Honors & Awards
- All-Tournament Team Pioneer Classic (2014)
- MVC Honor Roll (2015)
- Bradley AD Honor Roll (Spring 2015 & Fall 2014)
2016 Season (Junior): Split time at setter with freshman Erin Olson, starting 11 of the 27 matches she appeared in … Second on the team in assists (4.54 per set) … Collected season-high 25 assists in the victories at South Dakota State and vs. Cornell … Also matched a season-best with four kills against Cornell … Notched career-high six block assists at home against Drake … Ranks 12th in career assists at Bradley (1,665) and 10th in career assists per set (6.01) at the end of 2016.
2015 Season (Sophomore): Split time at setter with senior Jessica Teel early in the season … Started 18 of the 27 matches she appeared in, missing three contests early in the year due to injury … Led the team in assists (5.73 per set) … Tied for third on the team in total digs … Tied for the team lead with five double-doubles … Averaged 0.42 kills, 6.53 assists and had nine of her 14 aces in Missouri Valley Conference play … Took over as the team’s primary setter for the second half of the conference schedule … Had 64 assists and 11 digs to help highlight the home win against Evansville as she tied a Renaissance Coliseum match record for assists and posted the most assists by a Bradley player since Ashley Vance had 65 assists against Drake on Oct. 16, 2004 … Enters her junior year 13th in school history with 1,293 career assists … Opened the year with three consecutive double-doubles and had double-double performances in four of the first six outings of 2015 … First Brave with 500 assists in back-to-back seasons since Madison Kamp (2011 & 2012) and was the first Bradley player with 35 kills, 500 assists, 14 aces and 165 or more digs in consecutive years since Sam Hardwick did it in four straight years from 1998 through 2001.
2014 Season (Freshman): Was the primary setter as a true freshman, starting 24 of 28 matches and was one of three individuals to appear in all 101 sets … Averaged 7.47 assists per set and was second on the team with 14 aces … Ranked fourth on the squad with 201 digs (1.99 per set) … Averaged 7.61 assists and 2.11 digs per set in MVC play … Collected 49 assists, five blocks, six kills and seven digs against Loyola to become the first Bradley player with 45 assists, five kills, five digs and five blocks in a match since Sam Hardwick on Nov. 17, 2001 … Only freshman in school history with 75 kills, 750 assists, 10 aces, 200 digs and 35 or more blocks … Posted the sixth highest assist total (754) by a Bradley freshman … Collected a team-best nine double-doubles for the most by a Bradley freshman since Marika Giguere had 14 as a frosh in 2000 … Earned all-tournament honors at the Pioneer Classic in Denver, Colo. … In the final three home matches of the year, she averaged 1.17 kills, 10.92 assists, 2.00 digs and 0.75 blocks per set while hitting .414.
High School: Earned all-state honors following her senior year … Holds school season (551) and career (1,706) records for assists … Named to the AVCA Under Armour All-American Watch List and helped St. Croix Lutheran to a conference championship in her final prep season … Earned AAU All-American honors as a sophomore … Three-time all-conference selection during her high school career … Helped the Crusaders to back-to-back conference titles her final two prep seasons in addition to a sectional championship and sixth-place state finish for the highest finish in school history in 2012 as a junior … Selected for the Minnesota All-Tournament team her junior year ... Also lettered in track, where she was part of a state runner up team in the 4x200 meter relay
Personal: The daughter of Don and Kim Sobasky, Afton was born in St. Paul, Minn. … Has a younger sister: Lauryn … Nursing major.
