CAREER
2024 National Champion...Was a team captain (2024)...Earned three Academic All-Big Ten honors (2022, 23, 24)...Played in 214 sets over 84 matches during her four-year career...Finished with 38 aces and 55 digs...Earned a bachelor's degree in risk management.
2024 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named a team captain...Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
Season: Appeared in 127 sets while playing in all 37 matches, including one as a starter...Came in primarily as a serving sub and was fourth on the team with 28 aces while also contributing 38 digs...Had at least one ace in 15 matches, including a season-high four in a sweep over Illinois (11/15).
at No. 15 Tennesse (8/30): Contributed one ace in a four-set win. at No. 9 Kentucky (9/6): Served for one ace in a reverse-sweep win. Michigan State (9/29): Totaled three aces in a four-set win. No. 11 Oregon (10/4): Chipped in with three digs in a sweep. No. 14 Minnesota (10/20): Finished with two aces and two digs in a sweep. Illinois (11/15): Tallied a season-high four aces in a sweep. at Maryland (11/17): Did her part with three aces and three digs in a four-set win. No. 8 Purdue (11/21): Contributed another three aces in a sweep. Washington (10/24): Started on Senior Day and finished with two aces and one dig in a four-set win. at Rutgers (11/27): Chipped in with two aces and two digs in a sweep. No. 2 Nebraska (11/29): Played in all four sets and tallied one dig in a four-set win that clinched a share of the Big Ten title. Delaware State (12/6): Contributed one ace and one dig in a sweep in the NCAA First Round. Marquette (12/13): Totaled one ace and two digs in a four-set win in the NCAA Regional Semifinal. No. 6 Creighton (12/15): Served for two aces and added one dig in a five-set win in the NCAA Regional Final. vs. No. 3 Nebraska (12/19): Had one ace in a reverse-sweep win in the NCAA National Semifinal. at No. 4 Louisville (12/22): Totaled a season-high four digs to help Penn State secure its eighth national title with a four-set win.
2023 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
Season: Played in 18 sets over 14 matches.
at Temple (9/8): Contributed one dig in a sweep.
2022 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
Season: Played in 13 sets over 10 matches…Tallied five digs and one ace.
vs. Stanford (9/9): Contributed an ace in a five-set win. UAlbany (9/17): Chipped in with three digs.
2021 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in 60 sets across 23 matches...Finished with nine aces and 10 digs...Had at least one ace in seven matches.
vs. Georgia Tech (8/27): Played two sets in collegiate debut. vs. Robert Morris (9/17): Contributed one ace and one dig. Rutgers (10/15): Chipped in with one ace. at Minnesota (10/22): Tallied two aces and one dig in a 3-0 win. Maryland (10/29): Recorded one ace. Illinois (10/30): Served two aces. vs. Towson (12/3): Played two sets in the NCAA First Round win.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Played five years, including three as a team captain, at St. Catherine's School, helping team win four LIS titles and finish top four in the state four times...Earned three all-state honors, including first team in 2018 and 2019...Was a two-time Metro Player of the Year and a two-time LIS Player of the Year...Named all-metro four times and All-LIS four times...Finished career with 1,851 assists, 637 digs, 553 kills, 199 aces and 148 blocks while leading team to a 99-24 record...Named a 2021 second-team Academic All-American...Played 10 years for Richmond Volleyball Club.
PERSONAL
Parents are Debra and Clark Menger...Both parents coach volleyball...Has one older brother Harlan, who played lacrosse at Virginia Wesleyan.