Nicholls State University

2011 (Senior): Finished her last year in a Colonel uniform as the only other player besides Jessica Addicks to play, and start, all 32 matches in 2011, and play in all 115 sets... In her career she has played in every match except for two and all but three sets in four years... Completes her career with 1005 kills, 3126 attempts, 98 assists, 53 aces, 1145 digs, 22 solo blocks and 221 assisted blocks for 242 total... With more than 1000 kills, and 1100 digs, she is only the fourth player in Nicholls history behind Anita Greichgauer, Julie Gumina and Stacy Thompson to earn those over those amounts in a career... Ended the year second on the team in kills with 257, marking the fourth straight year she's done so, with a 2.23 kills/set average, 17 assists and ten aces... Led the team in digs for the first time with 357 on the year with a 3.10 digs/set average to go along with 68 blocks... Tied for second on the team with eight double-doubles on the year, giving her 34 for her career... Had nine double-digit kill matches on the year, giving her 46 in her time as a Colonel, including a season-best 18 against UTA (Nov. 5)... Had 18 matches with 10-plus digs, including a run of five straight where she averaged 15 per match... Yezak had four matches with 20-plus digs, and tied her career high of 24 at McNeese (Sept 24)... Had a season high nine blocks at Jackson State (Sept. 20) and six matches where she had four.

2010 (Junior): Started 28 of 30 matches and recorded 13 double-doubles on the year ... Recorded a season-best 17 kills on Oct. 23 against Stephen F. Austin ... Recorded a season-high 17 digs against Louisiana Tech on Sept. 18 ... Recorded ten consecutive matches with double-digit digs from Sept. 30 through Oct. 30 ... Finsihed third on the team with 267 kills ... Ranked fourth on the team with 20 assists ... Ranked third on the team with 60.0 total blocks ... Finished second on the team with 318 digs and a 2.82 dig/set average ... Recorded 3.0 or more blocks on ten occasions, including a season-best 5.0 total blocks on Oct. 9 against Sam Houston State.

2009 (Sophomore): Started all 32 matches and appeared in 121 of 123 sets on the year ...Recorded 13 contests with ten or more kills, including a season high 16 kills against Stephen F. Austin on Oct. 9 ... Finished among the team leaders in kills (second, 266), block assists (second, 58), total blocks (second, 63.0), blocks per set (third, 0.52), digs per set (second, 2.27), digs (third, 275), aces (third, 22), aces per set (third, 0.18) ... Recorded six double-doubles on the year ... Turned in a season high 24 digs on Nov. 3 against Southeastern Louisiana ... Recorded a season high 7.0 total blocks on Oct. 6 against Jackson State.

2008 (Freshman): Appeared in 27 matches and finished second on the team in kills (214), kills per set (2.16), attempts (623), hitting percentage (.185), total blocks (52) and blocks per set (0.53) ... Hit a career-best .378 with a team-best single-match mark of 19 kills against Northwestern State on Oct. 30 ... Posted a team-best single-match mark of 11 blocks on Oct. 4 against Northwestern State.

Prior to Nicholls -

High School: Named First Team All-District ... Earned District MVP honors as well as Klein HS MVP accolades ... Also a First Team All-District selection in softball.

Personal: Full name is Rachel Jane Yezak ... Born May 7, 1990 in Houston, Texas ... Daughter of Vincent and Charlene Yezak ... Majoring in business administration.