Biography
Honors: MVC Freshman of the Week (9/13/21, 9/27/21)...Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024)...CSC Academic All-District (2024)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2021-22, 2023-24)
Senior (2024)/Career Summary
• MoState’s starting setter for a fourth consecutive season
• Ranked third in the MVC with a 9.42 assist average with 1,140 total helpers
• Had 21 assist-dig double-doubles
• Ended career ranked third in school history with 4,078 career assists, 13th with 1,268 digs, and eighth with 62 double-figure dig matches
• One of three players in school history with 3,000 assists and 1,000 digs, and the only player with 4,000 assists and 1,250 digs
Junior (2023)
• Served as the Bears’ primary setter for much of the year while also filling in at outside hitter
• Dished out 825 assists for a 7.11 per set average, ending the year ranked fifth in school history with 2,938 career assists
• Second on the team with 330 digs and a 2.84 average
• Had 69 kills, 17 aces and 38 total blocks on the year
• Posted a career-high 11 kills while playing outside hitter against Central Michigan (9/10)
• Tallied 17 assist-dig double-doubles, including 11 consecutively to end the season
• Reached 20 digs in two matches, scooping 24 versus Illinois State (11/19) and 23 at Valparaiso (9/22)
• Had eight matches with at least 40 assists and a high of 51 at Indiana State (10/28)
Sophomore (2022)
• Started every match and played all 121 sets for the Bears
• Ranked sixth in MVC and 47th nationally with 1,146 total assists
• Finished season ranked 11th in MSU history with 2,113 career assists
• Posted 53 assists and 20 digs at Indiana State (10/7), the first 50-20 game at MSU since 2017
• Had 12 assist-dig double-doubles on the year
• Scooped a career-high 21 digs against Murray State (10/14)
• Tallied season-high seven kills against Kansas City (9/16)
• Reached 40 assists in 13 matches and 50-plus five times with a high of 57 against UIC (10/22)
• Ended the year with 69 kills on .237 hitting, a team-best 32 aces, 300 digs and 56 blocks
Freshman (2021)
• Appeared in every match with 26 starts
• Dished out 967 assists with a 9.12 average, ranking third in the MVC in average
• Posted 11 assist-dig double-doubles on the season
• Had seven consecutive matches with 45-plus assists from Sept. 18-Oct. 9, scooping at least 10 digs in five of those
• Handed out 50 or more assists twice - 56 versus Drake (10/9) and 51 against Valparaiso (9/25)
• Eclipsed 40 assists on 10 occasions
• Season high of 19 came in the finale versus Evansville (11/20)
• Hit .231 on the year with 48 total kills
• Served 24 aces to rank second on the squad and had 44 total blocks
Background
• Four-year starter as a setter and right side hitter for Parkway South High, serving as a team captain her junior and senior seasons
• Led the Patriots to their first district playoff victory in more than a decade to cap off her senior season and was an all-conference and all-district selection each of her final three years
Personal
• Born July 2, 2003 in St. Louis, Mo.
• Daughter of Don and Sherrie Sprague
• Sister, Sheridan, played softball at Maryville, and brother, Nick, played football at Southeast Missouri State
• Sports medicine major
