RECORDS: Is tied for ninth on the USU career block assists record list with 290… Ranks 10th on the total blocks career record list with 317.
HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2017, 2018, 2019); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2017, 2018, 2019).
2020 (SR): Played in all 15 matches… One of four players to appear in all 58 sets of the season… Averaged 2.26 kills per set, recording 131 total kills on the year… Had double-digit kills in five matches, including a season-best 15 against Air Force (March 19)… Hit .147 (131-72-402) on the season, including a season-best .313 (15-5-32) against the Falcons… Tallied 43 blocks, recording a season-high five in two matches… Added 32 digs, four assists and two service aces... Was named a Joe E. & Elma Whitesides Scholar Athlete.
2019 (JR): One of three players to appear in all 30 matches... Played in all but one set during the season... Saw time as a middle blocker and an opposite side hitter... Led the team with 1.19 blocks per set, tallying 126 on the season... Had a career-best 13 blocks against San Diego State (Nov. 21)... Led the team with 169 kills, averaging 1.59 per set... Tallied a season-high 11 kills in two matches... Recorded five or more kills 21 times during the year... Hit .149 (169-89-536) on the season... Added 45 digs and six assists... Had three service aces... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors and was a MW Scholar-Athlete... Was also named a Joe E. & Elma Whitesides Scholar Athlete.
2018 (SO): Appeared in all 29 matches, playing in all but two sets... Led the Aggies with 282 kills, averaging 2.56 per set... Recorded a career-high 19 kills at Nevada (9/29)... Finished the season with 75 blocks, averaging 0.68 per set... Recorded a season-high six blocks against Air Force (10/18) and Milwaukee (9/8)... Tallied 49 digs on the year, including a season-high five against Boise State (10/16) and at Nevada (9/29)... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors and was a MW Scholar-Athlete... Was also named a Joe E. & Elma Whitesides Scholar Athlete.
SUMMER 2018: Member of the Mountain West All-Star team that competed in the Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia, finishing second.
2017 (FR): Appeared in 26 matches with 17 starts, playing in 75 sets... Recorded 91 kills during the year, averaging 1.21 per set... Tallied a season-high nine kills against Nevada (11/16) and Fresno State (9/23)... Finished third on the team with 73 blocks, averaging 0.97 per set... Logged a season-high seven blocks at Air Force (10/12) and at UNLV (9/28)... Finished the year with 52 digs, recording a season-high six at UNLV (9/28)... Finished the year with 15 service aces, including a career-high five against Air Force (11/11), the highest single-match performance by an Aggie during the 2017 campaign... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors and was a MW Scholar-Athlete... Was also named a Joe E. & Elma Whitesides Scholar Athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas... Named an honorable mention All-American as a senior... Also earned special mention All-American honors from prepvolleyball.com... Was a two-time first-team all-district recipient... Helped Lovejoy HS to a state title during her sophomore year, earning Newcomer of the Year honors... Was a four-year academic all-state honoree... Led her club team, Texas Advantage Volleyball, to a pair of national championships with a U16 title in 2015 and a U17 title in 2016.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Todd and Christine Downing... One of seven children... Graduated in May, 2021, with a degree in health education and promotion.
