Niagara University Athletics

2004: Started 23 of 24 matches and played in 89 of 90 games...Led the team in hitting percentage (.279) and was second in blocks (59) and blocks assists (53), fourth in kills per game (1.80) and kills (160)...Registered four double-digit kill matches, including a career- and season-best 18 kills in a loss at Maryland-Eastern Shore (Oct. 1)...Had nine-or-more kills seven times...Attempted a season-high 33 attacks in a win at Rider (Nov. 5)...Hit .300-or-better in nine matches, including a personal-best .593 on 18 kills, two errors and 27 attempts vs. UMES...Recorded two-or-more service aces in two matches...Dug a personal-best six attacks in a five-game loss to Saint Peter’s (Oct. 31)...Registered four-or-more digs in seven matches...Had a season-high five block assists in a five-game win over Siena (Oct. 16)...Collected three-or-more block assists nine times.

2003: Played in 23 matches, starting five, and in 53 games…Fifth on the team in kills per game (0.74) and hitting percentage (.063)…Had a season-high six kills and six block assists in a five-game loss to Binghamton (Oct. 4)…Compiled a .300 hitting percentage-or-better in four matches, including a season-best .600 (3-0-5) in a loss to Cornell (Sept. 27).

2002: Started all 32 matches and played in 110 games…Placed fourth on the squad in total kills (160) and was fifth in kills per game (1.45)…One of three Purple Eagles to have a .200 hitting percentage-or-better (.214)…Registered season highs of 10 kills against both Iona (Nov. 2) and Canisius (Oct. 19)…Had at least five kills in 14 matches…Compiled a .300 hitting percentage-or-better in nine matches, including a season-best .667 (6-0-9) vs. Holy Cross (Sept. 14) in the Seton Hall Tournament…Finished the season with the fifth-most total attacks at 407, an average of 3.7 per game…Had the fourth-most service aces (24), including a season-high four vs. Maine (Sept. 6) in the Niagara-Canisius Tournament…Collected two-or-more service aces five times…Led the team with 96 total blocks (28 solo, 68 assists) and per game average at 0.87…Collected four-or-more blocks in 10 matches, including six-or-more on two occasions (Stony Brook, Aug. 31; St. Francis, Sept. 14)…Tallied a season-best nine blocks (4-5) against St. Francis (Pa.)…Had at least one block in 27 of 32 matches.

Gates-Chili High School: Two-time first-team all-county pick as a junior and senior, and was second team as a sophomore…Played on the 2002 senior all-star team…2001 team MVP…Two-time team captain…Led team in kills and blocks as a junior and set the school record for blocks in a match during senior season…Team won the Division I Championship her senior year…Four-year letterwinner on the track and field team…Honored with the Captain’s Award in both soccer and track and field…Played for the VolleyFX and EOS club teams one year each.

Personal: Born Dec. 28, 1983, in Rochester...Daughter of Robert and Margie Simpson…Has two older brothers, Eddie and Dan, and two older sisters, Becky and Amanda…Dan was a pole vaulter at the University at Buffalo...Majoring in biology/environmental studies. 

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