Biography
UCM Awards & Honors
• All-MIAA First Team (2017)
• All-MIAA Honorable Mention (2019)
• MIAA Scholar Athlete (2017, 2019)
• MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2017-19)
2019 • Junior: Rebounded from an injury-shortened sophomore season to play in all 33 games and 123 sets as a junior … Finished fifth on the team with 231 kills and landed 1.88 kills per set with a .158 attack percentage … Played all six rotations and was third on the team with a new career-best 355 digs and 2.89 digs per set … Led the Jennies non defensive-specialists in kills plus blocks, totaling 586 … Also led UCM in kills-digs double-doubles with nine … Matched a career-best with 21 kills and set a career-high 23 points in the Jennies MIAA semifinal game against Washburn (Nov. 22) … Set a new career-high with 25 digs against Nebraska-Kearney in the MIAA Championships (Nov. 23) and with four service aces against Lewis (Sept. 13) … Led the Jennies in the MIAA Tournament with 37 total kills and hit .225 … Nine times landed 10 or more kills and 20 times reached double-figure digs … Set a new career-highs with 37 blocks including five solo blocks and 23 service aces … Landed 18 kills with just one error on 37 attempts for a .459 attack percentage against Central Oklahoma (Oct. 12) … Made the All-MIAA team for the second time in her career and earned MIAA Academic Honor Roll and MIAA Scholar-Athlete recognition.
2018 • Sophomore: Was injured to start the season and slowly returned to action ... Played in 17 matches making 14 starts ... Finished the year with 91 kills and hit .127 for the season ... Twice had double-figure kill matches with a season-best 11 coming in the final match of the regular season against Southwest Baptist (Nov. 3) ... Picked up 74 digs on defense with 11 in the Jennies MIAA Tournament win over Northwest Missouri (Nov. 6) ... Scored for the Jennies with 18 blocks and eight service aces ... Twice had a season-best three blocks ... Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
2017 • Freshman: Started 32 matches and played in 111 sets … Finished third on the team with 317 kills and 2.86 kills per set … From the outside, had a .182 attack percentage … Recorded double-figure kills in 18 of 32 matches and set a season-best with 21 at Regis (Sept. 8) … Led the Jennies with 962 total attack attempts which was seventh in the MIAA … Also finished the year with 222 digs on defense, fifth most on the team … Led the Jens with seven kills-digs double-doubles … Had nine double-figure dig matches and a season-best 14 at Metro State (Sept. 9) … Scored 348 total points and 3.14 points per set, landing 17 service aces and putting back 25 total blocks – three solo and 22 block assists … Helped out on service reception with 470 in 494 attempts for a .951 reception percentage … Named an All-MIAA First Team selection and was the only freshman on the First Team and the first UCM freshman to be selected to the All-Conference First Team since 2003 … In the classroom earned MIAA Scholar-Athlete recognition and a spot on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
In High School: Played at Lee’s Summit North High School … Earned First Team All-Conference and All-District awards as well as All-Region Honorable Mention … Played in the Missouri-Kansas All-Star match.
Personal: Daughter of Sherri and Bobby Bell Jr ... Majoring in Physical Education.