Beth Bayless

Photo by: Alina Lebedeva

Photo by: Dave Crenshaw

Position:
Outside Hitter
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
High School:
Regent Prepatory School
Prev School:
Oklahoma

CAREER NOTES: A three-year letterwinner at Tulsa … Played in 90 matches and 305 sets for the Golden Hurricane … Held career averages of 2.65 points (817.5), 2.47 kills (760), 1.09 digs (336) and 0.26 blocks (80) per set … Recorded 34 double-digit kill matches, six double-figure dig contests and three double-doubles … Spent her freshman year at Oklahoma.

2x American Conference Weekly Honorable Mention
3x CSC Academic All-District Team
3x American Conference All-Academic Team

2025: Averaged 2.69 points (255.5) and 2.55 kills (242) in 95 sets spanning 28 matches.

Led TU in kills three times and aces once.
Had eight double-figure kill matches.
Put up 25 kills in three matches at Wyoming’s Rumble in the Rockies, averaging 2.78 per set.
Beat her former Oklahoma squad with 11 kills.
Recorded 12 kills against Arkansas.
Set a team season-high of 18 kills against UIW.
Combined for 14 kills in sweeps over Oral Roberts and Little Rock.
Earned 10 digs at UTSA and 10 kills at Rice.
Had eight kills in each of the home sweeps over UAB and Memphis.
Recorded 15 kills at Memphis and 17 kills at UAB to earn American Weekly Honorable Mention.
Notched 11 digs in the regular season finale against Tulane.
Averaged 2.58 points and 2.33 kills in TU’s run to the American title, peaking with 12 kills against Florida Atlantic in the quarterfinal.
Was errorless in the first-round match against Miami in the NCAA Championship, earning eight kills on 18 swings.

2024: Played in 92 sets across all 29 matches and held averages of 2.47 points, 2.22 kills and 1.75 digs per set in second year as a Golden Hurricane.

Had 10 double-digit kill contests, six double-figure dig matches and three double-doubles.
Named to the Baylor All-Classic team as the top hitter with 23 kills.
Notched 10 kills and 11 digs against Missouri State.
Recorded 11 kills against her former team, Oklahoma.
Dropped 14 and 12 kills against Rice and Tulane.
Stood out with 16 kills against South Florida.
13 kills against Memphis with 10 digs and third double-double.
Tied career high 2 aces with Charlotte.

2023: Started 11 matches and competed in 118 sets across 33 matches played; ranked No. 2 on the team with 334.5 points and 314 kills in her first season at Tulsa.

Reached double-figures in kills 16 times.
Recorded her first double-double against Northwestern State with 10 kills and 11 digs.
Had five total blocks against Sam Houston.
Knocked away 19 kills in the Hurricane’s opening-round win over Kansas City in the NIVC.

2022: Appeared in 3 sets over 3 matches at the University of Oklahoma.

HIGH SCHOOL

Graduated from Regent Preparatory School.
Earned First Team All-State her senior year.
Was awarded Pinnacle Conference Most Valuable Player her senior year.
Earned First-Team All-Conference in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
Was named Tulsa All-World Top-Three Player of the Year both her sophomore and senior year.
Set new Regent Prep career records with 2,119 Kills, 5.39 Kills per set, .314 hitting percentage.
Also set new single season records with 740 Kills, 5.92 Kills per set, .344 hitting percentage.
Was named Prep Volleyball High School All American-Special Mention her junior year.
Two-time Oklahoma 4A State tennis finalist (No. 1 singles) in her sophomore and junior year.
Valedictorian for Class of 2022.

PERSONAL

Daughter of Greg and Lisa Bayless.
Father, Greg, played basketball at Oklahoma Baptist University.
Has three siblings, Braden, Benjamin and Bo.
Her favorite TV show is “Little House on the Prairie.”
Her favorite local restaurant is Ri-Le.
Her go to karaoke song is “Amarillo” by George Strait.
Majoring in speech language pathology with a certificate in classical studies.
Has distinguished herself as the only TU student-athlete in the university honors program.