2011: Received starting nod in 19 of 24 matches played...Ranked seventh in MAC with school-record .321 attack percentage...Registered .345 ATK% in league play to rank sixth...Led team with 0.90 blocks per set...Posted double-digit kill totals in four of last five matches...Notched .413 ATK% (53-10-104) and 1.05 bps during this stretch, including career-best 13 kills to go along with .550 ATK% vs. Akron (Oct. 29)...Tallied season-high .688 ATK% (11-0-16) with four blocks vs. Central Michigan (Nov. 11)...Garnered 12 kills and career-best eight blocks vs. Eastern Michigan (Nov. 12).

2010: Started six of 13 matches played...Sidelined from Sept. 17-Oct. 30 due to foot injury...Saw limited action in three of team's final seven contests...Tallied season-high 10 kills and five blocks in upset win over No. 12 Michigan (Aug. 28)...Also tallied .333 attack percentage vs. Wolverines...Notched season-high .700 hitting mark with 7-0-10 totals at Alabama (Sept. 3)...Registered nine kills vs. Furman (Sept. 4) and Creighton (Sept. 10)...Notched three or more blocks in four contests.

Prep: A 2010 graduate of Northwest High School...Four-year volleyball and three-year basketball letterwinner...Helped team to regional finals as junior and senior and was member of squads that won 39 straight league matches...Earned first-team all-state accolades as junior and senior as well as 2009 District IV Player of Year and 2009 Northeastern Buckeye Conference Player of Year honors...Two-time Stark County Player of Year selection and three-time all-district, all-county and all-conference honoree...Holds school records for most kills in match, season and career...First player in school history to register 1,000 career kills.

Personal: Born Dakota Dorinda Harkins on December 17, 1991 in Wheeling, WV...Parents are Nolan and Amy Harkins...Father is a millwright...Has two brothers, Dirk (44) and Shawn (41), and two sisters, Hilary (32) and Alexis (22)...Interests include watching "The Office" and reading... Majoring in both anthropology and history.

Career Highs
Kills: 13 vs. Akron (10/29/11)
Total Attacks: 28 vs. Eastern Michigan (11/12/11)
ATK%: .700 (7-0-10) at Alabama (9/3/10)
Assists: 1 (3 times, last at Michigan (9/16/11)
Service Aces: 4 vs. Michigan (8/28/10)
Digs: 6 vs. Creighton (9/10/10)
Block Solos: 2 (2 times, last vs. Alabama (9/9/11)
Block Assists: 8 vs. Eastern Michigan (11/12/11)
Total Blocks: 8 vs. Eastern Michigan (11/12/11)

Dakota Harkins' Career Statistics