2014 at Gardner-Webb: NCCSIA All-State First Team ... Big South Defensive Player of the Week (Sep. 22) ... Played in all 123 sets ... Led the team and ranked second in the Big South with 614 digs ... Ranked third in the Big South and 22nd in the nation in digs per set (4.99) ... Led the team in service aces (30) ... Second in assists (103) ... Posted 20 or more digs 13 times ... Recorded double digits in digs in all but four matches ... Tallied 30 or more digs in three matches ...Posted two or more service aces in five matches ... Recorded 23 digs against Jacksonville (Aug. 30) ... Posted 30 digs in the home opener against Appalachian State (Sep. 2) ... Tallied 29 digs and dished out a season-high 10 assists at Furman (Sep. 8) ... Recorded at least 20 digs in three straight matches against Charlotte (Sep. 16), USC Upstate (Sep. 19) and Tennessee Tech (Sep. 20) ... Season-high 32 digs in a five-set win over Charlotte (Sep. 16) ... Registered 26 digs in a 3-0 win over USC Upstate (Sep. 19) ... Tallied 30 digs against Tennessee Tech (Sep. 20) ... Posted a career-high six service aces against North Carolina A&T (Sep. 21) ... Totaled 25 digs in a five-set win over UNC Asheville (Sep. 26) ... Recorded 24 digs at Winthrop (Oct. 11) ... Tallied 26 digs at UNC Asheville (Oct. 17) ... Posted at least 22 digs in three straight matches at Radford (Nov. 14), Liberty (Nov. 15) and Coastal Carolina (Nov. 20) to end the season.
2013 at Gardner-Webb: Back-to-back Big South Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 7 and 14) … Played in all 124 sets … Led the team and ranked fourth in the Big South with 660 digs … Ranked fifth in the league with an average of 5.41 digs per set … Fifth on the team with 19 service aces … Was second on the team with 69 assists … Posted 20 or more digs 16 times … Recorded double digit digs in all but two matches … Tallied 30 or more digs three times … Posted two or more service aces in four different matches … Tallied 26 digs in a 3-1 win over William & Mary … Back-to-back 20-dig performances against Western Carolina and Elon … Posted 27 digs in a 3-1 win over North Carolina Central … Season-high three service aces in a sweep of Brevard … Recorded 23 and 27 digs in a pair of road victories at Liberty and Radford to earn Big South Defensive Player of the Week honors … Tallied a season-high 38 digs in a 3-2 win over Presbyterian … Posted back-to-back 30-dig performances against North Carolina A&T and UNC Asheville … Recorded 31 digs in the 3-1 win over North Carolina A&T … Equaled her season-high with 38 digs against UNC Asheville … Tallied 28 digs in the 3-1 win over Campbell.
2012 at Gardner-Webb: Was named to the Active Ankle Challenge All-Tournament Team and the Samford Bulldog Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Earned a spot on the 2012-13 Big South Presidential Honor Roll … Played in all 111 sets as a true freshman … Suited up for the Runnin’ Bulldogs at the libero spot for most of the season … Led the team and was tied for fifth in the Big South with 427 digs … Was also fifth in the league with an average of 3.85 digs per set … Second on the team with 22 service aces … Was also second on the team with 51 assists … Also recorded two kills … Posted 20 digs or more twice … Recorded double digit digs in 24 different matches … Posted two or more service aces in six different matches … Tallied a season-high 23 digs in the 3-1 home win over USC Upstate … Also posted 22 digs in the home loss to UM-Kansas City at the GWU Runnin’ Bulldog Classic … Picked up 18 digs versus VCU, at home against N.C. Central, against Coastal Carolina and on the road at Radford … Recorded a season-high three aces in the win over North Carolina A&T.
High School: Attended and played at West High School under head coach Kathy Bresnahan in Iowa City, Iowa ... Was named to the First-Team All-Conference Team and the First-Team All-District Team her senior season ... Helped to guide her West High School team to their second straight State Championship in 2011, as her team was ranked No. 1 overall in the state of Iowa by MaxPreps ... Was selected to the Tri-State (Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa) All-Star Game for the Iowa Team during her senior season ... Named to the All-State Second-Team as a senior in 2011 ... Was the Team Captain during her senior year ... Also a key member of the 2009 State Runner-Up team as a sophomore ... Was a member of the Iowa Rockets 17R Club Team that placed third at the USAV Junior National Championships in 2011 ... Also a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born October 19, 1993 in Krasnodar, Russia ... Daughter of Frederick Stern and Natasha Pashkova ... Majoring in Exercise Science.
