Nicholls State University

Awards
2012 Second Team All-Southland Conference

2012 (Senior):Completed her stellar Nicholls career with 123 matches played and 439 sets played in four years... Became the seventh player in Nicholls history to reach the 1,000-kill plateau, finishing with 1208 for her career with 3748 career attempts... Accumulated 895 digs during her stay, with 146 total blocks, 65 aces and 45 assists for 1350.5 total points... Is now fifth all-time at Nicholls in kills, while sitting second in attack attempts, fourth in service attempts, sixth in total points and tenth in kills per set (2.75)... Started all 30 matches as a senior, playing in 107 of a possible 108 sets during the year... Led the team in kills with personal season best 312 and second in digs with 280 which is also a personal best... Finished tenth in the league in kills per set with a 2.92 average... Ended the year with 16 double-digit kill and dig matches, with a team-leading 12 double-doubles on the season... Tied a career high in kills with 22 against Southeastern La. to secure the No. 7 seed in the Southland Conference Volleyball Tournament hitting a season high .362... Had a season-high 22 digs against Stephen F. Austin Oct. 27. 

2011 (Junior): Played in all 32 games for the Colonels and started 28 of them playing in 114 sets... Led the team for the second straight year in kills with 306 for a 2.68 kill/set average which was also a team best... Was tenth in Southland play with 179 kills in conference action... Was second on the team in digs with 269 for a 2.36 assist/set average and had 11 matches with ten or more digs with 43 blocks on the year... Finished second on the team in double-doubles with eight and had three straight... Compiled 39 service aces on the year to lead the team, good enough for fifth best in the conference with a 0.34 average which was 98th in the nation... Set a Southland Conference and Nicholls record for aces in a game when she had 15 consecutive at Alcorn State (Sept. 24)... Earned 12 double-digit kill matches, including four straight from Oct. 1-13... Had a team-high 22 kills in five set thriller against McNeese (Sept. 22) which was tenth most in five sets in the conference... Had 20 matches where she had double-digit point production, with a season-best coming against Southeastern (Oct. 4) where she accounted for 20.5 points... Hit .583 in win over Texas Southern (Sept. 3)... Had a team-high 28 digs at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Oct. 13)... Posted two games with five blocks at Jackson State and Southeastern.

2010 (Sophomore): Started 29 matches and appeared in all 30 contests for the Colonels ... Led the team with 294 kills and a 2.72 kill/set average ... Recorded ten or more kills in 15 of 30 matches, including three consecutive matches from Aug. 28 through Sept. 3, averaging 3.67 kill/set and hitting .186 (44-17-113) over that stretch ... Recorded a season best 18 kills against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Oct. 15 ... Recorded 14 kills in just three sets against Central Arkansas on Oct. 2, the best three-set kill total for any Colonel player on the year ... Recorded nine double-doubles on the year ... Notched a season-best 19 digs on Nov. 6 against UT Arlington ... Recorded ten or more digs in 12 of 30 matches.

2009 (Freshman): Saw time in 31 of 32 matches and 110 of 123 sets ... Led the team in kills (296) and kills per set (2.69) in her first season with the Colonels ... Recorded double digit kills in 16 matches, including a career high of 20 against Southern Miss on Sept. 1 ... Twice during the season, recorded four consecutive matches with double digit kills ... Hit over .400 twice with a career best of .450 (11 K, 2 E, 20 TA) against Rider on Sept. 4 ... Recorded 13 kills in each of the Colonels' Southland Conference Tournament matches ... Her 13 kills against No. 2 seed Sam Houston State in the first round of the conference tournament helped the No. 7 seed Colonels to the upset win, their first postseason victory since joining the Souhtland Conference.

Prior to Nicholls -

High School: Earned four letters each in track and volleyball at Brazos HS ... Earned all-state honors in volleyball her senior year ... Led the 2008 Brazos HS team to a runner-up finish and earned all-tournament honors in the state volleyball finals ... Led Brazos to a Class 2A state track championship as a senior ... Qualified for the state championships in the triple jump, helped the Brazos 4x200 relay team to a runner-up finish and helped the 4x100 team to a state title.

Personal: The younger of Jim and Natalie Brandt[apos]s two daughters ... Has one sister, Katie (21).