Biography
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 32, Tusculum (9/2/17)
Attacks: 86, Tusculum (9/2/17)
Assists: 5, four different games
Service aces: 7, Lynn, 9/19/15
Digs: 23, vs. Valdosta State (10/14/16)
Total blocks: 6, Rockhurst (9/3/16)
AS A SENIOR (2018)
Started all 26 matches played in during her senior season… led the Sharks offensively with 299 kills, averaging 3.40 per set… recorded a team-high 338.5 points and 3.85 points per game… added 20 service aces and picked up 283 digs, the second-highest on the team… added 35 total blocks including 31 assisted and four solo… logged 11 double-doubles on the season… tallied a season-high 21 kills and made it a double-double with 16 digs against Saint Leo on Nov. 3… ended her career as a Shark as one of the most decorated players in program history, ranking first in career kills (1,546), attack attempts (4,609), points (1,764.5) and points per set (4.23)… she also finished second in kills per set (3.71), sixth in digs (1,084) and ninth in aces (120)… was named to the 2018 Fall SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
AS A JUNIOR (2017)
Earned D2CCA and AVCA All-South Region honors and was named to both the D2CCA and AVCA All-America honorable-mention squads, the first Shark to bring home All-American recognition since 2009… earned All-SSC recognition for the third consecutive season, finding her name on the All-SSC First Team… inked her name in the NSU individual season record books by tallying 484 kills and averaging 4.99 kills per set, all while becoming a member of the 1,000 kill club… has accumulated 1,248 total kills in her career, putting her at No. 3 all-time… collected 11 double-doubles on the season, and hit a career-high 32 kills against Tusculum (9/2) on a career-high 86 attempts, tying the NSU school record for kills in an individual match… picked up a season-high 18 digs against Lynn (9/26) while tying her career-high in assists (5) vs. Saint Leo (11/3)… was named SSC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 25 for the third time in her career.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016)
Earned her second SSC postseason award in as many years after being named to the 2016 All-SSC Second Team… the sophomore led the Sharks offensively in 2016 with a total of 427 kills, averaging 3.78 kills per set, fifth best in the conference... earned the first Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week award issued by the conference office in 2016... recorded 15 separate double-doubles, most on the team... against Rockhurst on Sept. 3, she tied her career-high, tallying 29 kills while adding 11 digs… has recorded double-digit kills in all but five of her 27 matches played… finished with a total of 306 digs and 33.0 blocks… earned a spot on the 2016 Fall SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
AS A FRESHMAN (2015)
Played in all 119 sets and 31 matches, starting 20…Led the Sunshine State Conference in service aces in conference games (25) and had 36 on the season, sixth in the SSC and second on the team…Ninth in total kills (178) and 10th in kills per set (2.83) in conference games…Finished the season with 337 kills, the most by a freshman in the last 15 seasons, and had a .200 attack percentage, to go along with 228 digs (1.92 per set), 45 total blocks and 35 assists…Named to the All-SSC Newcomer team…Named the SSC Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 9 after recording the last two of her five double-doubles on the season, including a career-high 21 digs and three assists at Embry-Riddle on Nov. 6…Recorded nine kills on 17 attacks with no errors, for a .529 attack percentage, on Oct. 16 vs. West Alabama, the first freshman with at least that many kills without an error since Carly Perschnick had 13 on 10/27/09…Served four aces in a row against Lynn on Sept. 19, a program record and also the most aces in a single set…Named to the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll for fall 2015.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years for coach Suzanne Winkler, in addition to one year of track…As a senior, was All First-Coast Player of the Year and Florida Dairy Farmers Class 5A Player of the Year…Team MVP senior year with 441 kills, 50 aces, and 46 blocks…1,016 career kills, with 123 aces and 137 blocks
PERSONAL
Born in Fort Lauderdale, Fla…Majoring in Biology…Played club volleyball for the Jacksonville Junior Volleyball Association and coach Adis Imamovic…Favorite thing about NSU is location…Lists her favorite food as chicken Caesar wrap…Favorite movie is Just Go With It, favorite TV show is Modern Family…Favorite sports team is the Jacksonville Jaguars, and favorite professional athlete is Rory McIlroy…Hobbies include playing with her dog, Pippa…Lists her most memorable athletic achievement as winning the state championship her senior year…Names her high school coach as the most influential person in her life…Daughter of Michael Palmer and Mary Tyler-Andrews, and has two older siblings, twin sisters Jordan and Danielle.
