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2019 Women's Volleyball Roster

Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Dennis Snyder
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer

3 Kathleen Reilly

3 Kathleen Reilly

  • Position:
    Defensive Specialist/Libero
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    St. James Academy
  • Hometown:
    Overland Park, Kan.

Summary

Biography

*has 2,326 career digs, the third most in WMU history and third most in MAC history

2019:
AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention .... MAC Co-Defensive Player of the Year ... Academic All-MAC ... Named to Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational All-Tournament Team ... MAC West Defensive Player of the Week (9/2) ... MAC West Defensive Player of the Week (9/9) ... MAC West Defensive Player of the Week (9/16) ... Delta Hotels by Marriott Kalamazoo Conference Center All-Tournament Team ...  ranked second in the MAC at 5.37 digs per set & first in the MAC with 601 total digs ... 601 total digs was 8th most in a single-season in school history ... registered double digit digs in every match ... appeared and started in all 32 matches ... notched a season-high 35 digs vs. Loyola-Maryland (9/6) ... had 16 matches with over 20 digs and 5 matches with over 30 digs ... 

2018: Appeared in all 30 matches, playing in a team-high 116 sets ... had a team-high 544 digs, averaging 4.69 per set ... earned MAC West Defensive Player of the Week honors (11/12) ... recorded double-digit digs in 27 matches ... had over 20 digs in 11 matches including four straight to end the season ... registered a career-high 36 digs in five sets vs. Northern Arizona (9/1) ... began the season with 20 straight double digit dig matches ... had a career-high five service aces vs. Utah State (9/8).

2017: Appeared in all 31 matches ... named to Academic All-MAC Team and honored as a MAC Distinguished Scholar ... named to MAC All-Tournament Team ... earned MAC West Defensive Player of the Week four consecutive weeks ... had 20+ digs in 17 matches and 30+ digs in four ... averaged career-high 5.30 digs per set ... helped WMU return to the MAC Tournament Championship game for the first time since 2014 ... had season-high 35 digs at Toledo ... rattled off three straight 30+ dig matches in MAC Tournament wins over Central Michigan, Ball State and Bowling Green.

2016: Appeared in 31 matches and 117 sets ... named to MAC All-Freshman team ... averaged 4.66 digs per set to lead the team ... made collegiate debut with 21 digs against Cleveland State (8/26) ... had 25 digs against Northern Arizona (9/2) ... combined with 40 digs in seven sets in wins against Akron and Buffalo, earning MAC West Defensive Player of the Week (10/14-15) ... earned MAC West Defensive Player of the Week a second time after recording 29 digs at Ball State and 22 at Toledo (11/11-12). 

High School: Helped her school to two Kansas 5A State Championships in 2013 and 2015, also finishing runner-up in 2014 ... named First Team All-State in 2015 and was awarded as a Missouri/Kansas All-Star ... named to All-Tournament Team at the USAV Junior National Championships.

Personal: Nursing major ... graduated from St. James Academy in 2016 ... daughter of Patrick and Connie Reilly ... born on May 4, 1998 in Kansas City, Mo.
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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2016Freshman

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'5"
    3
  • 3

    2017Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'5"
    3
  • 3

    2018Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'5"
    3
  • 3

    2019Senior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'5"
    3