University of South Carolina Upstate

2014:  Became the first Spartan since 2011, joining Kelsie Queen, to be named to the A-Sun Academic All-Conference Team…Named to the Wingate Invitational All-Tournament Team…Started in all 27 matches she appeared in and played in 106 sets…Tied for fourth in the A-Sun in service aces after finishing just one behind teammate Lexi Gober…Was fourth on the team in both kills with 235 and digs with 281…Ranked second on the team with 38 service aces and blocks with 32 (one solo, 31 assisted)…Was in the top 100 nationally in service aces and aces per set…Averaged 2.65 digs per set and 2.22 kills per set…Tallied nine double-doubles…Finished the year with double-digit digs in 15 matches and 10 with 10 or more kills…Set new career-highs with 15 kills at North Florida and 21 digs at Liberty…

2013:  Started in all 28 matches and 106 sets as a sophomore…Finished fourth on the team in kills with 202, good for a 1.91 kills per set average…Was third on the team in both service aces and total blocks, and sixth in digs…Had six double-digit kill and five double-digit dig matches…Recorded her second career double-double against Hofstra after finishing with 12 kills and 11 digs…Tied her season-high of 12 kills three more times during the season against Presbyterian College, Lipscomb and North Florida…Had a season-high 14 digs twice in a three-match span against UNC Asheville and Northern Kentucky…Finished the season with 11 or more kills in three straight matches.

2012:  Saw action in 29 matches, making 16 starts as a freshman…Played in 85 sets and worked her way into the starting lineup towards the end of the season…Averaged 1.62 digs per set and 1.20 kills a set…Finished fifth on the team in total kills with 102…Tallied a double-double against Northern Kentucky on with a season-high 10 kills, while scooping up 14 digs…Collected a season-best 16 digs against North Florida…Turned in six double-digit dig performances…Had a career-best five blocks at Savannah State.

High School:  Played right side for Highland High School…Helped the team to a 28-5 record as a senior…During her senior season, the Bulldogs won the Mississippi Conference Championship and the Regional Championship…Recorded 194 kills, scooped up 218 digs and tallied 59 service aces…Was a Mississippi Valley Conference First Team selection and an All-Area Second Team member her senior year, while earning Academic Honor Roll status…Named Highland’s team MVP her sophomore and senior seasons…Selected to the All-Highland Tournament Team and the All-Granite City Tournament Team in 2011…Played club volleyball for the H2 St. Louis 19 Cardinal team…Also earned four varsity letters in soccer.

Personal:  Born on June 4, 1994…Parents are Steve and Catherine Weiss…Has an older sister named Charlotte (31) and three older brothers named Marty (29), Nic (27) and Steven (26)…Is majoring in nursing…Enjoys reading, boating, traveling and spending time with family and friends…Her father Steve played college baseball at both Chipola College (1975-76) and Florida International (1977-79)…Her uncle Dean Burk played in the Chicago Cubs franchise in the late 1960s and early 1970s, after being drafted by the organization out of high school in 1966…Lists strawberries as her favorite food…Claims “Field of Dreams” and "Remember the Titans" are her favorite movies…Her favorite TV shows are “Friends” and “Grey’s Anatomy”…Names Jennifer Aniston as her favorite actress…Autumn is her favorite season…Lists Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer as her favorite book…Names U.S. beach volleyball Olympic gold medalists Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings as her favorite sports figures.