Senior Year (2014)
Appeared in all 33 matches and 117 sets … made 11 starts … ranked fifth among Redbird players in digs (301) and digs per set (2.57) … ranked fourth on the team in service aces (24) … collected a career-high 21 digs against Missouri State (11/21) … matched her career high of three service aces three times … recorded double-digit digs in 13 matches … registered at least one assist in 25 matches, including 12-straight matches to finish the season … recorded two kills on Sept. 12, one each against Baylor and Columbia … tallied 15 digs in Illinois State’s NCAA Tournament win over Marquette (12/4) … earned Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete honorable mention status.
Junior Year (2013)
Appeared in 19 matches and 46 sets … ranked eighth on the team in assists (8) and ninth in digs (65) …recorded double-digit digs in two matches … recorded a service ace in four matches … recorded a season-high 13 digs against Grand Canyon (9/6) … collected a kill in two matches … named to AFNI and MVC academic honor rolls … earned MVC Commissioner’s Excellence Award.
Sophomore Year (2012)
Appeared in all 30 matches and 99 sets, starting seven matches … ranked third on the team in assists (30), and fourth on the team in digs (228) and digs per set (2.30) … recorded double-digit digs in nine matches … produced one or more assists in 17 matches … tallied 19 digs at Bradley (10/19) … recorded a career-high three aces against Memphis (9/8) … led the team in aces in five matches … named to AFNI and MVC academic honor rolls.
Freshman Year (2011)
Appeared in 18 matches and 52 sets, starting four matches … ranked sixth on the team in digs (74) and digs per set (1.42), and seventh in assists (14) … recorded 10 digs and five assists against UAB (9/2) … posted two aces against SIUE (8/30) … complied five or more digs in eight matches … named to AFNI and MVC academic honor rolls.
Prior to ISU
Four-year starter at Illini Central High School … earned all-state honorable mention honors her junior and senior seasons … was the first player in school history with 1,000 kills … earned All-Tomahawk Conference First Team honors her sophomore through senior seasons … named to the Peoria Journal Star first-team and The Pantagraph second-team all-area volleyball squads as a senior … was named to Peoria Journal Star Second Team as a sophomore and junior … led her team to the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) super-sectionals her junior and senior seasons … also competed in basketball and track and field at Illini Central.
Personal
Sierra Chanae Burris … born January 18, 1993 … daughter of Mike Burris and Meri van Bragt … has two sisters (Danieka, Maggie) … mother received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Illinois State … sister, Danieka, is currently attending ISU … major is physical education teaching.
