 She was awarded "Volleyball-Award 2010", by the Germany Volleyball Association for her services to the sport.In April 2010 she decided to retire from indoor volleyball and switched to beach volleyball, partnering Rieke Brink-Abeler playing the 2010 and 2011 Swatch FIVB World Tour.But she returned to indoor volleyball and played with her national team in the 2011 FIVB World Cup and later played with the Russian club Dinamo Moscow winning the 2011 Russian Cup where she was the Most Valuable Player and the 2011–12 Russian Championship silver medal, being also elected the best player in the Russian league that season.