Biography
2024: Started all 32 matches... Led the team in points scored with 386 for an average of 3.19 per set... Led the team in receptions with 649 and finished with an .937 receive percentage... Second on the team in kills with 345 for an average of 2.85 per set... Also second on the team in digs with 372 total for an average of 3.07 per set... Tied for third on the team in blocks with 31 (0.26 per set)... Also registered 25 service aces and 24 assists... Totaled 18 matches with at least 10 kills and a season-high of 22 kills against Southern Nazarene... Totaled 23 matches with at least 10 digs, including her season high of 20 against Northwestern Oklahoma State... Totaled 15 kills-digs double doubles... 22 kills and 24 points against Southern Nazarene were season-highs for the team in five-set matches... Selected to the Great American Conference All-Tournament Team with 43 kills and 41 digs in Ouachita's three wins en route to winning the conference championship... Selected to the GAC All-Academic Team... Made the Ouachita President's List with a perfect 4.0 GPA in both of the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters.
2023: All-Great American Conference Honorable Mention... Top five on the team in kills (231), digs (260), service aces (40), and blocks (21)... Ranked fourth in the GAC in service aces...Third on the team in kills per set (2.24)... Totaled 13 matches with at least 10 kills, including her season-high of 19 against Arkansas Tech... Reached double-digits in digs in 10 matches, including her season-high of 22 against Oklahoma Baptist... Totaled six kills-digs double-doubles... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team... GAC All-Academic Team... Made the Ouachita Dean's List in both of the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters.
2022: Selected as the Great American Conference Freshman of the Year and also earned All-GAC Second Team honors... Two-time GAC Offensive Player of the Week... Played and started in all 31 matches... Led the team in points (351.5), points per set (3.41), kills (300), kills per set (2.91), and total attacks (1009)... Ranked second on the team in service aces (34) and digs (295)... 15 matches with at least 10 kills, including her season-high of 21 in a four-set win at home over East Central... 12 matches with at least 10 digs and three with at least 20, including a season-high 28 in a conference win on the road over Southern Arkansas... Selected to the Ouachita President's List in the Spring 2023 semester and the Dean's List in the Fall 2022.
AT BOYD: Recorded over 1,000 kills in her high school career... 2021: Class Salutatorian, District 10-3a MVP, Wise County Hitter OTY, TGCA Academic All State, TGCA Volleyball All State, Oil Bowl Athlete, Texas Sports Writers Association 3a OH Honorable Mention, Region 2 Finalist... 2020: District 10-3a MVP, Wise County Hitter OTY, TGCA Volleyball All State, Texas Sports Writers Association All State Team, All Star Alternate, AVC Phenom Watchlist, Region 2 Semifinalist... 2019: District Newcomer OTY, All Wise County Team, Region 2 Finalist... 2018: 4a State Champion
PERSONAL: Daughter of Brett and Andrea Braziel... Three younger brothers - Cade, Colton, and Tanner... Majoring in biology with a minor in chemistry... Born September 18, 2003.
