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2022 (Senior): Played in 10 matches and 18 sets … Had five digs, two aces and two points in the final match of her career vs. Penn on 11/12/22 … Finished the season with six digs and two aces.

2021 (Junior): Saw action in 23 out of 24 matches, starting in four ... Tied for second on the team in service aces, finishing with 12 aces ... Finished the year with 93 digs, 1.31 digs per set, 14 total points, 0.20 points per set, 23 assists, 0.32 assists per set and 0.17 aces per set ... Posted a season-high three service aces, along with eight digs against Sacred Heart (Sept. 4) ... Had a season-high 11 digs in Columbia's straight set win at Harvard (Oct. 16).

2020 (Sophomore): Season canceled (COVID-19).

2019 (First-Year): Played in 17 matches ... Finished the season with 13 digs, and six service aces ... Played in a total of 48 sets ... Had a career-high three digs at Temple (Sept. 14).

High School: Two-time letterwinner at Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii ... Played DS/Libero for Punahou from 2013-18 ... Won a Girls’ Junior National Championship in the 14s Patriot Division in 2015 ... Played with Spike and Serve Volleyball Club (2013-19) ... Earned a large amount of academic awards, beginning with the President’s Award (awarded to 25 Punahou seniors by school president for community and academic excellence); the Academic Excellence Award for French (2x; 11th and 12^th grades); the Peter Powlison Award (12th); the AP Scholar with Distinction Award (11th); the Academic Excellence Award for English (11th) and an award for Recognition of Academic Excellence for AP United States History (11th), English (10th), Chemistry Honors (10th), Lifetime Fitness (9th), Biology (9th) and Medieval History (9th).
 
Personal: Born, Mckenzy Bea Metter, on Oct. 20, 2000 in Honolulu, Hawaii ... Daughter of Stephen and Susan Metter ... Has two siblings, Hudson (15) and Cassidy (27) ... Holds dual citizenship due to mother being of Canadian-American descent ... Extremely passionate about French culture and speaks fluent French, even tutoring students in French ... Played the violin for six years ... Interestingly has never attended a wedding ... The 44th President of the United States and '83CC alumni Barack Obama attended same high school ... Unable to make a “three” with hands due to extreme inflexibility ... Chose Columbia over California (Berkeley) because “I fell in love with the campus at 14 when I visited” and is “looking forward to studying and playing volleyball in favorite American city” ... Enrolled in Columbia College ... Plans to double major, currently declared major of French and other major is undecided.