University of California, Santa Barbara

2024: Played all 30 matches in her first season with the Gauchos … Swung in double-digits 11 times across the season … Opened against St. John’s (Sept. 7) posting 12 kills with only one error hitting at a .500 clip while adding four digs and four block assists … Registered a double-double at San Diego (Sept. 8) with 10 kills and 17 digs … Contributed 16 kills with four errors posting a .364 clip while adding two digs against Kansas St. (Sept. 19) … Hit most efficiently in Big West play against Cal Poly (Oct. 29) with a .444 percentage for 13 kills and only one error … Ended the season with 59 total blocks. 

2023: Was a member of the 2023 Big West Regular Season Championship team that went on to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament ... did not appear in any matches for the Gauchos this season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played volleyball at Redwood High School … helped team to regional and state championships in 2021 … named to the MCAL All-League First Team as a senior ...  received MCAL All-League Second Team honors as a junior … named the MVP of the Sonoma Paganini Tournament … earned All-Tournament team honors at the Far Westerns National Qualifier with her club team … ranked in the Top 60 by CalPrep as the best U18 indoor volleyball players … finished in second place in the NorCal High School Beach Volleyball Club Championships.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Mike and Lara McDermott … has a brother Colin, who plays on the club men’s volleyball team at Stevens Institute of Technology … plans to major in economics and accounting.