SMU Athletics

HONORS & AWARDS
ACC All-Academic Team (2024)
MVP of Purdue Invitational (2023)
All-Tournament Team of Diet Coke Classic at the University of Minnesota
2023 Reamer Club Xtra Special Premier Tournament MVP
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2021-22)
Dean’s List (2021-22)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2022-23)
Dean’s List (2022-23)
 
2024 (Graduate at SMU)
• Played 119 sets in 33 matches, and record 200 digs and a 24 service aces
• Dished out a career-best 103 assists in her lone season with the Mustangs
• Ranked fourth on the team in total digs and fifth at SMU in digs per set (1.68) in 2024
• Logged seven matches with 10+ digs, including a season-high 15 against Weber State
• Owned three-consecutive 10+ digs outings twice in 2024
 
2023 (Senior at Creighton)
• Played 82 sets in 26 matches, and recorded 99 assists and 20 service aces
• Record a career-best 295 digs, averaging 3.6 per set in her final season at Creighton
• Ranked eighth in the BIG EAST in digs per set
• Owned at least one ace in 12 straight matches from Aug. 26-Sept. 23, tied for the second-longest streak in CU history
• Was program’s first player since 2011 to have 20+ digs in four of team’s first six matches of a season
• Named MVP of the Reamer Club Xtra Special Premier after finishing with 53 digs, 14 assists and two aces in three matches and helping CU to the title (Aug. 27), becoming CU’s first libero to ever be named a Tournament MVP
• Owned 22 digs in 3-0 win at No. 16 Purdue (Aug. 26), then added 23 digs a day later vs. Duke
• Had third straight match of 20+ digs when she had 20 in home opener vs. Ball State (Sept. 1)
• Closed Bluejay Invitational with season-high 25 digs and career-high 10 assists vs. UNI (Sept. 3) for her first career double-double
• Dug 20 balls in 3-0 sweep at Omaha (Sept. 8), then added 18 more digs two days later to knock off unbeaten Iowa State (Sept. 10)
• Named to the Diet Coke Classic All-Tournament Team after 20 digs in victory over No. 9 Minnesota (Sept. 16)

2022 (Junior at Creighton)
• Started 12 of 32 matches, including the final five
• Ranked second on the team with 38 service aces and 454 serve attempts
• Her 0.40 aces per set in league play ranked third in the BIG EAST and her 0.32 aces in all matches were ninth-best in the conference
• Tied career-high with three service aces in road win at Wyoming to clinch Rumble in the Rockies title (Aug. 27)
• Surpassed her career-high with four aces in 3-0 win vs. Northern Iowa (Sept. 3)
• Tied season-high with 11 digs vs. UConn (Nov. 6)
• Had 37 digs in CU’s first 14 matches, then had 112 in the last 18

2021 (Sophomore at Creighton)
• Played in team’s final 30 matches, including one start
• Averaged 1.70 digs, 0.18 assists and 0.06 service aces per set
• Dug three balls in 3-0 win vs. Omaha (Sept. 11)
• Dug a season-high 19 balls at Connecticut (Oct. 16), including 10 in the fourth set when she donned the libero jersey for the first time all fall
• Finished with nine digs and first ace of the season when she made her first career start in 3-0 win at Providence (Oct. 17)

2020 (Freshman at Creighton)
• Served as CU’s libero in 52-of-62 sets and became first freshman to lead the team in digs since 2016
• Eighth in the BIG EAST with 3.85 digs per set
• Her 239 total digs ranked second in the BIG EAST and were tops among freshmen
• Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on March 16
• Dug 22 balls in five-set match vs. South Dakota (Jan. 29)
• Led CU with 17 digs vs. DePaul (March 5), also serving first ace
• Collected 18 digs in 3-0 victory vs. Butler on March 13
• Had season-high 28 digs in five-set win vs. Xavier (March 27)
• Picked up a match-high 17 digs in BIG EAST Tournament debut vs. UConn (April 2)
• Owned match-high 20 digs in BIG EAST finals victory vs. Marquette (April 3) while also serving up a season-high three aces
• CU’s first freshman with consecutive matches of 20 or more digs since 2016
• Owned 27 digs in NCAA Tournament debut vs. Morehead State (April 14), the third-most ever by a Bluejay in the NCAA’s.

High School/Club
• Senior year high school team finished the year ranked 20th nationally in the USA Today Super 25 rankings, going 40-3
• Her junior year team went 34-8 and was ranked 18th nationally, while her sophomore squad was 39-6 and finished 17th in the poll
• As a senior, named First Team All-State and a Second Team Under Armour All-American
• Owns school records for digs in a season (616) and digs in a career (2,048)
• Selected to the Kansas 5A State All-Tournament Team during sophomore, junior and senior seasons
• Had 583 digs (6.3 per set) and named Eastern Kansas League MVP after helping team to Class 5A state runner-up finish as a senior
• The No. 97 Senior Ace per PrepVolleyball.com.
• Averaged 6.0 digs per set, totaling 616 digs to lead her team to a Class 5A state title in 2017 as a sophomore
• Recognized by PrepVolleyball.com as a National Sophomore Player of the Year finalist following the 2017 season and Junior Player of the Year finalist following the 2018 campaign
• Named First Team All-State and First Team All-Eastern Kansas League after both her sophomore and junior seasons, helping team to a state title each campaign
• Named 2018 EKL Libero of the Year and a PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American Honorable Mention choice, when she had 602 digs
• Recognized by PrepVolleyball.com as a 17’s Club Third Team All-American and among their Defensive Dandies (First Team in 2019; Second Team in 2018; Third Team in 2017)
• Named to the 4.0 GPA Honor Roll
• Played for the KC Power club volleyball program.

Personal
• Daughter of Brady and Cristy Bolton
• Has two siblings, Aidan and Mya
• Her great-grandfather George Bolton played football at Creighton (1925-28) and was also CU’s 1928 Prom King