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AS A JUNIOR (2014)
Named to the NCCSIA All-State team ... PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... As a middle hitter, she played in 37 matches, including 36 starts to her credit with 136 sets played … Led the team and was second in the PBC with 112 total blocks, including seven solo blocks and 105 block assists (first in PBC) … Finished third on the team with 313 kills and 2.30 kills per set … Dished out 13 assists and averaged 0.10 assists per set … Tallied 12 service aces and totaled a .936 servicing percentage … Had 82 total digs, while also averaged 0.60 digs per set … Turned in one double-double performance throughout the season in the five-set victory over Georgia College … Had double-digit kills in 16 matches and blocks in one match … Saw a career-high 17 kills against Carson-Newman and 10 blocks against Georgia College … Saw a career-best three assists against GRU Augusta … Posted seven digs twice this season … Had five-consecutive games with a double-digit kills in September.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2013)
Played and started in all 37 matches … Led the team in blocking with 93 total blocks, which also ranked tied for ninth in the Peach Belt Conference … Tallied nine solo blocks and a PBC fifth-best 84 block assists … Turned in 227 kills and averaged 1.71 kills per set … Had just one reception errors on 38 attempts and 47 digs … Had one service ace and a perfect 1.000 serving percentage … Finished four games with 10 kills or more, including a season-high 15 kills against Lander … Saw her lone service ace of the season against Carson-Newman … Season-best eight total blocks, including seven block assists and one solo block against Columbus State … Notched a .636 hitting percentage against Pfeiffer.

BEFORE UNCP
Attended Catawba Valley Community College and played for Coach Shannon Hudson … Played in 36 matches and 127 sets … Recorded 213 kills and averaged 1.68 kills per set … Tallied a .318 hitting percentage … Totaled 78 blocks, including 27 solo blocks … Notched 22 service aces.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Charles D. Owen under coach Jenny Johnson … Lettered in volleyball, basketball and softball … Was named the team’s most valuable player for volleyball in her junior and senior year … As a senior, she was named ‘scrappiest’ on the basketball team … Played club volleyball for the Biltmore Volleyball Academy.

PERSONAL
The daughter of Arlene and Kevin Brandon … Has one older sister, Allie … Graduated with a 3.2 grade point average … A communications major at UNCP.

CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP
Hitting Percentage: .667 vs. Claflin (10/31/15)
Kills: 17 vs. Carson-Newman (09/13/14)
Assists: 3 vs. GRU Augusta (10/04/14)
Service Aces: 2, five times - last vs. Francis Marion (10/02/15)
Digs: 7, twice - last vs. Montevallo (11/08/14)
Solo Blocks: 2 vs. Coker (09/16/13)
Block Assists:  9 vs. Georgia College (11/01/14)
Double-Digit Kills: 26 Times