Sierra Whittaker 10 Class: RS Junior Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Alief Elsik HS Last College: New Mexico State Height: 5-9 Position: OH Birthdate: 08/22/1991 Experience: 2L

2011: Second Team All-Southland Honoree ... One of two players to appear in all 113 sets ... Hit .233 with a team-best 345 kills, averaging 3.05 per set to rank sixth in the SLC ... Tallied 75 digs, averaging 0.66 per set ... Added 26 service aces ... Opened season with 13 kills and seven digs against North Texas (Aug. 26) ... Hit .615 with 10 kills and four aces a day later in a win over Texas Southern (Aug. 27) ... Tallied 10 kills at a .562 rate with five digs vs. Mississippi State (Sept. 9) ... Put up 18 kills with a .552 attack percentage in win over Southeastern Louisiana (Sept. 22) ... Posted 12 more kills at a .321 clip in a win against Nicholls two days later to secure Southland Player of the Week ... Registered 17 kills at a .382 rate to lead LU to win over Northwestern State (Oct. 13) ... Set a career high with 23 kills and three service aces vs. McNeese State (Oct. 19) ... Hit .343 with 16 kills at Southeastern Louisiana (Oct. 27) ... Posted 14 kills in sweep of Nicholls (Oct. 29) ... Added 10 kills and a career-high five aces against Central Arkansas ... Put up double-digit kills in 22 matches ... Collected five or more digs on three occasions.

2010: Played in 26 matches and 92 sets for Lamar after transferring from New Mexico State ... Was sixth on the team in kills with 154 and total blocks with 39 ... Had four double-figure kill matches, including a best of 16 at Nicholls (9/23) ... Finished with 10 kills and a solid .269 attack percentage in Lamar's 3-2 home win over Texas State (9/30) ... Recorded 38 digs on the season, including a high of eight at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10/9) ... Had four blocks at Tulsa (9/10) to establish personal best.

2009: Redshirted at New Mexico State University.

High School: Played primarily setter at Alief Elsik HS ... Helped Rams to a third place finish in District 18-5A as a senior ... Earned all-district second-team honors as a junior and was first-team all-district and all-tournament as a senior ... Was named most valuable player by Club Kaboom.

Personal: Major is general studies ... Enjoys reading the Bible and playing basketball and softball in her spare time ... Born on August 22, 1991, in Houston, Texas ... Daughter of Reginald Whittaker and La'Creshia Montgomery ... Sister Kierra Whittaker plays volleyball at Texas Southern.