Colorado Mesa University Athletics

Beach Volleyball Bio

Career Honors

• Second Team All-RMAC (Spring 2021)
• 3x RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2019, Spring 2021, Fall 2021)
• 2x RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 23 & Nov. 15, 2021)
• Oredigger Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team (Fall 2021)

Fall 2021 (Redshirt Junior): Played in 26 of the Mavs’ 28 matches, starting 23 at the outside hitter position during her final planned season as a Maverick… Was also a primary passer who regularly played all six rotations… Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… Finished third on the team with 222 kills (2.27/set) and total points (256; 2.61/set)… Hit .180… Also recorded 159 digs (1.62/set), 24 blocks and 13 service aces… Was in double-figures for kills an impressive 13 times… Tallied a season-high 18 while hitting a season-best .450 in a Nov. 9 win over Westminster… Also had 13 kills a night later in a win over nationally-ranked Regis to earn RMAC Offensive Player of the Week honors in the final week of the regular season, receiving that honor on Nov. 15… Continued her momentum in to the post-season recording the second of her two double-doubles with 11 kills and 11 digs in a RMAC Tournament win over Colorado Christian (Nov. 16)… Also added a season-high three aces in that match… Had a team-leading 16 kills in the NCAA Tournament against Texas-Tyler (Dec. 2)… Had a career-high 15 digs and her first double-double of the year in a Sept. 11 win over Arkansas Tech… Tallied a season-high four blocks against Seattle Pacific (Sept. 4)... Was named to the all-tournament team at the Oredigger Volleyball Classic to begin the season.

Spring 2021 (Junior): Earned Second Team All-RMAC honors... Played in all 16 of CMU’s matches, making nine starts as an outside hitter… Played in 45 total sets… Finished third on the team in total kills (122) and second on the squad with her 2.71 per set average… Had a .204 hitting percentage… Also tallied 113 digs and 13 blocks... Finished the campaign in double figures for kills six times… Had the same number of 10+ dig efforts while recording four double-doubles… Tallied three of those double-doubles in the first five matches of the season alone… Had 14 kills and a career-high 15 digs in an opening-day victory over CSU-Pueblo (Jan. 24)… Later had a career-high smashing 25 kills and 14 digs in a Feb. 20 win at South Dakota Mines, helping her earn RMAC Offensive Player of the Week accolades on Feb. 23… Hit .365 in that victory over the Hardrockers after hitting .500 with 11 kills on 18 attempts earlier in the day against Fort Lewis… Had registered four blocks and nine digs against the Skyhawks as well… Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

2019 (Sophomore): Played in 68 sets over 24 matches… Made 14 starts, including in each of the team’s final ten matches… Recorded 103 kills, 81 digs and 19 blocks… Hit .131… Had a career-high 10 kills on Nov. 2 against Adams State… Was very consistent down the stretch tallying between eight and ten in each of the team’s final five matches… Tallied a season-high 12 digs in the season-opener against Fresno Pacific… Had three 10+ dig efforts in total… Had a career-high three blocks in the RMAC Tournament against the Colorado School of Mines (Nov. 19)… Hit a season-best .444 with an errorless eight kills (18 attempts) on Oct. 25 at Westminster… Also had eight service aces throughout the campaign, tallying two each against South Dakota Mines (Oct. 19) and in the RMAC Tournament match against Mines… Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll squad.

2018 (Freshman): Played in five sets spanning three matches in non-conference play... Had three kills, two digs and a service ace... Recorded all of those statistics in a match against Azusa Pacific (Aug. 25).

Prep: Was a starting outside hitter on the Castle View High School Sabercats' 2017 5A state championship team, coached by Scott Dowis… Graduated in 2018 with honors… Was a 3-year academic letter-winner.

Club: Played all six rotations for her 303 Volleyball Academy club team, coached by Rick Mischka

Personal: Plans to major in raidiologic technology… Daughter of Kristi and Steve Schmidt… Enjoys hanging with friends and playing volleyball.