Utah State University Athletics

Karolyn Kirby was a two-time AIAW volleyball All-American at Utah State, leading the Aggies to three-straight top-10 national finishes from 1979-81. Kirby helped USU to a combined record of 106-38 (.736) during her three-year career, including a second-place finish in the 1979 AIAW Nationals at 35-5. The Aggies finished eighth nationally in 1980 and third in 1981. Kirby also was a two-time Intermountain All-Conference selection (1980-81). A member of the Women’s Professional Volleyball Association (WPVA), she teamed with Liz Masakayan to dominate the tour in 1993 and 1994, winning 23 of the 26 circuit events, losing only eight games in the process and producing a 55-match winning streak during one stretch. Kirby and Masakayan also won the title at the 1994 Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia.