By her junior year, she was ranked the number 5 volleyball recruit in the United States with interest from most of the top programs in the nation.

[4] This was complicated by a pregnancy junior year; however Texas coach Jerritt Elliott told her that her scholarship would still be honored.

Eckerman gave birth to her son in May 2010 and returned to play for her senior high school season and prepare for her collegiate debut.

She continued her professional career until 2018 when she returned to the states to walk in the May graduation ceremony, though she had already received her diploma in the summer of 2017, earning a bachelor's degree in Applied Learning and Development.

Eckerman now serves as the recruiting coordinator and assistant coach at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.