• 2023 AVCA All-Southwest Region First Team
• 2023 All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2023 CSC Academic All-District
• 2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2022 Big 12 Freshman of the Year
• 2022 AVCA Southwest Region Freshman of the Year
• 2022 AVCA All-Southwest Region Honorable Mention
• 2022 All-Big 12 First Team
• 2022 All-Big 12 Freshman Team
• Big 12 Rookie of the Week (8/30, 9/13, 10/25, 11/8, 11/29)
• 2022 All-Tournament Team, Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge & Baylor Classic / MVP, Baylor Invitational
• 2022 Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year
• 2022 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring)
2023 (Sophomore):
Named Preseason All-Big 12 … The Bears’ starting setter, playing in all 114 sets and 30 matches … Had seven matches where she led the team in digs … Had 13 matches where she led the team in aces … Recorded two matches where she led the team in blocks – at Colorado State with three (9/8) and against James Madison with four (11/30) … Dished out a career-high 60 assists at SMU (9/6) … Posted a career-high 16 digs against Kansas State (10/5) … Broke her career-high in aces against Oklahoma where she served up four (11/1), only to break it again later that week on the road at Texas Tech with six (11/4) … Her six aces against TTU tie for fourth in the Baylor record books for service aces in a three-set match … Had four kills at Colorado State for a career high (9/8) … Had a career-high blocks against Cincinnati (10/12) and again with four against JMU (11/30) … Served up her 50th career ace against No. 5 Texas (10/26) and then served her 60th against No. 17 Kansas (11/15) … Had four-consecutive matches recording a double-double starting with Texas Tech and finishing at No. 17 Kansas (11/4-11/15) … Had 10 overall matches with a double-double to lead the team … Finished the season with 1,188 assists at a clip of 10.42 assists per set … During the regular season, she finished first in the conference for assists with 1,129 but third in avg/set at 10.45 … Sits in fifth for career assists in the rally-scoring era at Baylor with 2,446 … Needs just 16 more assists to become 10th all-time at Baylor in career assists … Named All-Big 12 Second Team (11/28) and AVCA Southwest All-Region (12/5) … Earned CSC Academic All-District (12/12).
Named as an alternate for USA Volleyball’s Collegiate National Team in June of 2023.
2022 (Freshman):
First season with the Bears ... An early spring enrollee, participating in spring practice with the team ... Named Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year ... Starting setter in all 32 matches, playing in all 117 sets … Recorded eight double-doubles over the course of the season ... Set her career-high 54 assists twice, first at Kansas State (10/22) and again against Rice (12/02) in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament … Put up a career-high eight digs two times, first against No. 1 Wisconsin (08/27) in the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge and at TCU (11/12) … Recorded a career-high three blocks at Kansas (10/01) … Had 31 matches with double-digit assists, eight matches with double-digit digs … Led Baylor in digs for four matches … Led Baylor in aces for nine matches … Named to the All-Tournament Team for the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge on Aug. 27 … The Big 12 Rookie of the Week five times (08/30, 09/13, 10/25, 11/08, 11/29) … The MVP of the Baylor Invitational (09/10) … Named to the All-Tournament Team for the Baylor Classic (09/16) … The Big 12 Freshman of the Year, All-Big 12 First Team and All-Big 12 Rookie Team (11/29) … AVCA Southwest Region Freshman of the Year and AVCA All-Southwest Region Honorable Mention (12/06).
High School:
Baylor's highest-ranked recruit in program history at No. 4 by PrepVolleyball.com ... The top setter of the 2022 class ... Played club volleyball for Skyline Juniors in Dallas ... Graduated from Lovejoy High School, earning letters all four years for volleyball ... She and her team were state runners-up in 2018, then won three-straight state championships in 2019, 2020 and 2021, all under Ryan Mitchell ... Amassed 4,416 career assists at nine assists per set with 1,121 digs, 479 kills and 206 aces in her career ... Invited to the 2022 Under Armour All-American Match ... A four-time All-American ... Part of the USA Volleyball U20 National Training Team, where they placed fifth in the U20 Women's World Championship ... Named Gatorade National Player of the Year as well as Gatorade Texas Player of the Year (1/12/22).
Personal:
Daughter of Brian and Mandi Carlson ... Older sister to Kalin ... Studying Communications.
