Biography
2019: Named a third-team All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association … Became the fourth Tiger to earn three or more All-America certificates, joining four-time recipient Cathy Costello and three-time winners Abbe Holtze and Amy Smith on the exclusive list … Named to the AVCA’s all-West Region team for the third year in a row … Earned first-team all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference honors for the third consecutive season and all-conference accolades for the fourth time overall … Despite playing most of the season without a pair of starters, Counts led Colorado College to a .260 team hitting percentage, which led the SCAC and ranked seventh nationally … The Tigers also finished first in Division III in assists (13.78) and kills (14.52) per set … Named to the NCAA all-Region Team after setting CC to a .279 hitting percentage during its three matches … Also earned a spot on the SCAC all-tournament team and was voted MVP of the Colorado College Invitational by the opposing coaches … Named SCAC Offensive Player of the Week for the fifth time in her career on Oct. 14 … Dished out 996 assists to become the second player in program history with 4,000 or more … Ranked fourth on the team with 252 digs and 45 total blocks, and fifth with 26 aces … Posted eight double-doubles (assists-digs) … Finished her career ranked second in program history with 4,170 assists, sixth with 149 aces and 12th with 1,110 digs … Earned a spot on the SCAC Academic Honor Roll for the fourth year in a row and was one of five Tigers who were named to the honor roll as well as the all-conference team.
2018: Named a third-team All-American by the AVCA … Became the sixth Tiger to earn two or more All-America certificates … Also earned a spot on the AVCA’s all-West Region Team … A first-team all-SCAC selection … Directed Colorado College's balanced attack that led conference and ranked third nationally with a .262 team hitting percentage … In the regional semifinal match against eventual national champion Emory University, the Tigers hit .309 as a team and put away 38 kills on 94 swings with only nine errors … Dished out 1,084 assists and became the third player in school history to record 3,000 or more … Dished out a season-best 57 assists at No. 11 Trinity University on Sept. 28 … Recorded 12 double-doubles (assists-digs) … Ranked third on the team with a .321 hitting percentage … Put down a season-best seven kills during the victory over Augustana University and the second of three wins over Southwestern … Led the team with 40 aces … Served seven aces in the sweep of Schreiner University on Oct. 21 … Finished third on the team with 267 digs, 37 block assists and 41 total blocks … Currently ranks third in program history with 3,204 assists, 13th with 123 aces, 21 with 859 digs … One of four Tigers who earned a spot on the SCAC’s Academic Honor Roll as well as the all-conference volleyball team.
2017: Earned first-team All-America honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, joining Cathy Costello as the only Tigers to be receive first-team honors as a sophomore … Counts and Costello are two of the eight Tigers who have earned first-team All-America honors … The other six are Elissa Breitbard (1987), Amy Smith (1987), Sara Boyles (2001), Emily Perkins (2009, '10), Abbe Holtze (2013, '15, '16) and Courtney Birkett (2015) … Named SCAC Player of the Year as well as first-team all-conference … Became the fourth consecutive Tiger to be named Player of the Year in a ballot of the SCAC's head coaches, joining former teammate Abbe Holtze, the recipient in 2014 and 2016, and Courtney Birkett, who won the award in 2015 … Is just the fourth sophomore in conference history to be named Player of the Year and only the sixth setter to claim the award … Played in all 35 matches and tied for the team lead with 120 sets played … Led the conference averaging 10.19 assists per game, and was fourth with 54 service aces and an average of 0.45 aces per game … Ranked third on the team with a .290 hitting percentage and 276 digs, and was fifth with 42 total blocks … Recorded nine double-doubles (assists-digs) … Selected the AVCA Division III national player of the week after leading the Tigers to neutral-site victories over No. 4 Trinity University and No. 5 Southwestern University as part of a 4-0 weekend … Named the SCAC Offensive Player of the Week three times … Guided Colorado College to a .259 team hitting percentage, which led the conference and ranked fourth nationally … Finished the season with a personal high of 1,223 assists, which ranks third on the program's single-season chart … After just two seasons, she is fifth on the program's career list with 2,120 assists … Her 63 assists in the five-set victory over Texas Lutheran University in the SCAC Tournament on Nov. 3 ranks fifth on the program’s single-match list … Her 54 service aces ranks sixth on the program’s single-season list … Voted MVP of the Colorado College Classic and Spike It Up Classic by the opposing coaches … An all-tournament selection at the NCAA Regional, as well as all four regular-season tournaments … One of three Tigers who earned a spot on the SCAC’s Academic Honor Roll as well as the all-conference volleyball team.
2016: Played in 33 out of 34 matches, including 31 starts, for a total of 115 sets ... Named AVCA West Region honorable mention ... Was a second-team all-conference selection ... Earned AVCA Player of the Week honors and SCAC Offensive Player of the Week honors ... Led the team with 897 assists, which ranks 12th all-time in single season assists and 16th all-time in career assists ... Her 897 assists and 7.80 assists per set also ranked fifth in the conference ... Was second on the team with a .304 hitting percentage ... Ranked third on the team with 316 digs and fourth on the team with 29 service aces ... Also earned 86 kills and 23 blocks ... Recorded double-digit assists 32 times and double-figure digs 17 times for 17 double-doubles ... Produced 20 or more assists 22 times, 30 or more assists 13 times and 40 or more assists five times ... Earned a season-high 55 assists and had 16 digs against No. 5 Southwestern University on Nov. 4 ... Picked up a season-high 21 digs and had 24 assists in a 3-1 victory over No. 14 University of Texas at Dallas on Sept. 10 ... Put down a season-high nine kills and had 49 assists and nine digs against No. 18 Trinity University on Oct. 22 ... Posted a season-high four blocks twice and a season-high three aces twice ... Was a tournament MVP and all-tournament team selection ... Earned her first appearance on the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s Academic Honor Roll for excellence in the classroom.
Before Colorado College: Earned four varsity letters playing volleyball at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, Calif. … Served as team captain as a senior … Helped lead the Dragons to a 56-0 record conference record and four consecutive championships … Bishop O’Dowd won North Coast Section championships in 2013 and ’15 and was runner-up in 2012 … Qualified for the state tournament all four years and advanced to the quarterfinals in 2012, ’13 and ’15 … A second-team all-Western Alameda County Conference selection in 2014 and ’15 … NorCal Volleyball Club setter for six years and helped the team earn five trips to Junior Nationals … A four-time conference All-Academic selection and received the team Scholar-Athlete Award each season … An AP Scholar with Distinction … Earned a spot on the school’s honor roll every semester.
