Graduate Student - 2021

• Big Ten Medal of Honor
• AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
• AVCA Northeast All-Region
• All-Big Ten First-Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
• Played in 147 of the 152 matches in her five seasons to rank third all-time in matches played and finished her career as the program’s all-time leader in sets played (554)
• Concluded her career ranked 10th all-time with 1,507 kills and 1,734.5 points, while also totaling 346 blocks, 546 digs, 47 assists and 44 service aces.
• Ranked second on the team with 376 kills for a 3.03 kills per set on a .267 hitting percentage, as well as ranked third on the team with 282 digs and 83 blocks, while sitting fourth with 29 service aces on the season.
• Totaled 32 kills for a 4.00 kills per set mark on a .333 hitting percentage in the NCAA First & Second Rounds, including turning in 15 kills on a .375 attack clip vs. West Virginia (12/3/21) and 17 kills on a .302 attack clip at No. 7 Kentucky (12/4/21). 
• Registered a .533 hitting percentage with nine kills at Michigan State (11/26/21). 
• Turned in 16 kills, eight digs and three assists at Michigan (11/24/21). 
• Notched nine kills, eight digs and three blocks vs. Maryland (11/21/21). 
• Totaled seven kills on a .412 attack clip to go with 10 digs at Indiana (11/19/21). 
• Posted 12 kills on a .455 attack clip - a season second-best - against No. 10 Ohio State (11/14). 
• Turned in 14 kills on a .343 hitting percentage and seven digs at No. 13 Penn State (10/30/21). 
• Registered her fourth-career 20-kill match with a match-high 20 on a .425 hitting percentage, while adding 10 digs for her 12th-career double-double vs. Michigan (10/23/21). 
• Turned in a team-high 11 digs to go along with a season-high six blocks in a win at Northwestern (10/20/21). 
• Registered her second-straight double-double with a match-high 18 kills to go along with 11 digs and two service aces vs. No. 6 Purdue (10/6/21). 
• Posted her 10th career double-double with team-highs of 13 kills on a .345 hitting percentage and 13 digs against No. 5 Wisconsin (10/3/21). 
• Registered a career-high-tying with 21 kills on a .260 hitting percentage in a win at No. 4 Purdue (10/1/21). 
• Posted a double-double with 16 kills on a season-high .536 attack clip, 12 digs and five blocks vs. Northwestern (9/25/21). 
• Notched her eighth-career double-double with a season-high-tying 17 kills on a .317 hitting percentage to go along with 11 digs, five blocks and three aces in a win at Iowa (9/22/21). 
• Turned in a match-high 14 kills on a .400 hitting percentage to go along with six digs and three blocks at Illinois State (9/17/21). 
• Totaled 32 kills on a .239 hitting percentage, while adding 34 digs, five blocks and five aces at the Bluejay Invitational. 
• Posted her seventh-career double-double and third of the season to pace the Illini with 17 kills on a .267 hitting percentage to go along with a career-high 17 digs at No. 19 Creighton (9/11/21). 
• Led the team with 15 kills on a .256 hitting percentage, with six blocks, four aces, and nine digs vs. Colorado (9/4/21). 
• Tallied her second double-double of the season with 14 kills and 10 digs against No. 11 Washington (9/3/21). 
• Notched her first double-double of the season with 13 kills, 11 digs and two blocks in a win over Valpo (8/28/21). 

Senior - 2020-21

• All-Big Ten Second-Team
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in 16 matches, starting 14 and seeing action in 62 sets in the conference-only 2020-21 shortened season
• Ranked second on the team with 205 kills on a .142 hitting percentage
• Was third with 37 blocks and fourth on the team with 109 digs and 14 service aces, while also adding eight assists
• Totaled four double-doubles and two 20-kill matches on the year
• Notched a double-double with 14 kills and a career-high-tying 12 digs in a win at No. 8 Purdue (4/3).
• Tallied 10 kills and a season-high five blocks in a win over Indiana (3/27).
• Posted 21 kills, 11 digs and four blocks for her third-career double-double against No. 5 Minnesota (3/12/21).
• Totaled 11 kills, five digs and two blocks against No. 4 Nebraska (3/6/21).
• Notched second-career double-double with 15 kills and a career-high equaling 12 digs vs. Ohio State (2/20/21).
• Registered her first-career double-double with a team-high 16 kills and a career-high 12 digs at Penn State (2/6/21).
• Turned in a match-high 20 kills on a .289 hitting percentage, while also reaching her 1,000th career kill on her 13th of the match, while adding five digs and two blocks at Penn State (2/5/21).
• Turned in a match-high 18 kills on a .366 hitting percentage vs. No. 1 Wisconsin (1/30/21).
• Posted 13 kills to go along with eight digs, four blocks and a team-high three aces at Iowa (1/23/21).
• Led all players with 17 kills on a .324 hitting percentage, while also equaling a career-high with nine digs and serving up a career-best three service aces in season opener at Iowa (1/22/21).

Junior - 2019

• Bulldog Brawl All-Tournament Team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in all 30 matches, starting five matches
• Ranked second on the team with 347 kills on a .212 hitting percentage, to go along with 55.0 total blocks, including ranking second on the team with nine solo blocks, and also adding 50 digs
• Posted 15 kills to go along with a team-high six blocks against Utah (12/6) in the NCAA Tournament First Round.
• Registered back-to-back double figure matches with 11 kills at Ohio State (11/24) and 12 against Northwestern (11/27). 
• Tallied a match-high 14 kills on a .333 hitting percentage and three blocks in a win over Rutgers (11/16).
• Turned in 13 kills, five digs and a block against No. 8 Penn State (10/23/19).
• Totaled 30 kills, six digs and three blocks in matches at No. 6 Wisconsin (10/19) and No. 7 Minnesota (10/20).
• Equaled her career-high with 19 kills against No. 6 Minnesota (10/9). 
• Led the Illini with 30 kills on 53 swings for a 4.29 kills per set average on an impressive .415 hitting percentage, while adding five blocks and three digs in wins at Indiana (10/4) and No. 17 Purdue (10/6).
• Tied her career-high with 19 kills on a .333 hitting percentage in a win against the Boilermakers. 
• Turned in 14 kills and four blocks against No. 3 Nebraska (9/27).
• Named to the Bulldog Brawl All-Tournament Team after totaling 24 kills and committing only three errors in 52 swings for a .404 hitting percentage to go along with seven blocks in matches against Pacific (9/20) and LMU (9/21).
• Posted 16 kills on a .231 hitting percentage in a win over No. 7 Marquette (9/14/19).
• Equaled her career-high with 19 kills on a .333 attack clip to go along with two solo blocks in a road win at No. 19 Tennessee (8/30).
• Reached double figures with 10 kills and had three blocks in a home-opening win over the No. 19 Vols (9/1).

Sophomore - 2018

• CSU Invitational MVP & All-Tournament Team
• Big Ten Co-Player of the Week (9/10)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Started 33 of the 36 matches she played in as a sophomore. 
• Totaled the second-most kills on the team with 343 on a .279 hitting percentage, while also ranking fourth on the team with 80 blocks.
• Turned in nine kills and tied a season-high with five blocks in a win over Louisville (12/1) in the NCAA Second Round.
• Paced team with 13 kills on a .407 hitting percentage and equaled a season-high with five blocks in a win at Michigan State (11/21).
• Led the Illini with 10 kills on a .533 hitting percentage as well as three digs and two blocks in a win at Northwestern (11/14).
• Did not commit an error with seven kills on 11 swings for a .636 hitting percentage at Maryland (11/2).
• Led the Illini with 12 kills on a .455 hitting percentage in a win over Maryland (10/24). 
• Reached double figures with 11 kills to go along with four digs and four blocks in a win at No. 8 Wisconsin (10/13). 
• Posted a team-high eight kills with just one error on 19 swings at No. 3 Minnesota (10/12). 
• Led the Illini with 16 kills on a .433 attack clip and five blocks at Indiana (9/23). 
• Totaled 34 kills on a .397 hitting percentage and 12 blocks at the Illini Classic.
• Collected CSU Invitational MVP honors after totaling 39 kills for a 4.33 kills per set average on a .493 hitting percentage, while also tallying six blocks in the three matches.
• Posted 15 kills on 21 swings and no errors for a .714 hitting percentage in a win over UC Irvine (9/8).
• Turned in 11 kills on a .348 hitting percentage and a career-high nine digs in a win at No. 13 Washington (9/1)
• Notched back-to-back double-digit kill outings in Colorado, including 13 against No. 25 Colorado State (8/24) to go along with three blocks, before posting a career-high 19 kills against Northern Colorado (8/25).

Freshman - 2017

• PrepVolleyball.com All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team
• Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week (10/16)
• Played in all but two matches as a freshman, starting 29 matches and playing in 118 sets.
• Ranked fourth on the team with 236 kills for a 2.00 kills per set average on a .292 hitting percentage.
• Ranked third on the squad with 91 blocks, including three solo stuffs, for a 0.77 blocks per set mark, while also registering 34 digs, eight assists and one service ace.
• Finished the season with four-straight double-digit kill matches, including 15 on a .333 hitting percentage and four blocks vs. No. 12 Michigan State (12/8) in the NCAA Regional Semifinal.
• Ranked second on the team with 23 kills on a .412 hitting percentage to go along with six blocks in her first two career NCAA matches, while also registering the winning kill vs. No. 10 Washington (12/2).
• Led the Illini with 13 kills on a .435 hitting percentage and four blocks in a win at Ohio State (11/25).
• Turned in 10 kills and six blocks at Michigan (11/11).
• Posted 10 kills on a .333 hitting percentage in a five-set win over Michigan (11/4).
• Notched a .500 hitting percentage with five kills on 10 swings vs. Northwestern (11/1).
• Registered a career-high 16 kills on a .314 hitting percentage at Iowa (10/20).
• Totaled a team-high 11 kills on a .333 hitting percentage against Ohio State (10/13/17). 
• Posted a .750 hitting percentage with six kills and no errors on eight attempts in a win at Rutgers (10/1).
• Totaled the third-most kills (21) and the second-most blocks (13) at the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational (9/15-16), including 10 kills on a .563 hitting percentage against Chattanooga (9/15) and a career-high 10 blocks in a five-set comeback win over Missouri State (9/16).
• Earned her first three career starts at the Cardinal Classic, totaling eight kills and 11 blocks on the weekend. 
• Made her Illini debut against Air Force (8/26/17), playing two sets and posting one kills and a block assist in the outing.

High School

• America Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Under Armour Girls High School All-America Second-Team as a senior.
• PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace No. 35 and was also named to website’s Top 85 Juniors list.
• MaxPreps Sophomore All-American
• Helped lead her Shawnee Heights High School to three-straight Kansas State High School Activities Associations (KSHAA) Sub-State championships as well as the 2016 5A state championship.
• Three-time Kansas Volleyball Coaches Association First-Team All-State honoree (2014-16)
• Three-time Kansas State First-Team All-Tournament Team (2014-16)
• Three-time Topeka Capital Journal First-Team All-City.
• Three-time Capital Journal First-Team All-Centennial League.
• Topeka Capital Journal Newcomer of the Year for both the city and Centennial League as a freshman.
• Shawnee Heights High School all four years of high school.
• National Honor Society as a junior and a senior.

Personal

• Born on March 5, 1999
• Daughter of Kathy and Tom Cooney
• Has an older brother, Michael Maki and a younger brother, Grant Cooney
• Has a dog, Woodrow and a cat, Oatsy
• Majoring in speech and hearing sciences.