Personal
Parents are Aldric and Mari Porter ... has five siblings ... both her parents and older sisters graduated from BYU ... got started in volleyball by playing on the beach with her cousins ... traveled to Tonga in the summer of 2006 with teammates Rachel Dyer and Amy Schlauder to teach English to local children ... art and curatorial studies major.
Before BYU
Club: Club: Played for Southern California Volleyball Club (Redondo Beach, Calif.) for two years (2002-03) ... coached by Bill Ferguson ... led SCVC to a first-place finish and was named MVP in the 18's division at the Junior Olympic Invitational in Phoenix, Ariz. ... took home a fifth-place finish (open division) at the 2004 Junior Olympics.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Thousand Oaks (Lancers) High School in Thousand Oaks, Calif. ... first-team All-Marmonte League, Thousand Oaks HS MVP and best offensive player as a junior ... also lettered in track and field as a freshman ... coached by Yariv Lerner ... recruited by Utah and Arizona State.
Stats
CAREER MATCH HIGHS
KILLS: 17 (twice)
HITTING PERCENTAGE: .714 vs. American, 9/1/07
ASSISTS: 3 (twice)
ACES: 5 vs. Wyoming, 10/27/07
DIGS: 15 at No. 2 Stanford, 9/8/07
BLOCKS: 5 vs. Colorado State, 9/22/07
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Year MP-GP K E A Pct. Ast. SA SE RE Dig BS BA TB BE BHE
2005 12-18 28 13 89 .169 1 2 3 0 1 1 7 8 4 0
2006 15-36 90 43 270 .174 7 7 15 6 40 1 13 14 1 0
2007 31-117 326 123 922 .220 31 27 55 47 224 6 62 68 12 2
2008 26-94 270 158 827 .135 17 20 30 21 201 2 42 44 7 0
Total 84-265 714 337 2108 .179 56 56 103 74 466 10 124 134 24 2
Played in 15 matches and 36 games for the Cougars ... totaled 90 kills, seven assists, seven aces, 40 digs and 14 blocks on .174 hitting ... 2.50 kills per game was fifth on the team ... had at least one kill in 12 of 15 matches in which she appeared while posting double-digit kills five times ... made her first career start against Stetson in the UCF Fall Invitational, recording a career-high 11 kills while adding five digs ... again posted 11 kills while adding a career-best nine digs against Texas A&M Corpus Christi in the BYU Molten Classic ... tallied a personal-best five blocks against Colorado State ... slid over to the rightside in place of the injured Erica Lott against Utah, posting eight kills, eight digs and two blocks ... recorded 11 kills for the third time this season at Air Force on .375 hitting ... named Academic All-MWC.
Played in every match for BYU and 94 of 95 sets, recording 270 kills, 17 assists, 20 service aces, 201 digs and 44 blocks while hitting .135 ... her 2.87 kills per set was second on the team while her 2.14 digs per set was fourth ... ranked ninth in the Mountain West Conference averaging 3.33 points per set ... posted double-digit kills in 16 matches, including the first nine contests of the year, and double-digit digs in 10 matches to tally eight double-doubles on the year ... led BYU in kills 10 times and blocks once ... became the 14th Cougar in program history to earn Molten Classic MVP honors as she averaged a team-best 3.67 kps with 2.33 dps and 1.17 bps ... notched career highs with 19 kills and 16 digs against Missouri, her first double-double of the year, while recording a personal-best six blocks against Tulane ... posted her second double-double with 15 kills and 11 digs against Siena to open the Texas A&M Invitational ... tallied her third double-double in as many matches with 16 kills and 10 digs against American before notching 10 kills against the host Aggies ... had another standout weekend at the InnTowner Invitational, recording 17 kills and 13 digs against Boise State on .325 hitting before posting 11 kills vs. Central Michigan and 12 winners against No. 14 Wisconsin to earn all-tournament honors ... contributed 12 digs at Wyoming ... tallied a team-high 17 kills against SDSU, snapping a stretch of five matches without double-digit kills ... posted 13 kills vs. Utah and 11 winners at No. 4 Texas ... notched 11 digs vs. TCU before recording 12 kills and 11 digs against New Mexico, her first double-double since Sept. 12 ... recorded 12 kills and a season-high-tying 16 digs at UNLV ... tallied 13 kills and 14 digs against Utah ... helped BYU upset No. 15 Colorado State with 11 winners and 13 digs for her final double-double of the year ... named Academic All-MWC.
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ImageW Volleyball | Aug, 24
Cougars defeat alumni in three sets