2023 Women's Track & Field Roster
Biography
CAREER STATS
2022-23 (Senior)
- Appeared in 26 of the 28 matches and 90 of the 105 sets played during her final volleyball season
- Led the front row with a career-best 20 solo blocks
- Ranked fifth on the squad with 105 kills
- Registered a third-best 50 block assists and 70 total blocksÂ
- Produced a .245 attack percentage with 40 errors in 265 attempts
- Connected on a career-high 13 kills against Tiffin in a Great Midwest Athletic Conference match
- Produced nine kills in matches against Northern Michigan and G-MAC foe Ashland
- Tallied a season-high six total blocks at G-MAC opponent Kentucky Wesleyan and versus Rockhurst at the Midwest Region Crossover in Hammond, Indiana
2021-22 (Junior)
- Earned a runner-up finish with a 5-3.75 high jump performance as CU won their fourth straight NCCAA Indoor National Championship
- Won the high jump event with a career-best 5.65 outing at the Wittenberg Indoor Invitational
- Produced a career-best outdoor high jump effort of 5-7 to place second at the Jesse Owens Classic in Columbus, Ohio
- Registered an outdoor season-best long jump performance of 16-2.5 at the Otterbein Twilight Invitational
- NCCAA Indoor Track & Field All-American
- Appeared in 20 of the 23 volleyball matches on the schedule
- Played in 64 of the 86 sets during the campaign
- Registered 51 kills and a second-best 67 total blocks
- Ranked second with 12 solo blocks
- Produced a season-high eight kills in an early-season five-set match at Indianapolis
- Tallied a new career-high of eight total blocks versus Davenport at the Midwest Region Crossover in Hammond, Indiana
2020-21 (Sophomore)
- Placed eighth in the high jump with 5-3 effort at the G-MAC Indoor Championships in Cedarville’s Doden Field House
- Produced a seventh-place finish at the G-MAC Outdoor Championships in Owensboro, Kentucky with a 5-4.25 performance in the high jump
- A season-best leap of 16-10.5 in the long jump was good for sixth-place at the Yellow Jacket Outdoor Open
- G-MAC Academic Team
- Appeared in all 13 matches and 40 of 48 sets played during the pandemic-shortened volleyball campaign
- Lone double figure kills effort was a career-high 12 in a five-set G-MAC victory at Ursuline
- Registered a career-best .458 attack percentage versus Ursuline (12 kills/1 error/24 attempts)
- Recorded a career-high of seven blocks at Ursuline and at league opponent AVCA #19 Tiffin
- Ranked first with 42 total blocks and fifth with 54 kills
- Topped the squad with 37 block assists
- G-MAC Academic Team
2019-20 (Freshman)
- Captured the 2020 NCCAA Indoor Track & Field High Jump title (5-3.75) as CU won it’s third consecutive national championship banner
- Won the high jump event at the Cedarville Collegiate Indoor Invitational with a season-best 5-5 effort
- A 5-3.75 high jump performance garnered a first-place finish at the Youngstown State Indoor Invitational
- NCCAA Indoor Track & Field All-American
- Appeared in 20 matches and 54 sets during rookie volleyball campaign
- Totaled 36 kills while ranking fifth with 29 total blocks
- Tallied a season-best five kills in four-set victory at G-MAC opponent Ohio Dominican
- Posted season-high four digs and six total blocks in a league win against visiting Trevecca
High School
- Produced a successful four-year track & field career at Arlington High School
- Placed sixth in the high jump at the 2019 state track & field championships
- School record holder in the high jump with a 5-6 effort
- Four-time regional qualifier in the long jump
- As a senior, earned team’s Most Valuable Player award while tallying 320 individual points
- Four-year volleyball letter winner
- Helped lead team to a 2018 district championship and a regional appearance for the second time in school history
- Earned all-state honorable mention while pacing the team in kills and blocks as a senior
- All-district and all-conference first team selection in final prep season
- Garnered all-conference first team honors and all-district second team recognition while leading team in kills and blocks during junior campaign
- Two-year letter winner in basketball
- National Honor Society student
Personal
- Nursing major
- Born October 7, 2000 in Findlay, Ohio
- Daughter of Thomas and Anita Willow
- Father played basketball, mother played volleyball and basketball at Pillsbury Bible College
- Older sister, Alyssa, was a two-year member of the volleyball program at Grace College
- Older brother, Nathan, was a two-year member of the track & field team at Bluffton University
- Older sister, Lauren, was a five-year member of the CU volleyball and track & field teams
- Has a younger sister and a younger brother
Historical Player Information
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2020Freshman
High Jump
5'11"
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2021Sophomore
High Jump
5'11"
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2022Junior
High Jump
5'11"
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2023Senior
High Jump
5'11"
