2019 Volleyball Roster
Kayley Cassaday
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-11
- Hometown:
- Overland Park, Kan.
- High School:
- Blue Valley North HS
CAREER AT TULSA — A five-year letterwinner ... played in 136 total matches and 516 sets ... has 1,913 career kills to rank second on the TU all-time leaderboard … an 11-time selection to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll and a four-time AAC Offensive Player of the Week … a three-time first team all-conference selection … a two-time Academic All-American (2nd team 2022, 1st team 2023) … an Honorable Mention All-American (2023).
2023 — Was one of four athletes to start and play in every set of TU’s 33 matches ... enjoyed one of the best seasons by an outside hitter in program history, finishing atop the nation for kills (632) and attacks (1,757), second for points (681.5) and attacks per set (14.28), third for kills per set (5.14) and fourth for points per set (5.54) ... led The American in all six previous benchmarks from Tulsa’s 3-0 performance at the Tulsa Invite through the end of the year ... led the country for four weeks in kills, kills per set, points and attacks ... recorded double-figures in kills in all but one match, 20+ kills in 11 matches and 30+ kills in one match ... tallied a career-high 35 kills against Sam Houston (9/16), the fourth-most in a match in program history ... had a school-record 99 attacks against Ole Miss (9/15) ... broke the program season record for total attacks (1,757) ... finished with the fourth-highest kill count in a season for TU (632) ... ended the year second on the all-time Tulsa career kills chart with 1,913 ... tabbed to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll three times and was the only player in the league to garner four Offensive Player of the Week awards ... earned first team all-conference honors for a third consecutive year ... earned a spot on the CSC Academic All-District Team ... named North All-Region and Honorable Mention All-America by the AVCA … named First Team Academic All-America.
2022 — Started and played in all 117 sets across 31 matches for Tulsa … finished the year ranked second in the conference for kills (525), kills per set (4.44), total points scored (565.5) and points per set (4.83) … added 251 digs, 35 blocks and 19 service aces … notched 11 double-doubles throughout the year. Tulsa went 7-4 in matches where Cassaday recorded a double-double … recorded 1,646 total attacks—the second-most in a single season in TU history after Emily Thorson in 2017 (1,710) … registered 50+ attacks in 17 matches, 60+ attacks in 12 matches and 70+ attacks in three matches to finish the year with a nation-leading average of 14.07 attacks per set … has 1,281 career kills, which ranks her fourth all-time on the TU leaderboards … was named to The American’s Weekly Honor Roll five times on the way to being named First Team All-Conference … named Second Team All-America by College Sports Communicators.
2021 —?Played in 29?matches and started 24 of them for the Golden Hurricane ... earned American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team honors... named an AVCA North All-Region Honorable Mention ... led the team and was third in the AAC with 455 kills and 3.99 kills per set... registered a career-high 26 kills on a .453 hitting percentage at Cincinnati (11/21) ... finished the season with 25 matches of double-digit kills, and nine matches of at least 20 kills ... was third on the team with 43.0 total blocks ... averaged 4.26 points per set ... had six double-doubles ... finished the season with 455 kills on a .244 hitting percentage, 155 digs, 43.0 total blocks, eight assists and eight service aces.
2020-21 —?Appeared in 10 matches for Tulsa ... in the season opener vs. Wichita State, had 3.43 kills a set and put in a .221 hitting percentage ... had 21 total blocks on the season ... led the team with 125.5 points over the 10 matches.
2019 —?Appeared in 33 matches, started four … tallied double-digit kills in four contests, including a season-high 12 kills against Oral Roberts (9/11) and Weber State (12/12) ... added a season-best nine digs at South Dakota (12/14) ... tallied at least four total blocks in five matches ... finished the season with 189 kills, 78 digs, 54 points, 54 total blocks and five assists.
HIGH SCHOOL —?Was a four-year letterwinner at Blue Valley North High School … set school records for in total kills (1,571) and attempts (3,880) … named the Eastern Kansas League MVP her senior season … was a three-time EKL first-team recipient and earned honorable mention accolades as a freshman … earned all-state recognition three times, including first-team honors as a senior … received KVA Academic All-State honors all four years.
PERSONAL —?Born Kayley Rose Cassaday on Oct. 15, 2000, in Kansas City, Mo. … daughter of Chris and Heidi Cassaday … has one younger sister, Lauren, who plays basketball at Washburn University … father played basketball at Morningside … mother played volleyball at Bartlesville Wesleyan … started playing volleyball at the age of 8 … her favorite food is popcorn …?The Girl on the Train?is her favorite book …?Big Mouth?is her favorite TV show … her favorite professional volleyball player is Megan Courtney …? is majoring in mechanical engineering.
