2013: Appeared in 24 matches, spending significant time in the libero position … Finished third on the team with 13 aces and sixth on the team with 141 digs … Also contributed 18 assists and three kills … Recorded nine digs and an ace at UMBC (Sep. 4) … Scored five digs and two assists with an ace against Villanova (Sep. 13) … Posted 11 digs and two aces at La Salle (Sep. 27) … Set new career high with 18 digs and added two assists and an ace against La Salle (Oct. 12) … Scored 16 digs, career-high two kills, two assists and an ace at Rhode Island (Oct. 25) … Registered career-best three assists along with eight digs and two aces against George Washington (Oct. 27).
2012: Appeared in 15 matches … Recorded 23 digs, four aces and three assists during the season … Served a pair of aces against South Carolina (Sep. 1) … Tallied three digs against Navy (Sep. 2) … Posted one service ace and one dig against Loyola Marymount (Sep. 8) … Registered career-high 13 digs along with two assists at James Madison (Sep. 29) … Had two digs on the road against UNCW (Oct. 26).
2011: Appeared in 18 matches … Tallied 25 digs, four aces, and one kill … Made collegiate debut against High Point, appearing in two sets (Sep. 4) … Served a season-high two aces … Posted a kill and a dig against VCU (Sep. 23) … Tallied three digs and an ace against William & Mary (Sep. 24) … Recorded four digs, a season high, in Williamsburg against the Tribe (Oct. 21) … Matched that with four digs at UNCW (Oct. 30).
Prep: Lettered four years for the Vikings in volleyball ... Also lettered twice in soccer and one year in track ... Holds the Valley record for career digs (1,017) and is the first player to eclipse the 1,000-dig mark ... Averaged 3.4 digs per set, highest on the team, and added 50 aces her senior season ... Was a member of the team that went 29-1 en route to Patriot League, District, Regional and State championships ... A CHSCA All-State selection in 2010 and also earned Colorado Coaches for Girls Sports All-State, All-Conference and All-Weld County honors ... Was named the Patriot League Top Libery and the Greeley Tribune Co-Athlete of the Year ... Has played six years of club volleyball, including five with the NORCO Juniors Volleyball Club ... Was member of fourth-place 4x800-meter track relay at State Championships ... Was class salutatorian and member of National Honor Society, MESA, FBLA State and Student Council State Leadership Conference ... Served as student body president and class vice president.
Personal: Parents are Karen and Ron Matsushima ... Full name is Stephani Sayuri Matsushima ... Has one older sister, Kirstie, and one younger brother, Drew ... Cousins Andy and Derrick Katayama played baseball at Freed-Hardeman University ... Hobbies include running, skiing and reading ... Chose Mason over Denver, Colorado College, Missouri Southern State, Holy Cross and Syracuse ... Plans to major in environmental science - conservation.
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 2, at Rhode Island (10/25/13)
Assists: 7vs Morgan State (9/20/14)
Digs: 24 vs William & Mary (9/6/14)
Aces: 2, four times, last vs. George Washington (10/27/13)
