High School
A 2009 graduate of Capital High School in Boise, Idaho...played four years of varsity volleyball, three years of varsity tennis, and one season of varsity basketball...in volleyball, she was a four-time all-Southern Idaho Conference selection – including a two-time team captain – and played at both setter and outside hitter for the Eagles...during her senior season, she averaged 3.5 kills, 2.8 digs, 4.0 assists and 0.8 service aces per set to go along with a .572 hitting percentage...also during her senior season (2008), she posted nine triple-doubles (kills, assists and digs)...led the team in assists and hitting percentage in three of her four seasons, and paced the team in kills on two occasions...named to the Southern Idaho Conference all-academic team all four years...recipient of the President’s Award for educational excellence in 2006...member of the tennis team which won the state and league championships in 2007.

Personal
Born April 5, 1991...a kinesiology major...daughter of Ted and Wendy Hettinga...played for the Boise River Volleyball Club the last six years, including two seasons under former Sacramento State assistant coach Candy Murphy...2009 marked her fourth year with the 18-under squad...father, Ted, played two years of basketball (1980-82) at Northern Arizona and was the team MVP during the 1980-81 season...grandfather, Ron Yochem, played football for Illinois in 1955.