- 2022 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2021 All-RMAC first team
- 2021 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
- 2021 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2020-21 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
- 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2019 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
- 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2018 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
- 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2017 Athletic Director's Honor Roll. fall semester
Career: Finished her career ranked 22nd in program history with 116 matches played, and 29th with 164 block assists.
2021: All-RMAC first team. ... Put together a career season that was cut short after 23 matches and 83 sets. ... Third on the team with 2.4 kills per set and fourth with 197 kills. ... Ranked 13th in the RMAC with a .271 hitting percentage. ... Third on the team among regulars with 0.51 blocks per set and fifth overall with 42 blocks. .... Inspirational team leader made a dramatic Senior Night appearance on Nov. 12 against UCCS on Nov. 12, delivering the opening serve (MSU Denver scored the point). ... Hit .450 with 10 kills (one error, 20 attacks) in a 3-0 win over Colorado Christian on Oct. 29. ... Registered 12 kills on .556 hitting (two errors, 18 attacks) in a 3-0 win over Chadron State on Oct. 15. ... Recorded 12 kills and a season-best five blocks in the come-from-behind, 3-2 win over Colorado Mesa on Oct. 1. ... Slammed 13 kills on career-best .571 hitting (one error, 21 attacks) and also had a career-best two solo blocks among six total blocks in a 3-1 win at No. 24 Colorado Mesa on Sept. 18. ... Starred at the Colorado Premier with 36 kills (2.6 per set) on .316 hitting as MSU Denver went 4-0 while beating three ranked teams to win the championship. Had a career-best 16 kills on .394 hitting in the five-set final against No. 17 Wayne State (Neb.). Also hit a career-best .500 (seven kills, no errors, 14 attacks) in a first-round sweep of Texas A&M-Commerce. ... Averaged 2.4 kills per set at the season-opening Western Washington Invitational on Sept. 3-4. ... Turned in a second straight 12-kill, two-block match and also added a service ace in a 3-2 loss to No. 14 host Western Washington on Sept. 4. ... Had 12 kills on .321 hitting and added two blocks in a 3-2 loss to Chaminade (Hawaii) on Sept. 4. ... Matched a personal best with 15 kills in the 3-2 win over Central Washington on Sept. 3, hitting .300.
2020-21: Gradually worked her way back into the playing rotation after missing the first two weeks of the season. ... Finished fourth on the team with 1.68 kills per set while appearing in 11 matches for a total of 28 sets. ... Fourth on the team (minimum 15 attacks) with a .252 hitting percentage (47 kills, 15 errors, 127 attacks). ... Had four kills on .444 hitting (no errors, nine attacks) in a 3-1 win over Colorado Christian in the quarterfinals of the RMAC Tournament on April 8. ... Matched season-high with six kills against UCCS on March 30. ... Put down five kills on .357 hitting at co-No. 21 Regis on March 26 in a 3-1 win. ... Had six kills on .294 hitting in a 3-1 home win over No. 21 Regis on March 12. ... Made her season debut Feb. 6, playing one set at Western Colorado and then playing two sets -- with five kills on .375 hitting -- against Adams State.
2019: Ranked fourth on the team with 233 kills and 2.3 kills per set while hitting .204, third among players with at least 200 attacks. ... Finished fifth on the team with 264.5 points. .... Finished sixth on the team with 0.52 blocks per set and tied for fifth with 53.0 blocks. ... Had seven kills in all three matches during the RMAC Tournament. ... Recorded 13 kills on .345 hitting (three errors, 29 attacks) in back-to-back sweeps at Chadron State on Nov. 14 and 15. ... Hit a career-high .455 (six kills, one error, 11 attacks) in a sweep of Westminster on Oct. 19. ... Registered a season high with a team-leading 13 kills on a career-best .440 hitting percentage in a big sweep over Colorado Mesa on Oct. 4. ... Matched a season-best with five blocks in a win at Colorado Christian on Sept. 28. ... Recorded 12 kills on .333 hitting against Adams State on Sept. 21. ... Had her first double-double of 2019 against No. 13 Barry (Fla.) at the Colorado Premier Challenge, posting career-bests of 15 kills and 15 digs. ... Registered double-digit kills in three of four matches at the Colorado Premier Challenge.
2018: Tied for sixth on the team with 108 kills and seventh with 1.42 kills per set...Had at least eight digs in six matches...Turned in perhaps her best performance of the season in NCAA Tournament loss against Colorado School of Mines, with 10 kills on .304 hitting, plus a season high with four blocks...Had three blocks in RMAC Tournament title match against Colorado Mesa...Had seven kills against Chadron State (Nov. 2) and West Florida (Sept. 1)...Hit .333 in a win at South Dakota Mines (Oct. 27), posting four kills and seven digs in an error-free match...Had a career-best 10 digs Sept. 7 against Adams State...Hit a season-beset .353 (six kills, no errors, 17 attacks) against Seattle Pacific on Aug. 25, adding a career-best two service aces...Had a season-best 11 kills at Central Washington on Aug. 24, adding nine digs and three blocks.
2017: Played in 85 sets while starting 10 of the 27 matches she appeared in...Ranked fourth on the team with 1.8 kills per set and fifth with 153 kills...Compiled a hitting percentage of .190...Fourth on the team with 39 blocks and third with 0.46 blocks per set...Had 12 kills on .269 hitting in NCAA Tournament win against Texas A&M-Commerce on Nov. 30...Career-high six blocks came against Colorado Mesa on Nov. 4...Had 11 kills against Colorado Christian on Oct. 20...Career-high 13 kills came against Central Missouri on Sept. 9.
High School: Attended Oñate High School in New Mexico... Two-time all-state second team selection...Four-time all-district first team...Ranked second in the state in Class 6-A with 4.6 kills per set as a senior...North/South All-Star game appearance...Led the Knights in kills her final three seasons, including 3.7 per set as a junior and 2.0 per set as a sophomore...Four-year starter for team that reached the "Round of 12" in Class 5-A her freshman season, then made it to the Class 6-A quarterfinals her sophomore and junior years.
Club: Played club for the Diamondback Volleyball Club.
Personal: Birthday is Nov. 15...Daughter of Tad Benda and Blanca Ulloa...Majoring in elementary education.
