Career Highs |
Kills |
13 |
vs. Clark (Oct. 15, 2019) |
Aces |
4 |
vs. Framingham State (Sept. 21, 2019)
vs. Mount Holyoke (Oct. 5, 2019)
vs. Clark (Oct. 15, 2019)
vs. Wheaton (Oct. 19, 2021)
vs. Clark (Oct. 11, 2022) |
Digs |
4 |
vs. Tufts (Nov. 12, 2022 - NCAA Tournament Regional Final) |
Blocks |
9 |
vs. Endicott (Sept. 11, 2021) |
Accolades:
- AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2021)
- AVCA Region 2 All-Region Team (2021)
- AVCA Region 2 All-Region Team Honorable Mention (2022)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Set the MIT record for career hitting percentage (.387)
2022:
- Played in 93 sets, recording 160 kills, a .423 hitting percentage, 64 blocks, and 31 aces
- Ranked fifth in the nation and second in the NEWMAC in hitting percentage
- Finished seventh in the NEWMAC in block solo (12) and ninth in block assists (52) and total blocks
2021:
- Played in 87 sets, recording 144 kills, a .346 hitting percentage, 83 blocks, and 26 aces
- Ranked second in the NEWMAC in blocks per set (0.99), fourth in hitting percentage and total blocks, fifth in block solo (20), and seventh in block assist (63)
2020:
- Did not play as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
2019:
- Played in 82 sets, recording 175 kills, 64 blocks, and 18 aces
- Ranked third in the NEWMAC in hitting percentage (.393), fifth in blocks per set (.78), seventh in block assist (59), and ninth in total blocks
Favorite Sports Memory:
- My favorite sports memory is when we went to Colorado as a team. We got to go hiking and look at the nature and it was a great bonding experience for us.
Favorite Moment as an MIT Student Athlete:
- My favorite moment as an MIT student athlete is winning NEWMACs in 2021 and getting to go to the Elite 8 in St. Louis, Mo. It was such a fun experience and I am very grateful that I got to participate in such an exciting competition with all of my teammates.
Off the Court at MIT
- Majoring in computation and cognition with a concentration in Spanish
- Internships: Translational Genomics Research Institute (bioinformatics intern); Intel (machine learning intern); EPFL (software engineering intern)
- Research: UROP with Dr. Pawan Sinha regarding deep learning model architecture and its connection to the human brain
- Undergraduate Neuroscience Research Award
- Glushko Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Research in Cognitive Science
- Excellence Research Scholarship at EPFL
- ThinkSwiss Research Fellow
- Mentor coordinator for MIT CodeIt, a non-profit club that organizes coding classes for middle school girls and non-binary students
- Kappa Alpha Theta
- MIT Global Health Alliance
Why I Chose MIT
- I chose MIT because I wanted to go to a university that would best prepare me for success in my future, and MIT’s curriculum and rigor is unparalleled anywhere else. I also wanted to continue my volleyball career in a competitive environment that pushed me to be my best, and I found that at MIT. All the people I met from seniors to prospective students were so engaged and interested in the world around them, and I really felt like this was a place filled with such passion and opportunity to grow as both a player and a person.
High School
- Was a member of the volleyball and track and field teams at Horizon High School
- 2017 Sports360AZ All-Academic Volleyball Team (5A-6A)
- Earned two varsity letters for volleyball
- National Honor Society president, Spanish Honor Society, Society of Women Scholars
- National Merit finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
- Superintendent's Honor Roll
- Science Olympiad captain
- Key Club vice president
- Student Body treasurer
- Mentor in the Horizon mentorship program
- Intern at the Translational Genomics Research Institute
- Intern at the University of Arizona Little Sensor Lab
Club
- Arizona Sky Volleyball Club
- First place at the Beast of the Southeast qualifier (2019 USA division)
- Second place at the SoCal qualifier (2017 USA division)