Bio
As a Senior: Did not participate in the 2020-2021 season, due to playing Beach volleyball... SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
As a Junior: D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award...SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Named SSC Player of the Year… Earned All-South Region First Team… All-SSC First Team selection… Earned AVCA All-American Second Team… Won SSC Player of the Week three times throughout the season… Competed in all 33 matches and 123 sets… Recorded 463 kills, averaging 3.76 kills per set, which led the conference… Also ranked 18th in hitting percentage with .254. Ranked 18th in the NCAA in total kills... A career-high of 29 kills came against Saint Leo (10/22)… Ranks seventh on the All-Ranking list for attack attempts… Tallied another career-high of 69 attacks against Barry (11/02) and a career-high attack percentage against Florida Southern (10/01) with .630 (18-1-27)… Collected 297 digs, 50 total blocks (14 of which were solo), 23 service aces, and eight assists...Also led the SSC in kills and attacks.
As a Sophomore: A 2018 NCAA Division II National Champion... An AVCA First-Team All-American... An NCAA Championships All-Tournament team selection... A member of the NCAA South Regional Championship Team... An NCAA South Regional All-Tournament team selection... An AVCA and D2CCA All-South Region First-Team selection... A member of the 2018 SSC Championship Team... An All-SSC First-Team selection... A member of the 2018 South Region Crossover All-Tournament Team... A member of PrepVolleyball's National Team of the Week (9/28)... A Raven First Serve Invitational First-Team selection... A Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District First-Team selection... A D2CCA All-America honorable mention... Competed in 37 matches and 135 sets for the Spartans... During her sophomore season, she compiled 523 kills, 387 digs, 71 total blocks, 24 service aces, and 15 assists... She ended the 2018 season second in the SSC in total kills with 523, averaging 3.87 kills per set... She logged 21 double-doubles on the season... She had 15 or more kills on 16 different occasions... Had a season-high of 24 kills against Barry (9/29)... Earned a season-high hitting percentage of .500 in the NCAA Quarterfinal against American International College (11/29)... Stated 17 kills and 11 digs against No. 4 Ferris State (9/1)... Earned 11 kills and 10 digs against No. 3 PBA (9/21)... Had 15 kills and nine digs against No. 12 West Florida (10/20)... Earned 12 kills and 11 digs, then 23 kills and 15 digs in back-to-back games against ranked opponents, No. 17 PBA (10/27) and No. 23 Barry (11/2)... Accumulated 99 total kills during the NCAA tournament with an average kill percentage of .238.
As a Sophomore (Redshirt): SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Earned the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award...Received a medical redshirt...Only competed in preseason matches for the Spartans, and then due to injury, sat out for the remainder of the season...In the five matches, she did appear in, she recorded 27 kills, 12 digs, and six total blocks.
As a Freshman: Sunshine State Conference all-newcomer team...SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Competed in 31 matches...Had 10+ kills in 14 matches...Recorded a season-high of 15 kills and eight digs against Minnesota State-Mankato (9/3) and also had 15 kills against Eckerd (9/16)...Contributed four kills and one dig in the NCAA South Region Tournament...Ended the season competing in 110 sets with a total of 86 digs, five solo blocks, 272 kills, and an average hitting percentage of .220.
High School: Attended Manitou Springs High School, lettering in volleyball for four years in addition to a pair of seasons in soccer… Named team captain in volleyball since she was a sophomore, playing volleyball under head coaches Carol Benedict and Jane Squires… Named Tri-Peaks League Player of the Year two times… Four-time All-Conference honoree… Four-time All-State First Team… CCGS All-State Athlete in 2015… MaxPreps/AVCA Colorado Player of the Week in 2014… Gazette’s Small School (3a-1a) Player of the year in 2013 and 2014… Honor Roll all four years and Academic All-State for all four years… Played club volleyball for Colorado Volleyball Association… 2014 Far Western 16 USA Champions… Finished fourth at the Colorado Crossroads Tournament… Recorded another fourth-place finish at the 2015 Disney Volleyball Showcase… Finished in the top-10 of the 2016 Girls Junior National Championships in Milwaukee.
Personal: Volunteered for the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon for three years… Canyon Fire Restoration volunteer… Colorado Volleyball Association Mentorship Program mentor… Daughter of Frank and Meg McKiel… Sister to Molly and Kelsey…Allied health major… Born February 12.
Career Highs
