Virtue attended St. Francis High School where she helped lead the team to back-to-back Suburban Catholic Conference Championships.
As a true freshman in 2001, she played in 14 matches on the season, as both a setter and as a defensive specialist, and recorded 88 assists.
[2] During her senior year she suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her right knee in a game against Ball State on September 17, 2004, and missed the remainder of the season.
[4] Virtue began her coaching career at Loyola in 2006, where she worked with the setters and handled recruiting.
During her five seasons at Michigan the team advanced to four NCAA Tournament, including two Sweet 16s and their first ever Final Four appearance in 2012.
[14][5] On March 3, 2017, Virtue was named an assistant coach for the United States women's national volleyball team.
[2] Her older sister, Katie, played college volleyball at Ohio State and was named the Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year in 1999.