Member of the 1,000-1,000 Club
2010 and 2011 All-SCAC Third Team
2011: All-SCAC Third Team...played in all 35 matches for the Majors, totaling 129 sets...led the team in kills with 346(2.68 per set), and total blocks, (107 .8 per set)... fourth on the team in digs with 341 (2.64 per set)... totaled 14 service aces and compiled 32 assists
2010: All-SCAC Third Team... played in all 39 matches for the Majors, totaling 148 sets... led the team in kills, 371 (2.51 per set) and finished second in total blocks (122.82 per set) and digs with 512 (3.46 per set)... totaled 38 service aces, 3rd on team, and 36 assists
2009: Started 26 of the 32 matches she played in totaling 117 sets in her first season with the Majors... posted 238 kills, 2nd on team, 19 assists, 37 service aces, T-2nd on team, (2.52 digs per set) for a total of 295, 3rd on team, and 89 total blocks, 2nd on team
UL-Lafayette (2008): Played one season for head coach Heather Mazeitis at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette ... played and started in three matches ... averaged 6.88 assists/game and 1.25 digs/game ... posted 55 assists, 10 digs and six blocks.
High School: A four-year letterwinner in volleyball for head coach Greg Castillo at Cabrini HS ... three-time all-district selection, earning Division II MVP honors in 2008 ... team MVP in 2006 and 2007 and team MVOP in 2005 ... led her team to the state title in 2007 in Division II volleyball and state playoff appearances each of the other three years ... named to the 2008 Louisiana Volleyball All-Star Team ... also a four-year letterwinner in track and field and three-year letterwinner in basketball ... led her Crescent basketball team to the state playoffs twice and track team three times ... took second place in the discus and third place in the shotput at state meet in 2008 ... off the playing surface, a member of the National Honor Society and president of Key Club.
Personal: Daughter of Patricia Early and the late James Laird ... has two sisters, one older, Jamie, one younger, Kallie ... born and raised in Metairie, La. ... majoring in secondary education ... plans on becoming a high school teacher and coach upon graduation
