She is the head volleyball coach at Elon University[1] and played collegiately for Illinois where she was a First-Team All-American and winner of the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) in 1989 as the nation's top collegiate female volleyball player.

Even though she was ten years old, she would challenge them in her pyjamas and usually beat them, picking up a little pocket change.

[3] She started playing volleyball in eighth grade, when her pastor persuaded her to join a team.

[5][4] Eggers led the nation in hitting percentage in her sophomore and senior years, 1986, and 1988.

[2][5] In 1989, her senior year, she won the Honda Broderick Award as the nation's top collegiate female volleyball player.