine total blocks set a career high for her and the eight block assists tied a personal best
• Also had eight block assists in win over Furman on Sept. 16
• One of best all-around matches was against Miami on Sept. 29
• Tallied 12 kills for a .556 hitting percentage while also posting seven total blocks
• Also had hitting percentages of over .500 against NC State on Oct. 13 (11 kills, .500); Georgia Tech on Oct. 17 (13 kills, .600) and on Nov. 14 (15 kills, .519); and Maryland on Nov. 18 (18 kills, .520)
• Four of her 17 season digs were against Virginia on Oct. 20 in Charlottesville
2005
• Missed a month of the season due to a finger injury
• Started 18 of the 20 matches she was healthy for and played in 70 games during the season
• Improved her career bests in several categories from her freshman year, including kills and blocks
• Posted her career high with 18 kills in Clemson's win over Boston College on Nov. 19
• The match against the Eagles was the best of the season for her
• Also recorded one solo block and seven block assists in the contest
• Had 145 total kills in 2005, tallying double-digit kills in five matches (11 vs. Connecticut; 15 at NC State; 12 vs. NC State; 18 at Boston College; and 11 at Virginia)
• Hit .205 on the year
• Her 83 total blocks ranked second on the team, despite her missing 10 matches
• Average of 1.19 per game was also second-best on the squad
• Posted two solo blocks on three occasions, against Western Carolina, at NC State and at Maryland
• Recorded eight block assists, a career high, in the Tigers' 3-2 loss to Florida State on Nov. 4
2004
• Enthusiastic middle hitter brought an energy to the team, especially down the stretch
• Played in 58 games and totaled 97 kills
• Finished third on the team with a .254 hitting percentage
• Had 57 total blocks and her 0.98 per game average was second on the team only to Lori Ashton
• Began and ended the year strong on an individual basis
• Had five kills in consecutive matches against Western Carolina then a career-best 10 in the win over Northern Iowa to start the 2004 season
• Ended the year with 12 kills and 12 total blocks in three matches at the ACC Tournament
• Had six block assists in the win over Virginia Tech and five in the upset of Georgia Tech
• Had season-high .438 hitting percentage in the home loss to Wake Forest
• Had eight kills and hit .333 at home against Virginia
• Had at least five block assists in five different matches
• In addition to the matches above, she had six block assists versus Winthrop and Louisiana-Lafayette, and five against Florida State at home
High School
• Chosen to the All-America team at Nationals this past July
• All-State according to the Chicago Sun-Times in 2003
• Led Prairie Ridge High School to four consecutive conference titles
• All-conference in 2003
• Led the Sky High club team to a third-place finish at junior nationals in 2003
• Started four years as #1 middle for that club team
• Top blocker at the University of Illinois team camp
• Bradley-Bourbonaise All-Tournament selection in 2001
• Outstanding student who was a member of the Student Council, National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes
• Also a student mentor, district ambassador and editor in chief of the school newspaper
• Lettered four times in volleyball and also once in track
• Born April 21, 1986
• Majoring in biological sciences
