Missouri State

Honors: Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)

Junior (2024)
• Missouri State’s backup setter, seeing time in 17 matches and 38 sets
• Dished out 185 assists (4.85/set) and had 68 digs (1.79/set)
• Made one start, handing out 45 assists with nine digs and four aces against SIUE (9/21)
• Tallied double digit assists in seven matches, including 33 in a win over SEMO (9/20)
• Had a season-high 11 digs at Bradley (11/8)

Background
• Spent three seasons at Cowley College in Arkansas City, Kan., prior to coming to Missouri State
• NJCAA Division 2 National Player of the Year in 2023
• Received the 2023-24 Betty Jo Graber Award, given annually to the NJCAA Female Student-Athlete of the Year
• Guided Cowley to a 41-0 record and national title in 2023 and earned MVP honors at the national tournament
• Led the nation with 1,536 total assists and a 12.09 per set average in 2023
• Ranked 12th nationally with 85 aces in 2023 and set Cowley’s career record with 180
• Consensus first-team All-American in 2023, adding 297 digs and 48 blocks with a .323 attack efficiency
• As a freshman in 2021, led the nation in assist average (11.84/set) and ranked third in total assists with 1,539 while helping Cowley to a 41-1 record and national runner-up finish
• Hit .395 that season with 56 kills, 268 digs, 41 blocks and 95 aces on the way to earning All-America honors from the NJCAA (First Team), AVCA (Second Team) and Volleyball Magazine.
 
Personal
• Born January 16, 2002 in Brescia, Italy
• Daughter of Roberto and Roberta Papa
• Working towards a physics degree