Outlook

Tatum Ernt, like Taylor Hervey, brings height and length to the floor, and will be a huge contributor at the net blocking this season ... Athletic and will look to gain strength to be an offensive threat ... Continues to improve and gain strength daily to be a threat at the net ... The coaching staff is looking forward to see what Tatum does this season as the sky is the limit.

Freshman Year 2019 

Played in 23 matches and 49 sets … Tallied 69 kills with an attack percentage of .232 … Also had 18 dibs and 12 blocks … Credited with a season-high six kills and a season high five digs in a 3-2 loss at Central (8-24-19) … Had two kills and hit a season-best .667 in a 3-0 win over McHenry County (9-6-19) … Had two kills and matched her season-best .667 attack percentage in a 3-0 win over Hesston (9-18-19) … Matched her season-high of six kills in a 3-0 loss to Iowa Western (9-28-19) … Followed with five kills and two digs in a 3-0 win at Labette (10-2-19) … Hit .375 with four kills and three digs in a 3-1 win over Waubonsee (10-4-19) … Had four kills and an attack percentage of .571 in a 3-1 win over No. 19-ranked Kirkwood (10-26-19) ... Earned JCCC student-athlete academic honors in the fall 2019 semester with a 4.0 GPA ... Earned NJCAA All-Academic first-team with a grade point aveage of 4.0.

High School 

Was a two-year starter and four-time letter winner for Valone Most at Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita, Kan. … Earned second-team All-Greater Wichita Athletic League as a senior and second-team All-City League her junior and senior years … Voted her team’s MVP as a senior … Selected to the Liberal High School All-Tournament team her junior and senior seasons … Played three seasons of club volleyball for Club Chaos coached by Maci Grimes … Helped that team win three championships, including the FSC Showdown in 2018 and 2019 … Also played two season for Volleyball Beasts … National Honor Society member.

Personal 

Born Tatum Elwxy Ernt on March 22, 2001 … Nickname is Tate … Daughter of Brad Ernt and Teea Haffley … Has one brother, Brigdon, and five step siblings … Her father was a yell leader at Wichita State University, and her step father played baseball for the Shockers … Major is undecided … Knows sign language … Also recruited by William Penn University, Park University, McPherson College, Central College, Bethany College, Bethel College, Hesston College, Hutchinson Community College and Pratt Community College … Favorite foods are sumo’s soup, strawberries, her father’s brown sugar salmon and her mother’s dough rise rolls … Favorite fast food restaurants are Subway and Panera … Favorite restaurant is Sumo by Nambara … Favorite TV shows are One Tree Hill, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder and Gossip Girl … Favorite movies are This Means War, Atonement, White Chicks and Tangled … Favorite sports movie is The Replacements … Favorite actresses are Margot Robbie and Reece Witherspoon and favorite actor is Ryan Reynolds … Favorite books are Hamlet and Beloved … Favorite music entertainers are Justin Timberlake, Ne-yo, Bruno Mars, Cardi-B, Arianna Grande and Drake … Favorite cartoon character is Cola Bunny … Favorite athletes are Zion Williamson, Kerri Walsh Jennings and Lexi Sun … Best players she has played against are the 18-1 Six Pack Volleyball Club team … Her greatest sports moment was hitting a ball so hard it broke a girl’s nose … Notable alumni from her school are actress Kirstie Alley and NFL running backs Joseph Randle, Jeff Smith, Laverne Smith and Rashad Washington.