Career Honors & Awards
MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2023)
MIAA first-year or transfer Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)
2022 - Benning appeared in 30 games while getting the start in 22 for the Lions as an outside hitter ... Finished the season with 117 sets played, 229 kills, 858 attacks, 11 assists, 25 service aces, 240 digs, six solo and 46 assisted blocks for 283.0 points ... Her per set averages were 1.96 kills, 0.21 service aces, 2.05 digs, 0.44 blocks and 2.42 points.
Prior to Southern -Â Benning comes to the Green and Gold after three years (Covid year in 2020) at Butler Community College ... At BCC, Benning was a two-time, first-team All-Conference selection helping lead her team to an undefeated 16-0 Conference Championship in 2022 ... The Grizzlies finished fourth at the NJCAA National Championships in 2022 and Benning was an All-American selection by both Volleyball Mag and through the NJCAA ... In three seasons at BCC, Benning amassed 782 kills and 867 digs, while posting 257 blocks and 1003 points.Â
High School -Â Benning prepped at Topeka High School where she was a three-sport athlete for the Trojans ... A three-time letter winner in both basketball and volleyball, Benning lettered four times in softball, as well ... She was a two-time first-team All-Conference pick in volleyball, earning 6A All-State honors, as well.Â
Personal -Â Benning is the daughter of Jerome and Ronda Benning and plans to major in psychology at Southern.
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