Personal
- Parents are Loren and Connie Short
- Has three siblings
- Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Before BYU
- Played the 2022 season at Southern Utah
- Also played two seasons at Snow College (2020-21)
- Set the ace record at Snow College
- Two-time All-Region 18 First Team (2020-21)
- 2021 Region 18 conference tournament MVP
- 2021 NMMI Invitational all-tournament team
- Finished top-5 in the nation in service aces and assists (2021)
- Two-time conference player of the week (2021)
- Received recognition as the national and conference player of the week (2020)
- 2020 JC National Runner-Up
- Led team and conference in assists, second on the team in digs, aces, and sixth th in total points, 15 double-doubles (2020)
- Was also a first-team all-conference and academic all-state honoree at Middleton High School
- Valedictorian, National Honors Society, two-time Spanish award winner, third place in state for basketball and volleyball with the Vikings