2019 Volleyball Roster
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Smith, Kennedi
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Jersey Number 5
Kennedi Smith
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- High School:
- The Woodlands College Park High School
- Hometown:
- The Woodlands, Texas
- Major:
- Journalism
Bio
COLLEGIATE ACCOLADES
• All-ECAC Second Team (2017)
• 2x America East All-Conference First Team (2017, 2018)
• America East All-Conference Second Team (2019)
• America East All-Rookie Team (2016)
• 5x America East Player of the Week (10/24/17 ... 10/10/17 ... 10/09/18... 10/30/18... 11/06/18)
• 2x America East Rookie of the Week (9/27 ... 10/4)
• America East Commissioner's Honor Roll (2018)
• America East Academic Honor Roll (2019)
2019 SEASON
• All-ECAC Second Team (2017)
• 2x America East All-Conference First Team (2017, 2018)
• America East All-Conference Second Team (2019)
• America East All-Rookie Team (2016)
• 5x America East Player of the Week (10/24/17 ... 10/10/17 ... 10/09/18... 10/30/18... 11/06/18)
• 2x America East Rookie of the Week (9/27 ... 10/4)
• America East Commissioner's Honor Roll (2018)
• America East Academic Honor Roll (2019)
2019 SEASON
• Started all 27 matches and played all 102 sets
• Led the team in points (327), points per set (3.21), kills (277) and kills per set (2.72)
• Third in digs with 241 (2.36 per set)
• Third in service aces with 30 (0.29 per set)
• Also credited with 40 blocks (0.39 per set)
• 20 matches with 10+ points, including 16 with double-digit kills
• 12 matches with 10+ digs
• 10 double-doubles
• In 10 America East conference matches, averaged 3.43 points, 2.95 kills and 2.24 digs per set
• Season highs in kills (20) and points (22.5) with a .294 hitting percentage and two service aces at Stony Brook (11/15)
• Followed that with 16 kills (.400 hitting percentage), two aces and 18.5 points in the regular-season finale at Hartford
• Season-high 18 digs, as well as 13 kills, at Colgate (09/14)
• 15 kills and 15 digs vs. Loyola (09/21)
• Double-double with 15 kills and 10 digs in the season opener vs. Rhode Island (08/31)
• 12 kills on a .458 hitting percentage vs. NJIT (09/22)
• 12 kills and 13 digs in the America East semifinal vs. Hartford (11/22)
• Recorded 14 kills (.243 hitting percentage), and one ace for 15 points in her final collegiate match, the NIVC first round match vs. Tulane (12/06)
• Led the team in points (327), points per set (3.21), kills (277) and kills per set (2.72)
• Third in digs with 241 (2.36 per set)
• Third in service aces with 30 (0.29 per set)
• Also credited with 40 blocks (0.39 per set)
• 20 matches with 10+ points, including 16 with double-digit kills
• 12 matches with 10+ digs
• 10 double-doubles
• In 10 America East conference matches, averaged 3.43 points, 2.95 kills and 2.24 digs per set
• Season highs in kills (20) and points (22.5) with a .294 hitting percentage and two service aces at Stony Brook (11/15)
• Followed that with 16 kills (.400 hitting percentage), two aces and 18.5 points in the regular-season finale at Hartford
• Season-high 18 digs, as well as 13 kills, at Colgate (09/14)
• 15 kills and 15 digs vs. Loyola (09/21)
• Double-double with 15 kills and 10 digs in the season opener vs. Rhode Island (08/31)
• 12 kills on a .458 hitting percentage vs. NJIT (09/22)
• 12 kills and 13 digs in the America East semifinal vs. Hartford (11/22)
• Recorded 14 kills (.243 hitting percentage), and one ace for 15 points in her final collegiate match, the NIVC first round match vs. Tulane (12/06)
2018 SEASON
• Played in all 27 matches and 104 of 105 sets
• Led the team in total attacks (935)
• Second in points per set (3.18), points (331) and digs (329)
• In conference, ranked No. 9 in kills per set (2.82), No 8 in digs per set (3.16)
• 20 kills at Albany (11/09) on 53 total attacks
• 17 kills vs Princeton (09/14)
• Career high 20 digs against Temple (09/15)
• Recorded 12 double doubles, more than the rest of the team combined
• 17 matches with 10+ kills
• Season-high 20 kills and 22 points, as well as 15 digs, at UAlbany (11/09/18)
• Season-high .586 hitting percentage against Binghamton with 18 kills on 29 attacks (11/02)
• 20.5 points, 19 kills, and career-high 20 digs at Stony Brook (10/26)
• 19 kills and 20.5 points against Stony Brook (10/26)
• Season-high .412 hitting percentage at Hartford (10/28)
• String of four straight double-doubles beginning 09/11 against Northeastern, where she recorded 16 kills and 16 digs
• 11 kills and 13 digs against Northwestern for her first double double of the season (08/24)
• Recorded 11 kills the next day against South Dakota (08/25)
• 10 kills and 15 digs against Iona (09/01)
2017 SEASON
• Played in all 27 matches and 93 of 102 sets
• Team leader in kills (313) and kills/set (3.37), as well as points (361) and points/set (3.88)
• Second in digs (243) and digs/set (2.61)
• Fourth in service aces (26)
• Team-leading 10 double-doubles
• On the America East leaderboard, was No. 2 in kills/set and points/set, No. 3 in kills, No. 4 in points and No. 8 in both aces and aces/set
• In 12 conference matches, averaged 3.34 kills/set on a .234 hitting percentage, as well as 2.64 digs/set
• Team leader in kills 17 of 27 matches
• Recorded seven of the team's top 10 efforts in kills for the season
• Had five of the top 10 in total attempts, including the top three (52 at UMass Lowell; 49 at Stony Brook; 47 vs. Sacramento State)
• Recorded 10+ kills in 19 of 27 matches
• 10+ digs in 12 matches
• Career-high 21 kills at UMass Lowell (09/22)
• Season-high 18 digs vs. Rhode Island (09/16)
• Career-high five aces at St. John's (08/26)
• Season-high .611 hitting percentage (12K, 1E, 18 TA) vs. UMass Lowell (10/20)
• 18 kills, .317 hitting percentage, 17 digs and season-high four blocks vs. Stony Brook (10/06)
• The week of Sept. 12-16, tallied 15K, 17D at Northeastern, 11K, 18D vs. Rhode Island and 17K, 13D vs. Dartmouth
• 15 kills, 16 digs, two aces and a block in the regular-season finale at UMBC
• 10 kills on a .444% vs. UConn (08/25)
2016 SEASON
• Played in 31 of 32 matches and 93 of 116 sets
• Compiled 264 points
• Recorded 214 kills (2.30 per set) with a .157 hitting percentage
• Also credited with 170 digs, 39 blocks (5-34-39) and 28 service aces
• Ranked third on the team in kills and aces, as well as fourth in points
• In America East, ranked seventh in aces/set, 14th in points/set and 16th in kills/set
• Double-double (17 kills, 10 digs) vs. Northeastern
• Nine matches with double-digit kills, including the season-high 17 on a .448 hitting percentage vs. NU
• Four double-digit dig matches, including season-high 15 in regular-season finale vs. Binghamton
• Season-high four blocks vs. Sacred Heart (0-4-4) and Stony Brook (1-3-4)
• 16 kills and .353 hitting percentage at Hartford
• Nine kills with no errors on 16 swings for a .563 hitting percentage at Delaware State
• 11 kills in consecutive matches vs. Hartford and Albany; combined .354 hitting percentage in those two matches
• Six kills, .200 hitting percentage and seven digs in career debut at Navy
• In 12 America East conference matches (played 42 of 44 sets), tallied 107 kills (2.55/set) with a .172 hitting percentage.
BEFORE UNH
Smith was an outside hitter and defensive specialist at The Woodlands College Park High School in The Woodlands, Texas… Played for TAV Houston Club… Member of the All-Tournament team at the Girls Junior National Championship for the past two seasons… Named to First Team All-District and All-County while being named Offensive Player of the Year… District 16-6A MVP, Montgomery County co-MVP and College Park Offensive Player of the Year all during her senior year… Named to VYPE’s Fab 50 Pre-season team as well as the Greater Houston Volleyball Coaches Association All-Start Team.
PERSONAL
Born February 26, 1998 in Carrollton, Texas…Daughter of Robert and Cheryl Smith…Has an interest in being a division I volleyball coach after school.
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