William Jewell College Athletics

Career Honors
• 2020 GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award
• 2019-20 Academic All-GLVC
• 2018-19 Academic All-GLVC 
• 2017-18 Academic All-GLVC
• 2016-17 Academic All-GLVC

Career: Finished her career ranked fifth in the NCAA era with 1,007 assists and third with 4.96 assists per set...Totaled 291 digs, 26 service aces, and 56 kills over 203 sets

2019 (Senior): Academic All-GLVC...Put together an impressive senior season appearing in a career-best 97 sets with 22 starts...Led the Cardinals with 508 assists on an average of 5.24 per set while tying her career-high with 29 against Quincy...Was also third on the team with 12 service aces...Also collected 152 digs for 1.57 per set including a career-best 14 against Northwestern Oklahoma State 

2018 (Junior): Academic All-GLVC...Saw action in 74 sets and 23 matches as a junior…Second on the team with 309 assists and 4.18 per set….Posted a career-high 29 in a win over Quincy…Also totaled 94 digs for 1.27 per set…Collected eight service aces

2017 (Sophomore): Academic All-GLVC...Appeared in 29 sets with four starts...Totaled 180 assists for 6.21 per set...Also collected 1.43 digs per set and 43 total...Posted five service aces and nine kills

2016 (Freshman): Academic All-GLVC...Appeared in two matches and three sets in her debut season...Collected ten assists for an average of 3.33 per set...Also posted a service ace against Lake Superior State

Off the Court: Delta Zeta Sorority

Prep: A four-year letter winner under Kathy Stephenson at Cypress Falls High School...First team All-District selection...Cypress Falls Most Valuable Player...District Setter of the Year...Holds single season and career assists records...Academic All-District and All-State honoree...Graduated Magna Cum Laude...Was also a member of National Honors Society, Key Club, and Young Life

Personal: Born March 7 in Houston, Texas...Daughter of Dan and Dorothy Castaneda...Has three younger siblings...Majoring in business administration, communication, and applied critical thought and inquiry

Career-Highs
Kills: 5 vs. Quincy (10/5/2018)
Attacks: 9 - 2x; Last vs. Truman (11/1/2019)
Digs: 14 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State (9/21/2019)
Assists: 29 - 2x; Last vs. Wayne State (MI) (10/18/2019)
Blocks: 2 vs. Southwest Baptist (9/19/2017)
Aces: 2  - 4x; Last vs. Malone (10/18/2019)