Personal
Parents are Aldric and Mari Porter ... has five siblings ... both her parents and older sisters graduated from BYU ... got started in volleyball by playing on the beach with her cousins ... traveled to Tonga in the summer of 2006 with teammates Rachel Dyer and Amy Schlauder to teach English to local children ... art and curatorial studies major.
Before BYU
Club: Club: Played for Southern California Volleyball Club (Redondo Beach, Calif.) for two years (2002-03) ... coached by Bill Ferguson ... led SCVC to a first-place finish and was named MVP in the 18's division at the Junior Olympic Invitational in Phoenix, Ariz. ... took home a fifth-place finish (open division) at the 2004 Junior Olympics.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Thousand Oaks (Lancers) High School in Thousand Oaks, Calif. ... first-team All-Marmonte League, Thousand Oaks HS MVP and best offensive player as a junior ... also lettered in track and field as a freshman ... coached by Yariv Lerner ... recruited by Utah and Arizona State.
Stats
CAREER MATCH HIGHS
KILLS: 17 (twice)
HITTING PERCENTAGE: .714 vs. American, 9/1/07
ASSISTS: 3 (twice)
ACES: 5 vs. Wyoming, 10/27/07
DIGS: 15 at No. 2 Stanford, 9/8/07
BLOCKS: 5 vs. Colorado State, 9/22/07
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Year MP-GP K E A Pct. Ast. SA SE RE Dig BS BA TB BE BHE
2005 12-18 28 13 89 .169 1 2 3 0 1 1 7 8 4 0
2006 15-36 90 43 270 .174 7 7 15 6 40 1 13 14 1 0
2007 31-117 326 123 922 .220 31 27 55 47 224 6 62 68 12 2
2008 26-94 270 158 827 .135 17 20 30 21 201 2 42 44 7 0
Total 84-265 714 337 2108 .179 56 56 103 74 466 10 124 134 24 2