Krysten Garrison finished her high school volleyball career with 954 kills, 190 blocks, 601 assists, 357 digs and 116 aces ... without playing her senior season.
"That's absurd," Dexter coach Carmen Morgan said.
Garrison signed Wednesday to play for New Mexico State University.
"It is definitely a relief, knowing that I've been working for this for so many years. To officially sign on the line, it is just a relief," Garrison said. "I was pretty nervous. Actually signing, I was pretty shaky."
As a junior, Garrison had 506 kills, 99 blocks, 61 assists, 242 digs and 32 aces as Dexter reached the MSHSAA Class 3 state quarterfinals before losing to eventual state champion Lutheran South in three sets. She won the Semoball Awards Volleyball Player of the Year award following the season.
"And that was with a torn labrum that she had fixed as soon as the postseason was over. I don't know what she could have done if she hadn't had that," Morgan said. "If you're lucky, you are able to coach a player like Krysten. Not only is her skill level high, but her work ethic is amazing, her attitude is amazing and her love for her teammates and her competitiveness.
"(Girls basketball) coach (Chad) Allen and I were just saying how, as a coach, you very seldom get to coach a player like that where everything falls into place. And she is one of those players."
Garrison led the basketball team in scoring as a sophomore with 14.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.
Garrison missed the first three months of her junior basketball season while recovering from labrum surgery, and averaged more than 14 points and five rebounds in the 14 games she played.
She had 22 points in Dexter's MSHSAA Class 4 state quarterfinal win over Lutheran South. She also led Dexter with 21 points and eight rebounds as the Bearcats beat Carl Junction to finish third in Class 4.
"She's a phenomenal athlete," Morgan said. "I know that New Mexico State is going to love her. We love here. We missed her terribly this year, but it wasn't to be. She's going on to some bigger things."
A few months after the basketball season ended, Garrison tore her ACL in the first game of the first volleyball camp of the summer.
"I was pretty worried, but knowing that I had a full year to recover and just the coaches down there, there was actually a girl in the class above me that tore her ACL like two months before she reported. So I knew there was a good chance they would still sign me," Garrison said. "I wanted to go somewhere that was warm all the time, to begin with. And walking around the campus and the coaches, they are like family to me already. I just like the way they have supported me even through my injury. I know I chose the right place."