2021 – Senior (Game-by-Game)
Named the OVC Setter of the Year...First-ever Redhawk to earn OVC Setter of the Year...Named to the 2021 All-OVC First Team...Ranked fourth in the league during conference play with 10.48 assists per set (671 assists) as the Redhawks hit at a rate of .226 which was second in the OVC...Also notched 70 kills (1.09 kills/set) on a .281 clip with 178 digs during OVC competitions...Overall in 2021, she led the Redhawks with 1,317 assists (10.37 assists/set) and is third on the team with 367 digs...Also was fourth for aces with 26 (0.20 aces/set)...Passed out a career-best 60 assists to complement 21 digs in SEMO's five set victory over Austin Peay (10/28)...Offensively, she has slammed a personal-best eight kills four times in 2021...Awarded OVC Setter of the Week four times in 2021 including the final week of the regular-season with Zoey Beasley (OVC Offensive Player of the Week) and Tara Beilsmith (OVC Defensive Player of the Week)...In the SEMO record books (25-point rally scoring era, 2008 to present), she ranks second for single season assists (1,317 in 2021) and aces (45 in 2019)...In her career, she ranks second with 4,236 assists, third with 122 aces and seventh for digs (1,250).
2020-21 – Junior (Game-by-Game)
Started in all 17 matches at setter…Played in all 59 sets in 2020-21…Named to the 2020-21 All-OVC First-Team…Selected to the 2020-21 OVC Championship All-Tournament Team for the second-straight season…Led the Redhawks with 608 assists (10.31 assists/set), as the Redhawks hit at a pace of .221…In OVC regular-season play, was fourth in the league with 583 assists as SEMO had a hitting clip of .224…Was fourth on the team with 155 digs (2.63 digs/set)…Also was fourth on SEMO with 18 service aces (0.31 aces/set)…Compiled 68 kills (1.15 kills/set, fifth on team) on a .316 hitting clip…Had 19 total blocks (all block assists, 0.32 blocks/set) and posted 95.5 points (fifth on team, 1.62 points/set)…Posted 25 or more assists in every match in 2020-21…Compiled 30 or more assists in 14 matches…Notched nine double-double assists and dig performances…Opened the season with consecutive 30-plus assist matches at Jacksonville State (2/7, 34 and 2/8, 36)…Had a season-high three service aces in the season-opener versus JSU (2/7)…Registered 40 or more assists in the next three contests against Eastern Kentucky (2/14, 40 and 2/14, 46) and at Belmont (2/21, 43)…Posted a season-best 46 assists in the night cap of the doubleheader with EKU (2/14)…Also dished out a season-high matching 46 assists against SIUE (2/28)…Notched a season-high four total blocks (all assists) to complement a double-double outing of 34 assists and 13 digs with three kills (.333) at UT Martin (3/7)…Tallied a career-best eight kills on a .385 clip for 8.5 points against Austin Peay (3/15)…Registered a season-best 14 digs to complement 33 assists and six kills (.400) against Murray State (3/28)…Finished with 25 assists, four kills, three digs and an ace in SEMO’s 2020-21 OVC Championship Semifinal against Jacksonville State (4/1)…Recipient of the 2020-21 Pursuit of Excellence Award at SEMO’s end-of-the-year banquet...Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2020-21 academic year.
2019 – Sophomore (Game-by-Game)
Played in all 129 sets over 34 matches…Started in every match in 2019…Selected to the Second Team All-OVC...Named to the 2019 OVC All-Tournament Team as the Tournament MVP…Named the OVC Setter of the Week on Oct. 7…Led the Redhawks in 2019 and was second in the conference with a career-high 1,207 assists (9.36 assists/set)...Notched double-digit assists in all 34 matches…Posted 20-plus assists nine times, 30-plus assists in 13 matches, 40-plus assists 11 times and surpassed 50-plus assists once in 2019…Finished third on the team with 361 digs…Had 18 double-digit dig matches including two 20-plus dig outings…Was second on the team with 18 double-doubles…Finished second on the team with 45 service aces which ranks second in SEMO all-time history for a single-season (rally scoring era 2008-present)…Also accumulated 118 kills (0.91 kills/set, .289 hitting percentage) and 59 total blocks (five solo, 54 assists) …Registered a season-best 53 assists at Austin Peay (10/4)…Compiled a career-best 25 digs to accompany 39 assists at UT Martin (10/29)…Notched a career-high seven kills vs. Jacksonville (8/31)…Had a personal-best five total blocks in three matches, most recently against Austin Peay (11/7)…Placed a personal-high four service aces against Jacksonville State (11/2)…Paced the team at the OVC Tournament (11/21-23) with 120 assists including 43 and 44 in the First Round against Tennessee Tech (11/21) and Semifinal against Murray State (11/22), respectively…Also had 34 digs, 16 kills, five total blocks, four aces and two double-doubles over the three-day tournament…Recorded 21 assists with seven digs and six kills in SEMO’s 2019 NCAA First Round match at #9 Kentucky (12/6)…Dished out 45 assists against Jacksonville State (11/2) to overcome 2,000 assists (2,311) in her career as a Redhawk…Named to the Redhawks Invitational (9/6-7) and Memphis Beale Street Challenge (9/20-21) All-Tournament Teams as the Tournament MVP...Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2018 – Freshman (Game-by-Game)
Competed in all 112 sets over 30 matches…Started in 29 matches…Led the team with 1,104 assists (fifth in the OVC, 9.86 assists/set) which ranks fourth all-time for a single season during SEMO's rally scoring era…Tied for first with 33 service aces (fourth in the OVC, 0.29 service ace/set)…Compiled three service aces six times in 2019…Totaled a team-best 18 double-doubles including a 57-assist and 21-dig outing at Eastern Illinois (9/28)…Notched double-digit assists in all 30 matches including 20-plus assists in 29 matches, 40-plus assists in 11 and six 50-plus assist matches…Was second on the team with 367 digs…Had 19 double-digit dig matches including three 20-plus dig matches…Finished fifth on SEMO with 36 blocks…Chipped in 86 kills…Registered a season high of 57 assists twice at Western Illinois (9/11, 15 digs) and at Eastern Illinois (9/28)…Tallied a season high 25 digs against Providence (9/8)…Selected OVC Newcomer of the Week (9/17) as she led Southeast with 105 assists as the Redhawks recorded a team-hitting clip of .210 against Western Illinois (9/11) and Northern Illinois (9/12, 48 assists and 17 digs)…Was named to the all-tournament teams at the Troy Invitational (8/24-25) and the Redhawks Invitational (8/31-9/1)…Awarded Howard's Most Valuable Player at the season-ending banquet (3/29/19)...Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Prep/Club
Three-year starter at St. Joseph's Academy where she was coached by Katie Richardson...Earned all-state and all-conference honoree in 2017 as the Angels won the Class 4A Missouri State High School Activities Association Championship...Named to the Under Armour Watch List in 2017...Helped St. Joseph's Academy to a fourth place finish in Class 4A in 2015...Started her high school career at Villa Duchesne and was the only starting freshmen on that Missouri Class 3 State runner-up team in 2014...Played club volleyball for High Performance St. Louis and was coached by Chris Nichols...Qualified for Beach Volleyball Nationals in 2016 and 2017...Finished fourth in the 18 and under division at USA Volleyball Beach Nationals in July of 2017...Recorded a 3.85 grade-point average at St. Joseph's Academy.
Personal
Born on March 15, 2000...Daughter of Randy and Laurie Ochs…Sister, Carly Ochs, was an outside hitter at North Carolina at Charlotte and Missouri-St. Louis...Majoring in Business Administration at SEMO.
