Awards:
2024: Appeared in 32 sets over 16 matches… Registered a service ace and a dig against Pacific as part of the season’s opening weekend (8/31)... contributed two assists and two aces during the team’s first of two matches at Long Beach State (9/5)... logged her first career block in the home victory over NIU (9/18)... added two digs at Illinois (10/6)... contributed a block against Ohio State (10/10)...matched her career high with two digs against Nebraska (11/3)... appeared in one set and logged an assist in the road victory over Iowa (11/10)... chipped in two kills and a block in her first career start against Rutgers (11/23).
2023: Made lone appearance of the year against Fairfield (9/10), playing in two sets of a three-set victory.
2022: Appeared in 33 sets across 16 games... Tallied four aces and seven digs on the season.
2021: Posted a game-high and career-high three aces against UIC (9/18)... finished the Chicago Cup with five aces... recorded two aces against Rutgers (10/01)... added another ace against Penn State (10/9).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter-winner at Plainfield North… Helped the Tigers capture a regional championship in 2019… Played club for Sports Performance 18 Elite and won Open AAU National Championships from 2017-19… Member of Sports Performance 18 Elite that earned a bronze finish at the 2019 18 Open… Club team captain… Two-time AAU Academic All-American… Father, Ashraf Amaya, is a retired professional basketball player – won a bronze medal with Team USA at the 1998 FIBA World Championships.
- 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024)
2024: Appeared in 32 sets over 16 matches… Registered a service ace and a dig against Pacific as part of the season’s opening weekend (8/31)... contributed two assists and two aces during the team’s first of two matches at Long Beach State (9/5)... logged her first career block in the home victory over NIU (9/18)... added two digs at Illinois (10/6)... contributed a block against Ohio State (10/10)...matched her career high with two digs against Nebraska (11/3)... appeared in one set and logged an assist in the road victory over Iowa (11/10)... chipped in two kills and a block in her first career start against Rutgers (11/23).
2023: Made lone appearance of the year against Fairfield (9/10), playing in two sets of a three-set victory.
2022: Appeared in 33 sets across 16 games... Tallied four aces and seven digs on the season.
2021: Posted a game-high and career-high three aces against UIC (9/18)... finished the Chicago Cup with five aces... recorded two aces against Rutgers (10/01)... added another ace against Penn State (10/9).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter-winner at Plainfield North… Helped the Tigers capture a regional championship in 2019… Played club for Sports Performance 18 Elite and won Open AAU National Championships from 2017-19… Member of Sports Performance 18 Elite that earned a bronze finish at the 2019 18 Open… Club team captain… Two-time AAU Academic All-American… Father, Ashraf Amaya, is a retired professional basketball player – won a bronze medal with Team USA at the 1998 FIBA World Championships.