Drake University Athletics

Senior Year (2024): MVC Scholar-Athlete Third Team selection...Started in all 17 games she appeared in…Scored one goal and added one assist…Part of a Bulldogs backline that produced four shutouts.

Junior Year (2023): Made 19 appearances and started 10…played the full 90 in 9 of them…put three shots on goal and scored once in the win over Wisconsin-Parkside.

Sophomore Year (2022): All-MVC Third Team... started 13 games… appeared in all 19 games… scored a goal against South Dakota.

Freshman Year (2021): Played in 20 games, starting in 11 for a total of 944 minutes… had two total shots with one shot on goal.

High School: Played for Park Hill High School ... team captain final two seasons ... earned second-team all-district honors her senior year ... junior year canceled due to global COVID-19 pandemic ... led the team in goals as a sophomore ... awarded all-conference and all-district honors as a sophomore ... selected to the Elite 11 of Western Missouri sophomore year ... member of the KC Athletics Academy Elite ECNL ... helped the club win the 2017 Missouri State Cup Championship.

Personal: Born March, 2003 ... daughter of Darren and Erin Mertz ... has two brothers, Grant and Garrison ... plans on majoring in health sciences ... chose Drake after visited campus, met with coaching staff and players and decided Drake offers many opportunities in soccer and outside of it.