Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

At Eastern Kentucky
2010 – Top returning blocker from last season’s team, finished 2010 with the second most blocks on the team … third on the team last season with 140 kills and third with 185 points … started all 29 of the team’s matches … had a season-high 13 kills against Eastern Illinois (Oct. 29) … finished with a season-best five blocks at Appalachian State (Sept. 3) … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2010-11 Colonel Scholar.
2009 – led the team and ranked ninth in the Ohio Valley Conference with a .269 attack percentage … tied for the team lead with 62 total blocks … fourth on the team with 175 kills and fourth on the squad with 227 points … averaged 1.65 kills, 0.58 blocks and 0.46 digs per set … recorded 10 or more kills five times … had four or more blocks in seven matches … had a career-best 14 kills against SIU Edwardsville on October 24, also had four blocks and a .379 attack percentage … had a career-high six blocks in a win over Eastern Illinois in the regular season finale, a match the Colonels had to win to earn a spot in the OVC tournament … played in all 29 matches and started 28 times … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2009-10 Colonel Scholar.
2008 – finished her freshman season third on the team with 38 blocks, fourth with 114 kills and fourth with 137 points … played in all 29 matches and started 10 times … season-high 11 kills in her third collegiate match, against Grambling (August 30) … had five total blocks at home against Jacksonville State on October 4.

High School
Earned second team all-state honors as a senior while setting school records for most blocks in a season and for a career at Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School ... also earned first team All-North Coast League honors, was named North Coast League MVP, team MVP, team captain and first team all-district as a senior ... broke the single season school record for blocks, the first time, as a junior ... earned honorable mention all-state honors as a junior ... earned first team all-league and second team all-district recognition as a junior ... led team to 2005 Division III state championship and a runner-up finish in 2006.

Personal
Daughter of Todd and Cathy Groudle … born June 28, 1990 … her dad (Edinboro University) and uncle (Ashland University) were college athletes ... majoring in occupational therapy.