Drake University Athletics

Junior Year (2009): Played in all 34 matches, started in 33 ... led the team with 319 kills and 2.59 kills per set ... ranked 15th in the Valley in kills, 13th in conference matches ...  passed Brandy Ossian (1993-96) for second on the all-time Drake kills list with 1,179 ... led Drake with 960 total attempts ... third in team history with 3,342 career attempts ... MVC Scholar-Athlete first team honoree ... ended 31 of 34 matches with a positive attack percentage ... tallied a season-high 40 total attempts against Northern Colorado and Illinois State ... registered double-digit kills in 15 games, with the team going 12-3 in such contests.

Sophomore Year (2008): Led the team with 397 total kills and 3.31 kills per game … started all 32 matches … second on the team with 26 service aces (0.22/game) and fourth with 239 digs (1.99/game) … named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete first team … ranked sixth in the MVC in kills per game, 10th in points per game (3.46), 15th in service aces per game …  ranked seventh in kills per game (3.18) in conference-only matches … recorded a season-high 23 kills against Southern Illinois, the fourth-best season mark in the MVC … recorded seven double-doubles in kills and digs … had a career-high six block assists against UMKC … had 14 kills, 14 digs and four service aces against Western Illinois ... 397 kills ranks sixth all time in single-season kills.

Freshman Year (2007): Turned in one of the most dominating single-season performances in school history, averaging team highs in kills (463), kills per game (4.13), total attacks (1,265), service aces (37) and aces per game (0.33) in appearing in all 30 matches, including making 23 starts ... set a single-season school record in kills, while ranking second in total attacks and came up one ace shy of cracking the Bulldogs’ single-season top-10 list ... named to the All-MVC freshman squad ... finished third in the MVC in kills (4.13) and points (4.62) and seventh in aces (0.33) ... in league-only affairs, ranked second in kills (4.59) and points (5.01) and fifth in aces (0.38) ... surpassed double-figures in kills on 24 occasions and was the only player in the MVC to net 30 or more kills in a contest during the 2007 season, accomplishing this with 30 versus Iowa and a career-high 33 against Bradley ... recorded three of the top five single-match point efforts in the league ... registered a career-best five aces against Bradley ... had seven double-doubles, including her first with an 18-kill, 11-dig effort against Creighton (Sept. 11) ... notched a career-high 16 digs versus Evansville (Nov. 2).

Prep: Guided Marion High School to a 39-12 mark, including a berth in the state semifinals as a senior ... her 2,135 kills ranked seventh in the National Federation of State High School Association career record book at the time of her graduation ... a first team all-state selection as a junior and an all-elite honoree as a senior, she was a Wendy’s High School Heisman Award Finalist in Iowa and holds school records for career aces (334), blocks (412) and digs (700) ... ranked among top 10 academically at Marion High School and was member of National Honor Society and four-year academic letterwinner ... two-year President’s Student Service Award for volunteering.

Personal: Born Sept. 11, 1989 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa ... secondary education major ... daughter of Jim and Diane Bys ... has one brother: Greg (17) ... awarded the 2008-09 and 2009-10 MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award.

CAREER HIGHS
Kills - 33 vs. Bradley (10/20/07)
Attempts - 80 vs. Evansville (11/2/07)
Attack Percentage - .562 vs. Kent State (8/28/09)
Assists - 3 (Three Times)
Digs - 16 vs. Evansville (11/2/07)
Aces - 5 vs. Bradley (10/20/07)
Solo Blocks - 2 (Two Times)
Block Assists - 6 at UMKC (10/29/08)