Honors: MVC Elite 18 Award (2015, 2016, 2017)...CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team (2017)...CoSIDA Academic All-District VI First Team (2016, 2017)...Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Senior Female Scholar-Athlete Award (2018)...MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (2016, 2017)...Athletics Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)...MVC President’s Council Academic Award (2017-18)...MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)...MVC Honor Roll (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18).
Senior/Career Summary
• Played in all 34 MSU matches with 28 starts and 126 sets
• Earned the MVC Elite 17 Award for the third consecutive season
• Became Missouri State’s seventh Academic All-American with a Third Team selection
• Posted career highs of 311 total digs and 2.47 per set
• Had 10 or more digs in 15 matches with a high of 19 against Bradley (10/20)
• Led MSU in digs three times as a senior
• Dig average rose to 2.69 per set in MVC play
• Finished career with 63 starts and 400 sets played in 121 matches, with totals of 765 digs (1.91/set), 47 assists, 32 aces, and 32 matches of at least 10 digs
2016 (Junior)
• Consistent defensive contributor who ranked fourth on the team with 302 digs and a 2.29 average
• Started 29 matches and appeared in all but one set during the year
• Scooped 10 or more digs in 13 matches, leading MSU three times
• Had a season-high 16 digs three times, all in MVC play
• Put together a streak of five consecutive matches with at least 10 digs from Nov. 12-26
• MVC Elite 18 Award recipient for the second consecutive season
• Member of the CoSIDA Academic All-District and MVC Scholar-Athlete first teams
• Ended the season with 14 aces and 13 assists
2015 (Sophomore)
• Appeared in all but one match, making six starts and playing in 117 sets
• Had 14 digs in the MVC Tournament semifinal against Southern Illinois (11/27) and in the championship match versus Wichita State (11/28)
• Scooped 15 digs against Drake (11/7) and Loyola (11/15)
• Finished the year with 135 digs, including 75 in the final nine matches of the season
• Earned the MVC Elite 18 Award, given to the player with the highest GPA in the conference tournament title match
2014 (Freshman)
• Played in 18 matches and 25 sets as a true freshman
• Finished the season with 17 digs, with a high of six at Drake (11/1)
• Had exactly two digs in five additional matches, including at fourth-ranked Wisconsin (9/13)
Background
• Member of three Ozark Conference championship teams at Kickapoo High in Springfield
• Totaled 822 digs and a 4.40 per set average over her three seasons on the varsity
• Scooped 298 digs as a sophomore, 254 as a junior and 270 as a senior, averaging as many as 4.58 per set during both her sophomore and senior seasons
• Earned second-team all-conference and all-district honors as a junior
• Multiple time academic all-conference first team member
• Spent three years with the USA Volleyball High Performance Program
Personal
• Born May 13, 1996, in Waterloo, Iowa
• Daughter of Brian and Jennifer Dixon
• Studying Cell and Molecular Biology
