University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2021 Volleyball Roster
Bennett, Kelsey
Jersey Number 6
Kelsey Bennett
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Allen, Texas
- High School:
- Allen HS
Bio
All-Sun Belt First Team (2021)
All-Louisiana First Team (2021)
UTRGV Tournament All-Tournament Team (2021)
Southern Miss Classic All-Tournament Team (2021)
Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 31, Oct. 5, Nov. 2, 2021)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2020)
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2020)
All-Louisiana Second Team (2020)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2019)
Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 18, 2019)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2018)
2021 (Junior - COVID-19 Season)
Started in all 26 matches and competed in all 102 sets that Louisiana played ... for the third straight season was as a full-time member of the team's rotation ... earned first team honors on the All-Sun Belt and All-Louisiana teams ... second consecutive season receiving all-conference honors (2020 All-Sun Belt Second Team) ... was a three-time winner of the Sun Belt Conference's Offensive Player of the Week award, the most in the league during the 2021 season and a school record total won ... formed the 1-2 offensive punch alongside fellow outside hitter Coco Gillett ... produced a third consecutive 200-200 season of kills and digs, and the first-ever 300-300 season of her collegiate career ... posted career-high bests of 3.7 kills per set and 3.3 digs per set ... final season totals of 374 kills and 338 digs were also career-high figures ... marked the first time in her collegiate career surpassing the 300-mark in both categories ... third consecutive season increasing production in both kills and digs ... was the only outside hitter in the Sun Belt Conference with 300 kills and a .250-plus hitting percentage during regular season play ... final season hitting percentage was .248, a figure that was 500 points higher than her previous career-best mark and the highest by a Ragin' Cajuns outside hitter with 500-plus attack attempts in the rally scoring era ... overall, was one of only four SBC players to amass 350-plus kills ... ranked Top 5 in kills both overall and in Sun Belt play ... scored double digits in kills in all but five of Louisiana's 26 matches ... in conference play, accumulated the second-most kills with 229 kills over 64 sets (3.6 per set) ... generated 15 double-doubles including three 20-20 double-doubles of kills and digs ... led the Ragin' Cajuns in double-doubles for the second straight season and increased career total of double-doubles to 33 ... rounded up double figures in digs in all but 10 matches (out of 26 total) ... digs total exceeded 15 on nine occasions, highlighted by a stretch of five straight matches with 15-plus digs from Aug. 27 through Sept. 10 ... led the team with a career-high 29 aces - the first season with 20-plus aces ... had multiple aces eight times, highlighted by a stretch of four straight matches with multiple aces (Sept. 25-Oct. 8) ... quickly established herself as the go-to offensive weapon by registering 20-plus kills three times during the team's two non-conference tournaments ... posted her first 20-20 double-double of the season with a 24-kill, 22-dig effort at Southern Miss ... started off the UTRGV Tournament with a career-high of 27 kills against the host-Vaqueros while hitting .294 ... two days later would land 22 kills in the tournament final vs. Incarnate Word ... started a string of five consecutive double-doubles with 24 kills and 19 digs vs. Georgia Southern at Earl K. Long Gym (Sept. 25) .... offensive output against the Eagles marked her Sun Belt-high total ... led the charge in the five-set win at UT Arlington (Oct. 1) with 21 kills and 21 digs as the Ragin' Cajuns bounced back for a 3-2 win which kicked off the program's first-ever sweep of the Sun Belt's Texas road swing ... the next day had a match-high 17 kills in the historic win over Texas State in San Marcos (Oct. 2) ... combined with Coco Gillett to deliver nine kills (posting four of her own) to secure the win in the decisive fourth set ... pair of 10-kill outings against Arkansas State (Oct. 8) and Little Rock (Oct. 9) rounded out a season-best streak of 11 straight matches with double-digit kills (from Aug. 28 through Oct. 9) ... third and final 20-20 double-double came in five-set road win at Arkansas State, finishing with 23 kills and 21 digs.
2020 (Junior)
Took the court for every match (24) and every set (87) that Louisiana played ... for the second straight season was as a full-time member of the team's rotation ... recorded a second consecutive 200-200 season of kills and digs by utilizing career-bests averages of 3.2 kills and digs per set .. final season totals of 280 kills and 280 digs were also career-high figures ... second straight season surpassing the 200-mark in both categories ... was one of only 15 players in NCAA Division I to surpass 200 kills in the fall segment of the season ... led Louisiana with 13 double-doubles, all but one coming against Sun Belt Conference opponents ... first non-setter to lead the Ragin' Cajuns in double-doubles since Stacey Reilly in 2017 ... closed the season with five straight double-doubles ... those efforts led to her first career All-Sun Belt Conference selection (named to second team) ... ranked Top 10 nationally in total kills and digs, plus total points scored ... scored at least 30 kills in three of the four three-match Sun Belt series, highlighted by 52 kills at UT Arlington and 48 kills at Little Rock ... in SBC play reached double digits in kills in all but four of the 16 matches played, then added two additional double-digit efforts at the conference tournament ... recorded two separate stretches of five consecutive matches with double figures in kills (Sept. 25-Oct. 3 and Nov. 6-20) which marked a new personal-best streak ... final season tally of 15 matches with double-digit kills nearly doubled the amount from her sophomore season (8) and increased her career total to 23 ... posted a career-high 903 attack attempts ... surpassed five digs in all but one match and reached double figures 18 times ... increased her career total of matches with double-digit digs to 32 ... ranked Top 15 nationally, and inside the Sun Belt Conference, in total digs ... recorded the second-most digs on the squad, trailing only libero Hannah Ramirez ... rounded up at least 40 digs in three of the four three-match SBC series ... established a new career-best total with 46 blocks (9 BS, 37 BA) ... nearly doubled her previous-best blocks total (25 as a sophomore) ... had a hand in multiple blocks in 14 of the 24 matches played ... reached double digits in service aces for the second straight season, totaling 15 aces which was one shy of her career-high total ... earned the distinction of being a 500-500 career kills and digs performer ... scored her 500th career kill on Nov. 6 at UT Arlington and collected her 500th career dig on Oct. 23 vs. Arkansas State at Earl K. Long Gym ... reached the 200-200 mark in kills and digs a second straight season following the home match vs. ULM on Oct. 31 ... opened the season with 11 digs vs. Houston Baptist on Sept. 4, marking the first of three straight double-digit efforts to start the season ... supplied 17 kills in the HBU series including seven over the final three sets on Saturday as the Ragin' Cajuns rebounded from an opening-set loss ... finished off Louisiana's rally from a 13-6 deficit in the third set of the South Alabama series opener by landing a kill to break a 19-all tie and give the team the lead for good to finish off the sweep ... set a carer-best hitting percentage for a match with 20-plus attempts by scoring 13 kills off 29 attempts at a .414 rate in the doubleheader opener vs. Lamar (Sept. 19) ... led the charge with six kills in the tightly contested 27-25 set victory which allowed the team to collect a straight sets sweep ... beginning with a then career-high 18 kills in the Sun Belt opener at Little Rock on Sept. 25, would reach double digits in five consecutive matches ... had a set-high tying three kills as Louisiana held off Little Rock in the winner-take-all fifth stanza ... served the Ragin' Cajuns out to a 3-0 lead in the match-deciding set and with back-to-back kills following an 8-all tie kept the squad one step ahead ... with 15 kills and 15 digs in the series finale concluded the stay in Little Rock with a double-double in all three matches ... led the way with 17 kills in the series opener at ULM, netting three during a critical 5-0 run in the third set of a deadlocked match that led the team to a win ... had a match-high 13 kills in the finale in Monroe and was one dig shy of a fifth straight double-double ... in the second half of Sun Belt play was instrumental in two critical series victories: posted a team-leading 15 kills in rubber match vs. Arkansas State, then a doubleheader performance of 37 kills and 26 digs in the sweep of UTA that clinched the No. 2 seed from the SBC West ... was nearly unstoppable in the key win in the ASU series finale, firiing off 12 total kills - seven alone in the first set - as Louisiana raced out to a quick 2-0 match lead ... scored 20 kills in a collegiate match for the first time when she landed the exact amount in the series opener at UT Arlington on Nov. 6 ... added 16 digs to secure the first of a career-best streak of five consecutive double-doubles to close out the campaign ... combined with Hali Wisnoskie for 26 kills - registering 10 on her own - over the final three sets of the UTA opener leading Louisiana to the reverse sweep ... generated a match-high 17 kills, scoring at least four kills in each set Louisiana won, in the nightcap of the Friday doubleheader at UTA ... led the charge to finishing off the Mavericks in the fourth set as the first of her five kills down the stretch knotted the score at 15-all, then her final two tallies of the night broke a 24-all stalemate ... the 15 kills recorded in the Sun Belt Tournament opener vs. Little Rock (Nov. 18) marked her career-best total in the event.
2019 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 27 matches and competed in 101 sets ... turned in a 200-200 season of kills and digs ... surpassed the century mark in both categories - more than tripling rookie season output - for the first time as a collegiate volleyball player ... tallied at least five kills in 22 matches, reaching double digits on eight occasions, in totaling 222 kills at a 2.2 per set average ... powered by collecting double figures in digs in all but three of the season's remaining 17 matches - starting with the onset of Sun Belt Conference play - wound up with 276 digs ... had 14 matches of double-figure digs, third-most on the team ... during that season-ending streak of top-notch defensive play, scooped 243 digs and at average of 3.68 per set ... final season digs total ranked fourth on the team, while her 2.73 per set season average trailed only Hannah Ramirez and Avery Breaux ... in SBC play, turned in five weekends of both 10-plus kills and 20-plus digs ... in league matches, rounded up 15-plus digs in nine of the 16 matches played in the regular season ... ranked inside Top 25 in Sun Belt for digs per set in conference play ... finished the season with five double-doubles ... also set personal-best totals in assists (20), aces (16) and blocks (25) ... scored multiple aces five times, leading her to 16 total which ranked third on the squad ... turned in 10 matches of five-plus kills and a .250 or higher hitting percentage ... generated 253.5 points, at a rate of 2.51 per set, marking the third-most recorded by a Ragin' Cajun during the season ... attempted 777 total attacks, second-most on the team to only Hali Wisnoskie ... finished with a .158 season hitting percentage ... after injury sidelined her the season-opening weekend, debuted with 13 kills and nine digs vs. McNeese (Sept. 6) ... scored the final two kills of the win in the fourth set which evened the match, setting up Louisiana's fifth-set triumph ... picked up 17 more kills over the final two matches of the Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic (Eastern Michigan, Florida A&M), ending the event with 30 kills ... led the charge on offense on the opening day of Florida's Gators Invitational, totaling 13 kills in both matches against Northern Arizona and Liberty ... landed three kills in both the third and fourth set as Louisiana pushed Liberty to five sets ... gathered a career-high 22 digs to go along with nine kills and two blocks in the Sun Belt opener at Texas State (Sept. 27) ... adding in 17 digs at UT Arlington the next evening, closed out SBC-opening weekend with a 39 digs which was second only to Hannah Ramirez ... in the next outing, landed a career-high 18 kills in a five-set battle with Appalachian State at Earl K. Long Gym (Oct. 4) ... scooped 15 digs against the Mountaineers for her first career double-double ... delivered a career-high four aces in the win at Georgia Southern which jumpstarted Louisiana's 9-1 finish to the regular season ... led the way with five kills in the first set as the Ragin' Cajuns outlasted Georgia State in the opening frame of a sweep in Atlanta ... with 15 digs on Oct. 26 vs. Arkansas State, played a key role in holding the Red Wolves to a .000 hitting percentage ... ASU match marked the first of eight straight matches with double-digit digs to close the season ... reached 20 digs for the second time, finishing one shy of her career-high total, with 21 in a five-set thriller vs. UT Arlington on Nov. 1 ... followed up with a double-double of 10 kills and 17 digs in a five-set win over Sun Belt champion Texas State ... scooped up five digs in three of the four sets at ULM as Louisiana picked up a season-high 104 on Nov. 8 ... tallied a double-double of 14 kills and 15 digs in her postseason deubt vs. Arkansas State at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament (Nov. 21).
2018 (Freshman)
Competed in 25 matches (started seven) and saw time in 79 sets during collegiate debut season ... tallied multiple kills 15 times and finished with 66 total (0.84/set) ... added 63 digs (0.80/set) and 17 blocks (0.22/set) to her final stat line ... received the second-most playing time amongst all rookies ... nearly half of her blocks were solos (5 BS, 12 BA) ... opened the season with multiple kills in each of the first nine appearances (Aug. 24-Sept. 7) ... had a strong collegiate debut, hitting .313 in both of the first two outings: vs. Incarnate Word and UTEP at Tulane I-10 Challenge ... picked up 13 kills off 32 swings in both of the Ragin' Cajuns win's in the event ... contributed five kills, four digs and two blocks in the impressive sweep of Sam Houston State in the Sawyer Camillo Classic (Sept. 1) ... matched her season-high out put with seven kills in five-set win over Montana State at the TCU Fight in the Fort (Sept. 7) ... scored the kill in the fifth set vs. MSU which returned the lead back to four points (10-6) and started the set-ending 6-2 run ... delivered her Sun Belt-play weekend best of a combined seven kills on the Coastal Carolina-Appalachian State trip ... helped spark the four-set win over South Alabama at Earl K. Long Gym by producing six kills error-free on just 13 swings (.462 percentage) ... scored four kills in the tiebreaking third set against the Jaguars to help swing momentum to Louisiana's side ... fifth SBC outing of multiple kills came on Oct. 12 at Arkansas State as she scored four off 13 swings ... contributed a kill during the 3-1 run at the conclusion of the opening set vs. Arkansas State on Senior Day which increased the lead to 24-18.
High School
Was a six-rotation outside hitter for Allen High School … helped lead Eagles to a district title in 2016 and a runner-up finish in the highly competitive District 6-6A … totaled 261 kills, at an average of 2.5 per set, and also had 30 blocks and 105 digs during senior campaign … competed at the club level for Excel Volleyball Club in the North Texas Region … served as Excel 17 Red Team captain in 2017 helping lead the team to a No. 38 ranking in the Prep Volleyball national club rankings … named to the 2017 GJNC National Division All-Tournament team.
Personal
Born Oct. 4, 1999 in Plano, Texas … the daughter of Kevin and Carol Bennett … has one younger brother, Mason … named an AP scholar in high school senior year … is a kinesiology major … future plans are to become a physical therapist.
All-Louisiana First Team (2021)
UTRGV Tournament All-Tournament Team (2021)
Southern Miss Classic All-Tournament Team (2021)
Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 31, Oct. 5, Nov. 2, 2021)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2020)
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2020)
All-Louisiana Second Team (2020)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2019)
Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 18, 2019)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2018)
2021 (Junior - COVID-19 Season)
Started in all 26 matches and competed in all 102 sets that Louisiana played ... for the third straight season was as a full-time member of the team's rotation ... earned first team honors on the All-Sun Belt and All-Louisiana teams ... second consecutive season receiving all-conference honors (2020 All-Sun Belt Second Team) ... was a three-time winner of the Sun Belt Conference's Offensive Player of the Week award, the most in the league during the 2021 season and a school record total won ... formed the 1-2 offensive punch alongside fellow outside hitter Coco Gillett ... produced a third consecutive 200-200 season of kills and digs, and the first-ever 300-300 season of her collegiate career ... posted career-high bests of 3.7 kills per set and 3.3 digs per set ... final season totals of 374 kills and 338 digs were also career-high figures ... marked the first time in her collegiate career surpassing the 300-mark in both categories ... third consecutive season increasing production in both kills and digs ... was the only outside hitter in the Sun Belt Conference with 300 kills and a .250-plus hitting percentage during regular season play ... final season hitting percentage was .248, a figure that was 500 points higher than her previous career-best mark and the highest by a Ragin' Cajuns outside hitter with 500-plus attack attempts in the rally scoring era ... overall, was one of only four SBC players to amass 350-plus kills ... ranked Top 5 in kills both overall and in Sun Belt play ... scored double digits in kills in all but five of Louisiana's 26 matches ... in conference play, accumulated the second-most kills with 229 kills over 64 sets (3.6 per set) ... generated 15 double-doubles including three 20-20 double-doubles of kills and digs ... led the Ragin' Cajuns in double-doubles for the second straight season and increased career total of double-doubles to 33 ... rounded up double figures in digs in all but 10 matches (out of 26 total) ... digs total exceeded 15 on nine occasions, highlighted by a stretch of five straight matches with 15-plus digs from Aug. 27 through Sept. 10 ... led the team with a career-high 29 aces - the first season with 20-plus aces ... had multiple aces eight times, highlighted by a stretch of four straight matches with multiple aces (Sept. 25-Oct. 8) ... quickly established herself as the go-to offensive weapon by registering 20-plus kills three times during the team's two non-conference tournaments ... posted her first 20-20 double-double of the season with a 24-kill, 22-dig effort at Southern Miss ... started off the UTRGV Tournament with a career-high of 27 kills against the host-Vaqueros while hitting .294 ... two days later would land 22 kills in the tournament final vs. Incarnate Word ... started a string of five consecutive double-doubles with 24 kills and 19 digs vs. Georgia Southern at Earl K. Long Gym (Sept. 25) .... offensive output against the Eagles marked her Sun Belt-high total ... led the charge in the five-set win at UT Arlington (Oct. 1) with 21 kills and 21 digs as the Ragin' Cajuns bounced back for a 3-2 win which kicked off the program's first-ever sweep of the Sun Belt's Texas road swing ... the next day had a match-high 17 kills in the historic win over Texas State in San Marcos (Oct. 2) ... combined with Coco Gillett to deliver nine kills (posting four of her own) to secure the win in the decisive fourth set ... pair of 10-kill outings against Arkansas State (Oct. 8) and Little Rock (Oct. 9) rounded out a season-best streak of 11 straight matches with double-digit kills (from Aug. 28 through Oct. 9) ... third and final 20-20 double-double came in five-set road win at Arkansas State, finishing with 23 kills and 21 digs.
2020 (Junior)
Took the court for every match (24) and every set (87) that Louisiana played ... for the second straight season was as a full-time member of the team's rotation ... recorded a second consecutive 200-200 season of kills and digs by utilizing career-bests averages of 3.2 kills and digs per set .. final season totals of 280 kills and 280 digs were also career-high figures ... second straight season surpassing the 200-mark in both categories ... was one of only 15 players in NCAA Division I to surpass 200 kills in the fall segment of the season ... led Louisiana with 13 double-doubles, all but one coming against Sun Belt Conference opponents ... first non-setter to lead the Ragin' Cajuns in double-doubles since Stacey Reilly in 2017 ... closed the season with five straight double-doubles ... those efforts led to her first career All-Sun Belt Conference selection (named to second team) ... ranked Top 10 nationally in total kills and digs, plus total points scored ... scored at least 30 kills in three of the four three-match Sun Belt series, highlighted by 52 kills at UT Arlington and 48 kills at Little Rock ... in SBC play reached double digits in kills in all but four of the 16 matches played, then added two additional double-digit efforts at the conference tournament ... recorded two separate stretches of five consecutive matches with double figures in kills (Sept. 25-Oct. 3 and Nov. 6-20) which marked a new personal-best streak ... final season tally of 15 matches with double-digit kills nearly doubled the amount from her sophomore season (8) and increased her career total to 23 ... posted a career-high 903 attack attempts ... surpassed five digs in all but one match and reached double figures 18 times ... increased her career total of matches with double-digit digs to 32 ... ranked Top 15 nationally, and inside the Sun Belt Conference, in total digs ... recorded the second-most digs on the squad, trailing only libero Hannah Ramirez ... rounded up at least 40 digs in three of the four three-match SBC series ... established a new career-best total with 46 blocks (9 BS, 37 BA) ... nearly doubled her previous-best blocks total (25 as a sophomore) ... had a hand in multiple blocks in 14 of the 24 matches played ... reached double digits in service aces for the second straight season, totaling 15 aces which was one shy of her career-high total ... earned the distinction of being a 500-500 career kills and digs performer ... scored her 500th career kill on Nov. 6 at UT Arlington and collected her 500th career dig on Oct. 23 vs. Arkansas State at Earl K. Long Gym ... reached the 200-200 mark in kills and digs a second straight season following the home match vs. ULM on Oct. 31 ... opened the season with 11 digs vs. Houston Baptist on Sept. 4, marking the first of three straight double-digit efforts to start the season ... supplied 17 kills in the HBU series including seven over the final three sets on Saturday as the Ragin' Cajuns rebounded from an opening-set loss ... finished off Louisiana's rally from a 13-6 deficit in the third set of the South Alabama series opener by landing a kill to break a 19-all tie and give the team the lead for good to finish off the sweep ... set a carer-best hitting percentage for a match with 20-plus attempts by scoring 13 kills off 29 attempts at a .414 rate in the doubleheader opener vs. Lamar (Sept. 19) ... led the charge with six kills in the tightly contested 27-25 set victory which allowed the team to collect a straight sets sweep ... beginning with a then career-high 18 kills in the Sun Belt opener at Little Rock on Sept. 25, would reach double digits in five consecutive matches ... had a set-high tying three kills as Louisiana held off Little Rock in the winner-take-all fifth stanza ... served the Ragin' Cajuns out to a 3-0 lead in the match-deciding set and with back-to-back kills following an 8-all tie kept the squad one step ahead ... with 15 kills and 15 digs in the series finale concluded the stay in Little Rock with a double-double in all three matches ... led the way with 17 kills in the series opener at ULM, netting three during a critical 5-0 run in the third set of a deadlocked match that led the team to a win ... had a match-high 13 kills in the finale in Monroe and was one dig shy of a fifth straight double-double ... in the second half of Sun Belt play was instrumental in two critical series victories: posted a team-leading 15 kills in rubber match vs. Arkansas State, then a doubleheader performance of 37 kills and 26 digs in the sweep of UTA that clinched the No. 2 seed from the SBC West ... was nearly unstoppable in the key win in the ASU series finale, firiing off 12 total kills - seven alone in the first set - as Louisiana raced out to a quick 2-0 match lead ... scored 20 kills in a collegiate match for the first time when she landed the exact amount in the series opener at UT Arlington on Nov. 6 ... added 16 digs to secure the first of a career-best streak of five consecutive double-doubles to close out the campaign ... combined with Hali Wisnoskie for 26 kills - registering 10 on her own - over the final three sets of the UTA opener leading Louisiana to the reverse sweep ... generated a match-high 17 kills, scoring at least four kills in each set Louisiana won, in the nightcap of the Friday doubleheader at UTA ... led the charge to finishing off the Mavericks in the fourth set as the first of her five kills down the stretch knotted the score at 15-all, then her final two tallies of the night broke a 24-all stalemate ... the 15 kills recorded in the Sun Belt Tournament opener vs. Little Rock (Nov. 18) marked her career-best total in the event.
2019 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 27 matches and competed in 101 sets ... turned in a 200-200 season of kills and digs ... surpassed the century mark in both categories - more than tripling rookie season output - for the first time as a collegiate volleyball player ... tallied at least five kills in 22 matches, reaching double digits on eight occasions, in totaling 222 kills at a 2.2 per set average ... powered by collecting double figures in digs in all but three of the season's remaining 17 matches - starting with the onset of Sun Belt Conference play - wound up with 276 digs ... had 14 matches of double-figure digs, third-most on the team ... during that season-ending streak of top-notch defensive play, scooped 243 digs and at average of 3.68 per set ... final season digs total ranked fourth on the team, while her 2.73 per set season average trailed only Hannah Ramirez and Avery Breaux ... in SBC play, turned in five weekends of both 10-plus kills and 20-plus digs ... in league matches, rounded up 15-plus digs in nine of the 16 matches played in the regular season ... ranked inside Top 25 in Sun Belt for digs per set in conference play ... finished the season with five double-doubles ... also set personal-best totals in assists (20), aces (16) and blocks (25) ... scored multiple aces five times, leading her to 16 total which ranked third on the squad ... turned in 10 matches of five-plus kills and a .250 or higher hitting percentage ... generated 253.5 points, at a rate of 2.51 per set, marking the third-most recorded by a Ragin' Cajun during the season ... attempted 777 total attacks, second-most on the team to only Hali Wisnoskie ... finished with a .158 season hitting percentage ... after injury sidelined her the season-opening weekend, debuted with 13 kills and nine digs vs. McNeese (Sept. 6) ... scored the final two kills of the win in the fourth set which evened the match, setting up Louisiana's fifth-set triumph ... picked up 17 more kills over the final two matches of the Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic (Eastern Michigan, Florida A&M), ending the event with 30 kills ... led the charge on offense on the opening day of Florida's Gators Invitational, totaling 13 kills in both matches against Northern Arizona and Liberty ... landed three kills in both the third and fourth set as Louisiana pushed Liberty to five sets ... gathered a career-high 22 digs to go along with nine kills and two blocks in the Sun Belt opener at Texas State (Sept. 27) ... adding in 17 digs at UT Arlington the next evening, closed out SBC-opening weekend with a 39 digs which was second only to Hannah Ramirez ... in the next outing, landed a career-high 18 kills in a five-set battle with Appalachian State at Earl K. Long Gym (Oct. 4) ... scooped 15 digs against the Mountaineers for her first career double-double ... delivered a career-high four aces in the win at Georgia Southern which jumpstarted Louisiana's 9-1 finish to the regular season ... led the way with five kills in the first set as the Ragin' Cajuns outlasted Georgia State in the opening frame of a sweep in Atlanta ... with 15 digs on Oct. 26 vs. Arkansas State, played a key role in holding the Red Wolves to a .000 hitting percentage ... ASU match marked the first of eight straight matches with double-digit digs to close the season ... reached 20 digs for the second time, finishing one shy of her career-high total, with 21 in a five-set thriller vs. UT Arlington on Nov. 1 ... followed up with a double-double of 10 kills and 17 digs in a five-set win over Sun Belt champion Texas State ... scooped up five digs in three of the four sets at ULM as Louisiana picked up a season-high 104 on Nov. 8 ... tallied a double-double of 14 kills and 15 digs in her postseason deubt vs. Arkansas State at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament (Nov. 21).
2018 (Freshman)
Competed in 25 matches (started seven) and saw time in 79 sets during collegiate debut season ... tallied multiple kills 15 times and finished with 66 total (0.84/set) ... added 63 digs (0.80/set) and 17 blocks (0.22/set) to her final stat line ... received the second-most playing time amongst all rookies ... nearly half of her blocks were solos (5 BS, 12 BA) ... opened the season with multiple kills in each of the first nine appearances (Aug. 24-Sept. 7) ... had a strong collegiate debut, hitting .313 in both of the first two outings: vs. Incarnate Word and UTEP at Tulane I-10 Challenge ... picked up 13 kills off 32 swings in both of the Ragin' Cajuns win's in the event ... contributed five kills, four digs and two blocks in the impressive sweep of Sam Houston State in the Sawyer Camillo Classic (Sept. 1) ... matched her season-high out put with seven kills in five-set win over Montana State at the TCU Fight in the Fort (Sept. 7) ... scored the kill in the fifth set vs. MSU which returned the lead back to four points (10-6) and started the set-ending 6-2 run ... delivered her Sun Belt-play weekend best of a combined seven kills on the Coastal Carolina-Appalachian State trip ... helped spark the four-set win over South Alabama at Earl K. Long Gym by producing six kills error-free on just 13 swings (.462 percentage) ... scored four kills in the tiebreaking third set against the Jaguars to help swing momentum to Louisiana's side ... fifth SBC outing of multiple kills came on Oct. 12 at Arkansas State as she scored four off 13 swings ... contributed a kill during the 3-1 run at the conclusion of the opening set vs. Arkansas State on Senior Day which increased the lead to 24-18.
High School
Was a six-rotation outside hitter for Allen High School … helped lead Eagles to a district title in 2016 and a runner-up finish in the highly competitive District 6-6A … totaled 261 kills, at an average of 2.5 per set, and also had 30 blocks and 105 digs during senior campaign … competed at the club level for Excel Volleyball Club in the North Texas Region … served as Excel 17 Red Team captain in 2017 helping lead the team to a No. 38 ranking in the Prep Volleyball national club rankings … named to the 2017 GJNC National Division All-Tournament team.
Personal
Born Oct. 4, 1999 in Plano, Texas … the daughter of Kevin and Carol Bennett … has one younger brother, Mason … named an AP scholar in high school senior year … is a kinesiology major … future plans are to become a physical therapist.
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