CAREER OVERVIEW (2020-PRESENT) | CAREER STATS (PDF)
After a career-best season, Blank will return for her fifth year in 2024. She ranks second on the team with 30 career double-doubles and carries 2,373 assists into her final campaign.
AS A SENIOR AT UTA (2023) | MATCH-BY-MATCH STATS (PDF)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Academic All-WAC Team
WAC Setter of the Week (9/20, 11/1, 11/8)
Totaled 56 kills, a .315 hitting percentage, 1,083 assists, 20 aces, 223 digs and 28 blocks (one solo) over 32 matches, or 116 sets … Recorded career-highs in assists, digs and blocks … Added career-best eight double-doubles on the season while averaging over 40 assists and almost eight digs per outing over the final 14 contests … Produced double-digit assists in all but one match, including 13 with at least 40 and three more with 50+ … Distributed a season-best 52 assists against McNeese (9/15) … Finished with a season-best 14 digs along with 39 assists against SFA (10/30).
AS A JUNIOR AT UTA (2022) | MATCH-BY-MATCH STATS (PDF)
WAC Defensive Player of the Week (11/14)
Academic All-WAC Team
Registered 316 assists, 156 digs, 25 kills and 14 aces over 25 matches, or 81 sets … … Eclipsed 1,000 career assists against North Dakota (8/27) … Produced six double-doubles, including five over the final nine matches ...Earned first career conference defensive player of the week selection with 29 assists and career-best 27 digs against Utah Tech (11/10) followed by 21 assists and 12 digs against Southern Utah (11/12) … Totaled 13 matches with double-digit assists, including final 10 of the year … Distributed 20-plus assists eight times, including season-best 38 against Texas A&M - Commerce (9/2), where she also tallied a career-best seven kills to finish just three shy of a triple-double ... Ranked among top 100 in total assists (67th) and assists per set (98th) among NCAA Division I players at season’s end.
AS A SOPHOMORE AT UTA (2021) | MATCH-BY-MATCH STATS (PDF)
Sun Belt Commissioner's List
Appeared in in 24 matches, starting 17 and playing in 87 sets ... Led the team with 472 assists and finished second on the team with 5.43 assists per set ... Second on the team with 188 total digs (1.83 digs/set) ... Added 28 kills and 44.5 points on the season ... Third on the team with 13 service aces ... Finished with 20+ assists in 17 matches ... Season-high 37 assists vs Little Rock (11/6) ... Totaled nine double-doubles on the season ... Season-highs in kills (5), blocks (5) and points (8) vs Tennessee State (9/17).
AS A FRESHMAN AT UTA (2020) | MATCH-BY-MATCH STATS (PDF)
Sun Belt Commissioner's List
Appeared in all 23 matches for the Mavericks, starting 17 and playing in 86 sets ... Led the team in total assists (502), set percentage (.334), assists per set (5.84) ... service aces (28) and service aces per set (0.33) ... Finished with 20 kills in 90 attempts (.178 pct) ... Season-high 53 assists at Tarleton (2/5) ... Finished with 10+ assists in 21 matches and 20+ assists in 13 matches ... Season-high five service aces vs ULM (10/23) … Tallied seven double-doubles.
HIGH SCHOOL
2020 graduate of Mansfield High School in Mansfield, Texas ... Registered 146 aces, 426 kills, 1,272 digs and 3,976 assists in three varsity seasons ... Recorded 44 double-doubles and had 98 matches with 20+ assists ... Earned 4-6A Newcomer of the Year, First Team All-District and an All-Area nomination as a sophomore ... Served as team captain and earned 7-6A Setter of the Year, First Team All-District, Academic All-District, Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) All-Star Team, Texas Association of Volleyball Coaches (TAVC) 6A All-State and an All-Area nomination as a junior ... Served as captain and earned the “MVP” Team Award, First Team All-District, Academic All-District, Academic All-State and was an All-Area nominee as a senior.
PERSONAL
Born Feb. 9, 2002 ... Daughter of Jake and Amy Blank ... Has two siblings, Madison and Mackenzie ... Father played baseball at Texas Wesleyan ... Uncle, Matt Blank, pitched in parts of two seasons for the Montreal Expos in 2000-01 ... Earned a bachelor's degree in University studies in August 2023 ... Working toward a graduate level teacher certification.
UPDATED: 12/31/23
