Xavier University of Louisiana Athletics

Honors
•  Second-team All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference in 2016
•  2016 All-GCAC Tournament
•  XULA Athletic Director's Honor Roll in 2016

Briefly
•  Second year at XULA
•  Returning starter
•  1-year letterwinner

2017 (Sophomore)
•  Named preseason All-GCAC

2016 (Freshman)
•  Led XULA with 62 blocks and a .249 hitting percentage
•  First freshman to lead XULA in hitting percentage since Moira Kirk in 2011
•  Second on the Gold Nuggets with 242 kills and eight matches of 10-or-more kills
•  Helped XULA win GCAC regular-season and tournament championships and qualify for NAIA National Championship
•  Hit .571 with career-best 17 kills in GCAC Tournament semifinal victory against SUNO . . . then had 10 kills and four blocks in championship round against Talladega
•  Produced five blocks both times she played 27-match winner Spring Hill
•  Had multiple blocks in 17-of-33 matches

Club
•  Finished club career with NOLA Volleyball Club in 2016 after playing the previous five years with Cajunland

High School
•  Three-time first-team all-district player
•  Member of the National Honor Society and the Lusher Scholars Program
•  Had a 3.8 grade-point average and an ACT composite score of 29
•  Spent five years on varsity and started her final four years
•  Helped team qualify for state playoffs every year of her tenure

Personal
•  Mother attended XULA

In Her Own Words
•  How I became interested in my sport:  One of my friends made me try out with her in sixth grade for the middle school team and I was upset and angry the whole time and ready to leave to go to my softball practice!
•  Three words that describe me:  Caring, patient, funny
•  My goals for the 2017-18 academic year — academic, athletic, personal:  Academically, I want to make an overall 3.7 GPA for this year and make it into a medical program next summer. Athletically, I want to push myself to find ways to become a better teammate.
•  The most creative thing I do, or something creative I'd like to be able to do:  I love to bake and constantly make my own recipes or add my own twist to new recipes. I even got a Kitchenmaid mixer for Christmas!
•  The tastiest thing I can cook:  Maple apple crunch dessert
•  Favorite ice cream flavor:  Several — cookies and cream, chocolate chip cookie dough, butter pecan and mint chocolate chip
•  Special routine or superstition before I compete:  I have multiple bags of candy that I keep in my bag and depending on what kind of mood I'm in, I go for chewy, sour or chocolate, etc., flavored candy. But I don't eat too much.
•  My definition of success:  Being happy with myself and where I am in life
•  A movie title that would describe my life:  Eat Pray Love
•  The best advice I was ever given:  When you become older and have a career, choose a job that's going to make you feel as if you aren't going to "work." Find something that you actually enjoy and are excited to wake up to.