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2024 (Senior): Appeared in 13 matches with 5 starts…Played in 33 sets…Finished the year with 24 kills and 21 total blocks…Recorded a season-high 6 kills and .857 attack% in a 3-0 win over Mercyhurst on August 31, 2024...MEAC All Academic Team Selection…

2023 (Junior): Appeared in 27 matches with 18 starts…Played in 100 total sets…Finished the year with 94 kills…Finished 2nd on the team in total blocks with 64 total, averaging .64 blocks per set…Placed 10th in the MEAC in blocks…Recorded a season-high 12 kills on a .579 attack percentage in a Nov. 3rd game against N.C. Central…Amassed 6 blocks both in a Sept. 6 match against UC Riverside and in an Oct. 20 match against Morgan State

2022 (Sophomore): Appeared in 24 matches with 16 starts ... Finished the season with 53 kills ... Second on the squad with 42 total blocks ...Season high six kills on Nov. 19 against Coppin State in the MEAC Tournament ... Had six total blocks against N.C. Central on Oct. 10 ...

2021 (Freshman): Played in four matches as a reserve middle blocker ... Had a kill versus South Carolina State on Oct. 8

High School/Club:  Competed in volleyball, basketball and track & field ... State qualifier in high jump ... Named varsity's most improved player in 2019 ... Girls Track & Field Pacific Coast League Champs ... member of FCA, Director of Operations for GENup and was student body Spirit & Rally Commissioner in high school ... Charter Oak Award for World Languages in 2019, Pride of the Pack Award in math (2020) and Scholar Athlete Award in 2017, 2018 and 2019 ... played club with Left Coast Volleyball Club ... Team qualified for Junior Nationals in Las Vegas in 2021

Personal: Daughter of Jamie and Cassandra Cotton ... has two sisters (Milan and Kai) and two brothers (Dominic and Urijah) ... Marketing major at Maryland Eastern Shore ... Listens to music before every match as a superstition ... best personal sports moment was beating her rival school (Irvine HS) in five sets in 2019 ... lists Haleigh Washington of USA Volleyball and her biggest influence in the sport because she is so active at the net ... best non-athletic accomplishment was speaking at a Black Lives Matter rally at Irvine City Hall in 2020 ... favorite saying is Don't take life too serious ... Hobbies are thrifting clothes, painting and cooking ... favorite book is Twilight by Stephanie Myers ... favorite movie is Twilight ... personal goal for the season is improving as a hitter and helping get the team to the NCAA Tournament ... personal goal before graduation is to have high blocking stats