HONORS AND AWARDS:
All-WCC Second Team — 2024
WCC Defensive Player of the Week — 10/7/24, 11/25/24
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘bronze’ honors – 2022, 2023
Pepperdine Scholar Athlete – 2022, 2023
PEPPERDINE 2024: Capped off her Pepperdine career as an All-WCC Second Team selection in her best collegiate season to date ... Was a two-time WCC Defensive Player of the Week honoree ... Led the team and ranked third in the WCC with 4.02 digs per set ... Tallied 442 digs, 117 assists and 22 service aces ... Finished with double-figure digs in 24 of her 28 matches ... Tied her career-high with 27 digs against San Diego (11/27) ... Was named the WCC Defensive Player of the Week after leading Pepperdine in digs against Saint Mary's and Pacific (11/25) ... Finished with a career-high four aces against Santa Clara (11/14) on Senior Day ... Had her first career double-double with 17 digs and 10 assists against LMU (11/7) ... Earned her first career WCC Defensive Player of the Week award after recording a career-high 27 digs against Washington State (10/6).
PEPPERDINE 2023: Appeared in seven matches and 20 sets during her junior campaign … Recorded 25 digs and 1.25 digs/set.
PEPPERDINE 2022: Appeared in 23 matches and 81 sets for the Waves… Recorded 144 digs, averaging 1.78 per set … Posted 13 digs against Tulsa (8/26) ... Tallied four matches with double-figure digs.
PEPPERDINE 2021: Saw action in 28 matches and 106 sets during her freshman campaign … Posted 189 digs, with 1.78 per set … Recorded 12 digs against both Santa Barbara (9/4) and Pacific (10/7) ... Tallied 18 service aces, with three against San Diego (10/14).
CLUB: Competed for San Gabriel Elite from 2015-17 and again in 2021 … Also played for San Gabriel Elite from 2012-14 and again from 2018-20 … Earned a bronze medal at the Girls Junior National Championships in 2018 and 2019 … Named to the Girls Junior National Championship All-Tournament Team in 2019 … Made the PrepVolleyball 2021 Watch List, the 150 Recruits inn 2021 List and the PrepVolleyball Defensive Dandies List in 2018 and 2019 … Ranked the #1 team in Southern California in 2019 and placed at every tournament … Also competed at the A1 USA High Performance Team in 2015 and 2016.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Viewpoint School in Calabasas, Calif. in 2021 … Lettered four years as a libero under Head Coach Sheldon Sheehy for Viewpoint in the Gold Coast League … Throughout her career, marked 1,167 career digs … Earned Gold Coast All-League first team honors and was Viewpoint School’s MVP in her junior, sophomore and freshman campaigns … Team captain for three seasons … Named Viewpoint School’s Rookie of the Year in 2017 … Also lettered in beach volleyball … Was a member of the Spanish Honors Society … Was a member of the Student Emergency Response Team at Viewpoint which worked to assist the Head of Security during fire, earthquake and lockdown drills. The team is trained to prepare for disasters and threats, fire safety, search and rescue, disaster medical operations, active threat survival, evacuations and much more.
PERSONAL: Majoring in Sport Administration and has career aspirations of being a sports agent … Daughter of Jennifer and George Stanger … Has one sister Shelby … Stated this about why she chose Pepperdine: “I am confident I will never be a part of a community as inclusive as Pepperdine. Both on and off the court, the coaching staff has made me feel like more than just a volleyball player. I love that they see me as a person before they see me as an athlete. I know while attending Pepperdine, I will be accepted as whoever I choose to be and who I will become. As an athlete the team is very supportive, understanding, and kind. I could not imagine a better atmosphere for playing the sport I love and for finding myself.”
FAVORITES: Kobe Bryant (pro athlete) … Pittsburgh Steelers (pro team) … Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (book) … Glory Road, Talladega Nights and The Mighty Ducks (movies) … Last Chance U, How I Met Your Mother (TV show) … Lil’ Baby or Juice Wrld (musical artists) … tacos (food) … basketball and beach volleyball (sports other than volleyball) … family bowling nights, snowboarding, road trips around California, napping, wakeboarding and camping (hobbies and pastimes).
