University of South Carolina Upstate

High School:Played middle blocker at North Central High School … Blockedher way into the program history books, owning every solo rejectionrecord at North Central … Tallies 62 career solo denials, 51single-season individual blocks in 2010 and six single match solorejections … A three-time academic all-conference selection,picking up the honor in 2009, 2010 and 2011 … Earned NorthCentral’s Major Athletic Award in 2010 … Played clubvolleyball with Team Indiana 18-1 Elite, where she was named MostImproved Player in 2009.

Personal: Daughterof Joseph Gates and Christina Hill … Born in Muncie, Ind.,July 31, 1994 … Has a younger sister named Jayla (12)… Majoring in biology and minoring in Spanish … Herhobbies include playing volleyball, reading, listening to music andhanging out with her friends … Her aunt (Nikki Hill) playedvolleyball at Indiana University from 2000-04 … Lists steakand Caesar salad as her favorite foods … Claims “TheLion King” is her favorite movie and “Pretty LittleLiars” is her favorite TV show … Names Shemar Mooreand Gabrielle Union as her favorite actor and actress, respectively… Lists Alicia Keys as her favorite singer … Says herfavorite song is “Too Close” by Alex Clare …Summer is her favorite season … Enjoys reading theHunger Games trilogy … Names three-time beachvolleyball Olympic gold medalists Misty May Treanor and Kerri WalshJennings as her favorite sports figures … Her aunt Nikki(Hill) was her hero growing up … Most admires her mother andher aunt … Aspires to get a doctorate in physical therapyand one day open her own physical therapy/rehabilitation facility… Her favorite quote is, “you can run like a girl, youcan throw like a girl, you can hit like a girl,  you can serve60 miles per hour in their face like a girl.”