ACADEMIC HONORS
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2015-16)
WKU President's List (Spring 2017)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2016-17)
WKU Dean's List (Fall 2017)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2017-18)
WKU President's List (Fall 2018)
WKU President's List (Spring 2019)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2018-19)
Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship (2019)
As a Senior (2018): Senior CLASS Award Candidate...AVCA Honorable Mention All-American...AVCA All-Region...First Team All-Conference USA...Conference USA Presesaon C-USA Player of the Year...Three-time C-USA Offensive Player of the Week...College of Charleston Classic All-Tournament Team...Marcia E. Hamilton All-Tournament Team...WKU Invitational All-Tournament Team...Started all 30 matches and played in all 117 sets...Led WKU with 397 kills, a .346 hitting percentage and 113 total blocks (37 solo, 76 assist)...Led WKU in kills 20 times and blocks on 17 occasions...Registered a blocks-kills double-double with 13 kills and 10 blocks in WKU's four-set win over [RV] Missouri State - the second double-digit block performance of her career...Reached the 1300-kill milestone on Oct. 5, 2018 and moved into WKU's top-10 ranks in career solo blocks on the same date...Took over WKU's third-most all-time blocks slot on Oct. 12, 2018 - the same match she recorded her 400th career block...Moved into WKU's second-most all-time career block assists slot on Nov. 2, 2018...25 double-digit kill performances - 12 outings with 15+ kills...Nine matches with 5 or more blocks.
As a Junior (2017): AVCA Honorable Mention All-American…AVCA All-Region Team…Conference USA Tournament MVP…C-USA First Team All-Conference…Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11)…Preseason All-Conference…Miami (OH) Invitational All-Tournament Team…Buckeye Invitational All-Tournament MVP…Moved into 7th on WKU’s career assist blocks list vs. Kentucky on Dec. 2…Hit 1,000 kill milestone in C-USA Tournament opener against Charlotte…Sits at 8th on WKU’s all-time blocks list with 329 through three seasons…116 assist blocks in 2017 ranks 4th-most in single-season history…130 total blocks in 2017 ranks 9th-most in single-season history…1.08 blocks/set average ranks 8th in single-season history…Hitting clip of .413 is third-best single-season mark – ranked second in C-USA and 8th in the nation…Career-best 10.0 blocks against [RV] Pittsburgh, becoming one of three Lady Toppers to record double-digit blocks inside Diddle Arena…Started all 35 matches, playing in all 120 sets…Averaged 3.50 kills/set and posted 420 kills on the year…22 double-digit kill outings…10 15+ kill showings…Lead WKU in kills in 16 matches…Led WKU in blocking in 25 matches.
Summer 2017: After traveling to the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center in early March to try out for the USA National Team, Anderson received an invitation to train with the U.S. Collegiate National Team - Minneapolis Program in June. Anderson is the first player out of the WKU volleyball program to earn a spot within the USCNT Minneapolis Program and was one of 36 college players selected to the team.
As a Sophomore (2016):Â PrepVolleyball.com All-America Honorable Mention...AVCA All-South Region Team...Conference USA Tournament MVP...C-USA First-Team All-Conference...VolleybMob National Player of the Week (Nov. 22, 2016)...Two-time C-USA Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 24, Oct. 31)...Named WKU's Co-Best Offensive Player...Panther Challenge MVP...Saint Louis All-Tournament Team...Bobcat Invitational All-Tournament Team...Career-high 31 kills in WKU's C-USA Tournament Championship match against Rice...31 kills ties the school record for a single match...Anderson is just the fifth Lady Topper to ever record 30+ kills in a match...Notched a career-best nine blocks in WKU's four-set win over Florida Atlantic...Played in all 33 matchs and 117 sets...Recorded the second-best single season hitting percentage in program history (.414), which ranked second in C-USA and 10th in the NCAA...Averaged 3.47 kills/set with 406 kills on the season...Registered 102 total blocks (22 solo, 80 assist) for 0.87 blocks/set...23 double-digit kill efforts...Tallied 11 15+ kill outings.
As a Freshman (2015): 2015 Conference USA Freshman of the Year…Northern Illinois Huskie Invitational All-Tournament Team selection...Started all 36 matches as a rookie and played in a total of 123 sets…Ranked fifth on the team with 234 total kills (1.90/set)…Turned in five double-digit kills efforts on the year…Recorded a season-best 14 at North Texas (10/18)…Notched 12 against NIU (9/19)...Second on the team in blocks with 97 (0.79/set)...Notched nine kills on .412 hitting in her collegiate debut at No. 5 Wisconsin…Recorded a season-best seven total blocks, with three solo efforts at Rice (10/31)…Tallied 61 digs (0.50/set)...Notched a season-best five at North Texas (10/18)…Finished the year with a .318 hitting clip…Hit .667 at UTEP (11/1) with eight kills on 11 attacks…Hit .500 at North Texas (10/18) with 14 kills on 26 attacks…Earned C-USA Freshman of the Week honors on 9/28.
High School: Played all four years at Sturgis High School in Sturgis, Mich....AVCA Under Armour All-America Third-Team member...Garnered All-State, All-Conference and MVP honors during her career...Named a PrepVolleyball.com Top 50 Junior and Top 100 Senior...Broke a 26-year-old school record for career kills and season kills while being named a three-time MaxPreps Player of the Week...Posted 675 kills with a .427 hitting mark to go with 150 total blocks during her senior season...Played club volleyball with DFFO...Also a four-year starter in basketball and track...Broke a pair of school records in basketball.Â
Personal:Â Born May 10, 1996...Daughter of Michael and Carol Anderson...Her older sister CJ played collegiate volleyball at Spring Arbor University...Also has an older brother, Josef...Majoring in sports management with a minor in non-profit administration.
