SMSU Athletics

Honors & Awards:
•CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team (2021)
•AVCA All-America honorable mention (2021)
•AVCA All-Central Region first team (2021)
•CoSIDA Academic All-District (2021)
•Academic All-NSIC (2021)
•All-NSIC First Team (2021)
•CoSIDA Academic All-District (2020)
•Academic All-NSIC (2020)
•All-NSIC First Team (2019)
•CoSIDA Academic All-District (2019)
•Academic All-NSIC (2019)
•Academic All-NSIC (2018)

2021: CoSIDA Academic All-American second team honoree ... AVCA All-America honorable mention … AVCA All-Region first team ... All-NSIC first team … CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree ... Academic All-NSIC … Sports Imports/American Volleyball Coaches Association Division II National Player of the Week (Oct. 26) … appeared in 103 sets and 29 matches with 29 starts ... led the team with 440 kills … recorded a .265 hitting percentage … ranked second on the team with 228 digs … fourth on the team in blocks with 47 … fifth on the team with 27 service aces … recorded eight double-doubles … tied a career high with 26 kills against Concordia-St. Paul (10/23).

2020: Season canceled ... Academic All-NSIC ... CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.

2019: Academic All-NSIC ... named first team All-NSIC ... CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree ... appeared in 103 sets and 28 matches with 27 starts ... led the team in kills with 420 ... averaged 4.08 kills per set .. had a team third-best digs (251) ... finished 68th in the nation in attacks per set (10.23) ... 22nd in kills per set (4.08) ... and 21st in total kills (420) ... earned a season-high 26 kills versus Minnesota Crookston (10/19) with a .545 hitting percentage. 

2018: Academic All-NSIC ... appeared in 111 sets and 31 matches … finished second on the team with 332 kills ... closed the season hitting .270 ... earned a career-high 21 kills vs. Northern State (11/9) … recorded a career-high .455 hitting percentage vs. Minnesota Duluth (10/5) with 10 kills off 22 attacks ... racked up 19 or more kills in 10 matches including final six matches of the season.

2017: Played in 18 matches and appeared in 40 total sets ... had a season-high five kills at Minnesota Duluth (11/3) ... had four kills on five attacks vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/10) ... finished the season with 21 total kills and hit .163 ... recorded 12 digs.

2016: Sat out season as a redshirt.

High School: 2016 graduate of Clark HS ... played for Emily Bastian ... four-year letter winner ... three-time all-conference honoree ... racked up 845 kills, 727 digs, 123 blocks and 172 service aces during her career ... as a senior recorded 370 kills and 276 digs ... was selected to play for the North squad at the South Dakota All-Star match ... also a letter winner in both basketball and track & field ... multiple state track meet qualifier.

Personal: Born May 4, 1998 ... daughter of Jeff and Ruth Young ... pursing MBA degree ... marketing & communications graduate.