UMass Boston

2018

AWARDS

AVCA All-America
AVCA All-Region First Team
Little East Conference Player of the Year
Little East Conference First Team

SEASON HIGHS

Matches Played/Matches Started/Sets Played: 26/26/93
Kills: 27 two times (369 total)
Hitting Percentage: .477 vs. Denison University, September 1 (.222 season)
Service Aces: 11 vs. University of Southern Maine, September 25 (76 total)
Digs: 17 vs. Denison University, September 1 (196 total)
Total Blocks: 2 four times (17 total)
Solo Blocks: 1 three times (3 total)
Block Assists: 2 three times (14 total)
Assists: 6 vs. Grove City College, August 31 (21 total)

NOTABLES

• Named to the AVCA All-America and All-Region team for the second time in her career after putting together her best offensive season
• Took home the Little East Conference Player of the Year award for the first time in her career
• Earned Conference Offensive Player of the Week awards on 3 separate occasions
• One of the Beacons most versatile player leading the team in kills (369), kills/set (3.97), service aces (76), points (455.0) and finishing second with her 196 digs
• Finished the year seventh in all of Division III with 76 aces and 32^nd in the country with 3.97 kills per set
• Currently sits second in program history with 1,420 kills, third in aces (204) and sixth in digs (1,060) and is only the third player in Beacons history to have over 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in their career
• Led the Little East Conference in kills and kills per set (369/3.97) and second in service aces per set at 0.82
• Appeared in all 26 contests, recording double digit kills in 22 out of the 26 matches
•  Notched 8 double-doubles in her senior season with a back-to-back showing on September 8 and 12
• Had a season-high 27 kill game twice (September 1, October 5)
• Recorded a season-high 11 aces on September 25 vs. University of Southern Maine

2017

AWARDS

All-Conference: First Team 

SEASON HIGHS

Matches Played/Matches Started/Sets Played: 31/30/117
Kills: 22 vs. Keene State College, October 18 (408 total/3.49 per set)
Hitting Percentage: .500 vs Anna Maria College, September 9 (.230 season)
Service Aces: 5 vs. Southern Maine, October 24 (45 total/0.38 per set)
Digs: 23 vs. Roger Williams University, October 13 (280 total/2.39 per set)
Total Blocks: 3 vs. Roger Williams University, October 13 (21 total/0.18 per set)
Solo Blocks: 1 five times, (5 total)
Block Assists: 2 four times, (16 total)
Assists: 3 vs. U.S. Coast Guard Academy, September 30 (10 total/0.09 per set)

NOTABLES

- Became the fifth player in program history to record 1,000 career kills on October 28 against Potsdam College

- Earned Co-MVP honors for the Skidmore College Invitational: 40 kills and 40 digs in 12 sets 

- Named Little East Conference Offensive Player of the Week on October 23 

- Led the Beacons with 22 kills and 12 digs against Keene State College on October 18

- Finished with 20 kills, a .359 hitting percentage and 12 digs in the LEC Semifinals against Plymouth State University

- Registered a team-high 13 kills (.200 hitting) in the NCAA Regional Tournament against Tufts University

- Recorded double-digit kills 26 times and double-digit digs on 14 occassions 

- Ended the year with 14 double-doubles 

2016 Named an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Honorable Mention All-American and First Team All-Region honoree … Earned Little East Conference Second Team honors and was named the LEC Tournament Most Outstanding Player … Led the Beacons with 363 kills (2.96 kps), and was second on the team with a .241 hitting percentage … Registered a team-leading 57 aces and finished second on the team with 322 digs (2.64 dps) … At the net she ended the year with three solo blocks and 25 block assists … Recorded a combined nine double-doubles during her sophomore season … Had her best showing in 2016 when she recorded 23 digs and 14 kills in the five-set match with Middlebury College on October 1 … Registered 20 digs and 17 kills and hit .308 in the October 22 win at Amherst College … Recorded three straight double-doubles on three different occasions … Had a double-double of 16 digs and 15 kills and hit .250 in the NCAA Regional Tournament First Round win over Johnson and Wales University on November 11 … Recorded a career-high seven aces and had 11 digs and eight kills in the September 24 win over Eastern Connecticut State University … Threw down a career-high 18 kills in the 3-2 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor on October 28 and against Eastern Connecticut State on November 3 in the semi-final round of the LEC Tournament … Tallied 11 or more kills in 10 of the 12 matches played at the end of the season … Hit a season-high .500 in the 3-0 wins over Brandeis University on September 14 and at UMass Dartmouth on October 4.

2015 Named the 2015 Little East Conference Rookie of the Year … Earned Little East Rookie of the Week honors a total of three times during her freshman season … Led the Beacons with her 2.72 kills per set and her 280 total kills (8^th in the Little East) … Finished second on the team with 262 digs (2.54 dps) and hit .177 during her freshman season at UMB … Scored 14 kills and hit .385 to go along with 11 digs for her first collegiate double-double in her collegiate debut at Emerson College on September 1 … Recorded 10 or more kills in 14 matches and combined for eight double-doubles … Tallied a career-high 22 digs and had 11 kills in the October 1 match at Tufts University … Scored a career-high 18 kills and hit .432 in the 3-1 win at Western Connecticut State University to help the Beacons earn their seventh straight Little East Regular Season title … Finished with 11 kills and 14 digs and hit .320 in her NCAA Tournament debut against Bowdoin College on November 13 … Threw down 17 kills and had 11 digs and hit a career high .433 in the 3-1 win over Plymouth State University on October 6 … Dropped in 18 kills in the October 23 match against nationally-ranked Augusburg College (MN) … Finished with a double-double of 14 kills and 11 digs in the September 11 match against Christopher Newport University … Put-up 19 digs at Babson College on October 3.

PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco, CA in 2015 … Named the Team MVP and was a First Team All-Star in 2014, and a Second Team All-Star in 2013 … Led her high school to a League Championship … Daughter of Olivia Yee and Frank Shi … Has one brother, Harrison … Currently majoring in Biochemistry with a minor in Math.