Niagara University Athletics

        2005: Appeared in 26 matches, starting five, and played in 95 games...Fourth in kills (167), kills per game (1.76) and third in assists (35)...Collected five double-digit kill matches, including a career-high 15 kills in a loss to Akron (Nov. 6)...Hit a season-best .462 (15-3-26) vs. the Zips...Hit .300-or-better nine times...Dug a season-best five attacks three times...Tied her career high with three block assists vs. two foes.

        2004: Started 20 of 24 matches and played in 80 games...Third on the team in kills (179), kills per game (2.19) and second in aces (18)...Collected the fourth-most block assists (31) on the squad...Produced eight double-digit kill matches...Posted a season-high 14 kills in a win over Delaware State (Oct. 1) and Manhattan (Oct. 30)...Had a string of five consecutive games with 10-or-more kills between Sept. 18 and Oct. 2...Hit .300-or-better three times, including a personal-best .684 (14-1-19) vs. Delaware State...Assisted on a career-high five kills in a loss to Bucknell (Sept. 17)...Had a personal-best three aces in a win over UNC Wilmington (Sept. 11) ...Registered seven double-digit dig matches...Dug a career-high 20 attacks in a five-game match vs. Marist (Oct. 17)...Averaged 12.4 digs over a five-match stretch between Oct. 17 and Oct. 31...Had a personal-best three block assists in back-to-back matches vs. Manhattan and Saint Peter’s (Oct. 31) and at Loyola (Nov. 6).

        Sweet Home High School:  Three-time All-ECIC selection and an All-Western New York pick as a senior...Three-year letterwinner...Named team MVP as a senior...Helped team to four league titles and four 12-0 conference seasons...Member of the 2003 Empire State Games volleyball team...MVP and captain of the basketball team...Named the team’s most improved player and MVP of the Mercy Tournament.

        Personal: Born July 10, 1986, in Buffalo…Daughter of Richard and Debra Rush…Has one older sister, Rachael, two younger sisters, Regina and Rebecca, and a younger brother, Richard...Pursing a degree in hospitality and tourism.