CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2013 Big Sky Fall All-Academic
• 2011 All-Big Sky Honorable Mention
• Led the Big Sky with 1.35 bps as a freshman
 
2013 (AS A JUNIOR)
Katie was named to the Big Sky Fall All-Academic team … Played in 102 sets … Tenth in the Big Sky with a .272 hitting percentage … Recorded 141 kills (1.38 kps) with 103 total blocks (1.01 bps) … added 28 assists, three aces, and 29 digs … Posted a season-high seven blocks with a season-high four solo blocks against North Dakota (11/14) while adding eight kills … Tallied eight kills and three blocks against Northern Arizona (11/9) ... Posted seven kills and five blocking assists at Montana State (11/1) ... Posted second double-digit kill performance of the season with 10 while hitting .500 (10-1-18) at Eastern Washington (10/28) ... Tallied six blocking assists and five kills at Sacramento State (10/25) ... Added six kills against Weber State (10/19) ... Posted four kills and six blocks (1-5) against Idaho State (10/17) ... Matched her career high with 12 kills on a career-high 35 attacks while adding five total blocks (1-4) at North Dakota (10/12) ... Posted five kills and a team-high five blocking assists against Southern Utah (10/5) ... Posted a season-high seven kills along with five blocks (1-4) and three digs against Montana State (9/28) ... Posted a season-high six kills and six blocking assists against Sacramento State (9/21) to open Big Sky play ... Added three kills and five blocks (1-4) against Arizona (9/13) ... Recorded three kills, two assists, and five blocking assists against No. 10 Hawaii (9/12) ... Improved her career assists mark to seven against Boise State (8/31) while adding a match-high six blocks (0-6) ... Added four more kills with five assists and three digs against No. 5 Washington (8/31) ... Opened the 2013 season with four kills (4-0-8) with six a career-high six assists against Gonzaga (8/30).
 
2012 (AS A SOPHOMORE)
Played in 31 matches and 109 sets for the Vikings in 2012 … Recorded 112 kills (1.03 kps) and a team-high 117 (14-103) blocks … She accounted for 178.5 points (1.64 pps) while hitting .231 on the season … Moved into seventh on PSU’s career Division I blocks list with 264 (38-226) … Added seven kills and five blocks (1-4) against Idaho State (11/17) … Recorded six blocking attacks and three kills against Weber State (11/15) ... Improved her season high to nine blocks (1-8) at Northern Colorado (11/10) while adding seven kills ... Added six kills and three blocking assists at Northern Arizona (11/3) ... Recorded six kills and five blocking assists at Southern Utah (11/1) ... Added four kills and two blocking assists against Montana (10/27) ... Recorded a kill and four blocks (2-2) against Montana State (10/25) ... Recorded a season-high two assists against Sacramento State (10/20) ... Recorded three kills and tied her season high with eight blocks (0-8) with a season-high eight blocking assists against Eastern Washington (10/18) ... Recorded three kills, two digs, and three blocking assists against North Dakota (10/6) ... Added three kills and five blocks (1-5) against Southern Utah (9/29) ... Posted four kills and three blocking assists against Northern Arizona (9/27) ... Added four kills, five blocks (1-4), and her first service ace of the year at Montana State (9/22) ... Recorded six kills and seven blocks (1-6) in a five-set win at Montana (9/21) ... Tied season high in solo blocks with two while adding five blocking assists at Eastern Washington (9/17) ... Recorded five kills and four blocks (0-4) at Sacramento State (9/15) to open Big Sky play ... Recorded a season-best eight blocks (1-7) against No. 9 Oregon (9/12) ... Hit .647 (11-0-17) against BYU ... Posted first double-digit kill performance of the season with 11 kills at BYU (9/8) ... Added eight kills and five total blocks including a season-best two solo blocks against Utah (9/8) ... Hit .400 (6-2-10) with four blocking assists against Bowling Green (9/7) ... Posted season highs in kills (4), attacks (7), and blocking (0-6) against UC Santa Barbara (9/4) ...  Recorded three kills and two assisted blocks against Northern Illinois (9/1) ... Made her season debut against Boise State (8/25).

2011 (AS A FRESHMAN)
Earned Big Sky All-Conference honorable mention in 2011 … Played in all 31 matches making 30 starts … Played in 109 of the Vikings’ 116 sets ... Recorded one double-double (kills and blocks) … Recorded 147 total blocks (1.35 bps) which led the Vikings, the Big Sky Conference and was 22nd best in the NCAA … Led the Vikings in hitting percentage (.291) after tallying 157 kills on the season … Made an immediate impact on the Portland State individual season record book …  Hitting percentage is 10th during the Division I Era (1996-present) at Portland State and fifth during the current 25-point scoring format (2008-present) … Solo blocks (24) is fifth at Portland State during the Division I Era … Blocking assists (123) is 10th all-time at Portland State and 2nd during the Division I Era … Total blocks (147) is 2nd during the Division I Era … Blocks per set (1.35) is third in the Division I Era … Recorded six kills and seven total blocks against Sacramento State (11/19) in the Big Sky Conference semifinal match … Recorded six kills and seven total blocks at Eastern Washington (11/12) … Recorded first career double-double with a career high 12 kills on a career high 26 total attacks while adding 11 total blocks for a career-high 18.5 points at Northern Arizona (11/5) … Recorded one solo block and 12 blocking assists for a career-high 13 total blocks at Idaho State (10/22) … Recorded a hitting percentage of .455 (11-1-22) with first double-digit kill match against Northern Arizona (9/30) while missing first career double-double with nine total blocks … Recorded first double-digit blocking match with 10 blocking assists against UCI (9/10) … Recorded a hitting percentage of .800 (8-0-10) against Southern (8/27) … Added six kills and five total blocks at UTEP later that day … Made Portland State debut against Nicholls St. (8/26) and recorded seven kills and two blocking assists.
 
AT MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year letterwinner and two-time team captain ... As a senior, earned honorable mention all-state honors from The Denver Post and first team all-region recognition from the Boulder Daily Camera ...  Labeled as the Coyotes “go-to player on both sides of the net” by the Boulder Daily Camera in 2010 ... Led MHS in kills and blocks as a senior ... a two-time first team All-Front Range Conference selection ... Earned honorable mention all-region honors as a junior ... Helped Monarch High to back-to-back Front Range Conference titles and a second place finish at districts in 2010 ... Led MHS to a program-best 22-4 record and an appearance at regionals in 2010 ... Played club for DPR in 2007-08, and for Colorado Performance from 2001-08 ... Earned an All-Star Award at the 2010 Rocky Mountain Region Junior National Qualifier tournament ... 2010 Rocky Mountain Region All-Star ... Lettered four years in basketball, earning honorable mention all-region and honorable mention all-conference honors as a senior ... Helped the MHS basketball team to league titles in 2010 and 2011.
 
PERSONAL
Born August 6, 1993, in Louisville, Colo. ... Daughter of Joe and Beth O’Brien ... Has one brother, Greg and one sister, Christine ... Enjoys all kinds of sports, including skiing and snowboarding ... Majoring in community health with a business minor.