The junior was previously named to C-USA's First Team
R-Junior (2011) Named the Memphis Invitational Most Valuable Player after leading the Tigers to four-straight victories...Averaged 4.27 kills per set, including hitting .630 against SEMO en route to leading the Tigers to their 800th program win...Credited with a .383 hitting efficiency (64K, 13E, 133TA) during the Memphis Invitational...Also tabbed C-USA Offensive Player of the Week...Recorded new season high of 27 kills in 3-1 loss to Columbia...Hit .526 in a 3-0 victory over Providence...Recorded 41 kills in three matches during the Saluki Invitational en route to helping Memphis to the tournament title...Named Spartan Spiketacular MVP after leading Memphis to three-straight victories...Totaled 39 kills in 10 sets during the tournament, including her 1000th career kill against Howard...Registered 14 kills in 3-0 win over Marshall...Set season high with four blocks in 3-0 win over ECU...Tallied 15 kills and career high eight digs in a 3-0 victory over Tulane...Also set season high with two service aces against the Green Wave...Downed 25 kills in a 3-2 loss to UTEP, tied career-high with five aces in 3-1 loss to UTEP...Recorded a career-high 30 kills in win over SMU...Recorded first career double-double of 13 kills and 11 digs against Houston...Recorded first career double-double with 20 kills and 10 digs vs. SMU...Moved into the top-10 all time on the career kills list with 1,350 kills...Finished the season with 532 kills, tied for the fourth most in a single season...Had 1,249 attempts in 2011, the sixth most in a single season...Named member of All Conference USA First Team...COBRA Magazine All-Southeast Region Performer...AVCA Honorable Mention All-America...Conference USA All-Academic Team
R-Sophomore (2010) 2010 AVCA All-Midwest Region...COBRA Magazine All-Southwest Region Performer...First Team All-Conference USA...2010 C-USA All-Academic Team...Tw0-time C-USA Offensive Player of the Week...Led the Tigers and ranked in the top-10 in C-USA with 483 kills and 525 points...Had 20-plus kills in six different C-USA matches...Ranked 40th nationally with a 3.96 kills per set average...66th in the nation at 4.30 points per set...179th in nation with .305 hitting percentage...Recorded a career-high 29 kills in an Oct. 29 match against Southern Miss...finished with at least 10 kills in 27 of 32 matches...Had the most aces by a single player in a C-USA match during the 2010 campaign, recording five service aces against UTEP on Nov. 21...Started all 32 matches for the Tigers, playing in 122 sets.
Freshman(2009) 2010 COBRA Magazine Preseason Second Team All-National...2010 Preseason All-C-USA...2009 C-USA All-Freshman...2009 COBRA Magazine Second Team All-National...Led Memphis with 335 kills, 357 points and a .282 attack percentage...Second on the club with a 3.10 kills per set average...Just the sixth Tiger freshman to ever reach 300 kills in a season...Finished fourth on Memphis' all-time freshman kills ledger...Played in all 108 sets...Logged 41 digs and 41 total blocks...Hit .289 with a team-best 182 kills in C-USA play...Averaged more than three kills per set against league opponents...Reached double-figures in kills 18 times, including 10 times in C-USA matches...Highlighted her season with a career-best 25 kills and hit .429 vs. UT Martin (10/13/09)...Tallied 20 or more kills three times...Posted 21 kills and hit .581 in a win over East Carolina (11/6/09)...Memphis Invitational All-Tournament...Tiger Invitational All-Tournament.
2008 Redshirted 2008 season
Prior to Memphis
At Hoffman Estates High School
Was a two-sport star at Hoffman Estates...Earned a pair of letters at middle blocker and outside hitter for head coach Dan Hutton...Touches 10'5"...Was a two-time All-Northwest All-Area team selection...Also tabbed an All-Conference performer twice...Slammed a team-high 226 kills and hit .280 in her senior season...Defensively, made 96 digs and added 11 blocks...Also starred on the HEHS track team for two years as a sprinter...Ran the 55, 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes...Also participating in the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400-meter relays...Placed seventh in the long jump at the Illinois State track meet...Named Hoffman Estates High School Female Athlete of the Year.
Personal Daughter of Rose Hawkins and Gerard Hawkins...Played club volleyball for the Sky High Volleyball Club...Has a sister, Simone Hawkins (14)...Double majoring in biology and psychology, with a minor in spanish.
