2016 Was named an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Honorable Mention All-Region selection … Earned Second Team All-Little East Conference honors … Played in 33 of the team’s 34 matches and hit .221, which was third-best on the 2016 squad … Finished third on the team with 326 kills (2.76 kps) and had six solo blocks and 26 block assists … Recorded 10 or more kills in 15 matches … Scored a career-high 27 kills and hit .537 in the 3-2 Little East Conference win over Plymouth State University on September 27 … Put down 17 kills and had one block assist and a hitting percentage of .233 in the 3-2 win over ranked Stevenson University on September 2… Hit .522 after scoring 14 kills in the 3-0 win over Western Connecticut State University on September 17 … Finished with a .611 hitting percentage and had 12 kills in the 3-0 win over Rhode Island College … Dropped in nine kills in the 3-0 win over previously undefeated Johnson and Wales University (RI) in the first round of the NCAA Regional Tournament on November 11 … Ended her Beacons career ranked in the top-10 in kills per set with 2.47, and also sits in the top-20 in block assists with 55.
2015 Appeared in 27 of the 28 matches played during her first season at UMass Boston … Finished third on the team in kills with 211 (2.13 kps) and finished with 34 total blocks (5 sb, 29 ba) … Made her Beacons debut on September 1 at Emerson College where she finished with 11 kills … Finished with 10 or more kills in 10 matches … Scored a season-high 15 kills and hit .464 in the 3-0 win over Western Connecticut State University in the semi-final round of the Little East Conference tournament on November 5 … Put down 14 kills and hit .462 in the 3-1 win over Clark University on October 23 … Recorded a season-high hitting percentage of .563 after tallying 10 kills on 16 attempts in the 3-0 win over Endicott College on September 16 … Dropped in 13 kills in the October 1 match at Tufts University … Finished with the 3-0 win over Wellesley College on October 2 with a .474 hitting percentage scoring 10 kills on 19 attempts.
2014 (at Wheaton College (MA)) Played in 87 sets (30 matches)... ranked third on the team with a career-high 147 kills (1.69 per set)... recorded five service aces, 38 digs and 17 total blocks... notched a season high 12 kills against Coast Guard (Oct. 14)... tallied five or more kills in 16 of 30 matches and recorded at least one kill in 29 of 30 matches.
2013 (at Wheaton College (MA)) Appeared in 39 sets (17 matches)... recorded 52 kills, one assist, 16 digs and 11 total blocks... averaged 1.33 kills per set and 0.28 blocks per set... put away four kills in her first career match on August 31 against Simmons College... tallied 12 kills versus Westfield State on September 21... registered a season-high four digs twice against Emmanuel (Oct. 3) and Babson (Oct. 29)... recorded her first career assist against Mount Ida (Sept. 14)... had five or more kills in six matches... registered at least one kill in 13 out of 17 matches played.
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Transferred to UMass Boston after a two-year stint at Wheaton College (MA) of the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) … Graduated from Barnstable High School in 2013 … Was named a two-time Old Colony League Athlete of the Week … Also earned OCL All-Star honors … Led her high school to two state championships and two undefeated seasons in 2011 and 2012 … Daughter of Elizabeth Koen … Has one sister, Nicole Koen-Pacheco … Currently majoring in English with a minor in Communications.
