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)
