Lyons will compete at the setter’s position while also seeing action as a libero or back row specialist as a freshman....Another Rio Grande Valley high school star, Lyons earned first team All-District honors and was named Rio Grande Valley and Area Defensive Player of the Year as a senior at MCALLEN MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ........Named District 32-5A Co-Defensive Player of the Year....Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Mission Tournament.....Served as team captain.....Played for the Valley Elite Juniors club team under former Texas-Pan American player and assistant coach Christine Phillips... Helped lead the Valley Elite Juniors to the championship of the Asics Class VI Tournament and the Last Chance Tournament......Born September 2, 1985......Daughter of Danilo and Angelica Lyons..........Has two brothers, Ken and Dennis, and a sister, Chelsea..........Majoring in Psychology at UTPA.