Had 11 digs against Cincinatti and 12 digs against Middle Tennessee during the DISH Tennessee Classic
Earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team during the DISH Tennessee Classic
Earned All-Tournament honors during the Cleveland State Tournament in Ohio with 61 digs throughout 3 matches
Had 30 digs throughout 2 matches during the Holiday Inn West Invitational in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Had 12 assists and 32 digs throughout 3 matches during the GW Invitational
Had 10 digs during the SEC opening weekend against Mississippi State and Georgia
Had 2 aces and 13 digs against South Carolina on 9/28/16
Had 8 digs versus Florida on 10/2/16
Had 6 digs versus Ole Miss on 10/14/16
Had 10 digs against Arkansas on 10/16/16

AS A JUNIOR (2015)

Played libero in the first 26 matches of the year before suffering a season-ending knee injury against LSU (Oct. 30). She led the team with 4.52 digs per set (425 total) and had 14 aces (0.11 aces/set).
Named MVP of the DISH Tennessee Volleyball Classic (5.0 digs/set)
Recorded a career-high 27 digs against Wofford on Sept. 11
Had three aces against Jacksonville on Sept. 12
Led the team in both digs and digs/set

AS A SOPHOMORE (2014)

Appeared in all 32 matches on the year for the Lady Vols, splitting time between libero and defensive specialist
Led the team in total digs (328) and ranked second on the squad in digs per set (3.01)
Finished the season ranked 15th in the SEC in digs per set at 3.01
Scooped up a career-high 24 digs in a 3-1 win over Loyola Maryland on Sept. 12
Closed the year with 15 matches of 10 or more digs, including five of 15+
Led UT in digs a team-high nine times in 2014
Earned All-Tournament Team honors at the season-opening Appalachian Invitational after recording 44 digs in three matches, including a 16-dig performance against Tennessee Tech on Aug. 30
Had 12 service aces on the season, including a season-best two against Loyola Maryland on Sept. 12

Appeared in 29 matches, totaling 162 digs and a .936 reception percentage
Served up a career-best two aces against then No.25-ranked Mizzou (10/11)
Recorded 10 digs in UT's SEC home opener against South Carolina (9/29)
Tallied seven digs against Jacksonville State (9/21)
Posted four straight games with double-digit digs, including a career-best 17 against UNC-Asheville (9/06)
Scooped up two digs in UT's first three matches against Morehead State (8/30), Cincinnati (8/30), and Butler (8/31)

Played high school volleyball at legendary St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where she was a four-year letterwinner
Earned AVCA Under Armour All-American Honorable Mention and Mizuno/Volleyball Magazine third team All-American honors
Listed as one of PrepVolleyball.com's top 250 recruits in the class of 2013
Two-time PrepVolleyball.com Defensive Dandies honoree
Helped guide the Raiders to the Florida 7A State Championship match, finishing as the runner-up her senior year and a semifinalist her junior campaign
Won four district championships and two regional championships at St. Thomas Aquinas
Named a Broward Country Athletic Association All-Star and recipient of the Miami Herald Athlete of the Week Award her senior season
Earned Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald all-county honors as a junior
Played club with Boomers Volleyball Club, placing ninth at the 2011 AAU Nationals
In 2010, Villano helped Boomers place 15th at the AAU Nationals, won the Florida Regional Championship and picked up bronze at the Colorado Crossroads and the USA Volleyball Nationals
Also played sand volleyball
Two-year track & field letterwinner at St. Thomas Aquinas
Won the Florida 4A high jump and long jump district championship and placed 12th in the state championships in both events
Two-time Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald all-county honoree in track & field

Majoring in political science
Strives to win a NCAA National Championship and compete in the Olympics
Chose Tennessee because she wanted to be a part of something big and because of a positive experience in Knoxville while competing in Track & Field Nationals during high school
Picked the Lady Vols over offers from Maryland, Florida Southern and TCU
Modeled herself after Olympic athlete Lolo Jones because of her perseverance through adversity and her continuous fight for perfection
Has one younger brother, Braedon (15), and two younger sisters, Brooklynne (13) and Bria (4)
Bridgette Michele Villano, the daughter of Christopher and Michele Villano, was born on March 7, 1995 in Shawnee Mission, Kan.
Recipient of the James R. and Beverly A. Farrell Volleyball Scholarship