Personal
- Originally from Kurikka, Finland
- Married to Petteri Opas and has two children
Career Highlights
National
- Four-time All-American
- Volleyball Monthly Third Team 1985
- CVCA Second Team 1985
- Volleyball Monthly First Team 1986
- CVCA First Team 1986
- CVCA National Player of the Year 1986
- Named to the 1986 and 1987 NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Teams
Regional
- Named to the 1987 AVCA All-Northwest First Team
- Named to the 1986 CVCA All-Northwest First Team
Conference
- HCAC Player of the Year 1986, 1987
- Named to the 1986 and 1987 All-HCAC First Teams
- Two-time HCAC Player of the Week
BYU
- Cougar Club Y Award Crowd Pleaser Award recipient 1986-87
- Cougar Club Y Award Outstanding Senior Female Athlete Award recipient 1987-88
- Tied for BYU’s single-match ace record
- Second all-time at BYU in single-match assists
Before BYU
- Member of Finnish national team
- Competed in Israel, Greece, and European championships in 1985
- No. 1 setter for Finland in the summer of 1986
After BYU
- Played for the Finnish National Volleyball Team
- Member of the French volleyball league
- Played in the European Championship Tournament 1989
- Played in three Western European Championship Tournaments
- Played in several Scandinavian Championships
- Finnish National Team Manager/Assistant Coach 2004-2006
- Junior National Team Coach 2006
- Club Volleyball Coach since 1996
- Head coach of the volleyball academy
- Works as a physiotherapist in Terveystalo, Finland
Post BYU Honors and Societies
- Selected as the best volleyball player in Finland four times
- Led her team to five Finnish Championships and four Finnish Cup Titles
- Honored as the best setter in the French volleyball league
- Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame in 2011