Loyola University Maryland Athletics

2020 (Junior): Played in five matches and 19 sets during the shortened season… Had 16 kills in the win at American, the Greyhounds’ first since 1992 against the Eagles… Came back two days later with 13 kills against Lehigh… Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2019 (Sophomore): Played in 16 matches and 56 sets before her season was cut short due to an injury… Had 99 kills, an average of 1.77 per set, and a .168 hitting percentage from her right-side role… Had raised her kills per set from 1.58, and her hitting percentage by 51 points, from her freshman season… Was in on 19 total blocks… Opened the year with 11 kills in a victory over Furman and had seven kills later in the day against Coastal Carolina… Was in on five blocks against Loyola Chicago… Posted seven kills and a .294 hitting percentage against Western Michigan… Tallied nine kills in back-to-back matches, at Howard and versus Canisius… Posted nine kills with a .316 hitting percentage against UMBC… Put away 11 kills and had three block assists against Coppin State… Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2018 (Freshman): Appeared in all 30 matches for the Greyhounds, earning starts in 22 of those contests… ranked fourth on the team with 188 kills (1.58/set), and was fifth overall with 75 blocks (0.63/set)… Was superb in her collegiate debut, setting season-highs in kills (13) and attack percentage (.611) in a four-set win over Siena (8/24)… Notched a season-best seven blocks in a four-set victory over Towson (8/25)… Had 11 kills in a five-set matchup vs. Robert Morris (9/7), and managed 11 more kills with a .476 attack percentage at Navy (9/28)… Totaled five blocks in consecutive Patriot League victories over Army West Point (10/5) and Holy Cross (10/6)… Last of four 10+ kill performances on the year was a 10 kill effort at Army West Point (11/3)… Had the match-clinching kill at Colgate (11/11), helping the Greyhounds secure their first-ever appearance in the Patriot League tournament.

Before Loyola: Graduated from Yorktown High School in Arlington, Virginia, where she was a four-year letterwinner in volleyball… Was the team’s Most Valuable Player all four years after earning the junior varsity squad’s MVP recognition as an eighth-grader in 2013… Named to the All-Virginia High School League (VHSL) Liberty Conference First team as a senior in 2016 and 2017 after earning honorable mention in 2014 and second-team recognition in 2015… Received VHSL Class 6 All-Northern Region First Team honors in 2017, as well, and was named to The Washington Post’s All-Met Honorable Mention… Helped Yorktown reach the 2017 regional semifinals… Played club volleyball for Virginia Elite, Metro Travel VBC, NVVA, Arlington Elite and Vienna Elite.
 
Personal: Daughter of Sally and Mike Vaccaro… Has an older sister, Laurel… Received the Governor of Virginia’s Academic Excellence Award and the Virginia Board of Education Scholastic Excellence Award at Yorktown… Received the National Ceramics Art Award and was a part of Arlington Public Schools Advanced Studies… Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes… Father, Mike, played club volleyball at Louisiana State University and was on the All-Air Force men’s volleyball team… Her grandfather was a two-sport, four-year letterwinner at Nicholls State University where he is a member of the Athletics Hall of Fame…