2008: Played in all 27 matches as a defensive specialist for the Redhawks...led the Redhawks with a career-high 20 service aces on the season while ranking seventh in the OVC with 0.25 service aces per game...career-high three service aces against Middle Tennessee, Arkansas State, Southern Illinois and Eastern Kentucky...team-high 25 digs against Arkansas State at the Saluki Invitational... was sixth on the team with a career-high 173 digs for the season...averaged 2.16 digs per game...in OVC play averaged 3.10 digs...tallied a career-high six kills against Southern Illinois...five straight matches with double-digit digs...season-high .286 attack percentage against SIU Edwardsville...12 digs, two service aces and three kills against Jacksonville State committed only 10 receiving errors all season...Southeast Scholar Athlete.

2007: Played in 27 matches as a defensive specialist...totaled 10 service aces on the season...tallied 51 digs...best match against Austin Peay with career high 12 digs...recorded eight digs against North Florida...recorded six digs versus Tennessee Tech... first career kill at Eastern Kentucky...produced two assists against IUPUI...recorded two service aces against Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State, and Tennessee Martin...added five digs in only three games against Tennessee Martin...against Memphis played in all five games recording two digs...recorded four digs vs. Austin peay...recorded two digs vs Weber State and two digs at Samford...committed only four receiving errors...Southeast Scholar Athlete.

Prep: Two-time Daily Herald and Northwest Herald all-area as a junior and senior at H.D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin, Ill....All-state honorable mention...All-Fox Valley Conference...Most Valuable Player...team captain as a senior...coached by Lisa Dwyer...competed with the Rolling Thunder and Sky High volleyball clubs...also played softball...four-year high honor roll student...student council member.

Personal: Born 11-18-88...daughter of Michael and Sheryll Benacka...recruited by Manchester.