2018 Women's Volleyball Roster

13 Kaity Edwards

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • High School Santa Clara
  • Hometown Playa Del Rey, CA
  • Major Psychology

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 
  • Two-time All-WCC honorable mention (2016, 2017)
  • Graduated with the fifth-highest hitting percentage in program history (.361)
RS SENIOR (2018)
  • All-WCC Preseason Team
  • Appeared in 14 matches with 9 starts
  • Had 73 kills with a 1.78 kills per set average
  • Had 15 blocks with a .37 blocks per set average
RS JUNIOR (2017) 
  • All-WCC honorable mention
  • Started all 30 matches
  • Played in 102 of a possible 104 sets
  • Second on the team in attack percentage (.382), kills (273) and kills per set (2.68)
  • Third on the team with 60 blocks
RS SOPHOMORE (2016)
  • Was an All-WCC Honorable Mention selection
  • The middle blocker was third on the team with 235 kills while hitting at a clip of .364
  • Third on the team with 66 total blocks and 58 block assists
  • Hit 1.000 with five kills at Portland (10/15)
  • Hit at a percentage of .667 with 14 kills vs Minnesota (8/27)
  • Second on the team with 24 service aces
RS FRESHMAN (2015)
  • Utilized redshirt season
FRESHMAN (2014)
  • Played at Santa Clara University
  • One of three Bronco freshmen named to the WCC All-Freshman Team
  • Played in 32 matches this year
  • Finished fourth on the team with 217 kills, averaging 1.97 kpg
  • Tallied 17 digs, averaging 0.15 dpg
  • Finished first on the team with 92 total blocks, averaging 0.84 bpg
  • Vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Aug. 29) started and hit .800 with 4 kills and 2 aces
  • Vs. Lafayette (Aug. 30) hit .500 with 3 kills
  • Started at Hofstra (Aug. 30) with 13 kills and hit .684
  • Started at Army (Sept. 2) hitting .800 with 8 kills
  • Had 2 kills vs. Central Conn. St. (Sept. 5)
  • Started and had 12 kills and hit .588 at Harvard (Sept. 5)
  • Had 4 kills vs. Delaware (Sept. 6)
  • Named to All-Tournament Team at Stanford Invitational
  • Had 10 kills vs. Penn (Sept. 12)
  • Vs. No. 20 Duke (Sept. 13) earned 6 kills and 5 block assists
  • At No. 1 Stanford (Sept. 13) earned 6 kills
  • Had 6 kills and hit .556 at UCSB (Sept. 19)
  • Had 9 kills and hit .412 with 4 block assists vs. NIU (Sept. 20)
  • Picked up 14 kills at Cal Poly (Sept. 20)
  • Had 6 kills at San Francisco (Sept. 26)
  • Had 3 kills and 4 block assists vs. Pacific (Sept. 30)
  • Hit .562 with 10 kills and 7 block assists at No. 24 San Diego (Oct. 2)
  • At No. 10 BYU (Oct. 4) earned 5 kills
  • Vs. Portland (Oct. 9) earned 8 kills while hitting .438 with 6 block assists
  • Vs. Gonzaga (Oct. 10) had 10 kills
  • Had 10 kills and 5 block assists at Pepperdine (Oct. 16)
  • Earned 6 kills at No. 24 LMU (Oct. 18)
  • Had 4 kills and 6 blocks at Saint Mary's (Oct. 23) ... had 4 kills and 4 blocks vs. No. 11 BYU (Oct. 30)
  • Earned 13 kills vs. No. 24 USD (Nov. 1)
  • Had 8 kills and 5 blocks at Gonzaga (Nov. 6)
  • Picked up 4 kills and 4 blocks at Portland (Nov. 8)
  • Had 6 kills and 3 blocks vs. No. 24 LMU (Nov. 13)
  • Recorded 7 kills while hitting .667, picked up 1 dig and 1 block assist against Pepperdine (Nov. 15)
  • Tallied 5 kills and 6 block assists in 3-0 shutout against USF (Nov. 20)
  • Picked up 3 kills, 2 digs, and 4 block assists in win over Saint Mary's (Nov. 24)
  • Earned 8 kills, hitting .800 (0 e, 10 att.) at No. 13 Oregon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 5)
FRESHMAN (2013)
  • Redshirted due to injury in her first year at University of Wyoming before transferring to Santa Clara
HIGH SCHOOL:
  • A three-year letter winner at Marymount High School in Los Angeles, Calif., as a senior, her high school team was CIF California State Division 1, CIF Southern California Division 1, CIF-SS Division 1AA and Sunshine League Champion, as well as winner of the California Challenge Tournament
  • Named PrepVolleyball First-Team All-American, Volleyball Magazine/Mizuno Second-Team All-American, Max Preps First-Team All-State, CIF-SS Player of the Year and Sunshine League Most Valuable Player honors in addition to being named Most Outstanding Player of both the California State and Southern California Regional Championships
  • She was a PrepVolleyball Top 100 Senior Ace and All-Tournament at the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions
  • Her junior year her team was California State Division 1 Runner-Up and CIF Southern California Division 1, CIF-SS Division 1A and Sunshine League Champion
  • That season she named PrepVolleyball All-American, Sunshine League First Team and Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions All-Tournament honors
  • As a sophomore, the Sailors were CIF-SS Division 1 and Sunshine League Champions and she was named to the Sunshine League Second Team
CLUB:
  • Played on Sunshine Volleyball 15-, 16- and 17-Westside and Mizuno Long Beach 18-Rockstar teams as the teams qualified in the Open Division of Junior Nationals each year
  • Won Lone Star Open and Northeast Open Qualifier
  • Finished second in Mideast Open and Southern California Open Qualifiers
  • Was twice named to the All-SCVR First-Team
PERSONAL:
  • Born on April 11, 1995 in Playa del Rey, CA to Tom and Lisa Edwards
  • Chose to attend USD because the Toreros are always near the top of the WCC in volleyball, and she wanted to be a part of that
  • Additionally she notes that she will be able to prepare for a graduate program in physical therapy while also getting my degree in Psychology, while at USD and she feels it's great to be back in sunny Southern California...has two siblings: Matt and Jenny
  • Her father, Tom, participated in track and field at the University of Florida, while her mother, Lisa, was a two-time All-American and won the NCAA National Championship in 1984 as a member of the UCLA volleyball team from 1983-86
  • Major is Psychology

EDWARDS SUPERLATIVES
 
Career Highs
Kills:

14 at Utah (9/8/17)*

Attacks:

31 at Pepperdine (10/21/17)

Assists: 4 vs. St. Mary's (11/2/17)
Digs: 6 vs. Colorado (9/9/16)
Service Aces: 6 vs. UC Irvine (9/8/16)
Block Solos: 3 vs. Gonzaga (11/12/16)
Block Assists:

7 at Pacific (10/5/17)

Total Blocks:

7 at Pacific (10/5/17)

*Indicates most recent high
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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2015Redshirt Sophomore

    MB
    6'2"
    13
  • 13

    2016Redshirt Junior

    MB
    6'2"
    13
  • 13

    2017Redshirt Junior

    MB
    6'2"
    13
  • 13

    2018Redshirt Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    13