Rider University Athletics

2020-21
- Played all 12 matches and all 47 sets as a senior, primarily as the team’s libero.
- Compiled 214 digs, 35 assists, and nine service aces.
- Led the team and ranked second in the MAAC in total digs.
- Had double-digit digs in 10 of 12 matches.
- Set her career-high with 27 digs in the regular season against Canisius.
- Had five matches with over 20 digs, including a match-high 24 against Canisius in the MAAC Championship Match.
- Recorded he 1,000^th career dig in MAAC Championship match, just the 15^th athlete in program history to do so and her 1,009 career digs ranks 13^th in program history.
- Member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2019
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Appeared in all 31 matches for the Broncs and appeared in 115 sets.
- She recorded 264 digs, a career-high 91 assists and a career-best 25 service aces.
- She had a career-high 37 assists in the season-opener against Central Arkansas.
- She tied a career-best with four service aces in a win over Norfolk State.
- Blanco had 11 matches with 10 or more digs this season.
- She had three straight double-doubles to open the year.
- Had a season-high 16 digs in a win over Canisius on November 2.

2018
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Appeared in all 30 matches for the Broncs and saw action in 115 of 116 sets team played by the team.
- She set new career-highs in points (27.5), digs (279) and digs per set (2.43).
- She had three kills, 23 assists and 24 service aces.
- Had 11 matches with 10 or more digs.
- Recorded 15 digs in the MAAC Semifinals against Canisius on November 16.
- Tied her career-high with 18 digs in a four-set win versus Fairleigh Dickinson on October 24.
- Had four or more service aces in a match three times during the year.

2017
- Appeared in 32 matches and saw action in all 120 sets.
- Recorded 48 assists, 24 service aces, 252 digs and averaged 2.10 digs per set.
- Had 10 or more digs in a match 10 times.
- Registered a season-best 18 digs versus Niagara on October 21.
- Had 15 digs in a four-set win against Farleigh Dickinson on September 9.
- Totaled a season-high three service aces in back-to- back matches versus St. Francis Brooklyn and Fairleigh Dickinson in mid-September.

BEFORE RIDER
Three-year letter winner at Franklin High School...ended her scholastic career with 1,722 assists, 114 aces, 830 digs and 97 kills...As a senior, she was an Academic All-District performer. She was also named First-Team All-City, First Team All-District and was the 2016 Setter of the Year...plays club for the Texas Performance.

PERSONAL
Has two sisters and one brother...daughter of Gabriel and Natalie Blanco...majoring in accounting and finance with a minor in business analytics...her older sister plays volleyball at Youngstown State.