[2] As a high school senior in 2004, she was named the Pennsylvania State Gatorade Player of the Year and was also an All-American.

She was a member of the 2004 USA Women's Junior National Team that won the NORCECA Championship in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and was also selected to the 2005 USA Junior National Team that competed in Ankara, Turkey, at the FIVB Under-20 World Championships.

Harmotto is an education major and was named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year in 2008.

[5] Despite the season-ending injury, she was named an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American for her efforts and contributions in the regular season.

Her average of 1.58 blocks per game ranks tied for 10th on Penn State's all-time single-season record list, equaling Terri Zemaitis' 1997 mark.

She had a career high 17 kills on .483 hitting in the win versus Minnesota en route to being named the conference player of the week.

Harmotto had an impressive senior year, leading the nation in hitting percentage from Sep 21 until the end of the season in December.

Harmotto repeated as an AVCA First Team All-American and earned her second consecutive Honda Award nomination.

She helped Penn State to their second consecutive 20–0 Big Ten season, without dropping a single set to any teams.

Harmotto was selected to the U.S. National Team roster that traveled to Cairo, Egypt in April 2009.