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Honors & Awards:
•Academic All-NSIC (2023)
•All-NSIC Second Team (2023)
•CoSIDA Academic All-District (2022)
•Academic All-NSIC (2022)
•All-NSIC Second Team (2022)
•Academic All-NSIC (2021)
•Academic All-NSIC (2020)
2023: Academic All-NSIC ... All-NSIC Second Team ... appeared in 104 sets in 30 matches with 30 starts ... finished with team-best 1080 assists ... averaged 10.38 assists per set ... recorded 114 kills ... collected 322 digs ... recorded a season-high 52 assists against Wayne State (9/23) ... had a career-high 19 digs against Minnesota Duluth (11/2).
2022: Academic All-NSIC ... CoSIDA Academic All-District … All-NSIC Second Team ... appeared in 108 sets in 29 matches with 28 starts ... finished with a team-best 1154 assists ... averaged 10.69 assists per set ... recorded 121 kills … collected 212 digs … had a career-high 62 assists against Missouri Western (9/2) ... recorded a season-high 17 digs against Sioux Falls (10/25).
2021: Academic All-NSIC … Appeared in 27 matches with 16 starts ... played in 89 sets ... finished with a team-best 707 assists ... averaged 7.94 assists per set ... recorded 59 kills … finished fourth on the team with 169 digs … had a season-high 47 assists against Colorado Mesa (9/3), Fort Hays State (9/10), and Bemidji State (9/17) ... recorded a season-high 15 digs against Northern State (10/2).
2020: Academic All-NSIC ... season canceled.
2019: Appeared in 24 matches with eight starts ... played in 80 sets ... finished with a team second-best 538 assists ... averaged 6.72 assists per set ... had a season-high 49 assists versus Northern State (11/8) ... recorded a season-high 17 digs versus Tarleton State (9/13).
High School: 2019 graduate of Janesville HS ... played for coach Shelly Sorensen ... four-year letter winner ... racked up 2,182 assists, 797 digs, 616 kills and 103 blocks in her career ... earned first team all-state honors three straight seasons ... as a senior, dished out 588 assists, added 357 kills and recorded 271 digs in leading Janesville to its fourth straight Class A state championship ... closed her career earning all-district honors three times, twice was named first team all-conference and was selected to play in the IGCA Senior All-Star match ... Academic All-State honoree in both volleyball and basketball ... three-year letter winner in basketball and played in the IGCA Senior All-Star game ... also a multi-year letter winner in track & field.
Personal: Born March 2, 2001 ... daughter of Todd Bengen and Dawn Pollastrini ... earned biology degree from SMSU in 2023... now studying Masters of Business Administration/Healthcare Admin.
