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Career: RIT’s all-time leader in assisted blocks (515) … sixth all-time with 1,682 kills … sixth with 108 solo blocks … 10th all-time with 199 service aces.

2009: Led RIT in kills (507) … blocks (141), and service aces (62), while finishing second in digs (234) … named to All-Empire 8 first team … named to Hartwick/Holiday-Inn, Bomber Invitational, RIT, and Baruch Invitational All-Tournament Teams … Empire 8 Player of the Week, Sept. 19 … RIT Female Athlete of the Week, Oct. 19 … opened the season with a season-best 25 kills, while hitting .462 with 10 digs, six blocks, and five service aces in a win over SUNY Oswego … had at least 10 kills 28 times … tallied season-best nine blocks in wins over SUNY Geneseo and SUNY Brockport … hit .556 with 18 kills in a win over SUNY Potsdam … slammed 20 kills to go along with a season-best 13 digs in a win over St. John Fisher … went off for 24 kills, while hitting .429 with 12 digs, and seven blocks in a five-game win over Elmira … had at least 10 kills in eight straight matches, Sept. 5-18.


2008: Earned All-Empire 8 first team honors … garnered All-Empire 8 accolades for the third straight season … set career-highs in kills (545) and digs (98) … 545 kills were the fifth most in one season at RIT … recorded 122 assisted blocks, fifth most in one season at RIT … two-time Empire 8 Player of the Week, Sept. 15 and Oct. 26 … RIT Female Athlete of the Week, Sept. 15 … led the Empire 8 in kills … slammed a career-best 33 kills and hit .379 in a dramatic, five-game win over Ithaca … recorded a season-best nine blocks to go along with 21 kills and three service aces in a win over Ithaca … tallied a season-best five services aces against Mt. Union … hit season-best percentages of .550 (12 kills) and .417 (18 kills) in two wins over Nazareth … had seven assisted blocks in back-to-back five-game wins over Empire 8 foes Elmira and Hartwick … slammed 25 kills in a loss to Nazareth … had at least 10 kills in 26 matches, including 10 straight, Sept. 5 to Sept. 20 … recorded 20 or more kills six times.

2007: Played in 152 games … earned All-Empire 8 second team honors … was a first team All-New York State selection … led the team with 184 blocks, including 157 assisted blocks … the 157 assisted blocks are the most in a single-season at RIT … her 252 career assisted blocks is fourth all-time at RIT … second in the Empire 8 with 1.21 blocks per game …recorded a season-high 11 blocks versus SUNY Brockport … had four solo blocks against SUNY Brockport and Nazareth College … third on the team with 380 kills … had a career-high 25 kills and hit .468 in a hard-fought win over the University of Rochester … posted 16 matches with 10 or more kills … hit .577 in a win over Elmira … named the Empire 8 Player of the Week, Oct. 22 … earned RIT Female Athlete of the Week honors, Oct. 15 … named to Empire 8 President’s List for maintaining at least a 3.75 grade point average.

2006: Only Tiger to play in all 146 games … led the team with 157 blocks, including 129 assisted blocks … the 129 assisted blocks are fourth most in a single-season at RIT … second in the Empire 8 with 1.08 blocks per game … third on the team with 70 service aces … named Empire 8 Rookie of the Week, Oct. 23 … earned NYSWCAA Rookie of the Week, Sep. 4 … had 250 kills … slammed a season-best 15 kills against Rochester … recorded a season-best 11 blocks, all assisted, in a win over Ithaca that clinched the Empire 8 regular season crown.

Before RIT: Played four years of varsity volleyball at Clarence … senior captain … named All-ECIC first team … won the Dana Palumbo Spirit Award … team MIP.

Personal: Enviornmental management technology major …
born Jan. 2, 1988, in Buffalo, N.Y. … daughter of Patricia and Gregory Petko.