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2025 (SENIOR)

• Reached 2,000 career assists on Oct. 10
• Appeared in 97 sets throughout the season
• Tallied 28 service aces through the season
• Recorded 187 digs through the season
• Selected to All-MVC Academic Scholar Athlete Team

2024 (JUNIOR)

•  Named to the Missouri Valley Scholar Athlete First Team. 
•  Selected to the 2024 Academic Volleyball All-District® Team. 
•  Appeared in all 33 matches, playing a team high 126 sets for the Flames
•  Second in the MVC in service aces with 53, tied for 28th in all of NCAA DI. 
•  First on the team in assists with 783, averaging 6.21 per set
•  Third on the team in digs with 276, averaging 2.19 digs per set
•  Set a career-high in digs with 20 in the win at Missouri State on Nov. 2.
•  Season-high 38 assists in the win at Valparaiso on Nov. 19.
•  14 matches with double-digit assists and digs.

2023 (SOPHOMORE)

• Competed in all 33 matches for the Flames, starting in 10 of them in 116 sets.
• Selected as a 2023 Missouri Valley Scholar-Athlete Team- Honorable Mention.
• Led the team with 806 assists, averaging 6.95 assists per set, ranking her ninth in the conference.
• Tallied double-digit assists in 30 matches for the Flames, including nine matches with 30 plus assists.
• Collected a season-high 47 assists in UIC’s win against Northwestern on Sept. 13.
• Ranked fourth on the team in digs (186), averaging 1.60 digs per set.
• Also tallied 17 kills in the season, securing two kills in matches against Loyola (Sept. 15), Bradley (Oct. 6), Illinois State (Oct.7) and Northern Iowa (Nov. 10).

• Played in 42 sets across. 21 matches. 
• Had 132 assists, the second-most on the team.
• Finished 2022 with 3.14 assists per set.
• Recorded four aces.
• Had a season-high 27 assists against South Dakota State (Aug. 26).
• Also tallied double-digit assists against NJIT (Aug. 26), UCF (Sep. 11), DePaul (Sep. 17), Illinois State (Oct. 2) and Southern Illinois (Oct. 21).

• Attended Liceo Classico Paolo Sarpi in Bergamo, Italy.
• Parents are Barbara Zanarotti and Alberto Venturini.
• Majoring in Political Science.