NIL OPPORTUNITIES
Junior (2024) - Old Dominion
* Spring Term Dean's List & AD Honor Roll (early enrollment at UTC)
- Did not appear in any matches for the Monarchs and ultimately redshirted.
Sophomore (2023) - Old Dominion
*Program record for most blocks in a single season (112).
*Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week (9/19)
- Appeared in 31 total matches including making 30 starts on the year.
- Played in 112 sets.
- Led the Monarchs with 112 total blocks (22 solo), which marked a new program record for most blocks recorded in a single season.
- This ranked seventh in the Sun Belt Conference in terms of total blocks.
- Her 22 solo blocks were also the most for ODU that season.
- Also recorded 154 kills on the season with a .310 hitting percentage.
- Both her kill total and hitting percentage ranked fourth on the team that year.
- Added 32 digs, 21 service aces and five assists to her season stat line.
- Accounted for 242.0 points on the year.
- Put together 12 matches in which she finished with 5+ total blocks.
- Matched her career-high of nine blocks in a 3-0 sweep of Power 4 foe West Virginia (9/14).
- Had her best offensive outing of the season at North Dakota State, tallying nine kills on a .643 hitting percentage (9/15).
- Also logged a season-high for service aces in that match, finishing with four.
Freshman (2022) - Old Dominion
*Program record for most blocks by a freshman in a single season (99).
*Virginia Tech Invitational All-Tournament Team
- Played in 28 total matches while making 27 starts.
- Saw action in 102 sets on the season.
- Ended her year with 172 kills, 99 blocks (seven solo), 52 digs, 23 aces and five assists.
- Her 99 total blocks marked the most by an ODU freshman in a season in program history.
- Led the Monarchs in total blocks (99) and blocks/set (97).
- Finished the season ranked eighth in the conference in blocks per set (0.97).
- Also ranked second on the team in aces (23) as well as fourth in total kills (172).
- Finished with double-digit kills in three matches on the year.
- Recorded a career-high 12 kills in ODU's matchup against Arkansas State in the Sun Belt Tournament (11/17).
- Also had double-digit kills against Navy (11 kills - Sept. 8) and Marist (10 kills - Sept. 2).
- Almost finished with a double-double in her match against Marist, logging a career-high nine blocks as well in the win.
- Finished with a career-high five aces in a match at UNC (9/16).
- Made her collegiate debut versus Michigan at the Northern Arizona Invitational, where she finished with two kills, one block and one dig.
Wakefield High School (NC)
* 2021 AVCA All-American Watch List
* 2021 Under Armour All-American Watch List
* 2021 North Carolina Second Team All-State
* Four-time AVCA Phenom List honoree
* Four-time Ultra Ankle JVA Watch List honoree
* Two-time Conference Offensive Player of the Year
* Three-time All-Region honoree
* Four-time All-Conference selection
- Was a four-year starter and letterwinner.
- Was honored as Wakefield High School's Most Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year as a senior.
- Also won the volleyball team's MVP Award.
- Tallied 231 kills on a .495 hitting percentage and 102 blocks over the course of her senior campaign.
- Recorded 50+ blocks in each of her four seasons of varsity volleyball at Wakefield: 102 as a senior, 61 as a junior, 76 as a sophomore, 57 as a freshman.
- Ended her career with 296 total blocks, carrying a 1.05 blocks/set average over her high school tenure.
- Also helped guide her club team, NC Academy, to the 17 Open and 18 Open Nationals.
Personal
- Born March 15, 2004.
- Daughter of Tim and Candice Burgess.
- Has two siblings: Tyson and Roz.
- Her father (Tim) played linebacker on the North Carolina football team from 1996-2000.
- Intends on majoring in Integrated Studies with an emphasis on Cybersecurity while at UTC.
