Personal
- Majored in electrical engineering at BYU and received a master's degree from Cal Berkeley
- Married to Geoff Ceriani
- Has five children
Career Highlights
- Played for the US National Team 1989-1990
- NCAA Top Six in 1989
- AVCA/Russell All-American 1987, 1988
- CoSIDA Academic All-American 1986, 1987, 1988
- NCAA West Regional all-tournament team 1985, 1986, 1987
- Held BYU career records for kills (2,188), attempts (4,716), aces (233), block solos (152), block assists (729), total blocks (881) and points (2,937.5)
- Holds BYU season record for kills per set (5.55), blocks (246), points (861) and aces per set (.78) and is third and fourth in aces (99 and 92)
- Earned the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
- Cougar Club Academic Athlete 1984, 1985, 1987 and Leona Holbrook Spirit of Sport award winner 1989
- HCAC Scholar Athlete 1987, 1988 and Academic All-HCAC 1984, 1985
- HCAC First Team 1985, 1986, 1987
Before BYU
- All-State and All-Region in volleyball
- Played basketball for Skyline High School
- Received All-State academic, 1984 MVP Class 4A, Converse and Carnation prep All-American and Deseret News Prep of the Week for high school basketball
- Sterling Scholar runner-up in general scholarship
- BYU Trustees Scholar
- Utah State High School Female Athlete of the Year 1984
After BYU
- Earned a Master's of Science degree in mechanical engineering with an emphasis in biomechanics from Cal Berkeley in 1996
- Works as a biomechanical engineer at Motion Analysis Labratory Children's Hospital in San Diego from 2001 to present
- Worked as a mechanical design engineer for the mechanical engineering department at DJ Orthopedics in Vista, Calif.
- Worked as a graduate assistant instructor in mechanical engineering at Cal Berkeley
- Worked as an electrical engineer for Watch Group EM Microelectronic in Switzerland
- Inducted into BYU Hall of Fame in 1999
- Played professional volleyball in Switzerland 1990-91
Post-BYU Honors and Societies
- NSF Fellowship Recipient (UC Berkeley, 1992-1995)
- US Outdoor Co-ed Grass Doubles Volleyball Champion 1994
- GCMAS member (2001-2002)
- Toastmaster's Club member (Carlsbad, Calif., 2000-2001)
- ASB member (1994-1996)
- MS Dinner Champions 1989 Outstanding Collegiate Female Athlete (awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
- CoSIDA Academic All-American Hall of Fame 2004
- NCAA Silver Anniversary Award 2012
Stats
Yr. | GP | K | E | TA | Pct. | SA | BS | BA | TB | Dig | Ast. | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | 154 | 488 | 185 | 1184 | .256 | 17 | 40 | 178 | 28 | 64 | 24 | 634 |
1986 | 145 | 506 | 164 | 1014 | .337 | 25 | 37 | 209 | 246 | 78 | 19 | 672.5 |
1987 | 127 | 539 | 173 | 1124 | .326 | 99 | 42 | 180 | 222 | 135 | 21 | 770 |
1988 | 118 | 655 | 208 | 1394 | .321 | 92 | 33 | 162 | 195 | 192 | 26 | 861 |
Total | 544 | 2188 | 730 | 4716 | .309 | 233 | 152 | 729 | 881 | 469 | 90 | 2937.5 |