The volleyball team got off to a good start in conference play with a sweep of Missouri Valley College Tuesday. What are your expectations for the rest of the season?<strong>The volleyball team got off to a good start in conference play with a sweep of Missouri Valley College Tuesday. What are your expectations for the rest of the season?</strong> The volleyball team got off to a good start in conference play with a sweep of Missouri Valley College Tuesday. What are your expectations for the rest of the season?

I think that we’ll go undefeated in conference, for sure. We have a good team this year, and it’s all starting to come together. So, I think we’ll go undefeated.

You are one of six seniors on the team this year. What have you and the other five seniors done to help the underclassmen on the team through the first few weeks of the season?<strong>You are one of six seniors on the team this year. What have you and the other five seniors done to help the underclassmen on the team through the first few weeks of the season?</strong> You are one of six seniors on the team this year. What have you and the other five seniors done to help the underclassmen on the team through the first few weeks of the season?

Really, we just kind of took them in. It all just kind of meshed. They kind of became one of us. From the beginning, you know, they just fit in. We just kind of took them in I guess.

The team’s first four home matches of the season are this weekend. How much are you looking forward to playing at home?<strong>The team’s first four home matches of the season are this weekend. How much are you looking forward to playing at home?</strong> The team’s first four home matches of the season are this weekend. How much are you looking forward to playing at home?

I really am. It will be nice to finally have a crowd and have people at our games. It will be nice to be on our home court so we can have a little bit of an advantage.

As many people might know, you are not the only athlete in your family. What was it like to see your brother, Bubba, be drafted by the Kansas City Royals as the fifth overall pick of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft?<strong>As many people might know, you are not the only athlete in your family. What was it like to see your brother, Bubba, be drafted by the Kansas City Royals as the fifth overall pick of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft?</strong> As many people might know, you are not the only athlete in your family. What was it like to see your brother, Bubba, be drafted by the Kansas City Royals as the fifth overall pick of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft?

It was pretty surreal. It didn’t seem real at all. Every little kid has dreams. Every little kid has things they want to do, and to actually see someone’s dream come true and have it be my brother was pretty crazy. It still hasn’t sunk in that he’s a millionaire.

Bubba signed with the Royals for $7.5 million over three years. Have you talked to him about getting some benefits of the contract for yourself?<strong>Bubba signed with the Royals for $7.5 million over three years. Have you talked to him about getting some benefits of the contract for yourself?</strong> Bubba signed with the Royals for $7.5 million over three years. Have you talked to him about getting some benefits of the contract for yourself?

Of course, I’m his sister. That’s what I’m supposed to do. At this point, I mean he was already tight with his money before, but I think he bought a new pair of shoes. He said he wanted to buy a new glove and we were like, ‘Bubba, that’s the one thing you’re going to get free.’ I think, at this point, the only thing he’s bought is a new pair of shoes.