Comes off a solid sophomore campaign with the Irish and adjusted well to the college game ... strong middle blocker with the ability to play from the outside ... moves very well around the net.
As a Sophomore (2010): Showed great improvement in the middle of the floor and from the pipes for the Irish ... played in 111 sets with 252 kills (2.27/set), six aces, 42 digs and 107 blocks (0.96/set) for 318.5 points (2.87/set) ... smacked eight kills in the opener against Marshall (Aug. 27) with five digs and four blocks ... first career double-figure kill output came in a win over Cal Poly (Aug. 28) with 10 converted attacks, two aces and six blocks for 15.0 points ... one day after going for six kills and seven blocks against Belmont (Sept. 3), blasted eight more kills on a .636 clip with eight blocks in a three-set victory over Weber State ... eight kills and five blocks at Nevada (Sept. 4) ... named to the Pioneer Classic all-tournament team after finishing the three-match event with a .561 average, nine blocks and a pair of aces ... hit .529 with 11 kills against Jacksonville State (Sept. 11) ... rejected five attacks in a five-set contest with Delaware (Sept. 17) ... smacked 12 kills and blocked four shots versus Pittsburgh (Sept. 26) ... two solo blocks at USF (Oct. 1) ... went four straight matches with 10+ kills (Oct. 15-24) ... had five blocks at Western Michigan (Oct. 19) ... hit .562 against Syracuse (Oct. 23) with 10 kills ... 13 kills came against Marquette (Oct. 24) ... matched a career-best with eight blocks against St. John's (Oct. 30) to go with eight kills and five digs ... crushed 15 kills with four blocks in a Halloween day win over Connecticut (Oct. 31) ... paced Notre Dame with five blocks at Villanova (Nov. 5) ... one of three players with 10+ kills against Northern Iowa (Nov. 7), finishing with 14 on a .480 average ... tossed in five kills on eight errorless swings at Rutgers (Nov. 13) ... exploded for 15 kills on a .375 clip with four blocks and three digs in the BIG EAST Championship opener with Villanova (Nov. 19).
As a Freshman (2009): Participated in 20 matches for the Irish in her first collegiate campaign ... played in 39 sets ... hit .317 while leading all freshmen in kills (51), total blocks (39) and points (76.0) ... recorded both a kill and a block against Denver (Aug. 28) in her first career match ... recorded match-high hitting percentage (.438) in a tussle against Michigan (Sept. 6) while slapping a season-best eight kills ... tallied six blocks, three kills, two digs and an ace at Florida State (Sep. 20) ... in her first BIG EAST contest, slammed five kills with three digs at Connecticut (Sept. 25) ... lambasted seven kills while leading the Irish in hitting percentage (.750) in a BIG EAST clash at DePaul (Oct. 23) ... led team with four blocks in 3-0 win over Rutgers (Nov. 1) ... season-high eight blocks came during a 3-1 victory over Marquette (Nov. 8) ... five kills on eight swings and four blocks highlighted her cameo at Syracuse (Nov. 8) ... sent back three Seton Hall attacks in her first BIG EAST Tournament appearance on Nov. 20.
The Eppink File: Four-time varsity letterwinner at Westfield (Ind.) where she ended her prep playing days as the program's career leader in kills (1,376), blocks/match (8.0) and kills/match (10) ... team MVP in 2007 ... finished senior season with 402 kills, 87 blocks, 107 digs and 96 aces ... first team all-state choice in 2007 and second-team selection in 2008 ... member of 2008 Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association South All-Star team ... three-time all-conference honoree ... Indianapolis Star All-North Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008 ... member of Indianapolis Star Volleyball Super Team in 2007 and 2008 ... listed on PrepVolleyball.com as a top 50 recruit for the class of 2009 and the 36th-ranked Senior Ace ... part of Volleyball Magazine's 2009 "Fab 50" list and was one of the publication's "25 Underclassmen to Watch" in 2007 ... named to the all-tournament team at the 2006 USA Junior Volleyball Tournament ... member of the Team Indiana 15-under Titans and guided the team to a third-place finish in the American Division at the 2006 USA Junior Volleyball Tournament ... graduated with academic honors after earning a 3.8 grade-point average in high school ... standing reach of 7-11 ... born Nov. 21, 1990, in Dallas, Texas ... daughter of Diana Turck and Frank Eppink ... has two siblings, Sarah and Evan Colvin ... grandfather graduated from Notre Dame in 1957 ... enjoys boating and watching movies ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.
