Biography
AWARDS/HONORS
• PSAC Southwest Athlete of the Week (9.17.19)
• Vulcan Invitational All-Tournament Team – 2019
• Franklin Pierce Invitational All-Tournament Team – 2018
• D2ADA Academic Achievement Award – 2019, 2020, 2021
• PSAC Scholar-Athlete – 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Cal U AD Honor Roll – Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
2021 I SENIOR
Appeared in 74 sets in 22 matches as a reserve … averaged 4.58 assists, 1.80 digs and 0.35 service aces per set … recorded four assist/dig double-doubles … set a season high with 29 assists and added 10 digs and four service aces in three sets against Alderson Broaddus … posted 23 assists, 11 digs, two service aces and three blocks in three sets versus Lake Erie … collected 18 assists, 11 digs and two service aces in four sets at Fairmont State … tallied 19 assists and 12 digs in four sets against Frostburg State … finished with 18 assists, nine digs and three service aces in four sets at Slippery Rock … registered 22 assists, seven digs and three service aces in five sets at Pitt-Johnstown … totaled 22 assists, seven digs and two service aces in four sets at IUP … posted 22 assists and eight digs in four sets versus Edinboro … finished with 15 assists and four service aces in three sets against Seton Hill … collected 20 assists and five digs in four sets versus IUP … tallied 20 assists and eight digs in three sets at Mercyhurst … earned D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2021-22) … received PSAC Scholar-Athlete status (2021-22) … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
2020 I JUNIOR
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … received D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2020-21) … earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors (2020-21) … member of AD Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
2019 I SOPHOMORE
Appeared in 106 sets while playing all 27 matches … averaged 8.46 assists, 2.58 digs and 0.41 service aces per set … ranked 10th in PSAC in both assists per set and 897 total assists … finished second on team in services aces per set and fourth in digs per set … recorded 15 assist/dig double-doubles … notched at least 40 assists in 11 matches … named PSAC Southwest Athlete of the Week (Sept. 17) … chosen to Vulcan Invitational All-Tournament Team … posted 41 assists and 11 digs in five sets against Fairmont State … tallied 19 assists and 12 digs in three sets versus Notre Dame (Ohio) … collected 40 assists, 14 digs and three kills in five sets against Felician … registered 41 assists, 17 digs and three kills in four sets versus Davis & Elkins … finished with 26 kills, 10 digs, three kills, three service aces and two blocks in three sets against Daemen … posted 38 assists, 16 digs, three kills and two service aces in four sets versus West Liberty … recorded 41 assists, 16 digs and three service aces in four sets against Lake Erie … set a season high with 52 assists and added 11 digs, four kills and two service aces in five sets versus Millersville … collected 44 assists, 11 digs and three kills in five sets against West Chester … finished with 25 assists, 18 digs and three service aces in four sets at Shepherd … totaled 26 assists, seven digs and three blocks in four sets versus Bloomsburg … notched a career-high 20 digs and added 44 assists, two service aces and two blocks in five sets at Kutztown … posted 43 assists, 12 digs and three service aces in five sets at Pitt-Johnstown … registered 49 assists, 13 digs and two service aces in five sets at IUP … finished with 46 assists, 14 digs, three service aces and two blocks at Mercyhurst … set a career high with five kills and added 31 assists in three sets at Edinboro … totaled 40 assists, eight digs, three service aces and three blocks in five sets against Seton Hill … collected 26 assists, 13 digs and three service aces in four sets versus IUP … earned D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2019-20) … received PSAC Scholar-Athlete laurels (2019-20) … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
2018 I FRESHMAN
Appeared in all 121 sets in 33 matches … finished with 9.95 assists and 2.50 digs per set … paced the team and ranked third in the PSAC with 1,204 total assists … finished first on the team and sixth in the conference in assists per set … tied for first on the team and tied for sixth in the league with 46 service aces … tied for first on the team and tied for eighth in the PSAC with 0.38 aces per set … tied for the team lead in sets played … finished fifth on the team with 302 total digs … ranked sixth on the team with 106.5 points … recorded 13 assist/dig double-doubles … collected at least 40 assists in 16 matches … earned Franklin Pierce All-Tournament Team honors … set a season high with 19 digs, plus 41 assists and three aces in four sets versus Texas A&M International … tallied 44 assists and nine digs in four sets against Wilmington (Del.) … contributed 35 assists, 10 digs and two aces in four sets versus New Haven (Conn.) … registered 46 assists, six digs and two aces in five sets against West Virginia Wesleyan … posted 44 assists, 16 digs, two aces and two blocks in four sets versus Notre Dame (Ohio) … notched 42 assists, five digs, two aces and two blocks in four sets against Southern New Hampshire … finished with a career-high four blocks, plus 27 assists, six digs and three aces in three sets versus West Virginia Wesleyan … recorded 29 assists and 11 digs in three sets against Nebraska-Kearney … collected 35 assists, 14 digs and two aces in three sets versus Lock Haven … tallied 42 assists, 15 digs and two aces in four sets against Bloomsburg … contributed 50 assists, nine digs and two aces in five sets at Pitt-Johnstown … registered 25 assists and 10 digs in three sets at Shippensburg … set a season high with four kills, plus 32 assists, four digs and three blocks in three sets versus Edinboro … posted 33 assists and nine digs in three sets against Slippery Rock … notched 31 assists and six digs in three sets at Gannon … set a career high with six aces and added 35 assists, seven digs and two blocks in three sets at Mercyhurst … finished with 37 assists and eight digs in four sets at Clarion … recorded 53 assists and 12 digs in five sets at IUP … collected 43 assists and nine digs in three sets versus Millersville … collected 41 assists and six digs in four sets against West Chester … tallied 43 assists and 13 digs in four sets at East Stroudsburg … contributed 32 assists, seven digs and two aces in four sets at Kutztown … registered 40 assists and 11 digs in four sets versus Seton Hill … posted 44 assists and seven digs in three sets against IUP … notched 45 assists, 14 digs and three blocks in four sets versus Clarion … set a career high with 54 assists and added 16 digs in five sets at Pitt-Johnstown in the quarterfinals of PSAC Tournament … finished with 22 assists, five digs and four aces in three sets at Gannon in the semifinals of PSAC Tournament … recorded 40 assists, 12 digs and two blocks in four sets against Seton Hill in the first round of NCAA Tournament … earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors (2018-19) … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Jackson under head coach Jeff Walck … three-year letter winner … named second-team all-state as a senior … also received first-team all-district, first-team all-league and all-county status as a senior … member of region and district championship and state semifinalist team in 2017 … earned second-team all-district, second-team federal league, recipient of Captain’s Award, member of region runner-up and district championship as a junior … member of region and district championship and state semifinalist team as a sophomore … earned Summa Cum Laude status … member of National Honor Society … involved in Student Council and Stark County Humane Society
PERSONAL
Daughter of Andy and Maria Benson … has two brothers … played club volleyball for NOVA Juniors … majoring in business administration (management information systems) with a minor in political science
