Southern Arkansas University Athletics

AWARDS:
2015 All-GAC Volleyball Second-Team Selection
2015 GAC All-Tournament Team Selection
2015 Crafton Tull Distinguished Scholar
2015 GAC Fall All-Academic Team
2x 2015 GAC Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week (Week 5 & Week 8)

2015:
A vital part of a Lady Mulerider team that earned their first appearance in the Great American Conference Championship Match. . . Logged a career-high 134 sets played. . . Recorded 33-straight matches with 10 or more digs. . . Collected 20+ digs in 19 games, including 30 or more digs nine times. . . Notched a career-high 44 digs vs Harding in the opening round of the 2015 GAC Tournament. . . Finished second in the GAC in digs (770) and digs per set (5.75). . . Added 62 assists and 17 service aces. . . 

Rice2014:
Played in 119 sets during a sophomore campaign in which she finished with 552 digs (4.64 digs/set). . . Recorded double-digit dig totals in 29 games, 20+ digs in nine games and reached the 30-dig mark three times. . . A then career-high 32 digs at Northwestern Oklahoma State (Oct. 4). . . Also added 52 assists and 10 service aces. . . 

2013:
Played in 31 sets as a true freshman primarily as a setter. . . Averaged 4.81 assists per set and recorded 15 or more assists five times. . . Notched career-high 15 digs vs Kentucky Wesleyan on Sept. 14 and 45 assists at Ouachita Baptist on Sept. 17 en route to the first two double-doubles of her career.

PREP:
A two-sport (volleyball/softball) athlete at Bryant HS in Bryant, Ark. … A two-time All-State player who was selected to play in the annual Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game her senior season after racking up 101 service aces, 706 assists, 66 kills and 272 digs.

PERSONAL:
Born on July 10, 1995 … Daughter of Willie and Connie Rice … Has a brother, Willie, and a twin sister McKenzie, who plays softball at Arkansas-Monticello … Graduated Cum Laude in the Spring of 2016 with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Psychology. . . Currently pursuing a Master's Degree at Southern Arkansas. . .