Career Honors
2019 LSWA Player of the Year
2019 First-Team All-Louisiana
2019 Southland Conference Player of the Year
2019 First-Team All-Southland Conference
2019 First-Team Academic All-Southland Conference
2019 Texas A&M Invitational All-Tournament Team
2019 Jaguar Invitational All-Tournament Team
2019 Arkansas Classic All-Tournament Team
2019 Southland Conference Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll
2018 First-Team All-Louisiana
2018 Second-Team All-Southland Conference
2018 Second-Team Academic All-Southland Conference
2018 Southland Conference Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll
2017 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year
2017 Southland Conference Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll
2019 Season
Started 29 matches in her record-breaking junior campaign with 32 total appearances on the season ... became the first Lady Demon to be named Southland Conference Player of the Year ... was the fifth player in SLC history to be named Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year ... led the SLC in kills from start to finish and posted the first 500-kill season in NSU history, finishing with a new single-season record of 539 ... became the eighth player to reach 1,000 career kills ... ranked in the top 20 in the NCAA at season's end in kills (539 - 11th), kills per set (4.77 - 12th), attacks (1,454 - 9th), attacks per set (12.87 - 7th), points (588.0 - 18th) and points per set (5.20 - 17th) ... set the single-season record with 1,454 attempts on the year ... earned SLC Offensive Player of the Week five times during the season ... named to all-tournament team in each of the three non-conference tournaments where the Lady Demons played ... had 10 or more kills in 30 matches on the season and recorded 20 or more kills on 10 occasions ... set a career best with 27 kills at Nicholls (Nov. 2) and Sam Houston (Nov. 23) that latter coming in the conference tournament ... broke the match record for attempts with 87 in the five-set loss at Sam Houston (Nov. 7) ... began the season with 10 straight matches with double-digit kills, extending her 10-match streak ending the 2018 season ... finished the season with 18 consecutive matches with double-digit kills ... had 15 double-doubles (kill-dig) during the season with a pair of 20-kill, 20-dig performances in the SLC tournament ... finished junior season ranked fifth in career kills (1,122) and attempts (3,119) and tied for seventh in hitting percentage (.237) ... set a new career best with four service aces at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Oct. 3) and equaled a career best with six block assists at Sma Houston (Nov. 7).
2018 Season
Started 24 matches in her sophomore campaign appearing in 26 total on the season...led the Lady Demons with 314 kills and finished seventh in the Southland in kills...had 17 matches with 10 or more kills on the year...ended the season with 10 consecutive matches with 10 or more kills...averaged 4.2 kills per set during that time and 16.1 kills per match...set a new career-best with 23 kills vs. Houston Baptist (Nov. 1)...had 70 attempts vs HBU, the ninth most all-time in a match in school history...against SE Missouri (Sept. 1) recorded a 21-kill, 25-dig performance in the Lady Demons four-set victory.
2017 Season
Appeared in 31 matches, starting 22 ... began the season as an outside hitter before moving to the right side ... became the first NSU player since Stacey DiFrancesco (2011) to be named Southland Conference Freshman of the Year ... finished second on the team in kills (269) and ranked third in hitting percentage (.222) ... averaged 3.7 kills per set in a six-match stretch from Sept. 8-21 in which she had double-figure kills in each match ... had double-doubles in all three matches at the Tulane Invitational -- 15 kills, 18 digs vs. Tulane (Sept. 15); 17 kills, 14 digs against North Florida (Sept. 16) and 17 kills, 14 digs against Alabama State (Sept. 16) ... had 66 attacks against Alabama State, the ninth-most in a single match in school history.
High School
Four-year letter winner in volleyball for coach Sandy Fussell at Assumption High School ... led team to three consecutive regional championships and two state runner ups ... named the Barker Honda Week Two Player of the Week in her sophomore year ... earned first team all-district and all-region as a freshman ... earned first-team all-district, all-region and all-state honors as a sophomore ... recorded 34 kills and 17 digs in state quarterfinals as a junior, earning the Barker Honda player of the week honor ... named all-region MVP and district offensive MVP as a junior ... earned earned first team all-conference, all-county, all-region, all-area, and all-state honors as a junior and senior ... earned Division 2 LVCA Outstanding Player award and Division 2 Player of the Year award as a senior ... played six years of club volleyball at Louisiana Volleyball in Covington ... also lettered one year in golf ... member of the USA Volleyball High Performance A1 Team ... earned the honor with her performance in July prior to arriving at Northwestern State.
Personal
Born April 28, 1999 ... majoring in health and exercise science ... oldest child of Scottie and Shane Brister ... one brother, Ethan ... mother played volleyball and father played baseball at Southeastern Louisiana University ... career plans include pursuing a career in speech pathology ... life’s ambition is to “become a better version of yourself. Whether you are satisfied with that version of yourself or not, always strive to be better” ... nickname is Pep.
Career Bests
Kills: 27, twice (last vs. Sam Houston St, Nov. 23, 2019)
Digs: 25, vs SE Missouri (Sept. 1, 2018)
Assists: 3, four times (last vs. Abilene Christian, Oct. 24, 2019)
Service Aces: 4, at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Oct. 3, 2019)
Block Solos: 2, vs. Stephen F. Austin (Oct. 26, 2019)
Block Assists: 6, three times (last at Sam Houston St, Nov. 7, 2019)
