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2017 Women's Volleyball Roster

Profile

  • Opposite Side Hitter
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Farmington, Utah
    Hometown
  • 6'2
    Height
  • Viewmont HS
    High School
Kayla DeCoursey
#11
Kayla DeCoursey
Opposite Side Hitter
Position
Senior
Class
Farmington, Utah
Hometown

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Biography

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2015, 2016, 2017), Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2014, 2015, 2016).

2017 SEASON (SR): Appeared in all 30 matches with 19 starts, playing in 108 sets... Finished second on the team with 273 kills, averaging 2.53 per set... Recorded a career-high-tying 17 kills at Southern Utah (11/15) and at UNLV (9/28)... Logged double-digit kills 12 times during the year... Also finished second on the team with 77 blocks, averaging 0.71 per set... Recorded a career-high-tying six blocks against Arizona State (9/9)... One of five Aggies to recorded 150 or more digs during the year, finishing the season with 150 and averaging 1.39 per set... Tallied a career-high 17 digs against Air Force (11/11) and added 13 kills for her first career double-double... Recorded double-digit digs four times... Finished third on the team with 22 service aces, logging a career-high three at Air Force (10/12)... Totaled seven assists during the year... Joe E. & Elma Whitesides Scholar Athlete recipient... Earned academic all-Mountain West  honors.

2016 SEASON (JR): Appeared in all 30 matches with 29 starts, playing in 107 sets… Finished third on the team in kills with 255, averaging 2.38 per set… Recorded a career-high 17 kills at Oregon State (8/26) as part of 13 double-digit kill outings during the year… Finished third on the team with 75 blocks, averaging 0.70 per set… Recorded a career-high six blocks at Wyoming (10/27)… Recorded 46 digs… Matched career high of five digs at Utah (9/17)... Joe E. & Elma Whitesides Scholar Athlete... Earned academic all-Mountain West and Scholar Athlete honors.

SUMMER 2016: Member of the Mountain West All-Star team that competed in the World Volleyball Challenge in Pula, Croatia, finishing third.

2015 SEASON (SO): Appeared in 18 matches, playing in 61 sets with 13 starts... Missed the first 14 matches of the season because of injury... Finished the season third on the team with 144 kills, averaging 2.36 per set... Recorded a career-high 14 kills against San Diego State (11/14) as part of five double-digit kill performances during the year... Recorded 24 blocks, averaging 0.39 per set, including a career-high four blocks against Nevada (11/12)... Also logged 20 digs and two assists, including a career-high five digs against UNLV (10/3)... Earned academic all-Mountain West and Scholar Athlete honors... Named America First Credit Union USU Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 9).

2014 SEASON (RS-FR): Appeared in 11 matches with two starts, playing in 24 sets... Recorded 35 kills, averaging 1.46 per set while hitting .114 (35-23-105)... Hit a season-high .467 at Wyoming (10/23) with eight kills on 15 attempts with only one error... Had one of her best appearances at Air Force (10/4), tallying a season-high nine kills on a season-high 22 attempts... Recorded 10 digs, including a season-high three at Fresno State (11/15)... Also logged 13 blocks, averaging 0.54 per set during the year and recording season highs of three against San José State (10/9) and at UC Irvine (9/6)... Named a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

2013 SEASON (FR): Redshirted during her first year at Utah State.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Was a three-year starter and letterwinner at Viewmont High School in Farmington, Utah, where she was coached by USU volleyball great Melissa Osterloh-Brewer... Posted a career attacking percentage of .382 with 42.5 career blocks... Helped lead the Vikings to the second round of the 5A playoffs as a junior... Played for Club V Volleyball Club, helping the 17’s teams to a top-50 ranking in 2012... Posted a .351 attack percentage in recording 199 kills and 36.5 total blocks as a senior... Off the court, was on either the Honor Roll or High Honor Roll every year since the seventh grade.

PERSONAL: Last name is pronounced Dee-coursee... Youngest of six children of Dave and Cynthia DeCoursey... Has three brothers and two sisters... Majoring in family consumer science education.

Season MP SP K K/S E TA PCT A SA DIG D/S BS BA TB B/S
2014 (RS FR) 11 24 35 1.46 23 105 .114 0 0 10 0.42 0 13 13 0.54
2015 (SO) 18 61 144 2.36 53 389 .234 2 0 20 0.33 3 21 24 0.39
2016 (JR) 30 107 255 2.38 83 646 .266 1 0 46 1.98 2 73 75 0.70
2016 (SR) 30 108 273 2.53 95 769 .231 7 22 150 1.39 4 73 77 0.71
Total 89 300 707 2.36 254 1,909 .237 3 0 76 0.40 5 107 112 0.58
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