2025

Appeared in 107 sets across 30 matches during her junior season at CWRU...Finished fourth on the team with 225 digs (2.10 per set)...Added 20 assists and 23 service aces...Contributed one kill...Set career high with 19 digs in five-set win over Muskingum on September 12...Had season-high three assists against Baldwin Wallace on September 10 and NYU on October 26...Aced career high five serves in four-set win over WashU on October 12...Had at least 10 digs in six matches...Earned UAA All-Academic honors.

2024

Appeared in 71 sets across 22 matches at libero as a sophomore for the Spartans...Finished sixth on the team with 140 digs (1.97 per set)...Contributed 32 assists (0.45 per set)...Added a block, service ace, and kill...Recorded career-high 16 digs against Ohio Wesleyan on September 14...Had career-high five assists against Oberlin on October 2...Dug out at least 10 attacks in five matches...Received UAA All-Academic recognition.

2023

Appeared in three sets across three matches during her first year at CWRU...Totaled six digs...Had season-high three digs in 3-0 win over Grove City on September 2.

Prior to CWRU

Attended Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey, where she did not compete in intercollegiate volleyball...Was a two-year member of the Coppell High School volleyball team, where she was coached by Libby Pacheco...Named to the Academic All-State Team in 2021 and 2022...Played club volleyball for Dallas Premier Volleyball Club, where she was coached by Geoff Kiessling...Also swam, competed in gymnastics, and played soccer in high school.

Personal

Born September 18...Daughter of Elif and Cem Item.