Missouri State

Honors: All-MVC Second Team (2023, 2024)...MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (2023, 2024)...MVC All-Tournament Team (2024)...MVC All-Freshman Team (2021)...CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)...Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)...MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2022-23, 2023-24)

Senior (2024)/Career Summary
• Appeared in all but one set for the Bears in her final season, leading the team with a .285 hitting percentage
• Averaged 2.35 kills and 0.67 blocks per set
• Had 10 or more kills in 14 matches
• Concluded career ranked 12th in school history with a .287 attack efficiency, and hit above .300 in 54 of 111 matches
• Totaled 974 kills and 283 blocks in 417 career sets

Junior (2023)
• Earned second-team all-MVC honors with averages of 2.80 kills and 0.66 blocks per set with a .274 hitting percentage
• Started all 32 MSU matches and played in all 122 sets
• Led the Bears in total kills with 341
• Had a team-best 19 matches with double-figure kill totals
• Tallied 23 kills versus Western Illinois (9/15) and 21 against UT Martin (9/1)
• MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team and CSC Academic All-District selection
• Hit .300 or better in 12 matches, topping the .400 mark six times
• Recorded season-high of six blocks in three separate matches

Sophomore (2022)
• Started the first 15 matches of the season before being sidelined by injury for all but eight sets the rest of the year
• Averaged 2.21 kills on .263 hitting
• Totaled 46 total blocks to average 0.68 per set
• Hit .300 or better seven times
• Blasted a career-high 21 kills on .364 hitting at Murray State (9/23)
• Tallied double-digit kills in seven matches
• Had at least four blocks in six matches with highs of five versus Central Arkansas (8/27) and Kansas City (9/16)
• Served a season-best three aces in the Kansas City match

Freshman (2021)
• Started 28 of MSU’s 30 matches in her debut season, leading the MVC with a .343 attack efficiency
• Hitting percentage ranked sixth in school history and first among freshmen for a single season
• Hit .300 or better in 17 matches and topped the .400 mark 12 times
• Averaged 1.85 kills, 0.72 blocks and 2.28 points per set
• Season high of 15 kills came with a .448 efficiency against Drake (10/9)
• Also had double-figure matches with 12 kills at Central Arkansas (9/3), 11 at Bradley (10/2) and 10 versus Evansville (11/20)
• Tallied at least four blocks on 11 occasions
• MVC All-Freshman Team selection

Background
• Ranked as the No. 2 prospect in Missouri by PrepDig
• AVCA Under Armour High School All-America honorable mention pick as a senior after leading Willard High to a Class 4 state title
• Team owned a combined 125-17-5 record and four district titles in her career
• Surpassed 1,000 kills in the 2020 state championship match
• Hit .434 as a senior with 426 kills and 82 blocks and tallied 299 kills on .403 hitting with 54 blocks as a junior on the way to both academic and athletic all-state recognition
• Hit .403 with 54 blocks as a sophomore, adding 275 kills as the Tigers finished fourth at the state tournament
• Ended prep career with a .415 attack efficiency, 1,005 kills and 190 total blocks

Personal
• Born March 3, 2003 in Springfield, Mo.
• Daughter of Wayne and Kim Bushnell
• Father played basketball at Missouri Southern
• Brother, Owen, plays baseball at Missouri Southern
• Exercise and movement science major