Colorado Mesa University Athletics

Overall Career Honors

• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® (Women's At-Large Sports - 2024/25)

2024-25 (Senior): Posted a 21-9 record on Court 3 alongside Ania Swartzendruber to lead the overall team… Went 2-1 while leading two other unfinished matches at the AVCA Small College Beach Championships… Got off to an 8-1 start at the start of the spring… Posted four wins over NCAA Division I opponents… Had represented the Mavs with partner Barett Nolan in the fall (Nov. 15-17) at the AVCA Beach National Championships… Had a 21-14 overall record to shared the team lead for wins… Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team for Women's At-Large Sports.

2024 (Junior): Went 18-12 overall with partners Savannah Ott and Gracyn Spresser… Began the year with Ott, going 6-3 in duals at No. 4 (4-2) and No. 5 (2-1)… Switched partners to Spresser, going 12-9 with her throughout the rest of the season… That pair was 10-6 in duals at No. 4 and 1-2 at No. 3… Had a 3-2 mark while being comfortably ahead in another unfinished match during the AVCA Small College Beach Championships… Also went 1-1 with Spresser in the pairs tournament against Trinidad State.

JC: Spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons at Irvine Valley College… Was named as the Orange Empire Conference MVP as a freshman in 2022 while helping the Lasers to a CCCAA state team championship… Delivered the title-clinching victory alongside partner Jolie Rasmussen with a 16-14 third-set win in the championship match… Won the conference and regional championships, both as a team and as a pair that year… Earned first team all-conference honors in both seasons… Helped the Lasers win another conference team championship as a sophomore in 2023… Was a member of the conference championship runner-up pair… Was a regional top 5 finisher as a pair as well…. Was in the top 16 as a pair at the state tournament in both seasons… Was on the dean’s list for four consecutive terms.

Prep: Graduated from Trabuco Hills High School in 2021 after moving from Arizona in 2019… Was a utility player for the Mustangs, who qualified for the Division 1 indoor playoffs in 2019 before COVID wiped out the rest of her prep career… Had earned indoor all-conference honors for the Fountain Hills High School Falcons in Arizona in both 2017 and 2018… Helped the team win the 2017 indoor state title before finishing in the top six in 2018… Won the beach state championship in the spring of 2018 before finishing as the runner-up in the spring of 2019 as a sophomore… Was coached by Pete Mcgloin and Craig Moothart.

Club: Played for Tamarack Beach Volleyball Club… Coached by Andrew Bennett… Was on Team Red, a Top 5 National squad.

Personal: Is majoring in business administration/economics… Aspires to be an entrepreneur and would ultimately like to have a bakery and ice cream shop… Daughter of Mark and Aspen Nolan… Has two younger siblings— Beckham and Brenner… Enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing board and card games, being outdoors, baking as well as playing pickleball and spikeball.

Why I Chose CMU: “I chose CMU because they have a great beach volleyball program. I also love the area, campus, outdoors, and the sports they offer.”