Cal State Dominguez Hills Athletics

Ponderosa HS: Played for the Bruins for four years under head coach Sheri Millhollin ... Third on the team in kills (56), first in aces (24) and second in blocks (19) during her senior year ... Helped to lead her team to the third round of the CIF San Joaquin Section Championships in both her junior and sophomore years ... Named Most Improved Player in her freshman year.

Personal: Born May 1, 1991 in Sacramento, CA ... Daughter of Craig and Mia Thayer ... Has four siblings, Aubree (14), Nico (11), Truit (3) and Brayden (2) ... Father played water polo at UC Davis ... Also recruited by UC San Diego, San Diego State, Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly Pomona ... Chose CSUDH because it felt like the right fit and for the people & location ... Also competed with 17s team City Beach in the San Francisco Bay Area ... Lists Gabrielle Resse as her sports hero and Micahel Phelps as person she would most like to meet ... Most admires her dad ... Other favorites include television shows “CSI” and “One Tree Hill” ... Career ambition is to be a broadcast journalist or a teach ... Major is undeclared.