West Virginia University Athletics

2018 (Jr.)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Team Co-Captain
• Played in 33 sets
• Appeared in six Big 12 matches
• Finished second on the team with 179 assists
• Recorded double-digit assists in eight matches
• Posted a season-high 31 assists and five blocks in a season-opening win over Georgia Southern at the WVU Invitational (Aug. 24)
• Tallied a pair of service aces and eight digs in a sweep over UConn (Aug. 24)
• Matched a season-high eight digs in the loss to the No. 1-ranked Stanford Cardinal at the BYU Nike Invitational (Sept. 1)
• Opened the Florida Gulf Coast Tournament with 22 assists and a trio of digs in a sweep over Western Illinois (Sept. 7)
• Had a trio of kills on nine total attempts in the 3-1 loss at No. 25 Baylor (Nov. 21)

2017 (So.)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Presented with the team’s Mountaineer Award, which honors the player who best exemplifies what it means to be a Mountaineer
• Played in 103 of 125 sets
• Led WVU with 941 assists, averaging 9.14 per set, to rank seventh in the Big 12
• Ranked second on the team with 23 service aces, finishing the year with 0.22 per set
• Finished fifth on the team in digs (160) and total blocks (41)
• Ended the year with a .319 hitting efficiency
• Had a season-high four service aces vs. Harvard at the Wright State Invitational (Sept. 8)
• Posted seven kills on 13 attacks for a .462 hitting percentage at Wright State (Sept. 9)
• Recorded a double-double at Army, registering a career-high 56 assists and 10 digs in a five-set win over the Black Knights (Sept. 15)
• Notched five blocks at Marshall (Sept. 12) and at Oklahoma (Nov. 4)
• Black Knights Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 15-16)
• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 11)

2016 (Fr.)

• Big 12 All-Freshman Team
• WVU’s Most Improved Player
• Led WVU with 683 assists
• Ranked ninth in the Big 12 with 5.94 assists per set
• Had 69 digs and 78 total blocks
• Recorded a career-best eight kills against Marshall at the Capital Classic (Sept. 2)
• Set a career best with 55 assists against K-State (Nov. 9)
• Had three service aces at Iowa State (Nov. 2)
• Posted a career-best 10 blocks at K-State (Oct. 22)
• Had a double-double against the Wildcats, adding 27 assists as well
• Hit a career-best .857 in a win over Winthrop at the WVU Invitational (Sept. 16)
• Notched a career-high 10 digs in a five-set loss to No. 4 Kansas (Nov. 16)

High School

• Three time all-conference award winner at Rosemount High
• 2015 Under Armour All-America Third Team
• 2015 all-state
• 2014 Global Challenge All-Tournament Team
• 2014 Team MVP
• All-metro second team

Personal

• Daughter of Duane and Lisa Slinde
• Birthday is Sept. 17
• Has one sister
• Majoring in journalism
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll