The 2005 Season (Junior): Took over the full-time setting duties early in the season after injuries sidelined the top two setters...Averaged 6.01 assists per game, including a career-high 45 assists in a 3-2 home loss to Texas-Pan American...Ranked eighth in the Division I independent stats in assists per game...Made her 1,000th career dig in a win over Texas-Pan American at the independent tournament...Six double-doubles, including season-highs of 13 kills and 19 digs in a loss to Xavier...Her 33 service aces were second on the team...Named to the Academic All-Independent team and was voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 first team.
The 2004 Season (Sophomore): Selected to the Division I All-Independent team and the Independent All-Academic Team...Named to the independent all-tournament team and was all-tourney at UMKC...Ranked eighth in digs among the eight independent schools with 3.51 digs per game...Led the team in kills 24 times and digs nine times while starting all 33 matches...Recorded 15 double-doubles and had career highs of 26 kills against Minnesota State-Moorhead (9-29) and 28 digs at Northern Colorado (11-12)...Reached double digits in kills in 23 of 33 matches and had 20 or more kills in three contests...Totaled five blocks in matches vs. Arkansas State (9-18), IPFW (10-22) and Prairie View A&M (11-5).
The 2003 Season (Freshman): Not a typical freshman year as Sheila had a sudden impact on the Bison program...Named the AVCA North Central Region Freshman of the Year...Started in 32 matches and 115 games...Hit .150 (270k-146e-827att)...Averaged 2.35 kills and 3.23 digs per game...Third on the team in digs...Added 41 service aces, 40 blocks and 25 assists...Second on the team in service aces...In the final NCC stats, tied for fifth in service aces (0.35 sapg)...Connected for a season-high 18 kills vs. Concordia-St. Paul (11-14) in last year's final regular season match, one of 10 matches with double-figure kills...Finished with 17 digs to complete one of seven "daily doubles" last season...Also collected a career-high 20 points against Concordia...Came up with double-figure digs on 20 occasions...Had three matches with 20-plus digs including a season-best 26 vs. Minnesota State-Mankato (10-25)...Had 24 vs. Augustana (11-7) and 21 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (11-22) in the NCAA North Central Region championship match...Served up four aces in win over Minnesota State-Moorhead (10-16).
High School: A 2003 graduate of Fargo North High...North Dakota’s "Miss Volleyball"...Three-time all-state selection...Three-time all-conference pick...Had more than 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs during prep career...Member of the Spartans’ 2002 state championship basketball team that achieved a 25-0 record...An outstanding all-around athlete, Parrish placed in four events (long jump, triple jump, 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles) at the state track meet...Competed for the North Fargo Junior Olympic VB Club and was selected as an AAU All-American in Florida...National Honor Society...Member of Student Council...Was a gymnast at American Gold in Fargo.
Personal: Daughter of Ronald and Marlys Parrish... Has three brothers, Chris, Mike and Joe...Majoring in human performance and fitness/pre-medicine...Plans to attend medical school upon graduation...Coached at NDSU and Concordia College volleyball camps in the summer, in addition to serving a secretarial role for Roto-Rooter...Prep volleyball coaches were Crystal Deringer and Carl Oberholtzer.
 Season               GP-MP     K   K/G    E   TA   Pct    A  A/G   SA SA/G   SE
 2003................ 115-32   270  2.35  146  827  .150   25 0.22   41 0.36   40
 2004................ 115-33   437  3.80  216 1161  .190   22 0.19   32 0.28   63
 2005................ 122-36   189  1.55  129  568  .106  733 6.01   33 0.27   56
 TOTAL............... 352-101  896  2.55  491 2556  .158  780 2.22  106 0.30  159
 Season                DIG  D/G   RE   BS   BA   TB  B/G   BE  BHE Points Pts/G
 2003................  371 3.23   54    3   37   40 0.35    4    1  332.5 2.89
 2004................  404 3.51   44    7   47   54 0.47    3    3  499.5 4.34
 2005................  229 1.88   34    6   58   64 0.52    5   42  257.0 2.11
 TOTAL............... 1004 2.85  132   16  142  158 0.45   12   46 1089.0 3.09
