High School: Prepped at Belleville High School under coach Sam Villa...Earned third team all-state Class A plaudits during her senior season, as well as all-conference and all-region laurels...Team captain of a Belleville Tiger team that won the 2008 district championship, as she tallied a .338 hitting percentage, 423 kills, 378 digs, and 61 service aces...Four-year letterman at Belleville...Named honorable mention all-state in 2005 and 2006...Helped the Tigers win the 2007 Mega Conference championship...Maintained a 4.0 GPA during her senior season and was named an all-region scholar-athlete...Played two years of basketball...Participated in band for all four years and was in the school's Spanish Club.

Personal: Daughter of Alfonse and Tammy Blaszczak...Enjoys working out and playing indoor or beach volleyball...Majoring in exercise science.