Concordia University St. Paul Athletics

At Concordia
2011: AVCA First Team All-American... Daktronics All-American First Team ... NCAA All-Tournament Team ... NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team ... Daktronics Central Region Player of the Year ... AVCA First Team All-Central Region ... Daktronics Central Region First Team ... NSIC Player of the Year ... NSIC First Team ... NSIC All-Academic ... one of just three players in Concordia history to have 1,000 digs and 1,000 kills in a career ... led the Golden Bears in kills this year with 412 kills and 519 digs ... hit .295 on the year with 3.52 kills per set ... finished 57 in the nation in points per set with 4.24 ... 93rd in the nation digs per set with 4.44 ... 81st in the nation in kills per set with 3.52 ... had 64 blocks on the year with 21 solo ... she finished the season with a 96.3 reception percentage ... led the team with 41 service aces on the year.

2010: AVCA First Team All-American ... Daktronics Second Team All-American ... AVCA All-Region First Team ... Daktronics All-Region First Team ... NCAA All-Tournament Team ... NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team ... NSIC First Team ... Metro Regis All-Tournament Team ... led the team in service recieve with a .962 percentage on 682 attempts ... had 322 kills on the season and 436 digs ... second on the team in digs and fourth in assists ... tied for third on the team in service aces ... third on the team in kills per set... career high 18 kills against #19 Wayne State on Sept. 11 ... career high 27 digs against Northern State on Sept 17 ... career high six blocks against Augustana 10/26... had 16 matches with double digit kills along with 26 matches with double digit digs... averaged 8.9 kills and 12.1 digs per match ... 14 matches with a double-double ... had a streak of 10 straight matches with double digit digs from Oct. 8-30 ... had a double-double in every NCAA Central Regional match ... had 15 kills and zero errors while hitting .600 and 19 digs in the opening match of the NCAA Tournament. 

2009:  AVCA All-America Second Team ...  Daktronics All-America Third Team ...  NCAA?All-Tournament Team ... AVCA All-Region First Team ... Daktronics All-Region First Team ... Central Region All-Tournament Team ... All-NSIC First Team ... Carlson was second on the team in both kills (409) and digs (408) in her first season as a Golden Bear ... ranked 6th in NSIC?with 3.5 kills per set ... put up double-doubles in 20 of the team’s 37 matches ... hit in double figures for kills in the first 12 matches of the season and 26 matches of the year ... recorded a season high 17 kills against Florida Tech on Aug. 28 ... had season high 19 digs against Central Missouri on Sept. 5 ... Carlson was the team’s premier serve receive passer, taking 866 balls on the season with a .969 reception average ... also had 36 ace serves and 62 total blocks.

At Marshall University:
2008: Played in every set of the season for the NCAA Division I Thundering Herd, members of Conference USA and located in Huntington, West Virginia ... notched 143 kills as a rookie ... led her team with 35 ace serves, fourth best in the conference ... was the defensive leader for the Herd with a team high 328 digs, an average of 3.12 per set ... recorded a career high 29 digs on November 7 against Central Florida, just five days after recording 27 digs ... helped Marshall to a first-round Conference USA Tourney win over Southern Miss. by blasting 11 kills and pulling up 13 digs.

Andover High School:
Three-time All-Conference and three-time All-Metro selection for AHS ... named to one All-Tournament Team and was a two-time All-State selection ... named team MVP ... earned the "Big Kill" award by teammates (2 years) ... named Prep Volleyball Tournament MVP in June of 2007 ... ranked as one of the top 115 seniors of 2008 by PrepVolleyball.com ... ended her three-year high school career with 1,246 kills ... also competed in soccer, where she was named All-Conference ... an All-Conference track athlete who participated in the 2006 State meet as a member of the 4x200 relay ... maintained a 3.0 GPA in the classroom.

Personal: 
Born October 18, 1989 ... daughter of Kraig and Pamela Carlson ... has an older sister, Kelsey ... is an education major.

Fun Facts:
Favorite food is pizza ... enjoys One Tree Hill and Billy Madison ... favorite book is "A Child Called It" ... looks to her parents and her teammates to give her the encouragement and drive to do her best ... does not enjoy listening to people chomp on their food or gum ... also likes to play soccer, football and hockey.