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CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 20 vs. Indiana (12/4/10)
Attacks: 41 vs. Colorado State (9/12/09)
Hitting Pct.: .459 vs. Indiana (12/4/10)
Assists: 2 vs. Mississippi State (11/7/10)
Aces: 1 vs. Northwestern (9/10/10)
Solo Blocks: 1, 17 times
Block Assists: 4, 6 times
Total Blocks: 5, 2 times
Digs: 5 vs. Mississippi (10/1/10)

AWARDS
2011 US National A2 Training Team

2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2009 SEC All-Freshman Team 2009 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

2010 (SOPHOMORE)
109 games played... Saw action in every match... 215 kills was fourth on the team... Averaged almost two kills per game (1.97)... Fourth in blocks with 72... 14 kills against Pittsburgh

2009 (FRESHMAN): Named to the 2009 SEC All-Freshman Team...Started the first 25 matches of her collegiate career before the team switched to a 5-1 offense...Was named to the all-tournament team at the Comcast Lady Vol Classic...Finished with 26 kills in three matches in her first foray into collegiate volleyball...Also had five blocks and two digs...Reached double-digits in kills for the first time with 14 putaways on 40 swings against Western Kentucky on Aug. 29....Closed out the Xavier Invitational with a strong performance, hitting .300 (6-0-20) and collecting a career-high four blocks against the host Musketeers...Finished one off her career high with 13 kills against Colorado State on the second day of the Carolina Classic...Did best her previous high with 41 attacks in that contest though...Closed out the tournament by hitting at a personal-best .350 clip (9-2-20) against Marshall later that evening...Kicked off UT's SEC schedule with 11 kills and a career-high three digs at LSU on Sept. 18...Tallied a career-best .364 hitting percentage in a loss at No. 5 Florida on Oct. 4 with six kills on 11 swings with just two errors...Helped UT to a 3-0 victory over Auburn on Oct. 11 with five blocks, including one solo, and a career-high tying three digs...Registered seven kills, two digs and a pair of blocks in a 3-1 loss to No. 20 LSU on Oct. 26...Hit a career-high .385 with seven kills and just two errors in 13 attacks at Arkansas on Nov. 1...Delivered a career-best .400 hitting percentage (7-1-15) in a 3-0 sweep over Mississippi State on Nov. 6...Finished off UT's 3-1 triumph over No. 13 Florida on Nov. 22 with a sharp block for the final point of the match...Earned a spot on the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll for her work in the classroom.

PRIOR TO TENNESSEE:
Ranked as the No. 11-recruit in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com as a senior...Was also named a top-50 junior recruit by the Web site in 2007...Named to the Ohio State Volleyball Coaches Association (OHSVA) District II First Team in both 2007 and 2008 and earned Chagrin Valley Conference honors in 2006 and 2007, being named to the second and first teams, respectively... Claimed All-Ohio Third Team accolades in 2008, as well as The News Herald Player of the Week laurels and Under Armour Second-Team All-America honors...Was a member of the Renaissance VBC from 2005-08...Claimed titles at both the 2005 East Coast Championships and the Ohio Valley Region (OVR) Regional Tournament...The team also emerged victorious at the 2006 OVR National Bid Tournament before placing fifth at the USA Volleyball Junior Nationals in Atlanta...The squad repeated its sixth-place performance at the national competition in Minneapolis, Minn., the next season after winning the Best of America Tournament...Cikra also led Renaissance VBC to a ninth-place showing at the 2008 nationals in Dallas, Texas...Success was not limited to the court as she earned the Principle's Academic Distinction Award as a junior and was the recipient of the Principle's Cum Laude Award in 2008...Also helped teach volleyball to middle and elementary-aged children.

PERSONAL:
Is pursuing a major in sport management...Names her mother as her biggest influence because she has supported her throughout her entire volleyball career...Former teammates playing college volleyball include Chelsea Harvey (Akron), Kelsey Kuehner (Appalachian State), Meredith Paskert (Kent State) and Jessica Mueller (Eastern Kentucky)...Models herself athletically after beach volleyball and former Stanford star Kerri Walsh...Chose Tennessee over Ohio, Duke and Georgetown...Decided to attend UT because of its emphasis on women's sports and academics... Would like to become a teach and coach following graduation...Her hobbies include photography, attending football games and hanging out with friends...Has one sister, Lucy, 18...Leslie Farrell Cikra, the daughter of Jeff Cikra and Elizabeth Towns, was born on Dec. 12, 1990, in Cleveland, Ohio.