Biography
2024 Senior
Played in 32 matches and 127 sets as the primary libero for Wichita State...set a new career high with 361 digs, ranking second on the team with 2.84 digs per set...had 18 matches with double-digit digs, including three performances with 20 or more...set a new career high with 23 digs in a win over Little Rock on September 7...posted 20 digs in Wichita State's five-set victory against Florida Atlantic on October 13...recorded 21 digs in another five-set win against Memphis on October 25...finished the season with 97 assists at a rate of 0.76 assists per set...set a new career best with eight assists against Charlotte on October 18 in addition to three matches with seven helpers (August 31 vs. Kennesaw State, September 7 vs. Little Rock, September 25 vs. Memphis)...totaled 16 service aces, including three matches with three aces (September 7 vs. Little Rock, September 25 vs. Memphis, October 18 vs. Charlotte)...added seven kills, highlighted by three straight matches with a kill from November 8-15...ended her collegiate career with 692 digs, 127 assists and 43 aces...named to AD Honor Roll in the fall of 2024 and spring of 2025.
2023 Junior
Played in 33 matches and 118 sets, logging eight starts...established new career highs across the board as a key cog in Wichita State's stellar defensive unit...finished fifth on the squad with 202 digs and 1.71 digs per set, both career bests...developed into one of the best out-of-system setters in the American Athletic Conference, ending conference play with a 32.4% assist percentage that ranked second in the league...matched a career high with three assists in the Shockers NIVC win over Drake on December 6...more than doubled her aces from a season ago, piling up 17 from the service line...had a pair of aces on two occasions, against Temple on October 6 and at Rice on November 17...recorded a kill for the third consecutive season by scoring against UTSA on November 10...named to AD Honor Roll in the spring and fall, finishing with a 4.0 GPA both semesters...named to AAC All-Academic Team.
2022 Sophomore
Played in 22 matches and 64 sets, making three starts...notched 78 digs, good for 1.22 per set...added eight service aces and five assists...led the Shockers with a .966 serve percentage, committing just five errors in 147 attempts...established new digs career high in back-to-back matches, recording 12 against Tulsa on Oct. 12 and 13 at Cincinnati on Oct. 14...also set new career highs with three assists and two aces in the Cincinnati match...fired two more aces in the following match at nationally ranked Houston on Oct. 21...delivered her lone kill of the season to clinch the fourth set in the Shockers come-from-behind win at SMU on Nov. 23...named to AD Honor Roll in the spring and fall, finishing with a 4.0 GPA in both semesters...named to AAC All-Academic Team.
2021 Freshman
Played in 21 matches and 58 sets as a defensive specialist...picked up 51 digs, two assists and two service aces...had a season-best 10 digs at Houston on Sept. 26...notched five digs in three other matches, including final appearance of the season vs. SMU on Nov. 24...named to the AD Honor Roll in the fall, earning a 4.0 GPA...named to AAC All-Academic Team.
High School
Three-year letterwinner and two-year starter for head coach Donna Benotti at Cy-Fair Senior High School…2019: Was the district leader in service aces, Named first team all-district, GHCVA Team of the Year, GHCVA All-Academic Team, GHCVA Postseason Team for Class 6A, TAVC Class 6A All-Texas Team, Prep Volleyball Defensive Dandies Honorable Mention...2020: GHCVA Preseason Team selection, Prep Volleyball Recruit of the Week…Helped her team to a Class 6A regional runner-up finish in 2019.
Personal
Daughter of Kyle and Stephanie Heliste…Has a sister, Madeleine Heliste…Her great uncle, Berl Simmons, played football at TCU…Majoring in Communication Science and Disorders at WSU.
