FRESHMAN NOTES: Appeared in all 30 matches and 110 out of a possible 113 games ... ranked fifth on the team with 122 kills from the right side ... collected a career-high 11 kills with a .348 hitting percentage in a win over Butler (Oct. 13) ... hit a career-best .667, posting eight kills without an error in a victory against UIC (Nov. 4) ... notched seven kills without an error and hit .583 at Loyola (Oct. 7) ... tallied a career-high seven blocks in just three games against Drake (Sept. 1)

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned first-team all-Mississippi Valley Conference honors each of her final two seasons and was named to the all-Coulee Region first team as a senior and to the second team as a junior ... helped guide her Sparta High squad to four straight Mississippi Valley Conference championships and a berth in the Division 2 state sectional semifinals her senior year ... played club volleyball for the Sauk County Power ... school's Award of Excellence recipient from the Women's Sports Advocates of Wisconsin ... graduated first in her class

PERSONAL: Daughter of Gary and Alice Kirking ... has two older sisters: Holly and Hannah; one older brother: Justin; and one younger sister: Haylee ... intends to major in communications and Spanish