Beach Volleyball Bio
Career Honors
- 2x RMAC Defensive Player of the Year (Fall 2021; 2022)
- 2x D2CCA All-South Central Region
- First Team - Fall 2021
- Second Team - 2022
- 4x Overall All-RMAC
- First Team - 2022
- 2x Second Team (Spring & Fall 2021)
- Honorable Mention - 2019
- 5x RMAC Defensive Player of the Week
- Mar. 19, Apr. 9, 2021
- Sept. 20, 2021
- Oct. 3 & 31, 2022
- 3x RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2019; Fall 2021, 2022)
2022 (Redshirt Senior): Had another award-winning campaign to cap an illustrious career while anchoring the Mavs’ impressive defense… Named as the RMAC Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight campaign… Was also selected to the D2CCA All-South Central Region squads for the second straight year, receiving second team plaudits… Received First Team All-RMAC honors for the first time, her fourth overall all-conference honor… Received a pair of RMAC Defensive Player of the Week accolades (Oct. 3, Oct. 31), the fourth and fifth of her career… Finished her career with 1,617 digs to rank fourth in program history and second in the rally-scoring era… Was also an RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll selection for the third time… Was the Mavs’ starting libero in all 29 matches… Played in all 103 sets… Led the RMAC with 514 digs while ranking second in digs per set (4.99)… Also finished second on the team in both service aces (18) and assists (88)… Committed just 11 reception errors in 360 attempts, good for a .969 reception percentage as teams tried to avoid her… Recorded 20 or more digs in ten different matches, including each of the Mavs’ last three… Recorded a season-high 29 at Fort Lewis (Oct. 22)… Had tallied 27 against defending national champion Tampa (Sept. 3)… Also had 26 against South Dakota Mines (Oct. 8) and 24 in the NCAA Tournament win over Dallas Baptist (Nov. 17).
Fall 2021 (Redshirt Junior): Named as the RMAC Defensive Player of the Year… Also earned D2CCA First Team All-South Central Region honors… Was a Second Team All-RMAC honoree as well… Also named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… Finished the year with 453 total digs… Averaged 4.31 per set… Ranked third in the RMAC for both total digs and digs per set… Was the Mavs’ libero in all 28 matches and one of just two Mavs to start every match (Sabrina Van DeList)… Was in double-figures for digs in 26 of the 28 matches while racking up 20 or more in six of them… Made just 18 total reception errors… Had a season-high 26 digs against MSU-Denver on Sept. 16 helping her earn RMAC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 20… Recorded 25 digs in a RMAC Tournament semifinal against Colorado School of Mines (Nov. 19)… Also finished the year with 98 assists and 18 service aces… Had three 6-assist matches… Tallied a season-high three aces in a key Oct. 23 win at CSU Pueblo… Eclipsed the 1,000 career dig mark in a Nov. 5 win at Chadron State becoming just the 18
th Maverick to do so.
Spring 2021 (Junior): Named to the Second Team All-RMAC squad after finishing second on the team in total digs and first in digs per set… Recorded 146 total digs in 37 sets, good for a 3.95 per set average, the seventh best figure in the RMAC, after missing the first five matches of the abbreviated season due to injury… Returned to her starting libero role for CMU’s eighth match of the year and went on to record double-figure dig efforts in seven of CMU’s final eight matches… Recorded a career-high 35 digs on Mar. 27 at Western Colorado, the highest single-match total for a CMU player since 2015… Also had a career-high 12 assists in that match… Had recorded 22 digs in a 3-set win at Adams State on Mar. 19 as she was named as the RMAC Defensive Player of the Week… Was tabbed as the RMAC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks after recording 13 digs in a RMAC-title clinching win at the Colorado School of Mines on Apr. 9.
2019 (Sophomore): Earned Honorable Mention All-RMAC honors after her first year as a starter… Was also on the RMAC All-Academic Team Honor Roll… Started all 27 of the team’s matches at the libero position… Was one of just two players to have appeared in each of the team’s 97 sets… Led the team in digs with 442, good for a 4.56 per set average that put her seventh in the RMAC… Also had 13 service aces, tied for third most on the team, and 115 assists, third most on the squad… Recorded 20 or more digs in seven different matches… Had a career-high 27 in a 3-set win over Truman State (Sept. 13) before matching the total in a 5-set win over Chadron State (Oct. 5)... Tallied a season-high nine assists on Nov. 8 against Mines… Had two assists against Chadron State, Mines and at home against Adams State (Nov. 2).
2018 (Freshman): Played in 92 sets, making an appearance in all 31 matches as a defensive or serving specialist... Recorded 62 digs and seven service aces... Had a career-high 11 digs in a 3-set win at Concordia-Irvine (Aug 25)... Also had a season-high two aces in that match.
Prep:Â Named as 5A Jeffco Player of the Year as a senior in 2017 for the Guy Garcia coached Columbine HS Rebels... 2x first team all-conference honoree... Named as Team MVP and recipient of the Lauren Townsend as a senior in 2017... Finished senior season with 574 digs... Also an honorable mention all-state and First Team 5A Jeffco All-Academic pick.
Club: Helped her Rocky Select Volleyball Club team finish third at the Pacific Northwest Qualifier while earning a bid to nationals in the 2015-16 season…. Now plays for Colorado Juniors.ÂÂ
Personal: Plans to major in exercise science and has career aspirations of something in the medical field, most likely as a physician assistant… Daughter of Greg and Maureen Layman… Has older sister, Erin.
Why I Chose CMU:Â "I chose CMU for a variety of reasons. The campus itself is very beautiful and is located in a great area that provides opportunities for hiking. Another huge factor was the fact that my sister had attended CMU and loved every second of it. She made some incredible friends and also received a strong education. Since my sister was at the school, I made many trips to Grand Junction and the town became a place I wanted to live in. The main reason I chose the school though was for the coaches and the girls. Whenever I was in the gym, I noticed the competitive atmosphere and the desire all the girls had to get better. The girls are so welcoming and I bonded with them very quickly."
