University of California, Santa Barbara

PRIOR TO UC SANTA BARBARA: Competed at Iowa State for three seasons ... Earned CSC Academic All-District (2024) ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2023, 2024) ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F22, F23, F24) ... Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (22-23) ... As a redshirt freshman Played in 20 sets across 10 matches, starting in two … matched career high with 10 kills at Iowa on Sept. 6, achieving the total at .444 hitting … hit seven kills and had career highs in block assists (6), digs (5) and with an ace at Omaha on Sept. 9 … put up a solo block vs. Long Island (Sept. 2) … also totaled 29 kills, 17 digs and 13 blocks (1 solo, 12 assists) ... as a redshirt sophomore Totaled a career-high 12 kills at Colgate (Sept. 19) … had an errorless seven kills at a career-high clip of .538 vs. West Virginia on Sept. 28 … served an all-time high four aces at Kansas State on Oct. 5 … led the team in blocks in five matches … had three double-figure kill performances … totaled 141 kills, 47 digs, 44 blocks (5 solo, 39 assists) and eight aces … played in 87 sets of 26 matches.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner as an outside and right-side hitter at Beckman Catholic High School for Head Coach Todd Troutman … helped lead the Trailblazers to a 2019 IGHSAU 2A State Tournament runner-up finish and was named to the all-tournament team … First Team All-State (2020), Second Team All-State (2019) and two-time all-conference and all-district honoree … named 2020 WaMaC Conference Player of the Year and to the 2020 Des Moines Register All-Iowa Team … ranked third in the state of Iowa regardless of class in kills (593) as a senior … recorded over 1000 kills in her career … played for Club Iowa Juniors (CIA) for Coach Kalani Mahi … also competed in track and field, part of the shuttle hurdle state champion team and placed 10^th in the high jump at the 2A 2019 State Track and Field Championships, broke a high jump and shuttle hurdle school record.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Tim and Kim Schmitt ... Has two sisters, Keeley and Katelyn ... plans to major in communications with aspirations to be a sports marketer ... her most memorable sports moment was competing in the NCAA Tournament ... Picked UC Santa Barbara over Arizona, Hawai'i and Marquette.