Biography
2023 (SOPHOMORE)
Finished the season 27-7 while playing the entire season on court three with partner Brooke Hoven … Swept 21 matches, going 21-6 in two-set matches … Went 6-1 in three-set matches … Won their first 13 matches of the season … Finished 1-1 at the inaugural Sun Belt Conference Championship (April 27-28), defeating Southern Miss’ Reagan Sandlin and Valeria Siakidou Papakyriakou (21-19, 21-12) … Won a pair of matches on the first day of the New Orleans Invitational (April 13), defeating Southeastern’s Jackie McGee and Eryn Wilks (19-21, 21-11, 15-5) and UNO’s Valerie Vujnovich and Hannah Volpi (21-16, 21-16) … Went a perfect 4-0 at the ULM Beach Invitational (April 7-8) with wins over Spring Hill’s Linnea Beger and Kyla Shappell (21-17, 8-21, 17-15), Stephen F. Austin’s Elaina Amador and Madison Hall (21-17, 21-15), Central Arkansas’ Anna Linskey and Julia Oravec (21-16, 21-10) and Hendrix’s Meghan Fuller-Freeman and Liz Roy (21-10, 21-8) … Won twice at the Blazer Beach Duals (March 31-April 1), knocking off Jacksonville State’s Brooklyn Schiffli and Carley Lynch (21-15, 21-8) and Mercer’s Sydney Benson and Jordyn Thomas-Warren (22-24, 21-14, 15-12) … Took three matches at the ULM Bayou Bash (March 24-25), taking down Southwest Baptist’s Paityn Kramer and Madison Satterly (21-17, 21-14) and Nicholls’ Bethanie Durant and McKenna Malone twice (21-10, 21-10 and 21-18, 21-11) … Won three of four matches at the Lion Up Beach Bash (March 17-18), picking up victories over Spring Hill’s Beger and Shappell (19-21, 21-19, 15-11), Nicholls’ Durant and Alisha Wischkaemper (21-7, 21-18) and Southeastern’s Alexis Logarbo and Carley Petty (21-18, 21-9) … Swept through the Mary Hardin-Baylor Invitational (March 10-11), defeating East Texas Baptist’s Hope Shipp and Molly McCurley (21-8, 21-4), Southwest Baptist’s Janel Pido and Loran Pritchett (21-19, 21-5), UMHB’s Mindy Conger and Faith Clark (21-9, 21-16) and Hendrix’s Morgan Ford and Mabry Matz (21-12, 21-7) … Earned four-straight sweeps at the Nicholls Invitational (March 3-4), knocking off Loyola (La.)’s Brittany Cooper and Samantha Ingram (21-8, 21-13), Nicholls’ McKay Wilson and McKenna Malone (21-9, 21-6), LaGrange’s Morgan Martin and Alexis Childers (21-7, 21-8) and New Orleans’ Ashley Salazar and Ivana De Carvalho Peixe (21-10, 21-9) … Opened the season with four wins at the Texas A&M-Kingsville Invitational (Feb. 24-25), defeating Missouri Baptist’s Emma Lattimore and Kirsten van der Vleuten (21-19, 21-10), Utah’s Marissa Koch and Abby Karich (19-21, 21-15, 15-12), ETBU’s Shipp and Annika Demuth (21-10, 21-15) and Corban’s Jessica McMillian and Ally Schmidt (18-21, 21-16, 15-9).
2022 (FRESHMAN)
Saw action in nine duals as a freshman, going 3-6 … Paired with Abbey Bufkin for two wins at the Houston Baptist Invitational, defeating New Orleans’ Hailey Melerine and Tara Goolsby, 2-1 (17-21, 21-14, 15-5), and Southeastern’s Mabry Ward and Jackie McGee, 2-1 (20-22, 21-19, 15-13), both on court five (2/25-2/26/22) … Teamed with Bufkin for a win over Mercer’s Jordan Morris and Kathryn Corbett, 2-0 (21-12, 21-17) at the Blazer Beach Bash (4/15/22).
J.T. HOGGARD HS
Two-time letterwinner for the Vikings before graduating in 2021…Helped Vikings win Mideast Conference Championship and reach North Carolina State Elite Eight as a junior while totaling 101 kills and 65 blocks…Two-time letterwinner in indoor volleyball, where she played middle blocker…Named to National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jamie and Heather Black…Enjoys going to the beach and watching movies…Majoring in business administration with a minor in marketing.
