University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2018 Volleyball Roster
Breaux, Avery
Jersey Number 24
Avery Breaux
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Scott, La.
- High School:
- St. Thomas More HS
Bio
All-Sun Belt First Team (2020)
Sun Belt Setter of the Week (Sept. 15, Nov. 10, 2020)
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2019)
Gators Invitational All-Tournament Team (2019)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2018)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2017)
2020 (Senior)
Appeared in every match (22) and set (78) that Louisiana played during the regular season portion of the campaign ... increased collegiate career totals to 113 matches played and 415 sets competed in for Louisiana ... continued role as team's primary setter running the 5-1 system (first season as the full-time starter) ... earned repeat All-Sun Belt honors, rising to first team distinction, to become the first setter in program history to earn multiple all-conference accolades ... collected the first Sun Belt Setter of the Week awards (Sept. 15 and Nov. 10) of her career ... averaged a career-best 11.4 assists per set en route to finishing the regular season with a nation-leading 887 assists ... became the first setter since the onset of rally scoring - and only the second-ever in the era - to average 11-plus assists per set in a season ... joins Connie Byrnes (11.7 in 2001) as the only Ragin' Cajuns to complete a rally scoring season averaging 11-plus assists per set ... assists total increased collegiate career tally to 2,467 which represents the fifth-most recorded by a Ragin' Cajuns setter in the rally scoring era ... totaled 500-plus assists for the third time in as many seasons playing the position at the collegiate level ... was on pace to establish a new personal single-season best assists total, finishing just 41 shy of the amount recorded in her junior season ... passed out 10-plus assists per set in 18 of 22 matches ... five times finished with 13 assists per set in a match, twice posting a career-best of 14 assists per set ... surpassed 50 assists four times, and tallied at least 40 assists in 11 matches ... averaged 10-plus assists per set throughout the series in five of the six Sun Belt weekend sets ... guided the Ragin' Cajuns offense to 13.9 kills per set in the regular season marking the program's highest average since 2002 ... efforts also allowed the squad to equal the rally scoring era record for season hitting percentage (.216) ... had a team-high tying 11 double-doubles of assists and digs during the regular season ... increased career double-doubles tally to 38 which is the second-most by a setter in the rally scoring era trailing only Andrea Hole (49) ... posted a fourth straight 200-dig season ... averaged a career-best 3.03 digs per set ... collected at least five digs in every match and averaged at least three per set on 13 occasions ... digs total pushed her collegiate career total past 1,000 (up to 1,116) ... closed the season as one of only two active setters on the NCAA Division I Volleyball scene with 2,000 career assists and 1,000 career digs ... reached the assists milestone on Oct. 3 at ULM and surpassed the digs milestone on Oct. 16 vs. Texas State ... had a hand in a career-best 21 blocks (2 BS, 19 BA) ... scored double digits in service aces for the fourth straight season ... added 20 kills to her stat line hitting the mark for a second straight season ... delivered a pair of 30-plus assist efforts and directed Louisiana to a .265 hitting percentage in the season-opening sweep of Houston Baptist ... capped off the weekend with a 44-assist, 17-dig effort ... directed the offense to an average of 14.5 kills per set vs. HBU ... handed out 30-plus helpers in both matches and steered Louisiana's offense to 13.8 kills per set on a .308 hitting percentage during the series sweep of South Alabama (Sept. 11-12), leading her to Sun Belt Setter of the Week honors ... turned in the first 14 assist per set performance of the season in the opening match of the Lamar doubleheader on Sept. 19 ... added a season-best three aces to a double-double of 35 assists and 11 digs in the second match against the Cardinals ... tallied a career-high 64 assists and also had a pair of 40-plus assist efforts, both in three set matches, during the Sun Belt-opening series at Little Rock (Sept. 25-26) ... averaged 13.3 assists per set over the weekend which represented a new career-best for her in a single weekend ... the 42 assists in the series finale matched her season-high total for a three-set match and helped guide Louisiana to an astounding 18 kills per set on a .318 percentage ... with the series opener at ULM knotted at 1-all, steered the team to a .429 hitting percentage (34 K, 4 E, 70 TA) as the squad pulled away to keep the undefeated start to the season intact ... twice averaged 10-plus assists per set in the series with two-time defending SBC champion Texas State ... had an impressive double-double of 51 assists and 12 digs in Friday's nightcap as the Ragin' Cajuns pushed the Bobcats to five sets ... made it the quickest to 50 assists in a match in her collegiate career with the exact amount in the Arkansas State series opener (Oct. 23) ... in the series finale with ASU directed the Ragin' Cajuns to at least 15 kills in every set and narrowly missed out on a third straight double-double (40 assists, nine digs) in the crucial win ... assisted on all but two of Louisiana's 35 kills and served out the final five points of the third set to wrap up the sweep of ULM in the opening match of the series at Earl K. Long Gym (Oct. 30) ... delivered an all-around effort, impacting several areas of the game, in the key series win at UT Arlington (Nov. 6-7) which secured the No. 2 seed out of the Sun Belt West Division ... scored at least three kills and recorded a double-double of assists and digs in all three matches against the Mavericks ... averaged 11.1 assists per set, 3.6 digs per set and posted a .321 hitting percentage throughout the series ... finished with at least 3.0 digs per set each contest and the 47 total digs collected marked her highest output in a conference series ... posted her fourth 50-plus assists effort of the season and a career-high 22 digs to help guide the Ragin' Cajuns to the reverse sweep in the series opener which proved to be critical in landing the series victory ... played a key role in snapping a 1-1 match tie in Friday's nightcap, scoring a pair of dump kills during a 5-0 run that opened a 16-11 advantage in the third set ... efforts in Arlington landed a second Sun Belt Setter of the Week award.
2019 (Junior)
Appeared in every match (30) and set (110) that Louisiana played, for the second straight season ... competed in 30-plus matches and 100-plus sets for a third straight season ... became the team's primary setter running the 5-1 system at the onset of Sun Belt Conference play on Sept. 27 ... earned All-Sun Belt Second Team honors ... led Louisiana with 15 double-doubles, the most by a Ragin' Cajuns setter since Andrea Hole's 23 in 2014 ... finished the season with a career-best 928 assists ... reached the 30-assist mark in 15 of 16 Sun Belt regular season matches, surpassing 40 assists on six occasions ... averaged 10.2 assists per set in SBC play, and remained vital to the team's defense averaging 2.7 digs per set ... was one of only five setters to average 10-plus assists per set in conference play ... steered the Ragin' Cajuns to .210 percentage in Sun Belt play (up from .162 in non-conference play) ... assists production pushed her career total past 1,000 and up to 1,580 which ranks sixth in the rally scoring era record book ... collected her 1,000th career assist on Oct. 4 vs. Appalachian State, the same night she turned in a personal, single-match best of 55 assists ... surpassed 200 digs for the third straight year, reaching the 300-mark for the first time ... scooped a career-best 312 digs, trailing only libero Hannah Ramirez for the team lead ... turned in at least one double-digit dig performance in nine of the 12 weekends throughout the regular season ... digs total was 15 or higher in eight of the 15 double-digit dig showings ... scored a career-best 23 service aces, marking a third consecutive season with 20-plus aces ... had six matches with multiple service aces, posting three or more on three occasions ... remained one of the team's best from the service line, as a her 15 errors were the fewest among individuals who played 100-plus sets ... developed her blocking technique as the season progressed, finishing with 16 total blocks (2 BS, 14 BA) ... during the regular-season ending 9-1 run which resulted in a runner-up finish in the SBC West, averaged 10.8 assists per set and guided the Louisiana offense to an average of 13.4 kills per set on a .224 hitting percentage ... played a key role in Hali Wisnoskie's revival during that stretch, helping the outsider hitter average 4.68 kills per set on a .300 hitting percentage ... produced double-doubles vs. McNeese (31 assists, 11 digs) and Florida A&M (25 assists, 15 digs) in her rotation of the 6-2 system during the Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic, helping lead Louisiana's 3-0 run through the tournament ... posted another pair of double-doubles the next weekend, competing against Power 5 foes at the Oklahoma Invitational ... received all-tournament honors at the Gators Invitational in Florida, closing the event with a double-double of 13 assists and 12 digs vs. No. 11 Florida ... starting with 35 assists at Texas State on Sept. 27, would record a career-high total in three consecutive outings (46 at UT Arlington, 55 vs. Appalachian State) ... handed out 36 assists at South Alabama on Oct. 11, starting a streak of 30-plus assists efforts which lasted the remainder of the season ... behind her career-best weekend average of 12 assists per set, led Louisiana to weekend-bests of 14.5 kills per set on a .267 hitting percentage in the sweep of the Georgia road trip which began the team's 9-1 regular-season ending run to a runner-up finish in the SBC West ... reached the 50-assist plateau for the second time, tallying the exact amount on Nov. 1 vs. UT Arlington ... two days later, passed out 47 helpers, registered four kills, served up four aces and rounded up nine digs in the five-set win over Sun Belt champion Texas State ... served out the final five points of a match-changing rally which erased a 21-20 deficit at ULM in the third set to give Louisiana its first lead in the match ... followed up by serving up the first eight points of the fourth-set win which secured the victory ... the 10 assists per set averaged over the weekend trip to Arkansas State and Little Rock marked the fifth time in eight league weekends she averaged double figures per set an entire weekend.
2018 (Sophomore)
Made her collegiate debut at the setter position, teaming with Milayne Danna to run the 6-2 system utilized by the Ragin' Cajuns ... appeared in every match and set Louisiana played ... competed in 100-plus sets a second straight season (112 total) .... accumulated a team-high 597 assists, averaging 5.33 per set ... handed out double-digit assists in all but one appearance, reaching 20 assists on 16 occasions ... surpassed the 200-dig mark for the second straight season, finishing with 272 digs (nearly equaling output of 296 from freshman season) ... posted 12 double-doubles throughout the season ... eight of the double-doubles occurred during the 16-match Sun Belt schedule ... second on the team, trailing only libero Sydney Davis, in total digs ... reached 20 service aces for the second straight season, leading the team with exactly 20 ... made her 50th career appearance on Oct. 5 vs. Troy at Earl K. Long Gym ... assists total was at or above 40 in five of the eight Sun Belt Conference weekends ... during Louisiana's 5-3 run through the second half of SBC play, averaged 5.19 assists and 2.68 digs per set ...collected 500th career dig during the match at Texas State on Oct. 26 ... delivered at least 18 assists all three matches during the season-opening weekend at the Tulane I-10 Challenge ... produced a double-double of 19 assists and 17 digs in the win over UTEP which secured a winning mark for the tournament ... posted 24 assists, a season-high total at the time, in directing Louisiana to an impressive straight sets sweep of Sam Houston State in the Sawyer Camillo Classic (Sept. 1) ... handed out 25 assists against both Montana State and TCU on the opening day of the Fight in the Fort tournament ... had a season-high of 30 assists in five-set win over San Diego State in the finale of the SDSU/USD Challenge ... opened Sun Belt play reaching 40 assists over the two matches combined the first three weekends ... started with back-to-back doubles opening weekend vs. UT Arlington (23 assists, 12 digs) and Texas State (18 assists, 11 digs) ... Sun Belt-best of 25 assists came on Oct. 19 in win over Georgia State to start the second half of conference play ... followed up with 23 assists in sweep of Georgia Southern the next night, giving her 48 assists over seven sets during the weekend set (6.86/set) ... posted a second double-double vs. UTA, dishing out 22 assists and scooping 12 digs in five-set win on Oct. 27 in Arlington which completed the season sweep of the Mavericks ... added a season-high of 18 digs to her 23 assists in five-set win over ULM on Nov. 2 ... closed the season with a pair of double-doubles against Little Rock and Arkansas State.
2017 (Freshman)
Appeared in 31 matches, receiving a start 16 times, during collegiate debut season … competed in 115 sets, primarily as a back row defensive specialist … one of just three freshmen to play in 100-plus sets (Lexi Hebert, Hali Wisnoskie) … recorded third-most digs on the team, and most among freshmen, with 296 total digs (2.57/set) … joined Lexi Hebert in becoming first freshman since 2015 (Sydney Davis) to surpass 200 digs … scooped double digits in digs 16 times, hitting the mark nine times in Sun Belt play … closed season strong, netting double-figure digs in six of final seven matches … reached the five-dig mark in all but four appearances (31 total) … handed out 55 assists, with 38 coming over two matches at Rice Adidas Invitational (Rice and Cal) in which she split time with Jessica Bartczyszyn … contributed 21 service aces, tied with Stacey Reilly for second-highest total on the team … played the entire season without committing a reception error … in first collegiate match, collected 10 digs vs. Tulane (Aug. 25) … Totaled 27 digs on opening day of Sawyer Camillo Classic, highlighted by a season-high 17 digs vs. Houston Baptist … served up three aces in both matches on day two of Sawyer Camillo Classic … last ace vs. Jacksonville State gave Cajuns a critical two-point edge in closing stages of fourth set … handed out 22 assists over four sets in first appearance at setter on Sept. 9 (vs. Cal) … strengthened back row efforts in five-set win over Arkansas State (Sept. 29) with 14 digs … season-high of four service aces came on Oct. 3 vs. Southeastern Louisiana, with three coming during a stretch in which she served up 16 consecutive points as Cajuns broke free from a 2-all tie in third set to finish off sweep … posted five digs in second set at Little Rock (Oct. 13) helping Cajuns to a 2-0 lead in eventual five-set triumph … collected 84 digs (3.11/set) during season-ending stretch in which she reached double digits in six of seven matches … started the stretch with 13 digs in five-set win over Texas State on Oct. 28, netting seven digs in match-clinching fifth set win … reached double figures in digs in both Sun Belt Tournament matches, scooping 10 vs. Appalachian State and 14 vs. Texas State.
High School
Served as the setter at St. Thomas More High School and directed the Cougars to four consecutive district and state championships … named MVP of the All-State and All-Acadiana squads, and received MVP honors in the state title game during her junior season … averaged nearly 20 assists per outing with 892 total assists during that junior campaign … also had 84 kills, 37 aces, 33 digs and 33 blocks … despite being slowed by injury during her senior season, battled back to lead the Cougars to another state title and a second straight championship game MVP award … also a basketball standout at STM, was the only player to compete in both the volleyball and basketball All-Star games …. played club volleyball for Cajun Elite and Louisiana Volleyball Elite.
Personal
Born June 15, 1999 in Lafayette … daughter of Brian and Michelle Breaux … has an older brother, Brennan, who is currently a member of the Ragin' Cajuns baseball team … member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes … honor roll recipient all four years … earned Army Scholar Award, Top Cat Award, Cougar of the Month and was on the Homecoming Court … majoring in speech and audiology … future goals are to work with children who have mental and physical challenges or disabilities.
Sun Belt Setter of the Week (Sept. 15, Nov. 10, 2020)
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2019)
Gators Invitational All-Tournament Team (2019)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2018)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2017)
2020 (Senior)
Appeared in every match (22) and set (78) that Louisiana played during the regular season portion of the campaign ... increased collegiate career totals to 113 matches played and 415 sets competed in for Louisiana ... continued role as team's primary setter running the 5-1 system (first season as the full-time starter) ... earned repeat All-Sun Belt honors, rising to first team distinction, to become the first setter in program history to earn multiple all-conference accolades ... collected the first Sun Belt Setter of the Week awards (Sept. 15 and Nov. 10) of her career ... averaged a career-best 11.4 assists per set en route to finishing the regular season with a nation-leading 887 assists ... became the first setter since the onset of rally scoring - and only the second-ever in the era - to average 11-plus assists per set in a season ... joins Connie Byrnes (11.7 in 2001) as the only Ragin' Cajuns to complete a rally scoring season averaging 11-plus assists per set ... assists total increased collegiate career tally to 2,467 which represents the fifth-most recorded by a Ragin' Cajuns setter in the rally scoring era ... totaled 500-plus assists for the third time in as many seasons playing the position at the collegiate level ... was on pace to establish a new personal single-season best assists total, finishing just 41 shy of the amount recorded in her junior season ... passed out 10-plus assists per set in 18 of 22 matches ... five times finished with 13 assists per set in a match, twice posting a career-best of 14 assists per set ... surpassed 50 assists four times, and tallied at least 40 assists in 11 matches ... averaged 10-plus assists per set throughout the series in five of the six Sun Belt weekend sets ... guided the Ragin' Cajuns offense to 13.9 kills per set in the regular season marking the program's highest average since 2002 ... efforts also allowed the squad to equal the rally scoring era record for season hitting percentage (.216) ... had a team-high tying 11 double-doubles of assists and digs during the regular season ... increased career double-doubles tally to 38 which is the second-most by a setter in the rally scoring era trailing only Andrea Hole (49) ... posted a fourth straight 200-dig season ... averaged a career-best 3.03 digs per set ... collected at least five digs in every match and averaged at least three per set on 13 occasions ... digs total pushed her collegiate career total past 1,000 (up to 1,116) ... closed the season as one of only two active setters on the NCAA Division I Volleyball scene with 2,000 career assists and 1,000 career digs ... reached the assists milestone on Oct. 3 at ULM and surpassed the digs milestone on Oct. 16 vs. Texas State ... had a hand in a career-best 21 blocks (2 BS, 19 BA) ... scored double digits in service aces for the fourth straight season ... added 20 kills to her stat line hitting the mark for a second straight season ... delivered a pair of 30-plus assist efforts and directed Louisiana to a .265 hitting percentage in the season-opening sweep of Houston Baptist ... capped off the weekend with a 44-assist, 17-dig effort ... directed the offense to an average of 14.5 kills per set vs. HBU ... handed out 30-plus helpers in both matches and steered Louisiana's offense to 13.8 kills per set on a .308 hitting percentage during the series sweep of South Alabama (Sept. 11-12), leading her to Sun Belt Setter of the Week honors ... turned in the first 14 assist per set performance of the season in the opening match of the Lamar doubleheader on Sept. 19 ... added a season-best three aces to a double-double of 35 assists and 11 digs in the second match against the Cardinals ... tallied a career-high 64 assists and also had a pair of 40-plus assist efforts, both in three set matches, during the Sun Belt-opening series at Little Rock (Sept. 25-26) ... averaged 13.3 assists per set over the weekend which represented a new career-best for her in a single weekend ... the 42 assists in the series finale matched her season-high total for a three-set match and helped guide Louisiana to an astounding 18 kills per set on a .318 percentage ... with the series opener at ULM knotted at 1-all, steered the team to a .429 hitting percentage (34 K, 4 E, 70 TA) as the squad pulled away to keep the undefeated start to the season intact ... twice averaged 10-plus assists per set in the series with two-time defending SBC champion Texas State ... had an impressive double-double of 51 assists and 12 digs in Friday's nightcap as the Ragin' Cajuns pushed the Bobcats to five sets ... made it the quickest to 50 assists in a match in her collegiate career with the exact amount in the Arkansas State series opener (Oct. 23) ... in the series finale with ASU directed the Ragin' Cajuns to at least 15 kills in every set and narrowly missed out on a third straight double-double (40 assists, nine digs) in the crucial win ... assisted on all but two of Louisiana's 35 kills and served out the final five points of the third set to wrap up the sweep of ULM in the opening match of the series at Earl K. Long Gym (Oct. 30) ... delivered an all-around effort, impacting several areas of the game, in the key series win at UT Arlington (Nov. 6-7) which secured the No. 2 seed out of the Sun Belt West Division ... scored at least three kills and recorded a double-double of assists and digs in all three matches against the Mavericks ... averaged 11.1 assists per set, 3.6 digs per set and posted a .321 hitting percentage throughout the series ... finished with at least 3.0 digs per set each contest and the 47 total digs collected marked her highest output in a conference series ... posted her fourth 50-plus assists effort of the season and a career-high 22 digs to help guide the Ragin' Cajuns to the reverse sweep in the series opener which proved to be critical in landing the series victory ... played a key role in snapping a 1-1 match tie in Friday's nightcap, scoring a pair of dump kills during a 5-0 run that opened a 16-11 advantage in the third set ... efforts in Arlington landed a second Sun Belt Setter of the Week award.
2019 (Junior)
Appeared in every match (30) and set (110) that Louisiana played, for the second straight season ... competed in 30-plus matches and 100-plus sets for a third straight season ... became the team's primary setter running the 5-1 system at the onset of Sun Belt Conference play on Sept. 27 ... earned All-Sun Belt Second Team honors ... led Louisiana with 15 double-doubles, the most by a Ragin' Cajuns setter since Andrea Hole's 23 in 2014 ... finished the season with a career-best 928 assists ... reached the 30-assist mark in 15 of 16 Sun Belt regular season matches, surpassing 40 assists on six occasions ... averaged 10.2 assists per set in SBC play, and remained vital to the team's defense averaging 2.7 digs per set ... was one of only five setters to average 10-plus assists per set in conference play ... steered the Ragin' Cajuns to .210 percentage in Sun Belt play (up from .162 in non-conference play) ... assists production pushed her career total past 1,000 and up to 1,580 which ranks sixth in the rally scoring era record book ... collected her 1,000th career assist on Oct. 4 vs. Appalachian State, the same night she turned in a personal, single-match best of 55 assists ... surpassed 200 digs for the third straight year, reaching the 300-mark for the first time ... scooped a career-best 312 digs, trailing only libero Hannah Ramirez for the team lead ... turned in at least one double-digit dig performance in nine of the 12 weekends throughout the regular season ... digs total was 15 or higher in eight of the 15 double-digit dig showings ... scored a career-best 23 service aces, marking a third consecutive season with 20-plus aces ... had six matches with multiple service aces, posting three or more on three occasions ... remained one of the team's best from the service line, as a her 15 errors were the fewest among individuals who played 100-plus sets ... developed her blocking technique as the season progressed, finishing with 16 total blocks (2 BS, 14 BA) ... during the regular-season ending 9-1 run which resulted in a runner-up finish in the SBC West, averaged 10.8 assists per set and guided the Louisiana offense to an average of 13.4 kills per set on a .224 hitting percentage ... played a key role in Hali Wisnoskie's revival during that stretch, helping the outsider hitter average 4.68 kills per set on a .300 hitting percentage ... produced double-doubles vs. McNeese (31 assists, 11 digs) and Florida A&M (25 assists, 15 digs) in her rotation of the 6-2 system during the Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic, helping lead Louisiana's 3-0 run through the tournament ... posted another pair of double-doubles the next weekend, competing against Power 5 foes at the Oklahoma Invitational ... received all-tournament honors at the Gators Invitational in Florida, closing the event with a double-double of 13 assists and 12 digs vs. No. 11 Florida ... starting with 35 assists at Texas State on Sept. 27, would record a career-high total in three consecutive outings (46 at UT Arlington, 55 vs. Appalachian State) ... handed out 36 assists at South Alabama on Oct. 11, starting a streak of 30-plus assists efforts which lasted the remainder of the season ... behind her career-best weekend average of 12 assists per set, led Louisiana to weekend-bests of 14.5 kills per set on a .267 hitting percentage in the sweep of the Georgia road trip which began the team's 9-1 regular-season ending run to a runner-up finish in the SBC West ... reached the 50-assist plateau for the second time, tallying the exact amount on Nov. 1 vs. UT Arlington ... two days later, passed out 47 helpers, registered four kills, served up four aces and rounded up nine digs in the five-set win over Sun Belt champion Texas State ... served out the final five points of a match-changing rally which erased a 21-20 deficit at ULM in the third set to give Louisiana its first lead in the match ... followed up by serving up the first eight points of the fourth-set win which secured the victory ... the 10 assists per set averaged over the weekend trip to Arkansas State and Little Rock marked the fifth time in eight league weekends she averaged double figures per set an entire weekend.
2018 (Sophomore)
Made her collegiate debut at the setter position, teaming with Milayne Danna to run the 6-2 system utilized by the Ragin' Cajuns ... appeared in every match and set Louisiana played ... competed in 100-plus sets a second straight season (112 total) .... accumulated a team-high 597 assists, averaging 5.33 per set ... handed out double-digit assists in all but one appearance, reaching 20 assists on 16 occasions ... surpassed the 200-dig mark for the second straight season, finishing with 272 digs (nearly equaling output of 296 from freshman season) ... posted 12 double-doubles throughout the season ... eight of the double-doubles occurred during the 16-match Sun Belt schedule ... second on the team, trailing only libero Sydney Davis, in total digs ... reached 20 service aces for the second straight season, leading the team with exactly 20 ... made her 50th career appearance on Oct. 5 vs. Troy at Earl K. Long Gym ... assists total was at or above 40 in five of the eight Sun Belt Conference weekends ... during Louisiana's 5-3 run through the second half of SBC play, averaged 5.19 assists and 2.68 digs per set ...collected 500th career dig during the match at Texas State on Oct. 26 ... delivered at least 18 assists all three matches during the season-opening weekend at the Tulane I-10 Challenge ... produced a double-double of 19 assists and 17 digs in the win over UTEP which secured a winning mark for the tournament ... posted 24 assists, a season-high total at the time, in directing Louisiana to an impressive straight sets sweep of Sam Houston State in the Sawyer Camillo Classic (Sept. 1) ... handed out 25 assists against both Montana State and TCU on the opening day of the Fight in the Fort tournament ... had a season-high of 30 assists in five-set win over San Diego State in the finale of the SDSU/USD Challenge ... opened Sun Belt play reaching 40 assists over the two matches combined the first three weekends ... started with back-to-back doubles opening weekend vs. UT Arlington (23 assists, 12 digs) and Texas State (18 assists, 11 digs) ... Sun Belt-best of 25 assists came on Oct. 19 in win over Georgia State to start the second half of conference play ... followed up with 23 assists in sweep of Georgia Southern the next night, giving her 48 assists over seven sets during the weekend set (6.86/set) ... posted a second double-double vs. UTA, dishing out 22 assists and scooping 12 digs in five-set win on Oct. 27 in Arlington which completed the season sweep of the Mavericks ... added a season-high of 18 digs to her 23 assists in five-set win over ULM on Nov. 2 ... closed the season with a pair of double-doubles against Little Rock and Arkansas State.
2017 (Freshman)
Appeared in 31 matches, receiving a start 16 times, during collegiate debut season … competed in 115 sets, primarily as a back row defensive specialist … one of just three freshmen to play in 100-plus sets (Lexi Hebert, Hali Wisnoskie) … recorded third-most digs on the team, and most among freshmen, with 296 total digs (2.57/set) … joined Lexi Hebert in becoming first freshman since 2015 (Sydney Davis) to surpass 200 digs … scooped double digits in digs 16 times, hitting the mark nine times in Sun Belt play … closed season strong, netting double-figure digs in six of final seven matches … reached the five-dig mark in all but four appearances (31 total) … handed out 55 assists, with 38 coming over two matches at Rice Adidas Invitational (Rice and Cal) in which she split time with Jessica Bartczyszyn … contributed 21 service aces, tied with Stacey Reilly for second-highest total on the team … played the entire season without committing a reception error … in first collegiate match, collected 10 digs vs. Tulane (Aug. 25) … Totaled 27 digs on opening day of Sawyer Camillo Classic, highlighted by a season-high 17 digs vs. Houston Baptist … served up three aces in both matches on day two of Sawyer Camillo Classic … last ace vs. Jacksonville State gave Cajuns a critical two-point edge in closing stages of fourth set … handed out 22 assists over four sets in first appearance at setter on Sept. 9 (vs. Cal) … strengthened back row efforts in five-set win over Arkansas State (Sept. 29) with 14 digs … season-high of four service aces came on Oct. 3 vs. Southeastern Louisiana, with three coming during a stretch in which she served up 16 consecutive points as Cajuns broke free from a 2-all tie in third set to finish off sweep … posted five digs in second set at Little Rock (Oct. 13) helping Cajuns to a 2-0 lead in eventual five-set triumph … collected 84 digs (3.11/set) during season-ending stretch in which she reached double digits in six of seven matches … started the stretch with 13 digs in five-set win over Texas State on Oct. 28, netting seven digs in match-clinching fifth set win … reached double figures in digs in both Sun Belt Tournament matches, scooping 10 vs. Appalachian State and 14 vs. Texas State.
High School
Served as the setter at St. Thomas More High School and directed the Cougars to four consecutive district and state championships … named MVP of the All-State and All-Acadiana squads, and received MVP honors in the state title game during her junior season … averaged nearly 20 assists per outing with 892 total assists during that junior campaign … also had 84 kills, 37 aces, 33 digs and 33 blocks … despite being slowed by injury during her senior season, battled back to lead the Cougars to another state title and a second straight championship game MVP award … also a basketball standout at STM, was the only player to compete in both the volleyball and basketball All-Star games …. played club volleyball for Cajun Elite and Louisiana Volleyball Elite.
Personal
Born June 15, 1999 in Lafayette … daughter of Brian and Michelle Breaux … has an older brother, Brennan, who is currently a member of the Ragin' Cajuns baseball team … member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes … honor roll recipient all four years … earned Army Scholar Award, Top Cat Award, Cougar of the Month and was on the Homecoming Court … majoring in speech and audiology … future goals are to work with children who have mental and physical challenges or disabilities.
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