2018: Appeared in 25 matches, making 22 starts, as a senior… Notched 100 kills (1.15 per set) at a .195 clip while leading the squad with 83 blocks (six solo)… Finishes her career fifth all-time with 217 block assists, ninth with an 0.79 blocks per set average, and 10
th with 238 total blocks over an even 90 appearances and 300 sets played… Made her season debut against Eastern Michigan with three kills and a pair of blocks, one solo (8/24)… Helped the Rams to their first win of the season with six kills and six blocks against Central Connecticut State the next day, adding four kills with no errors and six more blocks in the second game against St. John’s (8/25)… Totaled eight kills, four blocks, three digs, and an assist in a loss to Marist (8/31)… Blocked five shots to go with two aces and two kills in a win over St. Francis Brooklyn (9/15)… Tallied a season-high 10 kills with no errors on 20 attempts to go with four blocks against La Salle (9/30)… Notched seven kills and two blocks in three sets at Dayton (10/12)… Posted eight more kills with five blocks at Saint Louis (10/14)… Recorded six kills, four digs, three blocks, an ace, and an assist against Davidson (10/19)… Notched five kills and six blocks at La Salle (10/26)… Closed out her career with a combined 15 kills, 11 blocks (two solo), six digs, and two aces against George Washington and George Mason (11/9-10)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2017: Appeared in 24 matches, starting 23, as a junior... Finished four on the team with 124 kills and led the squad with 59 blocks... Tallied a season-high 11 kills against Saint Peter's, hitting .625, with four blocks (9/5)... Hit .563 with nine kills in a win at Grand Canyon, adding five blocks (9/8)... Notched six kills and two blocks against Gonzaga (9/9)... In a win over LIU Brooklyn, smacked six kills (.417) with three digs and two blocks, one solo (9/16)... Recorded seven kills, five blocks, and two digs against Dayton (10/6)... Tallied nine kills on 20 attacks (.350) with two blocks in five sets against Saint Louis (10/7)... Went off for 10 kills and a season-high seven blocks, one solo, in a five-set win over Davidson (10/22)... Enjoyed seven kills, three digs, two aces, and a block against Rhode Island (10/27)... Finished her junior campaign with eight kills, four digs, two blocks, one solo, and an assist at Rhode Island (11/10)... Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2016: Appeared in 10 matches as a sophomore due to injury… Made her season debut against St. Francis Brooklyn, tallying two kills in three attempts, with a solo block and assist (9/2)… Notched three kills in win over Quinnipiac (9/3)… Tallied a solo block and three assists, plus three kills at Northeastern (9/9)… Matched career-high with 11 kills (.600) against Saint Peter’s (9/14)… Played season-high four sets against Hartford, notching four kills and three block assists (9/16).
2015: One of five Rams to appear in all 31 matches and one of three freshmen to do so... Led the team in total blocks with 82 (0.80/set), while ranking second in service aces (26) and third in kills (145 - 1.42/set), while hitting .219 for the season... Reached double-digit kills on three occasions... Recorded six kills and eight total blocks in her Ram debut against Presbyterian (8/28)... Served a season-high four service aces, to go with four digs and two blocks in the home-opening win over St. Francis Brooklyn (9/2)... Recorded a season-high seven digs to go with six kills, five blocks and three service aces in a win at Manhattan (9/8)... Smashed a then season-high nine kills to go along with three service aces and six total blocks against Morgan State (9/12)... Recorded a season-best 11 kills and added five digs and three blocks in a victory at Saint Francis (Pa.) (9/18)... Added 10 more kills against Coppin State (9/19)... Posted team-highs of 10 kills and two blocks versus Stony Brook (9/22)... Finished with eight kills and a team-high three blocks against Davidson (9/25)... Added eight kills, three blocks and two service aces in a win over VCU (9/27)... Compiled eight kills and five blocks against Duquesne (10/9)... Produced six kills and five blocks in a five-set victory over La Salle (10/10)... Had six kills and seven digs versus Rhode Island (11/7)... Notched seven kills and six blocks at VCU (11/14)... Notched five kills and four blocks in the season finale at Davidson (11/15).
Before Fordham: Played four years of varsity volleyball at Highland High School... Named First Team All-Mississippi Valley Conference as a senior after earning Second Team honors at the conclusion of her sophomore and junior campaigns... Was team captain and MVP in her senior season and garnered Second Team All-Area honors while being selected to the all-tournament teams at Granite City (MVP), O'Fallon and Highland... Selected Honorable Mention All-Area and to the O'Fallon All-Tournament Team as a sophomore and junior coupled with a first appearance on the Highland All-Tournament Team as a junior... Helped Highland to a 28-5 school-record mark, a Mississippi Valley Conference championship, and a regional title as a freshman and a second conference championship as a sophomore... Also a standout in basketball, having played varsity all four years... Graduated as the fourth-highest scorer in school history with 1,211 points... Named a three-time First Team All-Mississippi Valley performer... Two-time IBCA 3A/4A Honorable Mention All-State, two-time All-Area and two-time Mississippi Valley MVP as a junior and senior... Played club volleyball for H2 Saint Louis and helped the team to a U17 third-place finish at the Kansas City Qualifier... Four-year member of the honor roll and a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society... 2014-15 and 2015-16 Illinois State Scholar and a Youth Leadership Award recipient.
Major: Communications & Culture.
Personal: Daughter of Joe and Staci LaPorta... Has three younger siblings, Alex, Sam and Bella.
| SEASON HIGHS |
| Kills: 10, vs. La Salle (9/30/18) |
| Assists: 1, 3x, last vs. Davidson (10/19/18) |
| Digs: 5, vs. La Salle (9/30/18) |
| Service Aces: 2, 2x, last vs. George Mason (11/10/18) |
| Blocks: 6, 4x, last vs. George Washington (11/9/18) |
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Kills: 11, 3x, last vs. Saint Peter's (9/5/17) |
| Assists: 3, vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (9/2/15) |
| Digs: 7, 2x, last vs. Rhode Island (11/7/15) |
| Service Aces: 4, vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (9/2/15) |
| Blocks: 8, vs. Presbyterian (8/28/15) |
