Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics

2022 Season Highs		Category	Career Highs
30	8/30/22 vs. Corpus Christi	Kills	30	8/30/22 vs. Corpus Christi
58	10/20/22 @ Grand Canyon	Attacks	64	2x, Last 10/25/21 @ TAMUCC
2	2x, Last 11/3/22 @ Seattle U	Assists	4	1/22/21 vs. UTSA
4	9/29/22 vs. Utah Tech	Aces	5	10/25/21 @ Corpus Christi
18	8/30/22 vs. Corpus Christi	Digs	21	9/25/21 vs. Stephen F. Austin
5	8/27/22 @ North Texas	Blocks	7	2x, Last 10/7/21 @ ACU

Career: Ranks second in kills (1,428) and kills per set (3.61), fourth in attacks per set (9.77), and seventh in aces per set (0.30).

2022 (Graduate Student): Broke program record for kills (538) while ranking third in kills per set (4.24) … Led the WAC in six categories, ranking ninth in the NCAA in points (623.0), ninth in kills (538), 16^th in attacks (1,348), 20^th in points per set (4.91), 27^th in kills per set (4.24), and 63^rd in attacks per set (10.61) … Ranked fourth in the WAC and 134^th in the NCAA with 39 aces … Reached double-figures in kills 26 times, including 10 matches of 20+ kills, and digs 14 times, en route to 11 double-doubles … Led UTRGV in kills 27 times, digs once and blocks seven times … Recorded team-high 12 kills in NIVC Quarterfinals at Davidson (12/8) … Earned All-Region Honorable Mention (12/6) … Posted match-high tying 12 kills on 333 hitting with eight digs and career-high tying seven blocks in NIVC second round vs. South Dakota State (12/3) …  Earned WAC Player of the Year and All-WAC First Team honors (11/15) … Recorded match-high 16 kills with eight digs and three blocks vs. Tarleton (11/12) … Posted match-high 16 kills on .325 hitting with seven digs and four blocks vs. Abilene Christian (11/10) … Recorded match-high 15 kills, nine digs and four blocks at Utah Valley (11/5) … Posted 11^th double-double with 26 kills on .373 hitting and 17 digs at Seattle U (11/3) … Recorded 14 kills on .310 hitting with three aces and six digs vs. UT Arlington (10/29) … Posted 10^th double-double with match-high 22 kills, 11 digs and three aces vs. Stephen F. Austin (10/27) … Earned WAC Offensive Player of the Week honors (10/24) … Posted match-high 15 kills at California Baptist (10/22) … Recorded ninth double-double with 24 kills and 15 digs at Grand Canyon (10/20) … Posted eighth double-double with match-high 20 kills on .326 hitting, 12 digs and three blocks vs. New Mexico State (10/10) … Recorded seventh double-double with match-high 16 kills and 10 digs at Sam Houston (10/6) … Posted sixth double-double with match-high 23 kills, 11 digs and season-high four aces vs. Utah Tech (9/29) … Recorded match-high 19 kills on .500 hitting with 10 digs for fifth double-double at Tarleton (9/24) … Earned Red Raider Classic All-Tournament Team honors (9/17) … Posted match-high 24 kills at Texas Tech (9/17) … Recorded 15 kills, nine digs and three blocks vs. SMU (9/16) … Recorded fourth double-double of season with 15 kills and 12 digs vs. Oral Roberts (9/16) … Earned All-UTRGV Tournament Team honors (9/10) … Recorded match-high 15 kills vs. Montana (9/10) … Posted 13 kills and seven digs vs. Montana (9/9) … Earned WAC Offensive Player of the Week honors (9/5) … Earned Tournament MVP honors at Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic (9/3) … Posted match-high 14 kills on .345 hitting vs. North Dakota State (9/3) … Recorded match-high 21 kills with nine digs and three blocks at Louisiana (9/2) … Posted match-high 21 kills on .341 hitting, including 1,000^th-career kill, vs. UTSA (9/2) … Recorded career-high 30 kills, the fifth-highest single-match total in program history, on .393 hitting, 18 digs, three blocks and two aces for her third double-double vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (8/30) … Earned WAC Offensive Player of the Week honors (8/29) … Recorded second double-double with 26 kills on .304 hitting and 11 digs and five blocks at North Texas (8/27) … Posted 17 kills on .387 hitting with four blocks vs. Jacksonville (8/26) … Recorded double-double with 17 kills, 12 digs, two assists, three aces and three blocks vs. UNLV (8/27) … Earned Preseason All-WAC honors (8/18). 

2021 (Junior): Broke program record for kills per set (4.37) while ranking sixth in total kills (437) and tied for fifth in attacks per set (11.19) … Led UTRGV in kills 22 times, digs twice and blocks three times … Recorded 23 matches of 10+ kills, including nine of 20+, and 10 matches of 10+ digs, including one of 20+ en route to 10 double-doubles … Recorded match-high tying 12 kills in NIVC at Arizona (12/3) … Posted 10^th double-double with 17 kills and 10 digs vs. Grand Canyon (11/18) … Earned All-WAC First Team honors (11/17) … Recorded ninth double-double with match-high 14 kills and 12 digs vs. Abilene Christian (11/13) … Posted match-high 23 kills, nine digs, four blocks and three aces vs. Tarleton (11/11) … Recorded match-high 14 kills vs. Lamar (11/6) … Posted eighth double-double with 23 kills and 16 digs at Sam Houston (10/28) … Recorded seventh double-double with 22 kills, 11 digs, career-high five aces and three blocks at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10/25) … Posted 14 kills and nine digs vs. Chicago State (10/23) … Recorded match-high 20 kills vs. Sam Houston (10/16) … Posted match-high 19 kills at Tarleton (10/9) … Recorded career-high tying seven blocks with match-high 23 kills and 15 digs for sixth double-double at Abilene Christian (10/7) … Posted match-high 12 kills on .524 hitting at Lamar (10/2) … Recorded career-high 28 kills on .400 hitting with career-high 21 digs and career-high tying four aces in four sets for fifth double-double vs. Stephen F. Austin (9/25) … Posted match-high 16 kills with eight digs, two aces and three blocks vs. UTEP (9/23) … Earned WAC Offensive Player of the Week honors (9/20) … Recorded match-high 22 kills on .357 hitting with season-high tying 12 digs for fourth double-double at East Carolina (9/17) … Posted 15 kills on .367 hitting with two aces and six digs vs. Appalachian State (9/17) … Earned All-UTRGV Tournament Team honors by averaging 4.92 kills on .291 hitting, 2.33 digs and 0.58 blocks while recording two double-doubles in 12 sets across three matches (9/12) … Recorded 19 kills on .390 hitting vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9/12) … Posted third-straight double-double with 14 kills and 10 digs vs. Incarnate Word (9/10) … Recorded career-high 26 kills with 11 digs for second double-double vs. Louisiana (9/9) … Posted first double-double of the season with career-high tying 22 kills, 12 digs and three blocks vs. Nicholls (9/3) … Recorded 11 kills with three blocks vs. UMBC (9/2) … Posted 11 kills with six digs and five blocks at New Orleans (8/27) … Recorded match-high 15 kills on .519 hitting with six digs and two blocks vs. Alcorn State (8/27). 
 
2020-21 (Junior): Led team in kills three times and blocks nine times … Reached double-figures in kills and digs once each for a double-double … Racked up career-high seven blocks vs. Utah Valley (3/15) … Served up season-high three aces with four blocks at Seattle U (3/9) … Posted season-high five blocks with seven kills and five digs vs. California Baptist (3/1) … Made debut at middle blocker, recording four kills with two blocks at Grand Canyon (2/23) … Posted sixth-career double-double with 17 kills, 12 digs, three blocks and career-high four assists vs. UTSA (1/22) … Earned Preseason All-WAC honors.
 
2019 (Sophomore): Led team in kills 12 times, blocks five times and digs once … Reached double-figures in kills 20 times and digs five times en route to five double-doubles … Recorded 11 kills with six digs at CSU Bakersfield (11/11) … Posted career-high 22 kills at Grand Canyon (11/7) … Recorded career-high tying 19 kills with five digs vs. Utah Valley (10/28) … Posted 15 kills with nine digs and career-high six blocks vs. California Baptist (10/26) … Recorded match-high tying 10 kills with eight digs and four blocks at Chicago State (10/17) … Posted fifth double-double with 14 kills, 11 digs and career-high tying four aces vs. CSU Bakersfield (10/12)… Recorded match-high 18 kills with seven digs vs. Grand Canyon (10/10) … Posted 12 kills with four digs at California Baptist (10/5) … Recorded match-high 15 kills with nine digs at Seattle U (9/26) … Earned All-UTRGV Tournament Team honors (9/21) … Recorded two career highs with 19 kills and 59 attacks vs. Houston Baptist (9/21) … Posted 13 kills on.257 hitting with seven digs vs. Washington State (9/20)…Recorded match-high 13 kills with six digs and two blocks at Texas A&M (9/13) … Posted third double-double with 16 kills and career-high tying 11 digs vs. Maryland (9/6) … Recorded second-straight double-double with 13 kills, 11 digs and four blocks at Corpus Christi (9/4) … Posted first-career double-double with 17 kills and 10 digs at Houston Baptist (8/31) … Recorded match-high 19 kills with nine digs vs. Bethune-Cookman (8/30).
 
2018 (Lindsey Wilson College): Earned NAIA First Team All-American, American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American, AVCA-NAIA Freshman of the Year, Mid-South Conference (MSC) Co-Player of the Year and MSC Freshman of the Year honors … Led team to 33-4 record and the NAIA Tournament Quarterfinals … Ranked 22^ndin the NAIA with 3.9 kills per set and 23^rdwith a .331 hitting percentage … Led the MSC in both categories … Posted 60 blocks in 105 sets across 32 matches while racking up 445.0 points.
 
Prep: Went to high school at Gymnasium Jiriho Wolkera 2 while playing her club volleyball with VK Agel Prostejov.

Off the Court: Daughter of Francisco Javier Cruz Perez and Nadezola Cruzora' … Has one brother, Javier Cruz  … Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies in Dec. 2021.