Honors & Awards
• Louisville Regional All-Tournament Team (2022)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (Beach-2022)
• Academic All-District (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2022; Beach-2022, 2023)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2021, 2022; Spring 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2022, 2023)
2022 (Sophomore)
• Played in 26 matches and posted 2.33 kills per set to go with 1.06 digs per set and 0.57 blocks per set in 72 total sets played
• In her season debut, tallied seven kills on .278 hitting with one block and one dig against Tulsa (Aug. 26)
• Notched 10 kills against LMU (Sept. 1)
• Posted seven kills with a pair of blocks in a sweep at No. 24 Michigan (Oct. 8)
• Tallied eight kills with three blocks and three digs in a 3-0 sweep of Northwestern (Oct. 16)
• Posted seven kills in a 3-0 sweep at No. 12 Purdue (Oct. 19)
• Had four kills with a career-high five blocks at No. 5 Wisconsin (Oct. 26)
• Put down nine kills with three blocks in a 3-2 win at Northwestern (Nov. 6)
• Had a season-best 15 kills and hit .256 at No. 6 Ohio State (Nov. 13)
• Followed up with 11 kills on .286 hitting in a sweep at Iowa (Nov. 18)
• Had 10 kills with nine digs and five blocks vs. No. 3 Wisconsin (Nov. 25)
• Totaled 10 kills with 10 digs in the NCAA second round win against Kansas (Dec. 2)
• Tied her season high with 15 kills and added a career-high 12 digs against No. 9 Oregon in the NCAA regional semifinal and was named to the Louisville Regional All-Tournament Team (Dec. 8)
2021 (Freshman)
• Appeared in 28 matches, making 16 starts
• Averaged 1.99 kills, 0.63 digs and 0.31 blocks per set
• Had seven double-digit kill performances
• Totaled nine kills with three digs and a block vs. Arizona State (Sept. 4)
• Finished with 10 kills vs. No. 20 Utah (Sept. 11)
• Followed up with 10 kills, eight digs and three blocks at No. 16 Stanford (Sept. 14)
• Posted eight kills, four digs and a block in NU’s Big Ten opener at Northwestern (Sept. 22)
• Registered eight kills and hit .348 with three blocks in a sweep of Michigan (Oct. 1)
• Put up a season-high 15 kills while hitting .375 to go with three digs and two blocks at No. 13 Penn State (Oct. 8)
• Had an 11-kill effort off the bench with five digs and a block at Indiana (Nov. 14)
• Collected 11 kills with two blocks vs. Florida State in the NCAA Second Round (Dec. 4)
• Matched her season high of 15 kills while hitting .406 and adding two blocks and two digs at No. 2 Texas in the NCAA Regional Final (Dec. 11)
• Capped the year with 11 kills and two blocks vs. No. 4 Wisconsin in the NCAA title match (Dec. 18)
High School/Club
• Named the Gatorade National Player of the Year and Texas Player of the Year for 2020-21
• Was a First-Team Under Armour All-American in 2020 and a PrepVolleyball.com All-American in 2017 and 2019
• Named the Texas AVCA/MaxPreps Player of the Week twice in her prep career
• Earned PrepVolleyball.com’s National Freshman of the Year in 2017
• Selected to the AVCA All-Region Team in 2020 and named a MaxPreps Underclass All-American in 2017 and 2018
• Was a member of the 2020 U.S. Women’s National Training Team and the 2019 U.S. U18 Women’s National Training Team program
• Played on the U.S. U18 National Team that won gold at the NORCECA Championship in Honduras in 2018
• Named VYPE Magazine All-State Team Hitter of the Year on 2019
• Named the 6A District Most Valuable Attacker four times in her career
• Was a four-time first-team all-district selection and Texas Girls Coaches Association All-Texas Team selection
• Led Seven Lakes High School to the Texas state title in 2020 and was named tournament MVP
• Helped Seven Lakes win the 6A district title in 2017, 2018 and 2020
• Named to the UIL 6A All-Tournament Team at the state championships and was the only underclassman to make the team
• Played club volleyball for Houston Juniors and won the gold medal at the 2016 USAV National Championships
• Ranked the No. 3 overall prospect and No. 2 outside hitter by PrepVolleyball.com, as well as the No. 1 prospect in Texas
Personal
• Born on July 26, 2002 in Omaha, Neb.
• Parents are Kurt and Susan Batenhorst
• Susan attended Nebraska and Kurt played basketball and ran track at Nebraska Wesleyan
• Major is communication studies