Augustana University Athletics

2016 (Senior):  All-NSIC Second Team … NSIC Setter of the Week, Nov. 14 … Academic All-NSIC … NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team … started 30 of the 32 matches she played in … set a career-high with 60 assists in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against No. 2 Nebraska-Kearney … reached at least 50 assists 13 times … posted 15 doubles-doubles in assists and digs … set career-highs in kills (88), assists (1,425), service aces (30), digs (312), blocks (52) and points (145) … she recorded her first career block against UW-Parkside … her 1,425 assists are the 10th most in a single-season in program history … she had 2,182 career assists at Augustana which are the 10th most in a career … her 8.23 assists per set career average is the eighth best mark in school history … had 52 assists in a 3-set match against MSU-Moorhead which was the most assist in a 3-set match in Division II … finished with the seventh most assists in Division II … finished with an assists per set average of 11.68, the eighth best average in the country … she ended her career with 116 kills, 2,182 assist, 53 service aces, 492 digs, 52 total blocks and 196 points

2015 (Junior): Started 13 of the 26 matches that she played while playing in 81 total sets … Second on the team in assists and assists per set average with 474 assists and an average of 5.85 assists per set … Has earned 16 service aces throughout the course of the season, good for a tie for fifth on the team while also having a .907 serving percentage … 18 kills on the year with a .286 attacking percentage, averaging .22 kills per set … had 14 matches with at least 20 assists, giving her 19 for her career … Posted a career high 34 assists on Oct. 30 in five-set loss on the road to MSU Moorhead … Had a season high 10 digs in an upset victory of then No. 5 Wayne State on the road … Season high of three service aces in 4-set win over Emporia State on Sept. 5 … was named to the NSIC Fall All-Academic team.

2014 (Sophomore): Started seven matches and played in 62 sets … led the team with a .435 attack percentage (10-0-23) … 283 total assists were second-most on the team … averaged 4.56 assists per set …finished the season with 84 digs ... led the team with assist percentage .706 (283/401) … recorded seven aces on the season … tallied a season-high 26 assists against Missouri Western Sept. 12 … and recorded a season-best nine digs against Minnesota Duluth Sept. 26.

Before Augustana: Played one season at Montana State, starting all 31 of the Bobcats’ matches … led MSU with 1,238 assists (10.58/set) which ranked as the fourth-best mark in the Big Sky Conference and the fourth-best mark by a freshman in NCAA Division I … tallied 205 digs, 36 kills with a .115 attack percentage as Montana State finished with a 5-26 record in 2013.

High School: 2013 graduate of Stevens High School … three-year starter and four-year letterwinner … captained the Raiders as a senior … led SHS to a 75-33 overall record in her four seasons … earned all-state honors as a junior and senior … named first-team all-conference as a junior and senior … placed on the South Dakota State All-Tournament team in her final two seasons, including most valuable player her senior season … earned Stevens High School’s Raider Award three consecutive years.

Personal: Daughter of Barry and Sonia Sykora … born April 22, 1995 … communications disorders major.