Career Overview:
- Currently sitting No. 7 on ASU's All-Time list with 282 career block assists.
- Finished her Sun Devil career ranked No. 8 on ASU's All-Time list with 331 total blocks.
- Appeared in 31 of the team's 32 matches and played in 111 out of the team's 115 total sets throughout the 2015 season.
- Finished 2014 with a career-high 278 kills and led ASU with 93 block assists.
- Named ASU’s Residence Inn Challenge MVP, and was also named to ASU’s Residence Inn Invitational All-Tournament Team in 2014.
- Named to the USA Volleyball Collegiate National Team Roster, after participating in the 2014 Women's National Volleyball Open Tryouts, and competed in Minneapolis, Minn., with the CNT in July.
- In 2013 season, played in 112 sets while recording 138 kills, good for fifth total on the team and swung the third-highest hitting percentage on the team at .243.
2015 Indoor Volleyball (Senior):
- Currently sitting No. 7 on ASU's All-Time list with 282 career block assists.
- Finished her Sun Devil career ranked No. 8 on ASU's All-Time list with 331 total blocks.
- Appeared in 31 of the team's 32 matches during the 2015 campaign.
- Played in 111 out of the team's 115 total sets throughout the 2015 season.
- Collected 105 total blocks, finishing 2nd for the Maroon & Gold.
- Swatted 88 block assists, landing 2nd on Arizona State's squad.
- Netted 17 solo blocks, good for 3rd on the Devils.
- Registered 212.0 total points, ranking 5th on the Sun Devils' team.
- Produced 150 total kills, finishing 5th on ASU's roster.
- Contributed 30 total digs, ranking 9th for Arizona State.
- Paced ASU with a team-high .462 attack percentage (6 kills, 0 errors, & 13 attempts) and collected 4 total blocks during Nov. 27 road loss at No. 23 Arizona.
- Recorded a game-high .500 attack percentage (5 kills, 0 errors, & 10 attempts) in Nov. 22 home defeat vs. No. 1 USC.
- Collected a game-high 10 total blocks during Nov. 20 home loss against No. 11 UCLA.
- Registered a .667 attack percentage (4 kills, 0 errors, & 6 attempts) and netted 5 total blocks in Nov. 14 road victory at Utah.
- Produced a game-high .462 attack percentage (7 kills, 1 error, & 13 attempts), while also swatting a game-high 9 total blocks during Nov. 12 road defeat at Colorado.
- Led ASU with a .409 attack percentage, while recording a season-high 12 kills in Nov. 8 home win over Washington State.
- Delivered a game-high with 6 total blocks during Oct. 29 road loss at California.
- Provided 4 total blocks in Oct. 18 road defeat at No. 12 UCLA.
- Tied a team-high with 6 total blocks during Oct. 16 road loss at No. 1 USC.
- Helped the Sun Devils open the season with a 15-0 record, as they received the highest ranking (No. 5) ever in ASU's school history.
- Netted a team-high 4 total blocks in Sep. 27 home victory vs. Oregon State.
- Notched 8 kills during Sep. 19 home win against No. 6 Illinois.
- Led ASU with a team-high .636 attack percentage (7 kills, 0 errors, & 11 attempts) in Sep. 8 home victory vs. NAU.
- Produced a game-high attack percentage of .625 (6 kills, 1 error, & 8 attempts) during Sep. 5 road win at Northern Colorado.
- Collected 11 digs and a game-high 5 total blocks in Sep. 5 neutral court victory against Western Michigan.
- Recorded an attack percentage of .727 (Tied a team-high with 8 kills, 0 errors, & 11 attempts) during Sep. 4 road win at No. 9 Colorado State.
- Tied career-high with 9 total blocks in Aug. 29 neutral court win over New Mexico State.
2014 Indoor Volleyball (Junior):
- Led ASU with 93 block assists.
- Collected 9 total blocks at Oregon (Oct. 24), when ASU was half a block away from tying the school record of 21.5.
- Recorded an attack percentage of .706 (12 kills, 0 errors, & 17 attempts) against NCCU, which sits at No. 3 in the rally scoring era record book.
- Hit .533 against Pepperdine (Sept. 20) (9 kills, 1 error, & 15 attempts), and was error free on two occasions, hitting .500 against San Diego State (Aug. 29) and Idaho State (Sept. 5).
- Named ASU’s Residence Inn Challenge MVP, and was also named to ASU’s Residence Inn Invitational All-Tournament Team in 2014.
- Invited to the 2014 U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Open Tryouts that took place Feb. 21-23 and subsequently named to the USA Volleyball Collegiate National Team roster.
2013 Indoor Volleyball (Sophomore):
- Played in 112 sets while recording 138 kills, good for fifth on the team and swung the third-highest hitting percentage on the team at .243.
- Recorded the second-highest block total on the team with 93, including 44 during conference play.
- Her 0.83 blocks per set were good for third on the team.
- Aided her team’s victory over Pac-12 foe Oregon on Nov. 1 with nine kills and three blocks while hitting an astonishing .818 attack percentage.
2012 Indoor Volleyball (Freshman):
- Played in 18 matches with six starts.
- Hit a match-high 7 kills in the non-conference slate against Colgate and Florida Atlantic.
- Averaged 0.54 blocks per set throughout the season.
- Produced 33 kills and swatted 21 total blocks on the year.
High School:
- 2011 graduate of South Pasadena High School.
- Played for head coach Jessica Barreto.
- Named First Team All Rio-Hondo League in 2009 and 2010.
- Played club volleyball for Club West, based out of Rancho Cucamunga, Calif., for coach Kurt Arron.
Personal:
Parents are Teviin and Cassandra Binns. Her full name is Mercedes Destiny Binns. Born on May 2, 1994 in Orlando, Fla. Majoring in Communication at Arizona State.
Binns' Career Stats
| Year | SP | K | K/S | PCT | Ast. | Ast./S | SA | SE | Dig | Dig/S | BS | BA | Total | Blk/S | Points |
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2012 |
39 | 33 | 0.85 | 0.282 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.05 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 0.54 | 44.5 |
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2013 |
112 | 138 | 1.23 | 0.243 | 4 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.20 | 11 | 82 | 93 | 0.83 | 190.0 |
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2014 |
137 | 278 | 2.03 | 0.260 | 9 | 0.07 | 3 | 10 | 69 | 0.33 | 16 | 93 | 109 | 0.80 | 343.5 |
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Career |
288 | 449 | 1.56 | 0.255 | 13 | 0.05 | 3 | 10 | 69 | 0.24 | 29 | 194 | 223 | 0.77 | 578.0 |