HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2021 VB, 2023 T&F, 2024 T&F); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023 VB, 2023 T&F, 2023 VB, 2024 T&F), Joe E. Whitesides Award (2024).
2023 (SR): Missed the season due to injury… Earned the Joe E. Whitesides Award and was a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete... Named a MW Scholar-Athlete.
2022 (JR): Appeared in nine matches, making four starts… Recorded 17 kills, 13.0 blocks, seven digs and one assist… Had a career-high eight kills against Portland (Sept. 10)… Logged a season-best five blocks twice... Named a MW Scholar-Athlete.
2021 (SO): Played in 16 matches, making 12 starts, and appeared in 54 sets… Finished the season with 69 blocks, 39 kills, 16 digs, two assists and two service aces… Had a career-high eight blocks in three games (vs. Idaho State, Sept. 18; at Boise State, Oct. 19; vs. Colorado State, Nov. 18)… Recorded a season-high five kills three times… Named academic all-Mountain West and was a MW Scholar-Athlete... Was a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
2020 (FR): Played in two matches... Recorded one kill and two block assists in her two appearances.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Salon Lukio in Salon, Finland... Played club volleyball for Raahen Lentopallo (2014-19) and most recently, LP Viesti... Was an all-star honoree at the Finnish Junior Championships in 2017 and 2018, leading her team to a second-place finish those seasons... Helped LP Viesti to a second-place finish in the 2019 Finnish Cup... Was also an accomplished high jumper... Took first in the Finnish-Swedish National Match in 2018, and medaled at the Finnish Junior Championships six times in her career, earning four silver and two bronze medals.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Tommi and Teija Mehtola... Oldest of two children... Majoring in sociology... Name is pronounced Ink-uh Meh-toe-la.
