Biography
Honors: Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024)...MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2022-23, 2023-24)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)...CSC Academic All-District (2022, 2023, 2024)...MVC Scholar-Athlete (Second Team 2023, 2024; Honorable Mention 2022)
Senior (2024)/Career Summary
• Played in every match for the Bears and all but one set, accumulating 510 digs and a 4.05 per set average
• Reached double figures in digs in 31 of 32 matches with a high of 27 against Drake (11/16)
• Led the Bears with 31 aces, and served 121 aces against just 61 errors in her career
• Ended career ranked seventh in school history with 1,537 career digs, fifth with 84 matches in double figures, and ninth with a 3.39 per set average
Junior (2023)
• Regular in the defensive rotation, seeing time in each of the team’s 122 sets
• Third on the team with 297 total digs and a 2.43 average
• Became the 27th player in school history to reach 1,000 career digs in the Bears’ MVC Tournament win over Illinois State (11/19), and ended the season ranked 24th on MSU’s career list with 1,027
• Served 40 aces against just 14 errors, and ranked seventh in the MVC in total aces
• Ace total tied for third-most by a Bear in the 25-point scoring era (since 2008)
• Had 10 or more digs in 16 matches, tallying 20 against Illinois State (11/19) and Evansville (9/30)
• Recorded six aces against Belmont (10/6) and four versus Texas A&M-Commerce (8/25) and Bradley (11/10)
• Earned CSC Academic All-District honors for the second consecutive season as well as a spot on the MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team
Sophomore (2022)
• MSU’s libero in every match and one of three players to appear in every set
• Led the team with 469 digs and a 3.88 average, good for sixth and eighth in the MVC, respectively
• One shy of the team lead with 31 aces, serving multiple aces in six matches with a high of four at Murray State (9/24)
• Became 12th player in school history with a 30-dig match, totaling 31 at Murray State (9/24) and Indiana State (10/7)
• Reached double figures in digs 24 times with nine matches at 20 or more
• Led MSU in digs 23 times
• Posted a .941 service reception percentage on a team-high 676 chances
Freshman (2021)
• Appeared in 26 matches and 84 sets, spending part of the season as the Bears’ libero
• Averaged 3.11 digs per set to rank ninth in MVC, and placed seventh with a 4.04 average in conference matches
• Led the Bears in digs 11 times with 12 double-figure matches
• Had 26 digs in the win at Southern Illinois (10/16), the most for an MSU player on the season
• Tallied 22 digs at Bradley (10/2) and Drake (11/5), and 20 in the home win over Drake (10/9)
• Served 19 aces with a high of four against UNI (10/8)
Background
• Led the Volleychiefs with 404 digs and 42 aces as a senior and helped Kickapoo High to a 52-13 overall record and 15-0 conference mark in her two varsity seasons
• AVCA High School All-Region selection as well as a senior
• All-conference pick her junior season after recording 295 digs and 28 aces
Personal
• Born September 3, 2002 in Springfield, Mo.
• Daughter of Marc and Alana Owen
• Early childhood education major
