2024: Appeared in 16 matches, making 15 starts on the back line ... Totaled 1,320 minutes of action, second most on the team ... Went the distance in 10 matches ... Part of four shutouts ... Credited with 10 shots, seven coming on goal ... Earned CUSA Defensive Player of the Week after recording a goal in back-to-back games against Jackson State (8/29) and Arkansas State (9/1) ... Tallied a season-high three shots versus the Red Wolves, scoring the game winner ... Played all but 47 minutes in the nine CUSA matches ... Helped pitch a shutout in back-to-back contests against WKU (9/20) and Kennesaw State (9/26).  

2023: Saw action in 15 matches this season, making two starts ... Made Bulldog debut against Colorado State (8/20) ... Made her first collegiate start against Grambling (10/4), played a season-high 77 minutes ... Put up three shots up against Grambling, two of them coming on goal ... Clocked 478 minutes on the season.

PRIOR TO LA TECH: Two-time Defender of the Year, second team All-State, and All-American nominee at Syracuse High ... Named a Top-Drawer Soccer Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) standout player and was Top 18 at the Olympic Development Program.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Courtney and Break Merino ... One sister, Maisie ... Born Aug. 25, 2004.