Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU:  Returning 3-year starter....Enters 2025 with 818 career kills and 203 career blocks....All-Tournament Team at the 2025 Bulldog Classic....Conference Carolinas All-Conference Team (first team) 2024....FMU Team MVP 2024....Conference Carolinas Fall Academic All-Conference Team 2024....CSC Academic All-District Team 2023, 2024....Started and played in 25 matches in 2024....Ranked 63rd nationally in hitting percentage (.339)....13 matches of double-figure kills (season-high 18 at Chowan on 11-9-24)....Conference rankings: 2nd in hitting percentage, 6th in points per set (3.35), 9th in kills per set (2.77), and 22nd in blocks per set (0.60)....Second on the team in kills (260), blocks (56), and points (315.0)....22 service aces....Conference Carolinas All-Conference Team (second team) 2023....Started all 32 matches as a sophomore in 2023....Ranked 22nd in NCAA II in hitting percentage (.376)....Conference Carolinas rankings: second in hitting percentage, 13th in both kills per set (2.69) and points per set (3.24), and 15th in blocks per set (0.60)....15 matches with double-figure kills (high of 24 at Chowan on 9-26-23).....Registered seven matches with a hitting percentage above .500....Led team in points (386.0) and was third in service aces (25)....Played in all 28 matches in 2022 and started 26 times....Led the team in total blocks (76) and blocks per set (.0.76)....Second on the team in points (299.0)....Third on the team in kills (238) and second in hitting percentage (.233)....Conference Carolinas rankings: 14th in hitting percentage, 15th in blocks per set, 18th in points per set (2.99), and 19th in kills per set (2.38)....As a four-sport prep athlete (volleyball, swimming, basketball, and track), she brings a type of athleticism to our middle position that we have yet to see....Comes from a winning background and only expects to win....That type of mentality will help to continue to push our program forward to our underlying goal – winning....An impressive middle that has a very strong arm....When she puts herself in a great position to swing, it is always a kill....Over the course of her collegiate years here at Francis Marion, she will really add to the core of our middle position and blocking....High school teammate of former Patriot setter Kaylee Gillespie....Chi Alpha Sigma national college athlete honor society....Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award 2024....Earned a "Runner-Up Undergraduate Poster" award at the university's 2025 Research & Exhibition Day (RED) for her work "Larval Fish Community in the Great Pee Dee River"....Student-Athlete Advisory Committee 2025-26....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2022 (fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring).....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2022 (fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring).

PERSONAL:

• Born in Greenville, SC
• Graduate of Pickens High School, where she played for coach Rikki Owens
• Two-time All-Region and All-State selection
• Chosen to play in the 2021 North-South Match
• Helped guide the Blue Flames to a AAAA state championship as a senior and was named a Scholar Athlete
• In 2021, averaged 2.2 kills per set with a .260 attack percentage, also totaled 54 service aces and 29 blocks
• Career total of 401 kills
• Lettered in 4 sports
• Qualified for the state track meet in the Javelin
• Advanced to Upper State event in swimming
• Nickname is C

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

• As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up:  Veterinarian
• How I got my Nickname: My old teammates called me C
• Favorite Fictional Character: Spirit
• Favorite Athlete:  Paige Bueckers
• Favorite Sports Team:  Clemson Tigers
• Favorite Movie or TV Show:  Spirit
• Favorite Vacation Spots:  The Beach
• Favorite Musical Artist: nba youngboy 
• Favorite Thing About FMU: The beautiful campus and nature
• Favorite Off-Court Activities:  Being outdoors, hiking, being with my family and friends
• Goals for Upcoming Season: Getting a ring
• Why you first chose your sport: The family it creates; I grew up playing the sport
• Biggest mental challenge in your sport: Getting out of your own head to be the best you can be for your team
• Interesting Notes:  I have three alligators; I won a volleyball state championship my senior year