Honors
• XULA Sister Grace Mary Flickinger Honor Roll in 2019
Briefly
• Second year at XULA
• Returning letterwinner
2019 (Freshman)
• Hit .298 with 140 kills and 42 blocks in 29 matches (77 sets) . . .
Ranked third on team in hitting percentage, fifth in kills and sixth in blocks
• Helped Gold Nuggets win a school-record 31 matches (31-9 overall) and
become the first XULA team to reach the NAIA National Championship Final Site
• Helped XULA repeat as Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament champion
• Helped XULA attain its highest-ever national ranking: among "others receiving
votes" (29th place) in the NAIA postseason coaches poll (Dec. 12, 2019)
• Match highs: 12 kills, .727 hitting, one ace, six digs, six blocks
• Began her collegiate career with her only double-figure kill match of the season:
12 in a five-set home loss to Cumberland in the Early Bird Invitational on Aug. 16, 2019 . . .
Then she hit a career-best .727 later that day in a sweep of Coastal Georgia
• That .727 percentage against Coastal Georgia is tied for 10th on XULA's all-time
list of match performances
• Hit .319 with 21 kills in three GCAC Tournament matches
• Hit .391 with nine kills and five blocks in four-set loss to eighth-ranked Jamestown
in pool play at NAIA nationals in Sioux City, Iowa, on Dec. 3, 2019
High School
• Three-year starter
• All-district three times, including first-team selections as a sophomore and junior
• Helped Lamar's Lady Texans qualify for the state playoffs three straight years
• Academic all-state as a senior
• Team captain as a senior
• Made the honor roll multiple times
• National Honor Society member and an officer as a junior
Club
• Played four years, most recently with the Houston Juniors
• Member of a 15s team that qualified for the National Junior Olympics
and a 16s team that reached the AAU national tournament
Personal
• Still active in the Girl Scouts, which she joined in first grade, and has
earned bronze and silver awards from that organization
• Played trombone in band in grades 1-8
Favorites
Food: Anything seafood
Candy: Twizzlers
Pizza toppings: Pepperoni, sausage, spinach
Ice cream flavor: Cookies and cream
Cake: Chocolate cake and icing
Flower: Lily
Color: Pink
Vacation destination: Thailand
Bria Mayes in 2019
