2016
Finishes 10th on all-time career kills list with 1,158 ... 13th member of 1,000-kill club in program history.
2015
All-GLVC Second Team and Team MVP as a junior ... fifth in the conference in kills/set (3.34), second in points/set (4.02) ... team-high 411 total kills ... finished third on the squad with 249 total digs and fourth with a 2.02 digs/set average ... team leader in service aces (38) ... recorded a career-best 23 kills against 10th-ranked Wheeling Jesuit (9/10) ... had 15+ kills nine times ... second on the team with nine double-doubles ... hit .500 with 20 kills on 36 attacks (2 errors) against Missouri-St. Louis (9/19).
2014
Started all 30 UIndy matches ... hit a team-high .261 (18th in the GLVC) and was fourth on the team at 1.98 kills per set and 212 total kills ... led the Greyhounds with 28 service aces ... tallied 68 total blocks on 11 solos and 57 assists ... earned second letter.
2013
Led the squad with 120 total blocks (0.97/set), fourth most by a freshman in program history ... 109 block assists (11th) and 120 total blocks (20th) both placed in the top 20 in UIndy single-season history ... fifth on the team with 212 kills (1.71/set) ... earned first letter
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year starting middle for the Kingsmen that won back-to-back Indiana 4A state championships in 2010 and 2011 ... Penn was 110-8 with three conference championships, two state championships and a pair of top-20 national rankings during her varsity career ... hit .458 as a senior with 3.2 kills per set, 128 blocks and 71 aces on the way to being named ICGSA Class 4A Second Team All-State and first team all-conference ... made the ICGSA Junior All-Star Team after earning second team all-conference with 2.4 kills per set on .491 attacking, 148 digs and 72 blocks ... made honor roll every semester and is a member of the National Honor Society ... earned one letter in track and field competing in the high jump and 4x400 relay ... received the
3 C’s Memorial Scholarship.
PERSONAL
Full name is Rebecca Ann Lira ... daughter of Mike and Ann Lira ... has an older sister, Mandi, older brother, Steve, and younger brother, Tim ... born Nov. 13, 1994 ... majoring in occupational therapy.
