Prior to Eckerd: Finished accomplished prep career with over 1,200 kills while attending Oakland High School in Tennessee…As a senior, earned first-team all-district honors, first-team all-area status and was named the Rutherford County MVP…Played for the Alliance Volleyball Club under Ann Mullins…Averaged 4.71 kills per set for the Patriots as a junior while recording over 600 total kills as a dominant middle blocker…Turned away nearly 150 attack attempts to lead her team in blocks…DNJ First-Team All-Area selection and an all-district performer while being appointed captain of her squad…Missed sophomore season due to a back injury…Voted the hardest worker by her teammates and was tabbed as the most improved player for the squad…Participated in the USA A3 program during her junior and senior seasons...Additional club team experience with Club West Nashville VBC under Maggie Tucker, Nashville One Volleyball Club under Warne Riker and Sam Sullivan…Coached by Oakland by Jason Sloan at Oakland.

Personal: Born June 20…Daughter of Steve and Jennifer Arnette…Has one younger brother, Benji…Enjoys watching hours of Friends and Grey’s Anatomy, traveling and spending time with friends and family…Chose Eckerd over Lincoln Memorial University, the University of Alabama-Huntsville, Tennessee-Martin and the University of Memphis.

Major: Biology (Pre-Med).