Beach Volleyball Bio
Indoor Career Honors
- 2x AVCA All-American
- First Team (2023)
- Honorable Mention (2022)
- D2CCA Second Team All-American (2023)
- D2CCA South Central Region Player of the Year (2023)
- 2x D2CCA All-South Central Region
- First Team (2023)
- Second Team (2021)
- AVCA South Central Region Freshman of the Year (Fall 2021)
- 2x AVCA All-South Central Region
- First Team (2023)
- Honorable Mention (Fall 2021)
- RMAC Player of the Year (2023)
- RMAC Freshman of the Year (Fall 2021)
- 3x Overall All-RMAC
- 2x First Team - Fall 2021; 2023
- Second Team - 2022
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-American (2023 - Second Team)
- 2x College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team (2022 & 2023)
- 2x RMAC All-Academic
- First Team (2023)
- Honor Roll (2022)
- 2x RMAC All-Tournament Team (Fall 2021; 2023)
- AVCA/GameChanger NCAA Division II National Player of the Week (Sept. 5)
- 5x RMAC Offensive Player of the Week
- Oct. 18, 2021
- Oct. 17, 2022
- 3x in 2023 (Sept. 4, Oct. 9, Oct. 30)
- 2023 Oredigger Volleyball Classic Tournament MVP
- 2023 DoubleTree by Hilton Maverick Classic Tournament MVP
2023 (Junior): Led the RMAC in four statistical categories en-route to a multitude of national, regional and conference awards… Was named as a First Team All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, becoming just the second Maverick to earn such honors at the Division II level (Kasie Gilfert, 2018)… Was also a Second Team D2CCA (Division II Conference Commissioners’ Association) All-American as the third Maverick to earn said all-America honors in a vote of sports information directors from around the nation… Was also named as the D2CCA South Central Region Player of the Year and as the RMAC Player of the Year… Is the second Maverick to earn the regional honor joining Gilfert… Is just the fourth Maverick to earn RMAC Player of the Year honors as the top vote-getter in the all-conference balloting of the conference’s head coaches… Earned her second first team and third overall All-RMAC honor… Was also named to the AVCA and D2CCA First Team All-South Central Region teams, garnering regional recognition for the second time in her career by both organizations… Was named as AVCA/GameChanger NCAA Division II National Player of the Week on Sept 5… Was selected as the RMAC Offensive Player of the Week three times (Sept. 4, Oct. 9, Oct. 30)… Selected as the MVP at both of the Mavs’ early season tournaments— the Oredigger Volleyball Classic and DoubleTree by Hilton Maverick Classic… Went on to be named to the RMAC All-Tournament Team… Led the NCAA Division II South Central Region in kills per set (4.37) to rank 12th in the final national statistics… Led the RMAC in total kills with 441, the highest single-season total for any Maverick since 2006 (Stacey Vogel)… Her single-season total was also CMU’s third highest in the rally-scoring era…  Also led the RMAC in total points (471) and points per set (4.66)… Played in all 29 of the Mavs’ matches, starting 28… Played in all 101 sets… Was in double-figures for kills in 26 of the 29 matches, surpassing the 20 mark in three… Had seven or more kills in all 29 matches… Had a career-high 26 on Oct. 21 at Colorado Christian while surpassing the 1,000 kill career milestone… Became the first Maverick in five years to reach that milestone (MacKenzie Edwards)… Here 26-kill effort was the best for any Maverick since 2017 and ended up as equal to the best for any RMAC player throughout the season… Hit a solid .255 throughout the Mavs’ 24-5 overall campaign… Hit .500 or better in three matches and above .400 in four others… Hit .720 with 18 kills and no errors in a Sept. 28 win over Western Colorado, the best single-match effort in CMU history with a minimum of 20 attempts… Also tallied 36 blocks (0.36/set) and 51 digs (0.50/set) defensively… Had a season-high eight digs on Oct. 13 against UCCS… Tallied four separate 3-block efforts… Was named to the RMAC All-Academic First Team alongside setter Sabrina VanDeList… Selected for the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
® team for the second straight year... Was later named as a Second Team Academic All-American by the CSC membership.
2022 (Sophomore): Earned Second Team All-RMAC honors after another strong season as one of the Mavs’ top players… Played in all 29 matches and 103 sets as one of the Mavs’ two primary outside hitters… Was an official starter in 14 matches… Led the team in total kills (328) while ranking second in kills per set (3.18)… Was ninth in the RMAC with that average… Also finished with 364 ½ total points, good for a 3.54 per set average, which put her tenth in the final RMAC statistics… Had a .207 hitting percentage… Also finished with 68 digs, 34 blocks and ten aces… Was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team and to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… Named as the RMAC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 17 after recording a season-high and career-high matching 22 kills while hitting a season-best .487 against CSU Pueblo (Oct. 15)… Also had 13 kills on .417 hitting the night earlier against UCCS… Was in double-figures for kills a team-leading 18 times… Had a pair of 5-match runs in double figures from Aug. 27-Sept. 3 and Oct. 8-22… Went on to reach double figures in each of the Mavs’ final six matches, including all four post-season encounters in the RMAC and NCAA Tournaments… Finished the season with 18 kills against top-seeded MSU Denver in the NCAA semifinal.
Fall 2021 (Freshman): Named as the AVCA South Central and RMAC Freshman of the Year… Was named as an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American and to the organization’s Honorable Mention All-South Central Region unit as well… Was a second team all-region pick by the D2CCA... Had been selected to the First Team All-RMAC squad… Also received RMAC All-Tournament honors and was named as the RMAC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 18… Finished with 340 total kills, the most for any Maverick freshman since 2004… Led the Mavs in that category while ranking fourth in the RMAC for both total kills and kills per set (3.43)… Was also ranked fourth in the conference for both total points (365.5) and her per set average (3.69)… Hit at a solid .230 clip throughout the year… Played in 26 of the team’s 28 matches… Was a starter in each of the 26 at the outside hitter position… Recorded 20 or more kills in five different matches… Was in double-figures 20 times… Had a career-high 22 in her first RMAC contest against nationally-ranked MSU Denver… Matched that total on Oct. 16 while hitting a season-best .567 in a win over South Dakota Mines, helping her earn the RMAC Player of the Week plaudit… Had 21 kills a night prior against Black Hills State… Tallied another 20 kills while hitting .514 in the in the ensuing match against UCCS (Oct. 22)… Also had 20 kills on .302 against Westminster on Nov. 9)… Finished with 31 combined kills in the Mavs’ two RMAC Tournament matches to earn the aforementioned RMAC All-Tournament accolade… Also finished with 39 blocks, recording a season-high four three times… Had 51 digs throughout the season, including a season-high five against Arkansas Tech (Sept. 11).
Prep: Was an all-conference and all-state honorable mention selection for the Gwen Forster coached Eaton HS Reds as a junior in the fall of 2019… Served as the team captain.
Club:Â Plays for NORCO and Coach Jared Rudiger.
Personal: Plans to major in biology… Aspires to become a physical therapist and enjoys making others feel better… Daughter of Mike Leffler and Justine Hoff… Has four siblings— Maddison, Ahana, Morgan and Linnea… Lists going on hikes with her family and dogs, hanging out friends, driving around my small town and shopping at Target as her hobbies.
Why I Chose CMU: "I chose CMU because from the very first moment that I stepped on campus, I knew right away that I could see CMU as my new home where I will continue to grow for the next four years. I also saw myself as wanting to be a part of such a great culture that both the team and coaches have all built, which I want to contribute more to. The great coaches instantly made me feel at home, and the atmosphere that they have built is something I knew I needed to be a part of."
