UIC Athletics

2024 (GRADUATE)

• Tied own single season record for total blocks with 177.
• Added to all-time program record in blocking assists (519) and total blocks (603).
• Named as an AVCA All-Midwest Honorable Mention.
• Led the MVC, and was fourth in the entire NCAA DI in hitting percentage (.449).
• Collected her 1,000 career kill in UIC’s quarterfinal victory over Valparaiso in the 2024 MVC Volleyball Championship. 
• Named to the MVC All-Conference First Team.
• Selected to the 2024 MVC All-Tournament Team. 
• Selected to the 2024 Academic Volleyball All-District® Team. 
• Missouri Valley Scholar Athlete- Second Team.
• Earned Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week on Sept 3.
• Earned Missouri Valley Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 14.
• Led MVC in total blocks with 177, averaging 1.40 blocks per set.
• Appeared in all 33 matches, playing a team high 126 sets for the Flames.
• Set a career-high in total blocks with 11 in the win against Missouri State on Oct. 11.
• Set a career-high in kills with 17 in the win at FGCU on Aug. 31.

• Competed in all 122 sets, playing, and starting all 33 of UIC’s matches.
• Finished the season as the new all-time leader in program history in blocking assists (373) and total blocks (426).
• Broke the single season record in blocking assists (155) and total blocks (177).
• Selected to the All-MVC First Team.
• Earned Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 18/Nov. 13).
• Led the entire MVC with an average of 1.47 blocks per set and the second-most total blocks with 179.
• Collected a season-high 10 blocks with 10 kills in UIC’s win against Drake on Nov. 11.
• Tallied a season-high 13 kills against Evansville on Oct. 13 and had seven double-digit kill matches.

• Named 2022 MVC Volleyball All-Conference 2nd Team.
• Appeared in 109 sets across 31 matches.
• Started 30 of 31 matches played.
• Her 109 sets played was fifth-most on the team.
• Led team with 119 blocks on the season.
• Her 1.09 block / set was also a team-high.
• Tallied 200 kills, the fourth-most on the team.
• Averaged 1.83 kills / set, the fifth-best for the Flames.
• Added 16 digs and four assists in 2022.
• Season-high ten blocks against DePaul (Sep. 17).
• Hit a season-best 12 kills against Chicago State (Sep. 3).
• Finished with ten or more kills in five matches.

• Appeared in 105 sets across 29 matches.
• Started 24 of 29 matches played.
• Tallied 160 kills, the fifth-most on the team.
• Averaged 1.52 kills / set, the fifth-best for the Flames.
• Blocked 76 shots, the second-most on the team.
• Added three assists and six digs in 2022.
• Hit a season-high 10 kills against Northern Kentucky (Nov. 21).

• Appeared in 62 sets.
• Finished the season hitting .258 (108k-37e-275a).
• Hit .300 or above on five occasions.
• Averaged 1.74 kills per set.
• Led the Flames with 54 total blocks to average 0.87 blocks per set and rank 10th in the Horizon League.
• Hit .481 with a personal-best 14 kills in the season opener against Purdue Fort Wayne Jan. 25

• Lettered four years in volleyball at Oak Park and River Forest.
• Helped her team to a fourth-place finish at the New Trier Tournament.
• All-Tournament honoree in her junior and senior year.
• Made Honor Roll and Dean’s List all four years at Oak Park and River Forest.
• Named Prep Volleyball AAU 17 Open Star Search in her junior club season.
• Earned a first-place finish in the Great Lakes Power League alongside her teammates in her 2020 club season.
• Daughter of Lesa Martin and Darnell Woodard.
• Kinesiology major.