Biography
Honors: Second-team all-MVC (2019)...MVC Scholar-Athlete honorable mention (2019)...MVC All-Tournament Team (2018)...MVC Defensive Player of the Week (9/17/18)...Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019)...MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2017-18)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2016-17, 2017-18).
Junior/Career Summary
• Second-team all-MVC selection after starting all 32 MSU matches and averaging 2.40 kills and 0.89 blocks per set
• Became first middle to lead MSU in total kills since 2009 with 300 on the year
• Tallied 111 total blocks and a team-high 373 points
• Concluded playing career with a year of eligibility remaining, intending to earn her degree and attend graduate school
• Totaled 572 kills on .239 hitting, 223 blocks, 122 digs and 19 aces in 87 career matches and 275 sets
Sophomore (2018)
• Started 31 of MSU’s 32 matches, averaging 2.14 kills on .255 hitting and 0.83 blocks per set
• Led MSU with 94 total blocks and tied for second with 242 kills
• Averaged 2.32 kills on .260 hitting in MVC matches
• MVC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 17 after averaging 1.56 blocks per set at the Husker Invite
• Had nine matches with 10-plus kills, including a career-high 19 vs. Valparaiso (11/22) to make the MVC All-Tournament Team
• Recorded five or more blocks in eight matches with a high of seven at Evansville (10/6)
• Hit .300 or better in 13 matches, topping the .400 mark eight times
Redshirt Freshman (2017)
• Appeared in 25 sets and 15 matches with four starts, including the MVC Tournament title match and NCAA Tournament contest
• Finished the year with 21 kills, 14 blocks and five digs
• Tallied six kills against UNI in the MVC championship victory (11/25)
• Had four kills and three blocks versus Tennessee State (9/16)
• Also had three blocks at Loyola (11/18)
Freshman (2016)
• Played in eight non-conference matches with one start before suffering a season-ending injury
• Granted a medical hardship waiver and will have four seasons of eligibility remaining beginning in 2017
• Ended the year with nine kills, four blocks and one dig
• Had season highs of three kills and two blocks against Arkansas (8/27)
• Earned the starting nod and had two kills in MSU’s win at No. 14 Illinois (8/27)
Background
• Played every set of her high school career, setting school records for kills  (1,190), blocks (213), hitting percentage (.389) and kill percentage (.517).
• Mount Vernon improved each of her four seasons, culminating in a 28-5 record her senior year
• Earned first-team all-state, all-conference, all-region and all-district honors as a senior
• Honorable mention all-state selection after a junior season in which she finished with 428 kills and a .394 hitting percentage
• Also earned first-team all-conference nods as a sophomore and junior
• Academic all-state pick four times as a prep
Personal
• Born November 13, 1997, in Springfield, Mo.
• Daughter of Chuck and Candy Dake
• Father played football at Missouri Southern and still ranks among the school’s leaders in career sacks
• Mother played volleyball at Drury
• Majoring in Speech-Language Pathology
