HONORS
2025 Mountain West All-Academic Selection
2025 SEASON (As A Sophomore): Played in 25 matches during her first year with the Aztecs, earning three starts… Racked up 66 kills (1.14 set), 23 digs, 12 blocks, two service aces and one assist in 58 sets… Recorded multiple kills on 12 occasions… Knocked down a kill in her first career start vs. Omaha at the Flo Hyman Classic in Houston, Texas (9-6-25)… Launched nine kills and contributed a pair of blocks, including a solo stop in a three-set whitewash of UC Riverside at the Long Beach State Tournament (9-12-25)… Contributed two kills and one dig in a victory at San José State (9-27-25)… Set a career high with five digs at UNLV (10-8-25)… Enjoyed a superlative performance in a four-set triumph at Boise State when she came off the bench to blast a collegiate-best 16 kills against one error in 22 attempts (10-25-25)… Her .682 hitting percentage against the Broncos marked the eighth-best efficiency in the Mountain West during the season… Also tied her career high with five digs in that Boise State match… Hit .412 after smashing nine kills in 17 attempts with just two miscues vs. Colorado State (11-13-25)… Knocked down a kill in the Aztecs’ upset of Wyoming in the first round of the Mountain West Championship (11-26-25)… Played one set in the conference semifinals against Colorado State to end the season… Landed on the Mountain West all-academic team following the fall semester.
2024 SEASON (As A Redshirt Freshman at Colorado): Saw limited action, appearing in four sets across three matches… Totaled one kill, one assist and one dig on the year… Made her collegiate debut in the fourth set against Wyoming when she blasted her first career kill (9-15-24)… Recorded a dig in a five-set victory over Texas Tech (10-5-24)… Handed out her first collegiate assist and played a season-high two sets vs. Brigham Young (10-25-24).
2023 SEASON (As A Freshman at Colorado): Utilized redshirt season… Earned a spot on the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2023 from Mayfield Senior High School, where she garnered first-team all-Prep League accolades on three occasions in 2019, 2021 and 2022… Earned conference MVP honors following her junior and senior seasons… Received first team all-CIF Southern Section Division V recognition in 2021… Helped the Cubs reach the regional finals of the CIF Division III state championship that season after scoring the winning point in a 3-2 triumph over El Camino Real High in the semifinal round of Mayfield’s first-ever state tournament appearance… Academic honor roll member.
CLUB: Played for the San Gabriel Elite Volleyball Club (2017-20), winning the Salt Lake City Showdown with her squad in 2020… Also competed for the Sunshine Volleyball Club (2020-23), helping her team to a second-place finish at the Anaheim Tournament in 2022.
PERSONAL: Born in Pasadena, California… Daughter of Christopher Rising…Has two siblings, John-Carl and Arianne… Her father and uncle played football at Duke, while her grandfather competed on the gridiron as well at UCLA… Enjoys nature photography… Lists Serena Williams as her favorite athlete… Majoring in psychology at San Diego State.