2011: AVCA Second Team All-American ... AVCA All-Region and Daktronics First Team All-Region ... First Team All-GLVC ... NCAA Tournament Midwest Region All-Tournament Team and UIndy Invitational All-Tournament Team ... UIndy Female Student-Athlete of the Month in September and November ... played in 106 sets in 29 matches with 24 starts ... ranked 25th in the NCAA and second in the GLVC with 4.00 kills per set and 44th in the NCAA and fourth in the GLVC with 4.36 points per set ... 424 kills were second on the team and ninth in a single season at UIndy ... 12 kill-dig double-doubles ... career-high 31 kills against No. 10 Hillsdale (9/2) ... 23 matches with 10 or more kills, including four with 20 or more ... second on the team with 2.46 digs per set (261 total) ... third on the team with 17 aces and added 38 blocks ... career-high 19 digs in GLVC Tournament championship win over No. 17 Lewis (11/13) ... finished career sixth in career kills (1,235) ... earned fourth letter.
2010: Played in 135-of-136 sets, while starting in 23-of-36 matches ... led the team with 473.0 points, while ranking second with 412 kills, which is 10th in a single season at UIndy (3.05 kps), third in blocks (59, 0.44), sixth in digs (160, 1.19 dps) and hit .254 ... named to NCAA Midwest Region All-Tournament Team (11/19-21) after posting 11 kills and .391 attacking against No. 20 Northern Michigan, 22 kills, career-high 10 digs and .348 attacking for first career double-double against No. 8 Hillsdale and 14 kills in the finals against No. 12 Grand Valley State ... career-high 23 kills vs. Rockhurst (10/29) ... 23 matches of 10 kills or more ... hit .625 with 17 kills in GLVC Tournament semifinals against Southern Indiana (11/13) ... tallied 17 kills and nine digs at No. 11 Lewis in GLVC finals (11/14) ... hit .304 with 17 kills in victory over No. 20 Pittsburg State (9/11) ... earned third letter.
2009: Played in 37 matches while garnering 17 starts…ranked third on the team in kills per set…compiled a .299 hitting percentage, good for 11th in the league…recorded double-digit point totals in each of her first six appearances…pounded a team season-high 23 kills to go with three blocks and a .513 hitting percentage vs. 15th-ranked Minnesota St.-Mankato (9/11) ... earned second letter.
2008: Garnered court time in 33 matches as a freshman, including five starts…ranked fourth on the team with 2.30 kills per set…fired three aces in a sweep win versus Michigan Tech (9/6)…bombed a season-high 19 kills at division-rival Northern Kentucky (9/20)…compiled a gaudy .667 hitting percentage to go with 18 kills and two blocks against Kutztown (9/27)…notched double-digit kill totals in both NCAA Tournament matches, including 11 kills and a .409 hitting percentage in the first-round win over Northern Michigan (11/21) ... earned first letter.
High School: Lettered three seasons in volleyball…also played a year of softball…paced the team in kills three straight years…team captain and all-conference first teamer on regional championship team senior year…earned Illinois Top 100 Honorable Mention as a junior…played for the Kane County Juniors-18 Gold, a club team that placed first at the Asics National Junior Championship.
Personal: Psychology/pre-occupational therapy major…high honor roll student at Yorkville High School and two-time academic all-conference honoree…daughter of Patrick and Lucy Hefferan…born 3/3/90.
Statistics
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Career
Single-Match Highs (through 09/24/11)
Kills - 31 vs. HILLSDALE, 9/2/11
Attacks - 64 vs. LEWIS, 11/13/11
Percentage* - .667 vs. Kutztown (18 K, 2 E, 31 TA), 2/27/08
Assists - 4 (3x); last vs. MISSOURI S&T, 9/24/10
Aces - 5 at Maryville, 11/5/10
Digs - 19 vs. LEWIS, 11/13/11
Blocks - 7 at North Alabama, 9/4/09
Points - 31.0 vs. HILLSDALE, 9/2/11
* min. 5 attack attempts
