As a Freshman (2005 Season): Appeared in all but one game in her first collegiate season, starting 27 of the team’s 29 matches...Led the team in total blocks with 95...Tallied 73 block assists which ranks fifth on the school’s all-time single season list and ranks fifth on the block solo list with 22...Had 95 total blocks to rank fifth on the all-time single-season list...Her 0.83 blocks per game average ranks seventh on the single-season list...With just one season under her belt, she ranks fifth on the all-time block solo career list as well as eight on the block assist list...Ranks eight on the career total block list...Her 0.83 blocks per game ranks second on the all-time career list...In the last match of the season, tallied seven block assists against Texas-Pan American and had at least five in three other matches...Recorded at least one block assist in all but five matches...Had 166 kills on the year, with a season-high 12 against North Carolina A&T in the second match of her career...Notched double-digit kills in three matches with 11 against Radford and Providence.

High School: Played at Calhoun High School for three seasons under coach Diana Durham...As a sophomore, she was academic all-district and was named first team all-district as well as all-area honorable mention...As a junior, was the offensive player-of-the-year in the district as well as first-team all-area and all-state to go along with first-team all-academic honors...Was named the offensive player-of-the-year in her district...As a senior, led her team to a 31-7 record en route to the school’s first-ever area title...Collected 733 kills to go along with 410 digs and 291 blocks...Also lettered in cross country, basketball and track four times...Four-year regional qualifier in cross country...School recordholder in the high jump at 5-6.

Personal: Born July 16, 1987 in Port Lavaca and is the daughter of Iris and Vernon Thigpen of Port Lavaca...Nursing major.