2017 Volleyball Roster
Kearney, Kaitlyn
vs
South Carolina
Sep 10 (Wed)
6pm
Pack Volleyball Then and Now. Advice for a First Year Head Coach
Thursday, August 28
Pack Volleyball Then & Now, Player Recruiting
Tuesday, August 12
Pack Volleyball Then & Now, Recruiting for Coaches
Monday, August 11
Meet Volleyball Head Coach Megan Wargo-Kearney
Monday, January 27
Jersey Number 15
Kaitlyn Kearney
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Frisco, Texas
- High School:
- Frisco
- Height:
- 6-2
Bio
Program Record Holder for Career Blocks (556)
1,000 Career Kills (10/27)
Only Player in Program History with 1,000 or more Career Kills and at least 500 Career Blocks
2017 All-ACC Second Team
2017 ACC Player of the Week (11/6)
Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic All-Tournament Team (9/11 - 9/12/15)
2014 All-ACC Freshman Team Selection
2014 ACC Freshman of the Week (9/15, 9/22, 11/24)
2017 - Senior Season
2016 - Junior Season
2015 - Sophomore Season
2014 - Freshman Season
Prep - Frisco High School
1,000 Career Kills (10/27)
Only Player in Program History with 1,000 or more Career Kills and at least 500 Career Blocks
2017 All-ACC Second Team
2017 ACC Player of the Week (11/6)
Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic All-Tournament Team (9/11 - 9/12/15)
2014 All-ACC Freshman Team Selection
2014 ACC Freshman of the Week (9/15, 9/22, 11/24)
2017 - Senior Season
- Named a Second Team All-ACC Selection
- Finished the season with a career-high 160 blocks to take over as the NC State all-time leader in career blocks with 556
- Tallied the third-most kills on the team with 259, averaging 2.06 kills per set
- Surpassed 1,000 career kills during the season to become the first player in NC State history with 1,000 or more kills and 500 or more blocks
- She was also one of just eight players in the nation to achieve that feat
- Notched double-digit kills in seven matches, highlighted by recording a double-double with 13 kills and 10 blocks at Wake Forest
- Ended the season fourth in the ACC with 160 blocks, which was 21st in the NCAA
- Also led the Wolfpack in attacking percentage with a .351 clip, which was the third best in the conference and ranked among the top 70 of the NCAA
- Contributed 12 aces from the service line
2016 - Junior Season
- One of three players to appear in all 32 of the teams matches, starting 30 of those contests
- For the third consecutive season, led the team in blocks with 129 as a junior – seventh most among individuals in the ACC
- Recorded a season-high 11 blocks at Pitt
- Ended the year with the third most kills on the squad with 263, an average of 2.16 kills per set
- Notched a season-best 15 kills against SMU and Boston College
- Smacked 18 service aces, fifth most on the team
- Contributed 65 digs and five assists
- Played in all 122 sets
2015 - Sophomore Season
- One of only two players to start all 32 matches during the season
- Appeared in 118 of the team’s 119 sets
- Tallied 302 kills, an average of 2.56 per set, the second most on the team
- Notched double-digit kills in 14 matches, highlighted by a career-best 19 at Tulane
- For the second consecutive season, led the Wolfpack in blocks with 149 to her credit – fourth best in the conference and 32nd in the nation
- Averaged 1.26 blocks per set, the sixth best in the ACC and 43rd in the NCAA
- Recorded double figure blocks three times on the year with 12 at Tulane, at Pittsburgh and at home against Pittsburgh
- Responsible for the second-most points scored on the squad with 382
- Also chipped in with 22 digs and four assists
- Garnered all-tournament honors at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic
2014 - Freshman Season
- Named to the 2014 All-ACC Freshman Team
- Started all 29 matches she played, seeing action in a total of 105 sets
- Collected ACC Freshman of the Week honors three times during the season (9/15, 9/22, 11/24)
- Named to the all-tournament team in three of the four early season tournaments the Pack played, highlighted by receiving MVP honors at the Georgia Benson Hospitality Invitational
- Led the Wolfpack in kills (277), blocks (118) and points scored (360.5) during her initial season with NC State
- Became the first freshman since 2011 to lead the team in kills and garner All-ACC Freshman Team honors when Dariyan Hopper accomplished the feat
- Tallied double-digit kills in 13 matches and paced the Pack in kills in 10 matches
- Swatted a career-best 17 kills in a five-set match at Virginia
- Posted her first collegiate double-double at Wake Forest with 16 kills and 12 blocks
- Her 12 blocks in that contest, matched the program record for blocks in an ACC match and also stood as the most by an individual in the ACC during the season
- Notched her second double-double of the season at Virginia with 17 kills and 10 blocks
Prep - Frisco High School
- Attended Frisco High School and competed for the Instinct and Madfrog Volleyball Clubs
- Three-year starter in high school and led her team to three consecutive playoff appearances finishing as regional finalists and area champions
- Named first team all-district three times
- Collected district blocker of the year honors as a senior and junior
- Tabbed first team all-state in 2013 as a senior
- Also secured 2012-13 Vype Magazine Queens of the Court
- Four-time academic all-district and four-year member of the National Honor Society
- Secured academic all-state as well
- Finished in second place at the 2012 Junior Nationals in the American Division
- Father (Kris) played collegiate basketball at Florida Southern College and professionally in England on the Manchester Giants