• 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
• 2021-22 MSU Denver Senior Athlete of the Year (female)
• 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
• 2021 AVCA All-America second team
• 2021 South Central Regional All-Tournament Team
• 2021 AVCA All-South Central Region first team
• 2021 D2CCA All-South Central Region first team
• 2021 All-RMAC First Team
• 2021 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
• 2021 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Oct. 18
• 2021 AVCA National Player of the Week, Sept. 14
• 2021 RMAC Offensive Player of the Week, Sept. 13
• 2021 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Sept. 13
• 2021 Colorado Premier Most Valuable Player, Sept. 11
• 2021 Western Washington Invitational All-Tournament Team, Sept. 5
• 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
• 2020-21 RMAC All-Tournament Team
• 2020-21 All-RMAC First Team
• 2020-21 AVCA National Player of the Week, Feb. 18
• 2020-21 RMAC Offensive Player of the Week, Feb. 16
• 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
• 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
• 2019 AVCA All-America honorable mention
• 2019 AVCA All-South Central Region first team
• 2019 All-RMAC first team
• 2019 RMAC Offensive Player of the Week, Nov. 18
• 2019 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Nov. 18
Career: Finished her career ranked
sixth in program history with a .331 career hitting percentage (minimum 1,000 attempts), tied for 22nd in block assists (183), 24th in kills (879), 24th in blocks (206), and 29th in kills per set (2.7). ... Would rank second in program history for career hitting percentage with a minimum of 2,000 attempts, but had career total of 1,947 (she's second among those with at least 1,780 attempts).
2021: AVCA All-America second team and All-South Central Region first team selection. Named All-RMAC first team for the third straight season. ... Seventh in the RMAC in hitting percentage (.314) to rank 99th nationally. Fifth in the RMAC in kills (334), eighth in kills per set (2.9) and ninth in points per set (3.2). ... South Central Regional all-tournament team selection. ... Recorded 10 kills and three blocks in a 3-1 win over No. 11 Angelo State (Texas) in a Dec. 3 regional semifinal match. ... Had 13 kills in a four-set win over CSU-Pueblo on Nov. 11, then followed that up with nine kills on .571 hitting in a sweep of UCCS on Nov. 12 while adding a season-best five block assists. ... Delivered kills on her first seven swings and finished with 18 kills on .484 hitting in a 3-2 win over No. 6 Colorado School of Mines on Oct. 16. ... Slammed 14 kills on .565 hitting (one error, 23 attacks) in a 3-0 win at Black Hills State on Oct. 9. ... Hit .500 with 12 kills in a 3-0 win over Westminster on Oct. 2. ... Named AVCA National Player of the Week on Sept. 14 after earning Most Valuable Player at the Colorado Premier on Sept. 10-11, leading MSU Denver to the championship while hitting .491 (63 kills, 10 errors, 108 attacks) and averaging 4.5 kills per set. Had 21 kills on .485 in the championship match against Wayne State (Neb.). Was also the RMAC Offensive Player of the Week. ... Ripped 16 kills in a 3-2 win at CSU-Pueblo on Sept. 25, one night after hitting .471 (10 kills, two errors, 17 attacks) in a 3-0 sweep of UCCS. ... Named to the all-tournament team at the Western Washington Invitational after averaging 2.4 kills per set on .292 hitting as MSU Denver went 2-2, losing only in five-set matches. ... Turned in her first career double-double with 15 kills and a career-best 10 digs in a 3-2 loss to Chaminade (Hawaii) on Sept. 4 at the Western Washington Invitational. Also hit .364 for the match.
2020-21: All-RMAC first team selection. ... RMAC All-Tournament Team pick after hitting .473 (40 kills, five errors, 74 attacks) and averaging 3.6 kills per set in three matches. ... AVCA National Player of the Week after getting 20 kills on .529 hitting (34 attacks, two errors) in a 3-1 win over returning national runners-up Nebraska-Kearney on Feb. 13. ... Ranked fourth in the RMAC and 18th in Division II with a .371 hitting percentage. ... Finished tied for seventh in the RMAC with 2.9 kills per set and 11th with 3.3 points per set. ... Hit .477 (62 kills, eight errors, 114 attacks) over her last five matches. ... Tied for second on the team kills per set and tied for second with 166 kills. ... Third on the team in blocks per set (0.70) and total blocks (40). Second on the team in solo blocks (five). .... Put down 16 kills on .412 hitting (two errors, 34 attacks) in a 3-1 loss to No. 15 Colorado School of Mines in the RMAC Tournament championship match on April 10. ... Had 17 kills while hitting an astounding .800 (one error, 20 attacks) in a 3-1 win over Colorado Christian in the first round of the RMAC Tournament on April 8. She was on track to break Crissy Canada’s 28-year-old program record for hitting percentage in a match (minimum 10 attacks) of .875 until her final swing, an error that dropped her percentage from .895. She matched the best single-game hitting percentage for a Roadrunner since at least 2001 for players with at least 12 kills – Ryan Hoerdemann hit .800 (12 kills, no errors, 15 attacks) against New Mexico Highlands on Oct. 16, 2015. ... In her National Player of the Week effort against Nebraska-Kearney, was the first player since at least 2014 to have at least 20 kills and hit better than .404 against the Lopers. ... Hit .378 (18 kills, 4 errors, 37 attacks) while averaging 2.6 kills and 1.3 blocks per set in season-opening wins over Fort Lewis (3-0) and No. 19 Colorado School of Mines (3-1) on Jan. 24.
2019: Named AVCA All-America honorable mention, AVCA All-South Central Region first team and All-RMAC first team. ... Ranked sixth in the RMAC and 63rd in Division II with a .331 hitting percentage. ... Hitting percentage of .331 is 17th-best single-season mark in program history. ... Led the team in hitting percentage, ranked third in kills per set (2.7) and was second in kills (271). ... Finished second on the team in blocks (72) and third in blocks per set (0.74). ... Hit .534 and averaged 3.9 kills per set over three matches from Nov. 14 through Nov. 19. ... Earned RMAC Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 18 after hitting .550, with 24 kills (4.0 per set) and two errors in 40 attacks, in back-to-back sweeps of Chadron State on Nov. 14 and 15. ... Compiled a hitting percentage of .373 with an average of 3.6 kills per set over 10 matches from Oct. 25 through Nov. 19. ... Hit a combined .340 in wins over South Dakota Mines and Black Hills State on Nov. 9-10, with 23 kills and six errors in 50 attacks. ... Slammed a career-high 23 kills while hitting .372 in a five-set loss at Colorado School of Mines on Nov. 2. ... Hit .361 over four matches (57 kills, 13 errors, 122 attacks) while never hitting lower than .346 and averaging 3.6 kills per set from Oct. 25 through Nov. 2. ... Hit a combined .353 in wins over CSU-Pueblo (.346) and New Mexico Highlands (.360) on Oct. 25 and 26, with a total of 21 kills and seven blocks assists in the two matches. ... Hit a season-best .615 (8 kills, 0 errors, 13 attacks) in a sweep at Black Hills State on Oct. 11. ... Posted eight kills on .438 hitting in a big sweep over Colorado Mesa on Oct. 4 ... Led MSU Denver with 14 kills in a huge road win at No. 12 Regis on Sept. 27. ... Had a monster tournament at the 2019 Colorado Premier Challenge, hitting .375 for the tournament (fourth-best among individual players) with a total of 50 kills and 13 blocks. ... Key piece of MSU Denver’s win over No. 1 Tampa at the Premier, hitting .529 with 10 kills and seven blocks (all block-assists), career-bests in both the block and block-assist categories. ... Posted career-highs of 19 kills and five digs as MSU Denver lost a close match to No. 13 Barry (Fla.) on Sept. 14.
2018: Led team (minimum three attacks) with .325 hitting percentage (108 kills, 28 errors, 246 attacks)...Third on team with 2.0 kills per set, and tied for sixth with 108 kills...Ranked fourth on team with 0.62 blocks per set and was fifth with 33 blocks...Fourth on team with eight solo blocks...In RMAC-only matches, ranked second in the league with a .414 hitting percentage and was seventh in the league overall at .325...Hit .600 or better for the third time Nov. 1 against Chadron State (6 kills, 0 errors, 10 attacks)...Posted back-to-back 10-plus kill matches in Utah road trip, hitting .405 in wins over Westminster (10-1-11) and Dixie State (11-3-21)...Had career high 14 kills against South Dakota Mines in a Sept. 28 victory...Matched her previous career high with seven kills in a against Colorado Mesa on Sept. 22, while hitting a season-best .636...Had career highs of three solos and four total blocks against Western State Colorado on Sept. 21...Totaled seven kills against No. 13 West Florida on Sept. 1, while hitting .417 and adding three blocks.
High School: Went to Fairview High School and graduated in 2018, playing in the Colorado 5A Front Range League...Lettered three years and won back-to-back league championships in 2015 and 2016...made All-FRL econd team in 2016...Averaged 2.5 kills per set on .349 hitting and 0.6 blocks per set as a senior...Averaged 1.8 kills per set as a junior for Class 5A state tournament team that narrowly missed qualifying for the semifinals...Played for Kelsey Spencer at Fairview.
Club Team: Played for JVA West Coast Cup 17 Premier...Also played for SCVA Las Vegas Classic 17 Club...Played for Rachell Buell with Diff Volleyball and Jason Rhines at Juggernaut Volleyball.
Personal: Born in Boulder, Colo...Birthday is July 4...Daughter of Tom and Amy Lai...Has a sister, Annika...Majoring in political science with minors in legal studies and criminal justice.
