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Jersey Number 2
Norah Sis
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Papillion, Neb.
- High School:
- Papillion-La Vista
- Deals:
Bio
Awards & Honors
2021 All-BIG EAST Conference
2021 AVCA All-East Region First Team
2021 AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year
2021 AVCA Third Team All-American
2021 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
2021 BIG EAST Conference All-Freshman Team
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 9/6
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/11
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/18
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/25
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 11/8
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 11/15
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
2021 BIG EAST Tournament MVP
2021 Bluegrass Battle All-Tournament Team
2021 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2021 Female Athlete of the Year (The Billy’s)
2021 Female Rookie of the Year (The Billy’s)
2021 Mizzou Invitational All-Tournament Team
2021 Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year
2021 Volleyball Magazine Third Team All-American
2021-22 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2021-22 Dean’s List
2022 All-BIG EAST Conference
2022 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team
2022 AVCA All-East Region First Team
2022 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2022 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 8/29
2022 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 10/10
2022 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 10/31
2022 BIG EAST Player of the Year
2022 BIG EAST Tournament MVP
2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2022 Preseason All-BIG EAST
2022 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year
2022 Rumble in the Rockies All-Tournament Team
2022 Rumble in the Rockies MVP
2022 True Blue Award (The Billy’s)
2022 Volleyball Magazine Third Team All-American
2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2022-23 Dean’s List
2023 All-BIG EAST Conference
2023 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 9/4
2023 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 10/23
2023 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 11/20
2023 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2023 Bluejay Invitational MVP
2023 Preseason All-BIG EAST
2023 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year
2023 Volleyball Magazine Second Team All-American
2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2023-24 Dean’s List
2024 All-BIG EAST Conference
2024 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team
2024 AVCA All-West Region
2024 AVCA Player of the Year Watch List (52)
2024 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 9/9
2024 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 9/23
2024 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 10/7
2024 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024 Creighton Classic All-Tournament Team
2024 Creighton Classic MVP
2024 Penn State Regional All-Tournament Team
2024 Preseason All-BIG EAST
2024 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year
2024 VolleyballMag.com Second Team All-American
Personal
• Daughter of Gavin and Tracie Sis.
• Has siblings Henry and Anna.
• A nursing major.
• Mom played volleyball at Kansas and dad participated in track at Nebraska-Kearney.
• Favorite class at Creighton is Pediatric Clinical Rotation with Emily Rappolt.
• Life advice to others is to sing, dance and pray every day.
• Dream vacation destination is Switzerland.
• Favorite food is watermelon.
• First job as a kid was in the warehouse of eCreamery.
• Best sports memory is making it to the Sweet 16 in 2023.
• Favorite pizza topping is sausage
• Best birthday gift she ever got was her car (Toby) on her 16th birthday.
• Chose Creighton because of the people and culture.
• Favorite TV show to watch is Friends.
• Best friend on another college team is Nebraska’s Lindsay Krause.
• Movie she’s watched the most is Tinkerbell & The Lost Treasure.
• Favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla bean.
• Super power she wishes she had is a photographic memory.
• Favorite community service project is feeding starving children.
• Opponent she can’t wait to play is Louisville.
• Favorite BIG EAST city besides Omaha is Washington, D.C.
• If she were coach for a day, she’d request that every match be five sets.
• Favorite sport to play besides volleyball is soccer.
2024: Senior at Creighton
• Four-time All-BIG EAST choice was in top-two in BIG EAST in kills per set each season.
• Creighton's first player ever named AVCA Second Team All-American.
• Also tabbed Second Team All-American by VolleyballMag.com.
• Named AVCA All-Region for the third time (2021, 2022, 2024).
• Finished career second in program history with 1,664 career kills and fifth with 113 aces.
• Averaged 4.64 career points and 4.13 career kills per set in NCAA Tournament play, both program records.
• Ranked second in the BIG EAST in kills per set, second in points per set, third in aces per set and ninth in hitting percentage.
• In BIG EAST play only, ranked second in aces per set, third in points per set, fourth in kills per set and fifth in hitting percentage.
• Selected in the first round of the Pro Volleyball Federation Draft, No. 3 overall, by the Orlando Valkyries.
• Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year for the third straight fall.
• Named to Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 1) and MVP of the Creighton Classic (Sept. 7).
• Selected BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 9, Sept. 23 and Oct. 7, giving her nine such awards in her career.
• Season-high 24 kills at No. 5 Nebraska (Sept. 10), including 11 in third set as CU staved off four match points.
• Had 14 kills, 12 digs and career-high five aces vs. Rice (Sept. 14).
• Had 16 kills and hit .516 in 3-0 win at No. 10 Kansas (Sept. 21).
• Hit a career-high .733 with 11 kills in 15 swings vs UConn (Sept. 29).
• Had 14 kills and season-high 13 digs in win vs. Marquette (Oct. 1).
• Produced 16 kills and hit .382 in 3-0 win at Butler (Oct. 4).
• Tied career-high with five aces vs. DePaul (Oct. 20).
• Hit .481 and had 16 kills in 3-0 win at Georgetown (Oct. 25).
• Surpassed 1,500 career kills and served 14-0 serving run in 3-0 win vs. Villanova (Nov. 3).
• Pounded 23 kills and hit .429 in win at Marquette (Nov. 10).
• Hit .636 with 15 kills and a pair of aces on Senior Day vs. Georgetown (Nov. 17), also surpassing 1,000 career digs.
• Had 17 kills and hit .519 as Creighton clinched 18-0 BIG EAST season at Xavier (Nov. 24).
• Owned 18 kills and 10 digs in BIG EAST Tournament semifinal sweep vs. DePaul (Nov. 29).
• Had 10 kills and 12 digs on .364 hitting vs. Ole Miss to clinch a Sweet 16 berth in her final home match (Dec. 6).
• Named to All-BIG EAST Tournament Team for third time (Nov. 30).
• Owned 15 kills, four aces and tied season-high with 13 digs in win against No. 13 Texas (Dec. 13).
• Named to Penn State’s All-Regional Team.
• Team was 46-0 all-time when she hits .300 or better.
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.
• Named National Freshman of the Year by Volleyball Magazine in 2021, when she was an AVCA Third Team All-American.
2023: Junior at Creighton
• Garnered Second Team All-American honors from Volleyball Magazine, but didn’t play in enough sets to qualify for the NCAA leaders, AVCA All-Region or AVCA All-America accolades.
• Picked up All-BIG EAST honors for the third straight year.
• Named Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year for the second straight season.
• Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 4, Oct. 23 and Nov. 20.
• Team was 21-2 when she played.
• Had 16 kills and nine digs in win vs. Minnesota that clinched a Sweet 16 bid (Dec. 2).
• Ranked second in the BIG EAST in kills per set and points per set and 11th in aces per set. Also was 19th in both hitting percentage and in digs per set.
• Pounded 27 kills and added 15 digs vs. Duke (Aug. 27).
• Had 14 kills in 3-0 win vs. LSU (Sept. 2), tying Melissa Walsh’s program record by reaching 1,000 kills in her 70th career match.
• Was named MVP of the Bluejay Invitational (Sept. 3) after 50 kills and 40 digs in three victories, helping her earn BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors for the fourth time in her career.
• Missed 11 matches (Sept. 6-Oct. 7) due to an abdominal strain but team went 8-3 without her.
• Made return against Georgetown (Oct. 13), playing back row only her first two matches back (also Oct. 15 vs. Villanova).
• Against the Hoyas tied career-high with three aces, including each of her first two points back.
• Averaged 4.31 kills per set on .271 hitting after returning to the front row on Oct. 20th.
• Returned to starting six and front row on Oct. 20 at UConn, hitting .406 while leading the team with 15 kills and 11 digs in 3-0 win.
• Hit .440 with 13 kills in 3-0 win at Providence (Oct. 21).
• Had 13 kills on season-high .550 hitting at Villanova (Oct. 27).
• Hit .351 and had 16 kills and 14 digs in 3-0 sweep vs. DePaul (Nov. 3).
• Slammed 16 kills on .414 hitting in 3-0 win at Seton Hall (Nov. 10).
• Finished the season with 22 kills and nine digs vs. No. 7 Louisville (Dec. 7).
• Her 1,226 career kills already rank ninth-most by a Bluejay.
• Team improved to 28-0 all-time when she hits .300 or better.
2022: Sophomore at Creighton
• The Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year lived up to the hype, also earning BIG EAST Player of the Year acclaim at season’s end.
• Most Outstanding Player of the 2021 and 2022 BIG EAST Tournaments, the first back-to-back winner since Notre Dame’s Jaimie Lee in 1996 and 1997.
• AVCA Honorable Mention All-American and Third Team Volleyball Magazine All-American in 2022.
• Also named All-BIG EAST and All-East Region for second straight fall.
• Was named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
• Three-time BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week.
• Led the BIG EAST with 4.33 kills per set and 4.72 points per set in all matches, and in kills per set and points per set in league play only.
• Only BIG EAST player with an ace in each of first seven league matches of the season.
• Ranked 12th nationally in attacks (1,385) and attacks per set (12.26), 21st in kills per set (4.33), 24th in kills (489), 34th in points (533.0) and 36th in points per set (4.72).
• Owned 13 double-doubles, including five straight matches from Sept. 7-18.
• Generated 10+ kills in each of her last 15 matches played.
• Picked up where she left off in 2021 as she earned MVP honors at the Rumble in the Rockies (Aug. 26-27), helping her bring home BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors (Aug. 29).
• Opened her fall with double-doubles against Iowa State and Wichita State on Aug. 26 before slamming 22 kills a night later in title-clinching win at Wyoming (Aug. 27).
• Owned 15 kills and 12 digs vs. No. 2 Nebraska (Sept. 7).
• Had 28 kills vs. Florida State (Sept. 9), while her 93 attack attempts were a Creighton record and the third-most in the nation by any player in 2022.
• Owned 21 kills and 13 digs, in addition to a solo block on match point in 15-13 five set win at Omaha (Sept. 10).
• Pounded 27 kills on .357 hitting and added 11 digs in 3-2 win at UConn (Oct. 7), helping her earn BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 10.
• Owned 21 kills and 11 digs in 3-2 win vs. No. 16 Marquette (Oct. 14).
• Closed 3-2 win vs. DePaul with 22 kills, eight digs and career-high nine blocks (Oct. 16).
• Collected 20 kills in just three sets of win at St. John’s (Oct. 30).
• Owned a team-high 23 kills to go with 14 digs vs. No. 14 Marquette in BIG EAST Tournament title match (Nov. 26).
• Owned career-high 30 kills in NCAA Tournament match vs. Auburn (Dec. 2), including 13 in the third set alone. Those 30 were two shy of CU’s record.
• Led the nation in NCAA Tournament kills per set (6.00) and attacks per set (15.40).
• Helped USA Volleyball to a Gold Medal at the U21 Women’s NORCECA Pan American Cup in summer of 2022 as team swept all five matches it played.
• In five matches (four starts), had 32 kills on .415 hitting, adding 20 digs, four aces and three blocks.
• Named Tournament’s Second Best Spiker behind Chloe Chicoine.
• Finished the week third on Team USA in kills, digs and aces.
2021: Freshman at Creighton
• Averaged 3.75 kills, 2.96 digs, 0.60 blocks and 0.16 aces per set while starting all 35 matches.
• AVCA Third Team All-American.
• Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year and Volleyball Magazine Third Team All-American.
• BIG EAST Freshman of the Year.
• Unanimous All-BIG EAST Conference selection.
• In the BIG EAST, ranked second in kills per set (3.75), third in points per set (4.25), 15th in digs per set (2.96) and 20th in hitting percentage (.261).
• Nationally, ranked 44th in total attacks (1,216), 55th in kills (435), 56th in points (492.5), 83rd in attacks per set (10.48), 88th in kills per set (3.75) and 90th in points per set (4.25).
• One of two players in the BIG EAST (along with teammate Jaela Zimmerman) to average 2.95 kills and 2.95 digs per set.
• Named Most Outstanding Player of BIG EAST Tournament.
• Six-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, she owned 106 kills more than any other freshman in the country on a Top 25 team.
• First freshman in school history to be named to All-Tournament Team in each of first two events, she was named All-Tournament after each of her first three weekends.
• Recognized as the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Sept. 6 after she earned All-Tourney Team honors at Bluegrass Battle, as well as Oct. 11 after a combined 35 kills in wins vs. DePaul and Marquette.
• Named to All-Tournament Team at Mizzou Invitational (Aug. 28) after averaging 3.33 kills on .272 hitting in her first weekend as a Bluejay. One week later she hit .291 and averaged 3.91 kills and 3.00 digs per set at Bluegrass Battle (Sept. 3-4).
• Led CU in kills in 3-0 wins vs. Kansas City (Aug. 27) and Missouri (Aug. 28).
• Had 20 kills on .308 hitting in 3-2 win vs. USC (Sept. 3).
• Collected first career double-double with 16 kills and 17 digs in 3-0 win over No. 3 Kentucky (Sept. 4), the defending national champion.
• Became first Bluejay freshman ever with multiple outings of 20+ kills within her first 10 matches, when she had 20 kills (and 11 digs) vs. Illinois (Sept. 11).
• Collected double-doubles on Sept. 18 vs. both South Dakota (12 kills, 10 digs) and Wichita State (13 kills, 10 digs).
• Had 12 kills and 12 digs at St. John’s (Oct. 1), as well as season-high five blocks.
• Led the Bluejays with 13 kills in 3-0 sweep vs. DePaul (Oct. 8).
• Smashed 22 kills to go with 14 digs in win vs. Marquette (Oct. 10).
• First Bluejay since 2016 (Jaali Winters) with 20+ kills and 20+ digs in same match when she had season-highs with 23 kills and 21 digs at UConn (Oct. 16).
• Owned 15 kills and 10 digs in win at Providence (Oct. 17), her third straight double-double, to help capture her third BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honor.
• Had 16 kills and 13 digs in 3-1 win at Marquette (Oct. 29).
• Generated 14 kills and 14 digs in 3-1 win vs. Butler (Nov. 7).
• Hit .500 and finished with 12 kills in 3-0 win at Georgetown (Nov. 13).
• Made her BIG EAST Tournament debut with 15 kills on .448 hitting vs. DePaul (Nov. 26), including nine in the first set.
• Owned 13 kills and 11 digs in 3-0 win at Marquette in BIG EAST Tournament final (Nov. 27).
• Had 16 kills and 10 digs on .444 hitting in NCAA Tournament debut vs. Ole Miss (Dec. 2).
• Topped the squad with 17 kills and had 10 digs vs. Kansas (Dec. 3) in season finale.
• Helped the USA Volleyball Under-21 National Team to a Gold Medal at the Pan American Cup in June of 2022.
• Sis started all five of Team USA’s matches, collecting a combined 30 kills, 24 digs, four blocks and three aces on .286 hitting for the week.
Papillion-La Vista High School
• Nation’s No. 28 recruit, per PrepVolleyball, placing her behind only Taryn Kloth (No. 18 in 2015), classmate Kendra Wait (No. 7 in 2021) and teammate Destiny Ndam-Simpson (No. 21 in 2023) among Bluejay volleyball recruits since 2004.
• Part of Creighton’s fifth-ranked recruiting class, per PrepVolleyball.
• Two-time All-Super State in Nebraska as well as being a three-time First Team All-State in Class A after being a Second Team All-State Class A choice as a freshman.
• Had 527 kills, 397 digs and 47 blocks as a senior, including 31 kills and 30 digs in state semifinal loss to top-ranked Elkhorn South.
• In 2020, Named First Team All-American by Under Armour/AVCA, a Second Team All-American by MaxPreps and an Honorable Mention All-American by Volleyball Magazine.
• Had 479 kills, 311 digs and 49 blocks as a junior, when she was named to the 2019 PrepVolleyball High School All-America Team.
• As a sophomore, led team with 551 kills and also contributed 337 digs and 60 aces.
• Recorded 353 kills, 282 digs, 33 blocks and 22 aces as a freshman for the Monarchs.
• Owned 20 kills in state tournament semifinal loss to Marian (and former Bluejay teammate Emily Bressman) as a freshman.
• Coached by John Svehla.
• Named to PrepVolleyball’s Top 50 Juniors and Soph 79 lists.
• Won the state title in the high jump in both 2018 and 2021, clearing 5-foot-8 both times.
• Helped Premier Nebraska 18 Gold to the Open Championship at nationals, earning MVP accolades, under coach Shannon Smolinski.
• Chosen to the Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star Game and finished with 11 kills.
• Verbally committed to Creighton in September of 2018.
2021 All-BIG EAST Conference
2021 AVCA All-East Region First Team
2021 AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year
2021 AVCA Third Team All-American
2021 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
2021 BIG EAST Conference All-Freshman Team
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 9/6
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/11
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/18
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/25
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 11/8
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 11/15
2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
2021 BIG EAST Tournament MVP
2021 Bluegrass Battle All-Tournament Team
2021 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2021 Female Athlete of the Year (The Billy’s)
2021 Female Rookie of the Year (The Billy’s)
2021 Mizzou Invitational All-Tournament Team
2021 Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year
2021 Volleyball Magazine Third Team All-American
2021-22 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2021-22 Dean’s List
2022 All-BIG EAST Conference
2022 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team
2022 AVCA All-East Region First Team
2022 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2022 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 8/29
2022 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 10/10
2022 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 10/31
2022 BIG EAST Player of the Year
2022 BIG EAST Tournament MVP
2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2022 Preseason All-BIG EAST
2022 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year
2022 Rumble in the Rockies All-Tournament Team
2022 Rumble in the Rockies MVP
2022 True Blue Award (The Billy’s)
2022 Volleyball Magazine Third Team All-American
2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2022-23 Dean’s List
2023 All-BIG EAST Conference
2023 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 9/4
2023 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 10/23
2023 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 11/20
2023 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2023 Bluejay Invitational MVP
2023 Preseason All-BIG EAST
2023 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year
2023 Volleyball Magazine Second Team All-American
2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2023-24 Dean’s List
2024 All-BIG EAST Conference
2024 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team
2024 AVCA All-West Region
2024 AVCA Player of the Year Watch List (52)
2024 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 9/9
2024 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 9/23
2024 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 10/7
2024 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024 Creighton Classic All-Tournament Team
2024 Creighton Classic MVP
2024 Penn State Regional All-Tournament Team
2024 Preseason All-BIG EAST
2024 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year
2024 VolleyballMag.com Second Team All-American
Personal
• Daughter of Gavin and Tracie Sis.
• Has siblings Henry and Anna.
• A nursing major.
• Mom played volleyball at Kansas and dad participated in track at Nebraska-Kearney.
• Favorite class at Creighton is Pediatric Clinical Rotation with Emily Rappolt.
• Life advice to others is to sing, dance and pray every day.
• Dream vacation destination is Switzerland.
• Favorite food is watermelon.
• First job as a kid was in the warehouse of eCreamery.
• Best sports memory is making it to the Sweet 16 in 2023.
• Favorite pizza topping is sausage
• Best birthday gift she ever got was her car (Toby) on her 16th birthday.
• Chose Creighton because of the people and culture.
• Favorite TV show to watch is Friends.
• Best friend on another college team is Nebraska’s Lindsay Krause.
• Movie she’s watched the most is Tinkerbell & The Lost Treasure.
• Favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla bean.
• Super power she wishes she had is a photographic memory.
• Favorite community service project is feeding starving children.
• Opponent she can’t wait to play is Louisville.
• Favorite BIG EAST city besides Omaha is Washington, D.C.
• If she were coach for a day, she’d request that every match be five sets.
• Favorite sport to play besides volleyball is soccer.
2024: Senior at Creighton
• Four-time All-BIG EAST choice was in top-two in BIG EAST in kills per set each season.
• Creighton's first player ever named AVCA Second Team All-American.
• Also tabbed Second Team All-American by VolleyballMag.com.
• Named AVCA All-Region for the third time (2021, 2022, 2024).
• Finished career second in program history with 1,664 career kills and fifth with 113 aces.
• Averaged 4.64 career points and 4.13 career kills per set in NCAA Tournament play, both program records.
• Ranked second in the BIG EAST in kills per set, second in points per set, third in aces per set and ninth in hitting percentage.
• In BIG EAST play only, ranked second in aces per set, third in points per set, fourth in kills per set and fifth in hitting percentage.
• Selected in the first round of the Pro Volleyball Federation Draft, No. 3 overall, by the Orlando Valkyries.
• Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year for the third straight fall.
• Named to Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 1) and MVP of the Creighton Classic (Sept. 7).
• Selected BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 9, Sept. 23 and Oct. 7, giving her nine such awards in her career.
• Season-high 24 kills at No. 5 Nebraska (Sept. 10), including 11 in third set as CU staved off four match points.
• Had 14 kills, 12 digs and career-high five aces vs. Rice (Sept. 14).
• Had 16 kills and hit .516 in 3-0 win at No. 10 Kansas (Sept. 21).
• Hit a career-high .733 with 11 kills in 15 swings vs UConn (Sept. 29).
• Had 14 kills and season-high 13 digs in win vs. Marquette (Oct. 1).
• Produced 16 kills and hit .382 in 3-0 win at Butler (Oct. 4).
• Tied career-high with five aces vs. DePaul (Oct. 20).
• Hit .481 and had 16 kills in 3-0 win at Georgetown (Oct. 25).
• Surpassed 1,500 career kills and served 14-0 serving run in 3-0 win vs. Villanova (Nov. 3).
• Pounded 23 kills and hit .429 in win at Marquette (Nov. 10).
• Hit .636 with 15 kills and a pair of aces on Senior Day vs. Georgetown (Nov. 17), also surpassing 1,000 career digs.
• Had 17 kills and hit .519 as Creighton clinched 18-0 BIG EAST season at Xavier (Nov. 24).
• Owned 18 kills and 10 digs in BIG EAST Tournament semifinal sweep vs. DePaul (Nov. 29).
• Had 10 kills and 12 digs on .364 hitting vs. Ole Miss to clinch a Sweet 16 berth in her final home match (Dec. 6).
• Named to All-BIG EAST Tournament Team for third time (Nov. 30).
• Owned 15 kills, four aces and tied season-high with 13 digs in win against No. 13 Texas (Dec. 13).
• Named to Penn State’s All-Regional Team.
• Team was 46-0 all-time when she hits .300 or better.
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.
• Named National Freshman of the Year by Volleyball Magazine in 2021, when she was an AVCA Third Team All-American.
2023: Junior at Creighton
• Garnered Second Team All-American honors from Volleyball Magazine, but didn’t play in enough sets to qualify for the NCAA leaders, AVCA All-Region or AVCA All-America accolades.
• Picked up All-BIG EAST honors for the third straight year.
• Named Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year for the second straight season.
• Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 4, Oct. 23 and Nov. 20.
• Team was 21-2 when she played.
• Had 16 kills and nine digs in win vs. Minnesota that clinched a Sweet 16 bid (Dec. 2).
• Ranked second in the BIG EAST in kills per set and points per set and 11th in aces per set. Also was 19th in both hitting percentage and in digs per set.
• Pounded 27 kills and added 15 digs vs. Duke (Aug. 27).
• Had 14 kills in 3-0 win vs. LSU (Sept. 2), tying Melissa Walsh’s program record by reaching 1,000 kills in her 70th career match.
• Was named MVP of the Bluejay Invitational (Sept. 3) after 50 kills and 40 digs in three victories, helping her earn BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors for the fourth time in her career.
• Missed 11 matches (Sept. 6-Oct. 7) due to an abdominal strain but team went 8-3 without her.
• Made return against Georgetown (Oct. 13), playing back row only her first two matches back (also Oct. 15 vs. Villanova).
• Against the Hoyas tied career-high with three aces, including each of her first two points back.
• Averaged 4.31 kills per set on .271 hitting after returning to the front row on Oct. 20th.
• Returned to starting six and front row on Oct. 20 at UConn, hitting .406 while leading the team with 15 kills and 11 digs in 3-0 win.
• Hit .440 with 13 kills in 3-0 win at Providence (Oct. 21).
• Had 13 kills on season-high .550 hitting at Villanova (Oct. 27).
• Hit .351 and had 16 kills and 14 digs in 3-0 sweep vs. DePaul (Nov. 3).
• Slammed 16 kills on .414 hitting in 3-0 win at Seton Hall (Nov. 10).
• Finished the season with 22 kills and nine digs vs. No. 7 Louisville (Dec. 7).
• Her 1,226 career kills already rank ninth-most by a Bluejay.
• Team improved to 28-0 all-time when she hits .300 or better.
2022: Sophomore at Creighton
• The Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year lived up to the hype, also earning BIG EAST Player of the Year acclaim at season’s end.
• Most Outstanding Player of the 2021 and 2022 BIG EAST Tournaments, the first back-to-back winner since Notre Dame’s Jaimie Lee in 1996 and 1997.
• AVCA Honorable Mention All-American and Third Team Volleyball Magazine All-American in 2022.
• Also named All-BIG EAST and All-East Region for second straight fall.
• Was named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
• Three-time BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week.
• Led the BIG EAST with 4.33 kills per set and 4.72 points per set in all matches, and in kills per set and points per set in league play only.
• Only BIG EAST player with an ace in each of first seven league matches of the season.
• Ranked 12th nationally in attacks (1,385) and attacks per set (12.26), 21st in kills per set (4.33), 24th in kills (489), 34th in points (533.0) and 36th in points per set (4.72).
• Owned 13 double-doubles, including five straight matches from Sept. 7-18.
• Generated 10+ kills in each of her last 15 matches played.
• Picked up where she left off in 2021 as she earned MVP honors at the Rumble in the Rockies (Aug. 26-27), helping her bring home BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors (Aug. 29).
• Opened her fall with double-doubles against Iowa State and Wichita State on Aug. 26 before slamming 22 kills a night later in title-clinching win at Wyoming (Aug. 27).
• Owned 15 kills and 12 digs vs. No. 2 Nebraska (Sept. 7).
• Had 28 kills vs. Florida State (Sept. 9), while her 93 attack attempts were a Creighton record and the third-most in the nation by any player in 2022.
• Owned 21 kills and 13 digs, in addition to a solo block on match point in 15-13 five set win at Omaha (Sept. 10).
• Pounded 27 kills on .357 hitting and added 11 digs in 3-2 win at UConn (Oct. 7), helping her earn BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 10.
• Owned 21 kills and 11 digs in 3-2 win vs. No. 16 Marquette (Oct. 14).
• Closed 3-2 win vs. DePaul with 22 kills, eight digs and career-high nine blocks (Oct. 16).
• Collected 20 kills in just three sets of win at St. John’s (Oct. 30).
• Owned a team-high 23 kills to go with 14 digs vs. No. 14 Marquette in BIG EAST Tournament title match (Nov. 26).
• Owned career-high 30 kills in NCAA Tournament match vs. Auburn (Dec. 2), including 13 in the third set alone. Those 30 were two shy of CU’s record.
• Led the nation in NCAA Tournament kills per set (6.00) and attacks per set (15.40).
• Helped USA Volleyball to a Gold Medal at the U21 Women’s NORCECA Pan American Cup in summer of 2022 as team swept all five matches it played.
• In five matches (four starts), had 32 kills on .415 hitting, adding 20 digs, four aces and three blocks.
• Named Tournament’s Second Best Spiker behind Chloe Chicoine.
• Finished the week third on Team USA in kills, digs and aces.
2021: Freshman at Creighton
• Averaged 3.75 kills, 2.96 digs, 0.60 blocks and 0.16 aces per set while starting all 35 matches.
• AVCA Third Team All-American.
• Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year and Volleyball Magazine Third Team All-American.
• BIG EAST Freshman of the Year.
• Unanimous All-BIG EAST Conference selection.
• In the BIG EAST, ranked second in kills per set (3.75), third in points per set (4.25), 15th in digs per set (2.96) and 20th in hitting percentage (.261).
• Nationally, ranked 44th in total attacks (1,216), 55th in kills (435), 56th in points (492.5), 83rd in attacks per set (10.48), 88th in kills per set (3.75) and 90th in points per set (4.25).
• One of two players in the BIG EAST (along with teammate Jaela Zimmerman) to average 2.95 kills and 2.95 digs per set.
• Named Most Outstanding Player of BIG EAST Tournament.
• Six-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, she owned 106 kills more than any other freshman in the country on a Top 25 team.
• First freshman in school history to be named to All-Tournament Team in each of first two events, she was named All-Tournament after each of her first three weekends.
• Recognized as the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Sept. 6 after she earned All-Tourney Team honors at Bluegrass Battle, as well as Oct. 11 after a combined 35 kills in wins vs. DePaul and Marquette.
• Named to All-Tournament Team at Mizzou Invitational (Aug. 28) after averaging 3.33 kills on .272 hitting in her first weekend as a Bluejay. One week later she hit .291 and averaged 3.91 kills and 3.00 digs per set at Bluegrass Battle (Sept. 3-4).
• Led CU in kills in 3-0 wins vs. Kansas City (Aug. 27) and Missouri (Aug. 28).
• Had 20 kills on .308 hitting in 3-2 win vs. USC (Sept. 3).
• Collected first career double-double with 16 kills and 17 digs in 3-0 win over No. 3 Kentucky (Sept. 4), the defending national champion.
• Became first Bluejay freshman ever with multiple outings of 20+ kills within her first 10 matches, when she had 20 kills (and 11 digs) vs. Illinois (Sept. 11).
• Collected double-doubles on Sept. 18 vs. both South Dakota (12 kills, 10 digs) and Wichita State (13 kills, 10 digs).
• Had 12 kills and 12 digs at St. John’s (Oct. 1), as well as season-high five blocks.
• Led the Bluejays with 13 kills in 3-0 sweep vs. DePaul (Oct. 8).
• Smashed 22 kills to go with 14 digs in win vs. Marquette (Oct. 10).
• First Bluejay since 2016 (Jaali Winters) with 20+ kills and 20+ digs in same match when she had season-highs with 23 kills and 21 digs at UConn (Oct. 16).
• Owned 15 kills and 10 digs in win at Providence (Oct. 17), her third straight double-double, to help capture her third BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honor.
• Had 16 kills and 13 digs in 3-1 win at Marquette (Oct. 29).
• Generated 14 kills and 14 digs in 3-1 win vs. Butler (Nov. 7).
• Hit .500 and finished with 12 kills in 3-0 win at Georgetown (Nov. 13).
• Made her BIG EAST Tournament debut with 15 kills on .448 hitting vs. DePaul (Nov. 26), including nine in the first set.
• Owned 13 kills and 11 digs in 3-0 win at Marquette in BIG EAST Tournament final (Nov. 27).
• Had 16 kills and 10 digs on .444 hitting in NCAA Tournament debut vs. Ole Miss (Dec. 2).
• Topped the squad with 17 kills and had 10 digs vs. Kansas (Dec. 3) in season finale.
• Helped the USA Volleyball Under-21 National Team to a Gold Medal at the Pan American Cup in June of 2022.
• Sis started all five of Team USA’s matches, collecting a combined 30 kills, 24 digs, four blocks and three aces on .286 hitting for the week.
Papillion-La Vista High School
• Nation’s No. 28 recruit, per PrepVolleyball, placing her behind only Taryn Kloth (No. 18 in 2015), classmate Kendra Wait (No. 7 in 2021) and teammate Destiny Ndam-Simpson (No. 21 in 2023) among Bluejay volleyball recruits since 2004.
• Part of Creighton’s fifth-ranked recruiting class, per PrepVolleyball.
• Two-time All-Super State in Nebraska as well as being a three-time First Team All-State in Class A after being a Second Team All-State Class A choice as a freshman.
• Had 527 kills, 397 digs and 47 blocks as a senior, including 31 kills and 30 digs in state semifinal loss to top-ranked Elkhorn South.
• In 2020, Named First Team All-American by Under Armour/AVCA, a Second Team All-American by MaxPreps and an Honorable Mention All-American by Volleyball Magazine.
• Had 479 kills, 311 digs and 49 blocks as a junior, when she was named to the 2019 PrepVolleyball High School All-America Team.
• As a sophomore, led team with 551 kills and also contributed 337 digs and 60 aces.
• Recorded 353 kills, 282 digs, 33 blocks and 22 aces as a freshman for the Monarchs.
• Owned 20 kills in state tournament semifinal loss to Marian (and former Bluejay teammate Emily Bressman) as a freshman.
• Coached by John Svehla.
• Named to PrepVolleyball’s Top 50 Juniors and Soph 79 lists.
• Won the state title in the high jump in both 2018 and 2021, clearing 5-foot-8 both times.
• Helped Premier Nebraska 18 Gold to the Open Championship at nationals, earning MVP accolades, under coach Shannon Smolinski.
• Chosen to the Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star Game and finished with 11 kills.
• Verbally committed to Creighton in September of 2018.
Creighton Volleyball Media Availability - 9/24/25
Wednesday, September 24
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Monday, September 22
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Monday, September 22
Creighton Volleyball Highlights vs. Kansas, 9/21/25
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