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2023 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Arndorfer, Kaylissa
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Jersey Number 17
Kaylissa Arndorfer
- Position:
- Opposite
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Waterloo West HS
- Hometown:
- Waterloo, Iowa
Bio
2023: MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in 103 sets across 31 matches ... Recorded 157 kills (1.52 per set) with a .222 attack percentage, eight assists (0.08 per set), 50 digs (0.49 per set) and a 58 total blocks (0.56 per set) ... Posted a season-best 12-kill performance vs. Indiana State (11/3/23) and season-high six digs at No. 20 Creighton (9/3/23) ... Blocked a season-high six attacks against Southern Illinois in the MVC Tournament semifinals (11/21/23) ... Recorded her 300th career block against Miami (FL) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (11/30/23).
2022: MVC Board of Director's and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll ... Appeared in 36 sets across 15 matches played including three starts with 58 kills at 1.61 kills per set, .219 attack percentage, 21 blocks at 0.58 blocks per set, 19 digs at 0.53 digs per set, and one ace ... season-high 11 kills and five digs with .429 hitting against SEMO (9/10/22) ... also reached double figures with 10 terminations compared to one error on 20 attempts for .450 hitting at Indiana State (10/21/22) ... kills on all three attacks in fourth set at Missouri State (9/30/22) ... season-high four blocks versus USC (9/2/22) and against UIC (10/14/22) ... recorded ace on first serve in two seasons in NCAA Championship first round versus Florida State (12/2/22).
2021: Played in 112 sets while playing in all 31 matches with starts at Washington State (9/10/21) and at Valparaiso (11/1/21) ... Cougar Challenge All-Tournament Team ... MVC Honor Roll ... finished with 187 kills at 1.67 per set and 65 blocks at 0.58 per set ... double-figure kills five times including four out of five matches from Drake (10/29/21) through season-high of 16 kills at Indiana State (11/12/21) ... season-high seven blocks versus Ball State (8/28/21) ... 88 consecutive appearances without any matches missed across first three seasons.
2020 (Spring 2021): Played in 86 sets ... finished the season with 192 kills, a .172 hitting percentage, 75 total blocks, 58 digs, and 29 service aces … averaged 3.02 points per set and 2.23 kills per set ... recorded a career-best four service aces against Missouri State (2/14/21) and Southern Illinois (2/22/21), a career-high of eight total blocks against DePaul (3/7/21), and a career-high 20 kills against Bradley (3/27/2021) ... hit a season-high .407 attack percentage with 16 kills against Missouri State (02/15/21).
2019: All-MVC First Team ... MVC All-Freshman Team ... finished with .308 hitting percentage, 277 kills, 82 blocks, 58 digs, 29 service aces, and three assists ... recorded double-digit kills 14 times ... hit .548 with 18 kills against Indiana State (9/28/19) ... hit .520 with 15 kills at Valparaiso (9/30/19) ... recorded a season-high 19 kills at Evansville (10/26/19) ... finished with six blocks against Valparaiso (11/29/19).
High School: Kaylissa Arndorfer excelled under coach Haley Eckerman at Waterloo West High School ... a four-year starter for the Wahawks, Arndorfer earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors as a freshman and improved on that success as a sophomore earning Second Team All-Conference honors ... as a junior, Arndorfer averaged 2.76 kills per set and 1.59 blocks per set while again earning Second Team All-Conference honors ... Arndorfer averaged 3.82 kills per set as a senior while earning First Team All-Conference honors.
Personal: Kaylissa is the daughter of Pam and Bill Arndorfer and sister to Isaiah ... majoring in Early Childhood and Elementary Education.
2022: MVC Board of Director's and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll ... Appeared in 36 sets across 15 matches played including three starts with 58 kills at 1.61 kills per set, .219 attack percentage, 21 blocks at 0.58 blocks per set, 19 digs at 0.53 digs per set, and one ace ... season-high 11 kills and five digs with .429 hitting against SEMO (9/10/22) ... also reached double figures with 10 terminations compared to one error on 20 attempts for .450 hitting at Indiana State (10/21/22) ... kills on all three attacks in fourth set at Missouri State (9/30/22) ... season-high four blocks versus USC (9/2/22) and against UIC (10/14/22) ... recorded ace on first serve in two seasons in NCAA Championship first round versus Florida State (12/2/22).
2021: Played in 112 sets while playing in all 31 matches with starts at Washington State (9/10/21) and at Valparaiso (11/1/21) ... Cougar Challenge All-Tournament Team ... MVC Honor Roll ... finished with 187 kills at 1.67 per set and 65 blocks at 0.58 per set ... double-figure kills five times including four out of five matches from Drake (10/29/21) through season-high of 16 kills at Indiana State (11/12/21) ... season-high seven blocks versus Ball State (8/28/21) ... 88 consecutive appearances without any matches missed across first three seasons.
2020 (Spring 2021): Played in 86 sets ... finished the season with 192 kills, a .172 hitting percentage, 75 total blocks, 58 digs, and 29 service aces … averaged 3.02 points per set and 2.23 kills per set ... recorded a career-best four service aces against Missouri State (2/14/21) and Southern Illinois (2/22/21), a career-high of eight total blocks against DePaul (3/7/21), and a career-high 20 kills against Bradley (3/27/2021) ... hit a season-high .407 attack percentage with 16 kills against Missouri State (02/15/21).
2019: All-MVC First Team ... MVC All-Freshman Team ... finished with .308 hitting percentage, 277 kills, 82 blocks, 58 digs, 29 service aces, and three assists ... recorded double-digit kills 14 times ... hit .548 with 18 kills against Indiana State (9/28/19) ... hit .520 with 15 kills at Valparaiso (9/30/19) ... recorded a season-high 19 kills at Evansville (10/26/19) ... finished with six blocks against Valparaiso (11/29/19).
High School: Kaylissa Arndorfer excelled under coach Haley Eckerman at Waterloo West High School ... a four-year starter for the Wahawks, Arndorfer earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors as a freshman and improved on that success as a sophomore earning Second Team All-Conference honors ... as a junior, Arndorfer averaged 2.76 kills per set and 1.59 blocks per set while again earning Second Team All-Conference honors ... Arndorfer averaged 3.82 kills per set as a senior while earning First Team All-Conference honors.
Personal: Kaylissa is the daughter of Pam and Bill Arndorfer and sister to Isaiah ... majoring in Early Childhood and Elementary Education.
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