Biography
CAREER HIGHS
Attacks: 7, Tusculum (9/2/17)
Assists: 8, vs. Valdosta State (10/14/17)
Service aces: 7, Florida Southern (9/23/16)
Digs: 39, Embry-Riddle (11/4/16), Rollins (11/5/16)
AS A SENIOR (2018)
Was the starting libero for all 30 matches for the Sharks, collecting a team-high 558 digs, averaging 5.37 digs per game, which ranked her third in the Sunshine State Conference and put her at the top of the NSU individual season rankings… her team-high and 45 aces and 0.43 aces per game both led the league while she contributed 91 assists… became the only Shark in program history to hit the 2,000 career dig mark on Oct. 19… tallied a season-high 33 digs against Florida Tech on Oct. 13… finished her career as one of the most decorated defensive players in NSU history, ranking first in career digs (2,135), first in digs per set (4.70) and second in service aces (152)… was named to the 2018 Fall SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
AS A JUNIOR (2017)
The rock of the Sharks defense, saw action in all 27 matches while leading the team in digs with 483… third on the team in assists (91) and fourth in service aces (20)… set a career-high 10 assists against Saint Leo (11/3)… notched 20 or more digs in twelve matches with a season-high 34 against Mississippi College (10/14)… at 1,578 career digs, she only needs 144 to break the current all-time digs record of 1,721… was named to the 2017 Fall SSC Commissioners Honor Roll.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016)
One of two Sharks to compete in all 31 matches… eclipsed the 1,000 career-dig mark against Rollins (11/5/16)... has recorded 1,095 digs in just two years, ranking her seventh in NSU history… set a new record of 39 digs in a single match against Embry-Riddle (11/4/16)… also set a new single-season record with 691 digs, breaking the previous record of 615… was named SSC Defensive Player of the Week twice… recorded a career-high seven aces against Florida Southern (9/23/16)… 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 12…Ninth in the Sunshine State Conference in total digs (404) and 10th in digs per set (3.39), also leading the team in both categories…Fifth in the SSC in total digs (254) and seventh in digs per set (4.03) in conference games…Fifth in the SSC in service aces, with a team-high 37, 21 of them coming in SSC games, placing her seventh…Also had 43 assists…Her 404 digs are the ninth highest single-season total since 2001…Had a .958 serve percentage with 433 serves, the highest rate in a season by anyone with 100 or more serves since 2001…Recorded 31 digs in an upset of No. 17 Florida Southern on Oct. 30, the most by a Shark in a single match since Kathleen Yony had 32 on 9/18/10…Followed that up with 33 in the next match, a win over Florida Tech on Oct. 30, the most since Itza Miranda set the single-match record of 35 on 8/26/06, and also tied for the second-most since 2001, to become the first NSU player since 2001 to collect 30-plus digs in consecutive matches…Awarded SSC Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 2 for her historic efforts…On Nov. 14, Senior Day, honored her teammates well by breaking the single-match record with 36 digs and leading the team to a huge come-from-behind victory over Saint Leo…Just the second player since 2001 to reach 30 digs twice in one season or in a career…First freshman to reach 400 digs or lead the team in digs since Itza Miranda, who led the 2003 team with 410…Named to the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll for fall 2015.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played all four years for coach John Buck at Toledo St. Ursula Academy, and also played four years of basketball…As a senior, was named to 2014 Under Armour All-America Watch List, won CYO Outstanding High School Athlete Award, and Ohio High School Athletic Association Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award, while leading the team with 54 aces…Team was ranked #1 in the nation her senior season…Career varsity record of 83-4, the winningest class in school…Conference champions all four years, and never lost a conference match…member of President’s list, Dean’s list, and National Honor Society…graduated with a 4.2 GPA and with honors.
PERSONAL
Born in Cleveland, Ohio…Majoring in Biology…Played club volleyball for the Toledo Volleyball Club 18-Elite and coach Jeannette Abbott…Likes that NSU has diversity and that campus life is small and family-like…Lists her favorite food as strawberries…Favorite movie is Happy Gilmore, favorite TV is Grey’s Anatomy…Favorite sports team is Notre Dame football…Favorite actor is Adam Sandler, and favorite professional athlete is Kerri Walsh Jennings…Favorite vacation spot is South Haven, Mich…Daughter of Duffy and Mary Beth Burns, and has one sibling, a younger brother, Kyle.
