2013 | | | - All-Big West honorable mention
- Posted a team-best 337 kills and was second in kill average(2.88) and digs (2.64)
- Third in blocks at 0.68
- Pioneer Classic Most Valuable Player
- Cleveland State, Wolverine Classic and UCI Classicall-tournament team choice
- Leaves UCI fourth in the career records in attack attempts(4291) and seventh in kills (1,271)
- Also ninth in career digs with 1,038
- In the single-season annals multiple times in both attackattempts and kills
| 2012 | | | - Big West All-Conference honorable mention
- Earned a spot on the Varney Invitational, Boise StateInvitational and Arizona Desert Classic All-Tournament teams
- Put away a team-leading 443 kills and averaged 3.72 perset
- Moved to seventh in the Anteater career record books with 3,176attack attempts
- Second on the team in digs with 353 and a 2.97 average
- Finished sixth in the Big West in kills and points
- Season-high 23 kills against Cal State Fullerton
- Picked up 22 digs against Pacific for a season-best
| | | 2011 | | | - Big West All-Conference honorable mention
- Member of the U.S. Women’s A2 National Team
- Chosen to compete on the U.S. Women’s Under 21 BeachNational Training Team
- Lead UCI in kills with 355 and averaging 3.41 per set to sitseventh in the Big West last year
- Second on the team in digs with 329 and third in blocks with67
- Posted double-figure kills in 21 matches…career-best 26against Portland State
- Personal-best 24 digs against Cal State Fullerton and four acesversus Nevada.
| | | 2010 | | | - Put away 119 kills in 78 sets played
- Averaged 1.53 kills per set
- Picked up 38 digs and had 35 total blocks on three solo blocksand 32 block assists
- Career-high 11 kills against UC Riverside
- Top hitting percentage was .429 against Idaho
- Posted an errorless match against the Vandals with six kills on14 attempts
- Won a silver medal in the U-21 Division of the USA Beach HighPerformance Tournament.
| | | Santa Ynez Valley Union High School | | | - Three-time Los Padres League Most Valuable Player
- Three-time team MVP
- Captained the 2009 squad
- Named the Northern Santa Barbara County Round Table Athlete ofthe Week
- Voted to the All-CIF Division III second-team as a junior andsenior
- Posted 309 kills and 88 aces as a senior
- Also had 24 solo blocks and averaged 5.26 points per game
- Holds the school’s single-match record in attackpercentage with a .894 clip against Arroyo Grande in 2008
- 2007 All-CIF first-team selection
- Recognized on the PrepVolleyball.com Top 79 sophomore list
- Received the Coaches Award as a freshman
- Earned all-league second-team honors in 2006
- Also lettered in track…was the varsity throwing captainin 2010
- Competed in the discus, high jump and long jump
- Received the Coaches Award in 2007 and 2008
- Set a record in the discus in the La Reina Invitational as ajunior
- was the league’s discus champion as a junior
- Finished second in the discus at CIF in 2008 and 2009.
| | | Club | | | - A member of the Athletes in Action
- Also is active in UC Irvine’s Student-Athlete AdvisoryCommittee
- Played with the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club
- Highest finish of second place at the Junior Olympics 18sNational in 2009
- Helped the team to the MLK Speakeasy Tournament titles in 2009and 2010
- Captained the 18 Smack Team
- Also led the team to a Southern California VolleyballAssociation Regional Tournament championship in 2010
- Competed on several U.S. High Performance A2 teams
- Won a gold medal with the Southern California High PerformanceRed Select Team in 2007.
| | | Personal | | | - Three-time Big West Scholar-Athlete
- All-Big West Fall Academic Team
- On the executive board of Athletes in Action at UCI
- Plans to work towards a Master’s in Education aftergraduation
- California Scholarship Federation member…member of theNational Honor Society
- Great-grandparents, Floyd and Margaret Finley Blower, were fromthe original Orange County pioneer families
- Grandmother, Linda Dempsay, worked at UC Irvine from 1965-83and was the first female Athletic Director at the Division Ilevel
- Served as UCI’s Athletic Director from 1977-83
- Dempsay is a member of the Irvine Athletics Hall of Fame
- Member of the Future Farmers of America
- Received the Greenhand Award in 2006-07
- also received the Specialty Crop Production Award
- Conducts community service at the Santa Ynez Valley TherapeuticRiding Association
- Is a teacher’s assistant at Los Olivos School
- Tutors algebra
- Has had a job in sheep management at the Santa Ynez High SchoolFarm
- Was the sophomore representative of the Hugh O’BrianLeadership seminar
- Majoring in sociology, minoring in education
- Has a younger brother, Kristian.
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| Career Highlights | | | Kills: 26 vs. Portland State, 9/10/11
Aces: 4 vs. Nevada, 8/27/11
Digs: 24 vs. Cal State Fullerton, 11/1/11
Block assists: 7 vs. Cleveland State, 9/7/13
Total blocks: 7 vs. Cleveland State, 9/7/13
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