Columbia University Athletics

2019 (First-Year): Saw limited action playing in three matches ... Did not record any statistics during the season.

High School: Two-time letterwinner in both Volleyball and Track at Faith Lutheran High School in Las Vegas, Nevada ... Key piece of team that finished third in the state of Nevada after the 2018 season and helped that same team earn an Academic All-State Championship ... Ran fourth in the state in the 4x400-Meter Relay (2016) ... Earned First-Team honors on the 2018 Volleyball All-Conference, All-Region and All-State teams ... Hit .426 percent and had 514 assists; 243 digs and 222 kills during 2018 season ... Four-year academic letterwinner ... Finished inside the top-25 of graduating class in terms of academics ... Member of the National Honors Society and Honors Institute.
 
Personal: Born, Kyrie Nicole Lorfing, on Sept. 12, 2001 in Phoenix, Arizona ... Daughter of Donald and Amy Lorfing ... Has one brother, Tristen (20) ... Great grandfather, Raymond Knight, received the Congressional Medal of Honor on Sept. 24, 1945, for his actions as a U.S. Army airman in the European Theater during World War II ... Owns a betta fish that is affectionately named “Kevin” ... Considers Mark Wilborne, who is a quadriplegic, a role model because “he has kept a positive attitude (suffered major accident during Iron Man training that caused his injury) and has shown me real strength in a person throughout” ... Considered offers from Missouri Saint Louis, Clarkson, Stevens Institute of Technology and Worcester Polytechnic Institute ... Decided on Columbia because “of the amazing education and a chance to be in the best city in the world” ... Enrolled in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science ... Intended major is Mechanical Engineering.