Northern Illinois University Athletics

2021 Fall: Academic All-MAC…Played in 28 of 29 matches…Averaged 2.40 digs per set with 20 aces…Had a season-high 23 digs in 3-1 win over Eastern Illinois (9/4)... Had double-digit digs in five straight matches from Sept.24-Oct. 2...Had 14 digs in 3-1 win over Eastern Michigan (10/1)...Recorded 12 digs and two assists in 3-1 win at Akron (11/5)...Had 16 digs and two aces in 3-1 win over Western Michigan (11/17).

2021 Spring: Academic All-MAC…Played in 20 of 22 matches… Led NIU with 4.18 digs per set… Had 25 digs in season opener at Bowling Green on Jan. 22… Also had 25 digs in NIU’s 3-2 win over Toledo on Jan. 28, adding a career-high six assists… Had a career-high 32 digs at Central Michigan on Feb. 4… Recorded two aces in NIU’s 3-2 win over Miami on Feb. 25… Had 18 digs in both matches of Akron series March 4-5… Had 20 digs, three assists and three aces in 3-2 win at Kent State on March 19.

2019: Played in 101 sets… Had nine digs and two assists in collegiate debut against UC Riverside on August 31… Hit two aces with nine digs in NIU’s 3-1 win over Eastern Michigan on September 28… Had three straight matches with double-digit kills from October 5-12… Recorded season-high three aces in 3-1 win over Kent State on October 25… Had season-high 14 digs in five-set match at Bowling Green on November 16.

Prior to NIU: Four-year letterwinner at Batavia High School... Named Honorable Mention All-Area by the Daily Herald in each of her last three years at Batavia... Member of Club Fusion’s 2015 U-15 AAU National Volleyball Tournament champion squad, as well as Fusion’s U-17 national runner-up team at the same event in 2017.

Personal: Daughter of Edgar Juarez and Tracy Hegna... Intends to major in sociology. Volunteers for Feed My Starving Children and The Special Olympics. 

CAREER HIGHS

Kills:	1, twice (last vs. Kent State, Oct. 29, 2021)
Attempts:	5 at Central Michigan (Feb. 4, 2021)
Hitting Percentage:	n/a
Assists:	6 vs. Toledo (Jan. 28, 2021)
Aces:	3, twice, last at Kent State (March 19, 2021)
Digs:	32 at Central Michigan (Feb. 4, 2021)
Blocks:	n/a
Points:	3.0, twice, last at Kent State (March 19, 2021)