At Concordia:
2010: AVCA All-America Second Team… Daktronics All-America First Team… NCAA All-Tournament Team… AVCA All-Central Region… Daktronics All-Central Region First Team… All-NSIC First Team… 2010 NSIC Pre-season Player of the Year… AVCA National Player of the Week 10/19/10… NSIC Offensive Player of the Week (3x)… led the team in kills with 455 and average of 3.79 per set while hitting .357 (second best on the team)… had 100 on the season, 28 solo and 72 assists, 0.83 blocks per set… had double digit kills in 29 of 36 matches this season… had a season high 20 kills in the National Championship… had 18 kills in a three separate matches… had 9 blocks against Northern Sate which was her season high… finished the season 30th in the nation in hitting percentage and kills per set… finished the season 32nd in the nation in points per set… finished her career first in kills with 1,898 kills… second in career kills per set  (3.73)… third in career attack percentage (.329)… second in school history with 388 block assists… second in school history with 482 total blocks… third in school history with 94 solo blocks.

2009: AVCA All-America First Team ... Daktronics All-America First Team ... NCAA All-Tournament Team ... AVCA All-Central Region ... Daktronics All-Central Region First Team  ... All-NSIC First Team ... NSIC Offensive Player of the Week (1x) ... led the Golden Bears in kills for the third straight season, garnering 415 on the year for a 3.55 k/s average ... had a season .339 hitting average (41st in NCAA) ... went into double figures for kills 24 times ... marked a season high 21 kills against Bemidji State on Oct. 9 ... had 15 or more kills five times ... had the team's top five single match hitting performances in 2009 ... also led the team in blocks with 108 on the year (.92/s) ... came alive on the blocking front through the second half of the season, averaging 1.17 b/s in the final 15 matches with two eight-block performances ... wrapped up her junior season ranking 5th at CU for kills (1,443), 3rd for hitting average (.320) and 5th for blocks (382).

2008: AVCA All-America First Team ... AVCA All-Central Region ... Daktronics All-District First Team ... All-NSIC First Team ... led the team and was second in the NSIC in 2008 for kills with 454, an average of 3.55 per set, ranking 50th in the nation ... also led the team and finished fourth in the league with a .344 hitting average ... led the Golden Bears in kills through nearly half of their matches and notched double figures 27 times on the year ... had the top three single match hitting performances among all CU hitters this season (20, 20, 19) ... marked 20 kills against Florida Southern (9/6/08) and Augustana College (9/13/08) ... recorded double figures in kills in 16 of 17 matches during the middle of the season ... became the fastest player in CU history to record 1,000 kills, reaching the plateau against the University of New Haven on Dec. 4 ... finished the season ranking second on the all-time list for kills per set with a mark of 3.78 ... also ranked fifth for career attack percentage (.313) and sixth for blocks (274) ... second on the team in blocking in 2008 with 97 total ... had a season high eight blocks at Bemidji State on Oct. 10 ... recorded six blocks in the NCAA Championship match to go with her 14 kills.

2007:  AVCA National Freshman of the Year, AVCA Honorable Mention All-American, AVCA First Team All-Region, AVCA Region Freshman of the Year, Daktronics Second Team All-Region, North Central Region All-Tournament Team, NSIC Newcomer of the Year, First Team All-NSIC, two-time NSIC Player of the Week ... seta Concordia single match kill record with 34 against Minnesota Duluth (10/30) ... led the team, third in the NSIC and ranked 71st in the NCAA with 3.99 kills per game ... accumulated 574 kills on the year (3rd in NSIC) while hitting .290 ... led the team with 177 blocks (30s, 147a), fourth best in the league ... played in every game and every match of the year ... had double figure kill performances in 30 matches ... 20+ kills seven times ... had a season high nine blocks twice ... recorded 25 kills while hitting at a .636 clip against Western New Mexico University on Aug. 31.

Southwest Christian High School: 
Earned four letters in volleyball and one in basketball ... ranked ninth in the state in career kills with 886 ... also had 329 career blocks ... team won conference title three of four years ... holds school record with 25 kills in a match ... also had 14 blocks in a match .... three-time First Team All-Conference selection ... named All-State as a senior ... member of the Spiritual Life committee, Sports committee and was a Bible study leader.

Personal: 
Born May 5, 1989 ... daughter of Thomas and Brenda Palkert  ... has three siblings, Caleb (17), Lydia (14) and Abby (12) ... is majoring in elementary education at Concordia and would like to become a teacher.