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CAREER CAPSULE: 2005-2009
• Was a four-year letterwinner at TCU.
• Named All-Mountain West Conference as a senior.
• Also earned AVCA Honorable Mention All-American honors.
• Selected to the AVCA All-West Region team.
• Was a six-time MWC Player of the Week, including five times as a senior.
• Leaves TCU as the career-record holder in blocks with 525 (87 solo, 438 assist).
• Her average of 1.10 blocks per set ranks first all-time.
• Also holds the top spot for career attack percentage at .338 (1274-261-2700).
• Played in 131 matches, tying Nirelle Hampton for the most all-time in school history.
• Appeared in 478 career sets, which ranks second all-time.
• Racked up 1,274 career kills to rank fifth all-time.
• Averaged 2.67 kills per set, a mark that ranks eighth in school history.
• Took 2,700 swings in her career, ranking eighth all-time.
• Totaled 1,582 career points to rank second all-time.
• Amassed 61 double-digit kill matches in her career, including 25 as a senior.
• Recorded two career double-doubles (at Utah, Oct. 6, 2007; vs. New Orleans, Sept. 12, 2008).
• Racked up a career-high 24 kills against Denver on Sept. 8, 2007, a total that ranks tied for eighth in five-set matches.
• Also totaled 156 career digs, an average of 0.33 per set.
• Served up two aces in her career, both coming in her sophomore campaign.
2008 (Junior)
• Played in and started 31 matches, appearing in 110 sets.
• Had a .318 attack percentage, which ranked sixth in the league.
• Ranked eighth in the league with an average of 1.12 blocks per set.
• Posted a league-high 22 solo blocks, while assisting on 101 for a total of 123 blocks on the season.
• Tallied 267 kills on the season, an average of 2.43 per set.
• Totaled 27 digs on the season.
• Earned MWC Player of the Week honors on Nov. 10 for her performances against Wyoming and No. 13 Colorado State.
• Tallied 23 kills, hit .512 (23-2-41) with seven blocks.
• Racked up 11 double-digit kills matches.
• Led the team in kills 11 times, attacks three times and blocks 22 times.
• Notched her lone double-double of the season on Sept. 12 against New Orleans with 17 kills and 10 blocks.
• Posted a season-high 18 kills vs. North Carolina on Sept. 20.
• Blocked nine attacks (four solo, five assist) on Sept. 25 at UNLV.
• Posted another nine-block match against the Rebels on Oct. 25 with two solo and seven block assists.
• Had a stretch of three matches with at least 10 kills beginning on Nov. 6 against Wyoming.
• Totaled 33 kills with just three errors in that stretch.
• Tallied 21 kills in the final two matches of the season (11 at Rice and 10 at Houston).
2007 (Sophomore)
• Played in all 34 matches and made 33 starts, while playing in 127 games.
• Had a career season, that saw her set career highs in all statistical categories.
• For the second straight season, she led the squad in blocks with 153.
• Ranked seventh in the league with her average of 1.20 blocks per game.
• Hit .350 on the season, ranking first on the team and fourth in the conference.
• Tallied 412 kills on the season, an average of 3.24 per game.
• Picked up 12 assists and added her first two career service aces.
• Led the team in kills on 12 occasions and blocks in 26 matches.
• Racked up at least five blocks in 17 matches.
• Had double-digit kills in 23 matches.
• Pitched in with 47 digs on the season, including a career-high five twice in matches against Florida Gulf Coast (8/24) and Georgia Southern (9/8).
• Posted a stretch of 11 straight games with at 10 kills from Sept. 5 through Sept. 21.
• Tallied a career-high 24 kills in a win over Denver on Sept. 8.
• Hit an outstanding .607 (18-1-28) in a victory over Georgia Southern that same day.
• Served up her only two aces on the season against Alcorn State on Sept. 15.
• Picked up her first career double-double on Oct. 10 at Utah.
• Slammed 16 kills on a career-high 43 swings and denied 10 balls at the net with three solo blocks and seven assists.
• Fell a block short of another double-double against San Diego State on Oct. 13 with 16 kills and nine blocks.
• Had 12 kills and five blocks in the Frogs' upset victory over No. 17 Colorado State on Nov. 15.
2006 (Redshirt Freshman)
• Played in all 32 matches and started 31.
• Appeared in 118 games.
• Ranked fifth on the squad with 196 kills, an average of 1.66 per game.
• Her .276 attack percentage was second best on the team and placed 10th in the league.
• Led the team in blocking with 123 total blocks, an average of 1.04 per game.
• Totaled 15 solo blocks, which was second on the team.
• Had at least five blocks on 12 occasions.
• Led the team in blocks 17 times.
• Pitched in defensively with 30 digs.
• Splashed onto the scene in her first collegiate match by hitting .857 (6-0-7) against Loyola with three blocks.
• Best blocking performance came against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi where she racked up eight.
• Tallied a career-high 10 kills against Centenary on Sept. 9.
• Posted a career-high four digs twice (Centenary, 9/9 & Wyoming, 9/16).
• Equalled her career-high with 10 kills at San Diego State on Oct. 29.
2005 (Freshman)
• Sat out the season as a redshirt.
High School
• Was a letterwinner under Jenna Gomez at Haltom High School.
• Received recognition for her efforts on the court and in the classroom.
• Voted the team's Most Valuable Player and Best Offensive Player.
• Also earned Outstanding Sophomore honors, as well as academic all-district and academic all-state accolades.
• Was an honorable mention, second-team and first-team all-district honoree during her prep career.
• Also excelled as a basketball letterwinner.
• Earned identical honors on the basketball court as she did on the volleyball court, in addition to best free throw shooter and best rebounder.
Personal
• Is the daughter of Marie.
• Had two younger siblings, Aerielle and Javon.
• Graduated with a degree in communications.
• Her cousin, Jermial Ashley, played football at Tyler Junior College.
