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2023 Redshirt Senior
Battled injuries that limited her to 24 matches and 73 sets...ended the season with 171 kills, averaging 2.34 per set...moved into the program's top 10 for career kills, ending her collegiate career with 1,157 terminations...ended her career with 56 double-digit kill performances, tied for the most on the roster with Sophia Rohling...was the only Shocker to record 20 kills in a match in 2023, delivering 20 terminations in a five-set road win at Tulane on October 13...fired 13 kills and added a season-best six blocks in a road win at SMU on October 1...hit .321 with 12 kills in a win over Tulsa on October 20...delivered 11 more terminations against the Golden Hurricane in the NIVC second round on December 1...had seven kills and five blocks in the senior night win over UAB on November 22...racked up 195.0 total points, giving her 1,342.0 for her career...was named Preseason Co-Player of the Year, the first Shocker to be selected for that honor since Wichita State joined The American in 2017...named to AD Honor Roll in both the spring and fall semesters.

2022 Redshirt Junior
Named First Team All-Conference for a second consecutive season...one of two Shockers to start all 31 matches and play all 121 sets...led the Shockers with 3.27 kills per set, 0.27 aces per set, and 3.82 points per set...ranked sixth in the league with 3.40 kills per set in AAC matches...had 22 matches of double-digit kills, giving her 50 for her collegiate career...recorded eight double-doubles...delivered a monster performance in five-set win over Iowa State, scoring 28.5 points on 21 kills, a career-high five aces, four blocks, and 11 digs...her nine points and three aces in the third set against the Cyclones were the most by a Shocker in any single set in 2022...matched a season high with 21 kills on a .432 hitting percentage in a road win at Dayton on Sept. 16...twice poured in 20 kills against Memphis (Oct. 7, Nov. 25)...clinched a victory at Cincinnati with a match-winning solo block on Oct. 14...established a new career best with 18 digs at Tulane on Oct. 23...named to AAC All-Academic Team.

2021 Redshirt Sophomore
Unanimously named First Team All-Conference...twice tabbed to American Weekly Honor Roll (10/11, 11/22)...ranked third in the conference with 0.36 aces per set, and fourth in both kills per set (3.54) and points per set (4.16)...the only AAC underclassman ranked in the top five in both kills and points per set...had double-digit kills in 22 of 26 matches...led team with 368 total kills...twice recorded 29 kills in a match, first at SMU on Oct. 10 and then at East Carolina on Nov. 21, establishing a new program record for kills in a four-set match...set new career high with 10 digs vs. Wyoming on Sept. 18, adding 13 kills for her first career double-double...racked up career-high four service aces vs. SMU on Nov. 24, tied for the second-most by a Shocker in any match in 2021...had a career-best five solo blocks in the season finale vs. Memphis on Nov. 26...named to the AD Honor Roll in the fall semester...named to AAC All-Academic Team.

2021 Redshirt Sophomore (Spring Season)*
Played in 11 matches and 42 sets...Tallied 91 kills on 285 attempts with 42 errors for a .172 attacking percentage...Added 36 digs, one block solo and 27 block assists...Tied her career-high with 14 kills at Memphis March 4...High a career-best .455 with 11 kills on 22 swings and only one error at Tulsa Feb. 11...Had a career-best eight block assists vs. SMU Feb. 26...Named to The American Weekly Honor Roll Feb. 15...Averaged 2.22 kills, 0.88 digs and 0.68 blocks per set. 

*Season played in spring due to COVID-19 pandemic

2019 Redshirt Freshman
Played in 22 matches and 66 sets...Hit .145 with 131 kills on 406 attempts and 72 errors to go along with 34 digs, three assists, an ace (at SMU, Oct. 6) and 28 block assists...Tallied a career-high 14 kills at Memphis Oct. 4...Hit a career-best .333 three times (vs. Wyoming, Sept. 20; at SMU, Oct. 6; at Houston, Nov. 3)...Had a career-high seven block assists against Wyoming Sept. 20...Averaged 1.98 kills, 0.52 digs and 0.42 blocks per set...Named to the AD's Honor Roll. 

2018 Freshman
Redshirted...Named to the AD's honor roll and American All-Academic Team.

High School
Graduated from Peotone High School in Peotone, Ill…Lettered in volleyball all four years and was awarded Most Valuable Player two years in a row…Awarded all-area honors three-straight years and all-conference honors two years…Honorable mention all-state...Recorded 392 kills her senior year and led the team in kills for two years…Lists best performance when she recorded 21 kills against Manteno, Clifton Central and Reed Custer…Awarded high honor roll, the business award and the Social Science Award…Played on the Ultimate Volleyball Club for coach Marco Quintana.
 
Personal
Daughter of Nick and Lisa Pycz…Has one sister, Delaney, and one brother, Porter...Mom, Lisa Pycz, played collegiate volleyball at DePaul University, in Chicago...Majoring in Business Administration at WSU.