Career Notes: Three-year collegiate letterwinner – two at Odessa College and one at New Orleans – has played in 92 matches and 274 sets so far during her career…posted 444 kills (1.62/set), 150 blocks (0.55/set), 87 digs (0.32/set), 17 assists (0.06/set) and 2 service aces (0.01/set) while scoring 557.0 points (2.03/set) to date.

2015: Saw action in 78 sets over 31 matches with 10 starts as a junior…finished fifth on the team in kills per set (1.85) while scoring 1673.0 points on the strength of 114 kills and 34 blocks (4 solo, 30 assists) to go with 22 digs and five assists…posted five double-digit kill totals, nine multiple-block performances and seven multiple-dig outings…tallied a career-best 15 kills at UNC Asheville (9/10) during the UNC Asheville Invitational and added season-best marks of four blocks (all assists) vs Presbyterian during the FGCU Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites Classic (8/29)…had two digs at UNC Asheville, vs South Carolina State (9/11) at the UNCA Invite, vs Tennessee State at the UNO Invitational II (9/18), at Tulane (9/29), vs Stephen F. Austin (10/17), vs UT-Rio Grande Valley (10/19) and against Mississippi Valley State (10/27)…off the court, was a member of UNO’s 3.0 Club.
 
Prior To UNO: Two-year letterwinner at Odessa College for coach Alana Rowland…helped lead the Wranglers to a combined 42-21 overall record, a 17-3 mark in Western Junior College Athletic Conference play and consecutive trips to the Region V West Tournament title match, including a school-record 24 wins and a perfect 10-0 league record as a sophomore in 2014…saw action in 92 matches and 274 sets with 22 starts during her junior college career, finishing her two-year stint at Odessa ranking fifth in the career record book in kills (330), sixth in kills per set (1.68) and ninth in blocks (116) while also tallying 65 digs and a pair of service aces…took the court for 105 sets over 32 matches with one start as a sophomore, finishing fourth on the squad in kills per set (1.64), total blocks (65), block assists (61) and solo blocks (4), and fifth in kills (172) to go with eight assists…recorded 18 multiple-block outings with a season-high five twice: 1 solo, four assists at Western Texas (10/22/14) and all assists at Clarendon (11/1/14)…posted a season-best 12 kills vs Brookhaven (10/18/14)…played in 91 sets over 29 sets with 21 starts as a true freshman in 2013, finishing fourth on the team in kills (158) and kills per set (1.74), fifth in total blocks (51) and block assists (47), and tied for fifth in solo blocks (4) while adding 34 digs, four assists and a pair of service aces…posted three double-digit kill outings, including a season-best 14 vs Frank Phillips (10/2/13)…tallied 14 multiple-block outings, with a career-best six with one solo and five assists vs North Central Texas (8/30/13) and six assists at Western Texas (10/12/13).
 
High School: Four-year letterman at Sam Houston High for coach Theresa Frederick… claimed all-district recognition each year as a prepster, being named first-team All-District 3-5A as a senior, first-team All-District 4-5A as a junior and honorable-mention All-District 4-5A as a sophomore…named Student-Athlete of the Year as a senior…graduated in Top 20 percent of her class.
 
Personal: Born Takierra Vanece Boughton on Oct. 10, 1994, in Monroe, Louisiana…daughter of Travis Shepherd and Stacey Boughton…has seven brothers: Travis Jr., Pierre, Jaron, Travez, London, Ze'andre and Aidan…brother, Pierre was a member of the track and field team at Prairie View A&M…majoring in interdisciplinary studies.