2017 Volleyball Roster
Friers, Kelly
Jersey Number 16
Kelly Friers
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- High School:
- Cumberland Valley
- Hometown:
- Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Bio
2017 (Senior):
Appeared and started in the ‘Cats first 13 matches before missing the rest of her final campaign due to injury… was ranked amongst the top of the league in kills per set, kills, and hitting percentage… fell one kill shy of matching her career high 20 in two separate contests (19 vs. App. State, 8/26) (19 vs. Wofford, 9/09)… posted a career-best .500 hitting efficiency vs. Wofford… recorded an above .300 hitting percentage in every match but one… finished year with 182 kills at a .306 clip… also tallied 18 blocks, including three solo rejections vs. App. State (a career best)…
2016 (Junior):
Appeared in 27 matches, making 16 starts… Led the team with 247 kills, averaging 2.40 per set… Reached new career-high of 20 kills at La Salle (9/30)… Recorded 11 double-digit kill matches, including three straight (George Washington-10/7, George Mason 10/9, Charlotte-10/11)… Led the team in kills in a team-high five different matches.. picked up two solo blocks vs. both William & Mary (9/17) and George Washington (10/7)… registered season-best .395 hitting efficiency vs. William & Mary, where she turned in 18 slams… Finished season with 106 digs and 50 blocks as well…
2015 (Sophomore):
Appeared in 11 matches, making seven starts before missing the rest of the season with injuries... recorded five double-digit kill matches, the most being 13 at Fordham (Sept. 25)... Finished with 75 kills...
2014 (Freshman):
Registered two blocks against Mercer (Aug. 30) … Notched three kills, two aces, a block and a dig at Wake Forest (Sept. 5) … Turned in three digs and two kills versus Presbyterian (Sept. 6) … Scored four kills versus Charlotte (Sept. 13) … Added 10 kills and three blocks against High Point (Sept. 13) … Tallied a kill versus VCU (Sept. 27) … Notched six kills at Saint Louis (Oct. 5) … Contributed eight kills and a .438 hitting percentage against Duquesne (Oct. 10) … Turned in seven kills versus La Salle (Oct. 12) … Totaled a pair of kills and blocks versus George Washington (Oct. 17) … Registered nine kills and two blocks versus George Mason (Oct. 19) ... Posted 10 kills at Fordham (Oct. 24) … Had four blocks at Rhode Island (Oct. 25) ... Tallied six kills on 14 attempts to hit .357 to go along with four blocks versus top-ranked Dayton (Nov. 2) ... Had 15 kills, six digs and two blocks at George Mason (Nov. 7) ... Totaled six kills, three digs and a block versus George Washington (Nov. 8) ... Had five kills and two digs at VCU (Nov. 15).
Before Davidson:
Played setter, opposite, middle blocker and outside hitter as a four-year letterwinner at Cumberland Valley ... PIAA State All-Star, District 3 All-Star First Team… Patriot News Big 15 All –Star First Team honoree in both 2012 and 2013 … Earned both Mid Penn Conference MVP and Carlisle Sentinel Player of the Year accolades as a senior in 2013 … As a junior in 2012, was honored on the Mid Penn Conference All-Star First Team … Earned numerous player of the week designations throughout her career … Boasts 1,506 career assists (655 in her senior campaign) along with 228 career kills and 297 career blocks … Also competed in basketball and lacrosse for the Eagles ... Member of the National Honor Society and National Foreign Language Honor Society.
Personal:
Daughter of Maggie and Tim and sister of Bryan … Will enter Davidson as a biology/pre-med major.
Appeared and started in the ‘Cats first 13 matches before missing the rest of her final campaign due to injury… was ranked amongst the top of the league in kills per set, kills, and hitting percentage… fell one kill shy of matching her career high 20 in two separate contests (19 vs. App. State, 8/26) (19 vs. Wofford, 9/09)… posted a career-best .500 hitting efficiency vs. Wofford… recorded an above .300 hitting percentage in every match but one… finished year with 182 kills at a .306 clip… also tallied 18 blocks, including three solo rejections vs. App. State (a career best)…
2016 (Junior):
Appeared in 27 matches, making 16 starts… Led the team with 247 kills, averaging 2.40 per set… Reached new career-high of 20 kills at La Salle (9/30)… Recorded 11 double-digit kill matches, including three straight (George Washington-10/7, George Mason 10/9, Charlotte-10/11)… Led the team in kills in a team-high five different matches.. picked up two solo blocks vs. both William & Mary (9/17) and George Washington (10/7)… registered season-best .395 hitting efficiency vs. William & Mary, where she turned in 18 slams… Finished season with 106 digs and 50 blocks as well…
2015 (Sophomore):
Appeared in 11 matches, making seven starts before missing the rest of the season with injuries... recorded five double-digit kill matches, the most being 13 at Fordham (Sept. 25)... Finished with 75 kills...
2014 (Freshman):
Registered two blocks against Mercer (Aug. 30) … Notched three kills, two aces, a block and a dig at Wake Forest (Sept. 5) … Turned in three digs and two kills versus Presbyterian (Sept. 6) … Scored four kills versus Charlotte (Sept. 13) … Added 10 kills and three blocks against High Point (Sept. 13) … Tallied a kill versus VCU (Sept. 27) … Notched six kills at Saint Louis (Oct. 5) … Contributed eight kills and a .438 hitting percentage against Duquesne (Oct. 10) … Turned in seven kills versus La Salle (Oct. 12) … Totaled a pair of kills and blocks versus George Washington (Oct. 17) … Registered nine kills and two blocks versus George Mason (Oct. 19) ... Posted 10 kills at Fordham (Oct. 24) … Had four blocks at Rhode Island (Oct. 25) ... Tallied six kills on 14 attempts to hit .357 to go along with four blocks versus top-ranked Dayton (Nov. 2) ... Had 15 kills, six digs and two blocks at George Mason (Nov. 7) ... Totaled six kills, three digs and a block versus George Washington (Nov. 8) ... Had five kills and two digs at VCU (Nov. 15).
Before Davidson:
Played setter, opposite, middle blocker and outside hitter as a four-year letterwinner at Cumberland Valley ... PIAA State All-Star, District 3 All-Star First Team… Patriot News Big 15 All –Star First Team honoree in both 2012 and 2013 … Earned both Mid Penn Conference MVP and Carlisle Sentinel Player of the Year accolades as a senior in 2013 … As a junior in 2012, was honored on the Mid Penn Conference All-Star First Team … Earned numerous player of the week designations throughout her career … Boasts 1,506 career assists (655 in her senior campaign) along with 228 career kills and 297 career blocks … Also competed in basketball and lacrosse for the Eagles ... Member of the National Honor Society and National Foreign Language Honor Society.
Personal:
Daughter of Maggie and Tim and sister of Bryan … Will enter Davidson as a biology/pre-med major.
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