Carly Zak came to Weatherford and SWOSU volleyball as a freshman and spent all four years of her collegiate career dominating for the Bulldogs. As a member of the Great American Conference 2010s All-Decade team, her impact on the SWOSU volleyball program was obvious. She was part of many SWOSU program 'firsts' including being the first four-time All-GAC selection, the first All-Region selection, and a member of the first SWOSU volleyball team to compete in the NCAA Tournament. Zak still holds SWOSU's career record for kills to this day and, while competing, also held the career record for the conference. She earned conference or region awards in every season she played, beginning with being named the GAC Freshman of the Year in 2013. Following a pair of Second Team All-GAC selections as an underclassman, she upgraded to First Team All-GAC honors as an upperclassman which included a unanimous first team nod as a senior. She was a 2015 Second Team D2CCA All-Central Region selection and improved her region status to First Team in 2016. Within SWOSU Athletics, Zak received back-to-back Female Athlete of the Year honors that coincided with her success during the '15 and '16 seasons. She also garnered All-GAC Tournament Team accolades twice in her career and was named the Oklahoma Volleyball Player of the Year by OklahomaSports.net in 2016. After graduating from SWOSU in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in Management, she moved to Tennessee to begin a career in events and marketing which she continues to do to this day. She loves keeping up with SWOSU Athletics online and checks in with Coach Collins occasionally for any other SWOSU news she might need. When reminiscing on her career, Zak says she's proud of her personal accomplishments, but the 2015 GAC Tournament Championship was by far her favorite memory as a Bulldog. She is now the first volleyball player to be inducted into the SWOSU Athletics Hall of Fame.