At Utah Valley University ...
SENIOR ~ (2016): Appeared in all 30 matches and 115 sets ... made 10 starts on the year ... posted the second most kills for UVU on the season with a total of 296 and a 2.57 kills per set average ... also added 86 digs (0.75 per set average), 59 blocks (0.51 per set average), 11 assists, three service aces, a .177 hitting percentage and 330 total points ... posted double digits in kills 18 times on the season ... put up a career-high 18 kills in a five set victory over UTRGV on Oct. 22 ... earned Academic All-WAC accolades.
JUNIOR ~ (2015): Appeared in 97 sets and all 28 matches on the season ... recorded 133 kills (1.37 per set average) and 81 blocks (0.84 per set average) on the season ... also added 42 digs, seven aces and five assists ... hit .169 on the campaign ... tallied a career-high 17 kills in a 3-1 victory over CSU Bakersfield on Oct. 1 ... also had a career-best three aces at CSU Bakersfield on Oct. 31.
SOPHOMORE ~ (2014): Earned WAC All-Academic honors ... played in 25 matches and made two starts on the season ... recorded 126 kills, 69 blocks, 163.5 points, 26 digs, one assist and one service ace on the year ... her 69 blocks were good enough for third on the team (0.81 blocks per set average) ... posted a career-high 11 kills and a .526 hitting percentage in a five-set win over Portland on Sept. 20 ... also put up 10 kills and a career-high seven blocks against New Mexico State on Oct. 2 ... logged a total of 85 sets in 2014.
FRESHMAN ~ (2013): Played in six matches and nine sets for the Wolverines in 2013 ... finished the season with one kill and four digs.
Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at Billings Senior High School in Billings, Mont. ... a two-time First Team All-State selection and a two-time All-Conference member ... a member of the Great Falls Tribune "Super State" team ... also participated in the Montana All-Star match and was nominated as a Midland Roundtable Athlete of the Year finalist ... helped lead her team to a State Championship her senior year (32-0, ranked 70th in the nation) and a second-place finish her junior campaign.
Personal ...
Graduated from Billings Senior HS in 2013 with a 3.89 GPA ... born July 29, 1995 ... a member of the National Honors Society ... also took part in Friends of Rachel Club, Senior Advocates and Trading Cards ... plans on majoring in Exercise Science ... her mom played volleyball at Ricks College and Idaho State (NJCAA All-American at Ricks and helped her team to a second-place finish at Nationals) ... also recruited by Utah, Idaho State and Long Beach State ... parents are Nathan and Chantelle Steiner ... married Jaxon Vernon in June 2016.
