2008 Season (Junior): Summit League Defensive Player of the Year and All-Summit League second team...Appeared in 25 matches as NDSU’s libero...Ranked 38th nationally with 4.83 digs per set, the second best average in school single-season history...Summit League stats leader with 5.76 dps in league matches...Three-time Summit League Defensive Player of the Week...Earned back-to-back honors Oct. 6 and 13...Her career-high 35 digs in the 3-2 home win over Western Illinois on Oct. 11 tied for the second highest dig total in school history...Had 20 or more digs in 10 matches, including five of the final six matches of the regular season, a span over which she averaged an incredible 6.29 digs per set...Named to the Summit League Fall All-Academic Team and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2007 Season (Sophomore): Started 25 of 28 matches and played in 93 of 106 sets...Fourth on the team in kills (292), third in kills per set (3.14) and digs (304), and second in digs per set (3.27)...All-tournament at the Sun Bowl Invitational, where she set a Sun Bowl three-set record with 18 kills in the season opener against Texas-Pan American...Had 10 double-doubles...Career-high 25 kills in a loss at South Dakota State, and a career-high 30 digs in the Summit League semifinal loss at IPFW.
2006 Season (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
2005 Season (Freshman): Started 25 of 34 matches played...Second on the team in kills (316) and kills per game (2.70)...Division I independent Newcomer of the Week (9/20) when she averaged 3.23 kills, 2.54 digs and 3.58 points per game in losses to Wisconsin-Green Bay (3-2), Western Illinois (3-1) and Central Michigan (3-1)...All-tournament at UWGB with 42 kills in three matches, including a career- and match-high 22 kills against Central Michigan, and her second collegiate double-double with 13 kills and 14 digs against Western Illinois...Her other double-double was in the home loss to UWGB with 15 kills and 16 digs.
High School: Graduated in 2005 from Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton High School...Helped the Rebels to their first state tournament appearance in 2002 and a Class 2A state runner-up finish in 2004...Made the all-state tournament team both years...Five-year starter, five-time all-Heart O’ Lakes Conference selection, and three-time conference MVP on the volleyball court...Player of the Year by The Forum in 2003 and 2004...Minnesota’s Gatorade Player of the Year in 2004...PrepVolleyball.com All-American...Four-time D-G-F team MVP and twice named the school’s most outstanding athlete...Surpassed 1,000 career kills early in her junior season...Finished her career with 1931 kills, 1423 digs, 337 blocks, 238 aces and 88 assists, including a school-record 577 kills her senior year...Also set a school record with 38 kills in a match vs. Lake of the Woods...Five-year varsity letterwinner in basketball...Scored more than 1,000 points and scored a record 44 points in a game.
Personal:Â Daughter of Bob and Jean Lopez of Glyndon, Minn...Has a sister, Jennifer, who is a sophomore on the NDSU volleyball team...Majoring in exercise science with a minor in coaching.
