University of New Haven Athletics

2021 Season:
Earned Academic Excellence accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean's List following both the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters.

2019: Northeast-10 All-Conference Second Team … Earned Academic Honor accolades (fall) and Academic Distinction honors (spring) on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll ... Also earned New Haven Dean's List distinction following the spring semester ... Appeared in all but one of the 27 total matches on the season, playing in every set (96 total) of the 26 matches played … Closed out the season fourth on the team with 211 kills, putting up double figures in seven matches … Finished all 26 matches she played with at least four kills, setting her career-best in the Northeast-10 Championship quarterfinals against Saint Anselm (11/19) when she finished with 17 total … Closed out that match hitting .500 with her 17 kills coming on 28 attempts with three errors … Led the team with a .268 attack percentage … added 15 service aces and 90 digs while leading the team with 77 total blocks … Finished all but one of the 26 matches played with at least one dig, finishing with a career-best six digs on two occasions against Seton Hill (9/7) and Bloomfield (9/17) … Closed out seven matches with five or more blocks, setting her season-best of six on two occasions against Wayne State (9/7) and Molloy (9/17).
 
2018: Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-Region team… NE10 All-Conference Second Team … Finished with 258 kills, third most on the team, while leading the team and the NE10 with 128 blocks… Also led the team with a .328 hitting percentage … Closed out nine matches with double figure kills, including a season-high 14 in the regular season finale against Saint Anselm (11/3) … Recorded her first double double when she dropped in 10 kills and combined that with a career-high 10 blocks against Franklin Pierce (10/6) … Registered a season-high hitting percentage of .647 against California (Pa.) (8/25) at the Franklin Pierce Ravens First Serve Invitational, finishing with 13 kills in 17 attempts.
 
2017: Appeared in 18 matches, playing in 27 sets … Compiled 28 total kills and nine blocks on the season … Set a career-high with five kills in back-to-back matches against Mercy and East Stroudsburg, both on September 8 at the Georgian Court Invitational … Set a career-best with four blocks, all block assists, in a neutral site match against Western Washington (9/2). 
 
Before New Haven: Played three years of varsity volleyball at Landmark Christian School … Named Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior … Helped lead the War Eagles to the Georgia High School Association State Championships, finishing as runner up in 2015 after winning GHSA Area titles in 2015 and 2016 … Named to the GHSA Area All-Tournament First Team in 2015 and 2016, while also earning All-Area accolades in 2016.
 
Personal: Daughter of Everett and Terri Garden … has one older sister Chloe … Cousin, Chelsea Alpough, played volleyball at New Haven under head coach Robin Salters … Majoring in English with a concentration in writing.