Career: Slammed a program record 2,563 kills, which is also sixth all-time in NCAA Division III history … tallied 2,878 overall points … RIT's first three-time CoSIDA Academic All-America selection (2014-2016) … four-time American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America selection … four-time AVCA All-New York Region selection and four-time All-Liberty League first team pick … earned 13 Liberty League weekly honors … recorded at least 10 kills in a match 135 times … tallied at least 20 kills in a match a program-record 48 times … her 4.79 kills per set is tied for tenth all-time in NCAA history.
2016: Became the second RIT student-athlete to be named the CoSIDA Academic All-America © of the Year (Ushi Patel - Volleyball, 1999) for her work on the court and in the classroom … AVCA Second Team All-American … named the 2016 Liberty League Player of the Year … became RIT’s first conference Player of the Year since 2005 … earned All-Liberty League First Team honors for the fourth straight season … All-AVCA All-New York Region selection for fourth consecutive year … garnered CoSIDA Academic All-Region honors for the third straight season … named to the Liberty League Championship All-Tournament Team for the second time … led all of Division III with 770 kills … the 770 kills are an NCAA single-season record, since the 25-point scoring format was adopted in 2008 and most in a season by any individual since 2006 … second nationally with 5.07 kills per set and third with 5.69 points per set … named the RIT Invitational Most Valuable Player for the fourth straight season … earned All-Tournament Team honors at the Springfield Tournament, Marcia French Invitational, Fredonia Blue Devil Invitational, and New York State Regional Challenge … four-time Liberty League Performer of the Week … two-time RIT Female Athlete of the Week … recorded 30 kills in a match four times, including a season-best 37 in a five-set win over Mount Union … recorded a rare 30-30 match with 31 kills and 32 digs against Denison … tallied at least 10 kills in a program record 38 matches this season and had a streak of 52 straight matches with at least 10 kills in a match dating back to Oct. 10. 2015 … set a program record by slamming at least 20 kills in a match 17 times … second on the team with 437 digs and led the way with 69 blocks … had season-high five blocks in wins over Framingham State and St. Lawrence … season-high five service aces in back-to-back contests against Gordon and Framingham State … recorded a 41-point match, hitting .456 with 34 kills, five service aces and three blocks in a five-set win over Gordon … slammed 31 kills in a win over Denison … ended collegiate career with 25 kills, 13 digs, two assists, and two aces against Vassar in the Liberty League Semifinal … had 24 kills and 19 digs on senior night against The College at Brockport … hit over .500 in four matches … hit at least .400 six times and at least .300 in 17 contests … had at least 50 hitting attempts in a match 16 times … averaged 5.48 kills and 6.07 points per set, while hitting .316 in Liberty League play … slammed at least 20 kills in eight of 12 league matches … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team for maintaining at least a 3.30 grade-point average.
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2015: Earned American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Honorable Mention All-American honors for the third straight year … garnered COSIDA Academic All-America first team honors … AVCA All-New York Region pick … All-Liberty League first team selection … ECAC Upstate first team pick … earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors … named the RIT Volleyball Invitational Most Valuable Player for the third straight season … named to the Gettysburg Battlefield Classic All-Tournament Team … earned New York State Regional Challenge All-Tournament Team honors … RIT Female Athlete of the Week, Sept. 21 … led the team and Liberty League with 4.15 kills set and 494 kills … was 23rd nationally in kills per set and 34th with 4.58 points per set … recorded a .234 hitting percentage … third on the squad with 52 blocks … added 199 digs and 23 service aces … played in 35 matches, spanning 119 sets … missed five matches and 22 sets due to injury … slammed a season-high 23 kills twice, vs. Rochester and Skidmore … had 18 kills in a three-set match twice, vs. Union and Montclair State … season-high 16 digs in a five-set match against Rochester … season-high five blocks against Union … recorded four double-doubles … had at least 10 kills in a match 29 times … ended the year with 17 straight matches with at least 10 kills … hit season-high .636 in a win over Keuka … hit over .400 six times, and over .300 14 times … hit .520 with 15 kills in a win over Illinois Institute of Technology … averaged 4.31 kills per set in Liberty League play … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team.
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2014: Named American Volleyball Coaches Association Third Team All-American … became RIT’s first non-honorable mention All-American since 1999 … named CoSIDA/Capital One Third Team Academic All-American … earned CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-New York Region honors … All-AVCA New York Region selection … unanimous All-Liberty League first team pick … named to the Liberty League Championship All-Tournament Team … Most Valuable Player of the RIT Invitational … garnered All-Tournament Team honors at the Nazareth Golden Flyer Invitational, Canton Classic, and Fredonia Blue Invitational … four-time Liberty League Player of the Week (Sept. 2, Sept. 15, Oct. 6, Oct. 20), three-time ECAC Upstate Player of the Week (Sept. 2, Oct. 6, Oct. 20) and two-time RIT Female Athlete of the Week (Sept. 2, Oct. 20) … led all of Division III with 709 kills, second most in one season all-time at RIT … was second nationally with 5.76 points per set and third with 5.10 kills per set … finished second on the team with 292 digs, 65 blocks, and 52 service aces … fifth in the Liberty League with a .286 hitting percentage … became the 14th player in program history to surpass 1,000 kills in a win over Vassar on Oct. 17 … slammed season-best 29 kills and recorded 31.5 points, while hitting .358 in a four-set win over Skidmore … had 27 kills in just three sets in a three-set win over Skidmore … had career-best 22 digs to go along with 15 kills in a win over Vassar … hit .548 with 19 kills and a career-high seven blocks in a three-set win over St. John Fisher … set career-high by hitting .595 with 24 kills in a four-set win over Union … tied career-high with five service aces in a win over Keuka … hit at least .300 in a match 17 times … recorded at least 10 kills in a match 37 times … slammed 20 kills in a match 16 times … set RIT single-season records for most matches with at least 10 and 20 kills … tallied 10 double-doubles … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team.
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2013: Played in 125 games, spanning 34 matches … was fourth in all of Division III averaging 4.73 kills per set … fifth in the country, averaging 5.32 points per set … AVCA Honorable Mention All-America selection … AVCA New York Region Rookie of the Year … AVCA All-New York Region Team selection … Liberty League Rookie of the Year … First Team All-Liberty League selection … ECAC Rookie of the Year … First Team All-ECAC selection … five-time Liberty League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 2, Sept. 9, Sept. 23, Sept. 30, and Oct. 21) … Liberty League Player of the Week (Sept. 16) … named Most Valuable Player of the RIT Invitational Tournament … named to the Blue Devil Invitational, NYU Violet Classic, Golden Flyer Invitational, and Cazenovia Blue and Gold Invitational All-Tournament Teams … led the Tigers and the Liberty League with 590 kills … her 590 kills were fourth most in one season at RIT, despite missing five matches to injury … had 11 matches with at least 20 kills and 30 with at least 10 kills … recorded an NCAA Division III single-game high 38 kills in a dramatic five-set win over Cortland … hit .588 and .548 in wins over Bard … hit .484 with 18 kills in her second collegiate match against Baptist Bible … had 28 kills in back-top-back Liberty League contests against Skidmore and Vassar … led the team and was tenth in the Liberty League recording 66 blocks … slammed 28 service aces, including a season-high five against Lasell … had seven double-doubles … recorded 204 digs … had six blocks against Houghton.
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Before RIT: Played four years of varsity volleyball for Ramstein High School in Germany … two-time team captain … earned All-DoDDS Europe first team honors in 2011 and 2012 … led Ramstein to consecutive DoDDS Championships … team MVP during junior year … team’s Co-MVP senior year … also played varsity basketball.
Personal: Biomedical sciences major … daughter of Anne and Gerald Szybist.
