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Career Highlights
AVCA East Coast All-Region Honorable Mention (2020)
All-ACC Second Team (2020)
3x All-ACC Academic Team (2019, 2020 & 2022)
 
AS A GRADUATE SENIOR (2022)
Member of Pitt’s NCAA Final Four team, the second consecutive National Semifinal appearance…won her third ACC Championship, helping the Panthers to a 17-1 conference record and the most wins in a single season since 1990 (31-4)…played in 30 matches as both a middle blocker and opposite hitter…made 84 kills and 44 blocks…collected her 400^th career block vs. NC State (9/25) becoming the seventh Panther in program history to reach the 400 block plateau…recorded a season best 10 kills in a 3-1 win at High Point (10/2)…came off the bench to deliver three kills on three swings in the NCAA Tournament, including a kill in Pitt’s 3-2 victory at defending national champion Wisconsin in the Elite 8.

AS A SENIOR (2021)
Part of Pitt’s first NCAA Final Four appearance by a women’s team in school history … Helped Pitt reach its sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, marking the program’s longest NCAA postseason streak in history … Led the Panthers with 1.10 blocks per set … Appeared in 28 matches, making 21 starts … Posted a season-best eight blocks at three matches: vs. Georgia Tech (Oct. 10), at Florida State (Oct. 17) and at Notre Dame (Oct. 22) … Recorded season-best totals of eight kills and eight blocks on .700 hitting at Florida State (Oct. 17) … Averaged 0.82 kills and 1.44 points per set.
 
AS A JUNIOR (2020)
Part of the Panthers’ first NCAA Elite Eight appearance in program history, reaching the Regional Final as the final unseeded team in the field … Helped Pitt secure its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance … Named an AVCA East Coast All Region Honorable Mention, first honors of career … Earned first nod to All-ACC Second Team … Started all 24 matches at middle blocker, appearing in all 88 sets … Led the ACC with 116 total blocks, ranking No. 7 in the nation’s final rankings … Led the Panthers with 1.32 blocks per set, ranking third in the ACC … Second on the team with a .377 hitting percentage … Added 1.55 kills per set … Recorded three matches with 10 or more kills, including a career-best 11 against No. 25 Florida State (March 26) … Hit a career-best .769 with 10 kills against Boston College (Oct. 9) … Posted a career-best three service aces in a thrilling five-set win at Duke, including back-to-back aces to win the match (March 21) … Logged a season-best nine blocks at No. 5 Notre Dame (Oct. 18).
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019)
Helped the Panthers earn their third consecutive ACC Championship with a perfect 18-0 record in conference play … Part of Pitt’s fourth consecutive NCAA Second Round appearance … Appeared in a total of 30 matches, starting 23, and playing in 95 sets for the Panthers … Broke into the Pitt record book with 13 blocks in a single match at Boston College (Oct. 13), tying for the third-most in program history … Ranks No. 9 in program history with 126 block assists for the 2019 season … Finished the year ranking 10th nationally with 1.44 blocks per set … Her 10 block assists against the Eagles (Oct. 13) tie for 11th-most in a single Pitt match … Had a season-best nine kills against Louisville (Nov. 27) … Hit a season-best .583 against NC State (Oct .20).
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2018)
Part of the Panthers’ first outright ACC Championship, the second consecutive title for the program … Helped the team to its third appearance in as many years at the NCAA Tournament, defeating Iona in the opening round at Petersen Events Center before falling to Michigan in the second round … Appeared in 17 matches with 35 sets played … Started four matches … Recorded season highs of 10 kills and six blocks against Charleston.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Platteview High School in Springfield, Neb., where she played volleyball, basketball and ran track and field … One of 250 named to Prep Volleyball's list of Senior Aces … Set the record for kills at Platteview High School during her final season with the Trojans, while breaking the career blocks record during her junior year … Earned Honorable Mention All-State honors, First Team All-Conference accolades in her third year of high school … Two-time Papillion Times First Team All-Area Team member …Tabbed Second Team All-Conference following basketball season during her junior year, while earning Honorable Mention All-Conference in both volleyball and basketball her sophomore year … Four-time track and field letter winner … Three-time volleyball and basketball letter winner.
 
PERSONAL
Born July 10, 2000 … Daughter of Harold and Teresa Starks ... Has three older siblings, Samantha, Sean and Seth.