Western New England University

2016 (Junior Year): Earned All-CCC first team honors after starting all 31 matches and hitting .299 with 2.78 kills per set (10th in CCC)...also averaged 0.67 blocks and 0.35 digs per set ... WNE Student Athlete of the Week (Sept. 12).

2015 (Sophomore Year): Emerged as one of the top players in the CCC, earning All-Conference second team accolades…Appeared in all 27 matches, averaging 2.55 kills/set (T-7^th in CCC) on a .234 hitting percentage (6^th)…also registered 52 blocks (18 solo, 34 assist), good for sixth in the league…recorded at least ten kills 13 times, breaking out for a season-high of 18 in a 3-2 win at Salve Regina (9/24)…had at least one block in all but three matches, posting 17 multi-block efforts…totaled five blocks on two occasions, both five set wins for the Golden Bears.

2014 (Freshman Year): Made an immediate impact during her first season with WNE, earning All-CCC honorable mention accolades after appearing in 26 of 32 matches and averaging 1.79 kills/set on a .256 hitting percentage…also averaged 0.43 blocks and 0.20 digs/set...registered a season-high 11 kills twice, including in the ECAC semifinals vs. Endicott (11/15)…posted three separate four-block efforts, the first of which came in her collegiate debut vs. WestConn. 

High School: Three-year letterwinner at Delaware Valley Regional...twice named to the Skyland Conference First Team during her junior and senior campaigns...also was second-team all-conference in 2011...served as a senior team captain...played club for the Court Authority Volleyball Academy in 2011-12 and then for Synergy in 2013... graduated in 2014.

Personal: Full name is Carly Renee Skibinski...born on Nov. 25, 1995 in Milford, N.J....daughter of Renee and Glynn...enjoys horseback riding and volunteer work...Favorites: pro team--NHL's Philadelphia Flyers; athlete--Kerri Walsh; food--sushi; music genre: country...brother's name is Jack...spent four summers working with a group mission...pre-pharmacy major.

What I Like Best About WNE: "The beautiful campus, helpful professors and quality volleyball program."