HIGH SCHOOL:
Four-year standout as a middle blocker and outside hitter at Tuscon’s Flowing Wells High School • Coached by Hank Linker • Paced the Caballeros in kills her senior season • Earned first-team All-Sonoran region and All-Southern Arizona honors as a senior • Served as team captain in both 2009 and 2010 and starred on teams that advanced to the state playoffs twice in her final three prep seasons • Played four years of club volleyball with VBC Dinamo, where she was coached by Chris Gonzalez and Kristina Baum • Honor roll student each year at Flowing Wells High School.

PERSONAL:
Born Kristin Kathleen Danielle Byers on September 23, 1992 in Tucson, Ariz. • Daughter of Kelly and Roy Byers of Tucson, Ariz. • Majoring in psychology.