Three teams, West Virginia, Texas Tech and TCU, were invited to the new NIVC tournament. West Virginia did great, going 3 - 1, ending with a loss to Ole Miss. Texas Tech did even better, going 4 - 1, also losing to Ole Miss. TCU also did well, going 3 - 1, ending with a loss to Texas Tech.

I keep my own NCAA Tournament bracket, which I began doing for this page in 2000. Links are right here, in the navigation column. I used Adobe PageMaker to make the brackets in those early years, and now use Adobe InDesign.

You might be interested in a look at my table of the Big 12 Rankings. This dates back to the beginning of the Big 12, in 1996. I update it each year. Although Kansas State didn't have the season we hoped for, it's worth noting that we are still securely in 2nd place (behind Texas) in the all-time Big 12 W/L percentage (conference matches only), excluding the defectors: NU, MU, CU and TAMU.

Next, I have a Big 12 Standings page, which displays the end-of-season outcomes for each team, going back to the beginning, in 1996!

Finally, if you haven't noticed, I have a master Big 12 Schedule and Results chart. I've kept this for many years for my own interest, but last year I started including it in this site. It doesn't list match scores... just outcomes... but it gives a simple, straightforward summary of each team's progress through its season.

It's worth noting that both Bryna and Peyton made the Academic All-Big 12 Team earlier this month.

We're all very sorry that Bryna had a serious injury, and was unable to complete her senior season, but she'll be remembered as a very versatile player, who made a difference throughout her years here. Best wishes to her for a smooth recovery, and our thanks to a great Wildcat!

I want to begin with a shoutout to Cheyenne Hooper, who turned in a second consecutive evening of 1.000 hitting. I've been disappointed that our 6' 6" sophomore MB hasn't gotten on the court much this season. Well... look what she did!

Scoring was unusually balanced, which Jack Hartman always liked. Three players led with 9.5 points: Elle Sandbothe had a great night, with 8 kills and .294 hitting. Kylee Zumach had 8 kills, and hit and outstanding .389. Macy Flowers added 7 kills, hitting .273. Peyton Williams came in just behind, with 9 points and 7 kills, and she hit a spectacular .467, after a busy evening of basketball yesterday evening. Brynn Carlson had 5.5 points and 2 kills. Alyssa Schultejans had 4 points and 4 kills. Sarah Dixon had 18 assists, and Brooke Smith had 12. The Cats had a nice collection of 8 service aces, divided equally among Flowers, Smith, Carlson and Reilly Killeen. K-State outhit OU, .302 to .085!!

K-State dominated OU on blocks, 12 to 3. Macy Flowers had 7 block assists, Peyton Williams had 4, and there were 3 assists each from Sandbothe, Zumach and Zsofia Gyimes. Oklahoma did surpass the Cats in digs, 42 to 35. Reilly Killeen led with 10 digs, and Kylee Zumach had 8.

This was a much-needed win for Kansas State, which had lost nine consecutive matches, and will finish the 2017 season at the bottom of the Big 12 standings. The match ended close in sets one and two, but the Cats dominated in set three. Scores were (KSU-OU): 25-22, 25-22, 25-14. K-State's hitting was the best in 19 matches.

We're all invited to Ahearn on Nov. 22 to say farewell to Bryna Vogel, try to sweep West Virginia and tie the ribbons on the 2017 season. Be there, or be counted absent!

K-State had low hitting percentages in sets one (–.125) and three (.094), while the winning second set came in at a solid .286. The team has struggled with consistency in offense. Macy Flowers led with 13 points and 7 kills, hitting .000. Brynn Carlson had 11 points and 8 kills, hitting .133. Kylee Zumach had 7.5 points and 8 kills, with .156 hitting. It was great to see Cheyenne Hooper on the court! She had 5 points and 4 kills, and hit 1.000! Sarah Dixon had 23 assists, and Brooke Smith had 16 assists.

Baylor had some ridiculous numbers on offense. Yossiana Pressley led with 24.5 points and 24 kills, hitting .347. Tola Itiola hit .778. Hannay Lockin hit .714. Baylor led in hitting, .264 to the Cats' .123.

The Cats will finish at home, with OU on Nov. 18 and WVU on Nov. 22. Rob Voelker mentioned a new tournament this season, which might offer an opportunity for K-State.

Kylee Zumach led with 19.5 points and 18 kills, hitting .239. Alyssa Schultejans had 14.5 points and 11 kills, hitting .118. Both Peyton Williams and Macy Flowers had 11 points, and Elle Sandbothe had 9.5 points. Sarah Dixon had 37 assists. Zumach and Schultejans had double-doubles, and Peyton Williams just missed having one.

Macy Flowers had a nice evening on blocks, with 8 assists, and Elle Sandbothe had 7. Reilly Killeen led in digs, with 18, Devan Fairfield had 12 and Kylee Zumach had 9.

The Cats gave their fans high hopes after a 25-17 win in set four, and were extremely close to winning the match, but the 9 tied scores and 3 lead changes in set five ultimately ended in favor of the Froggies. Hitting .160 isn't going to win many matches. Hang in there, Cats!

• Abigail Archibong is a 6' 1" OH/MB from Shawnee, where she played for Mill Valley High School and Club North. At Mill Valley, she lettered three years, her team went to sub-state, and this past season, she was named First Team All-Conference. Abby was named Offensive Player of the Year and Best Teammate. Coach Fritz reports that she is a quick learner, and very driven to improve. Here's her highlights video.

• Holly Bonde is a 6' 2" OH from Minooka, Illinois and Minooka High School. She recorded 3 kills/set as a senior, and hit a spectacular .450! Her team was runner-up in the state tournament in 2016. Coach Fritz says she is well-rounded and athletic, has filled many roles and has faced strong competition. Here's a brief highlights video.

• Gloria Mutiri is a 6' 2" OH from Sand Springs, Oklahoma. She played for Charles Page High School. She was named to the Under Armour High School All-America Second Team. She was named All-State, and Volleyball Player of the Year by the Tulsa World. Suzie says Gloria has a fast arm, is explosive, and can score and block. She has strong leadership and communication skills. Here's her highlights video.

KU surpassed KSU in points from kills, 48 to 47, and in points from blocks, 7 to 6. KSU had an edge in service aces, 8 to 3. KU had a slight edge in hitting percentage, .196 to .182. Ultimately, KU led in set points over the four sets, 89 to 83.

Kylee Zumach, in her junior season, recorded kill number 1,000 this evening, as well as a double-double. According to the media guide, Kylee's only the 18th K-State player with 1,000 kills, and she did it in part of three seasons!

On offense, Kylee led with 16 points and 15 kills, hitting .286. Bryna Vogel had 10 points and 8 kills, hitting .194. Elle Sandbothe had 7.5 points, 7 kills and .286 hitting. Macy Flowers had 7.5 points, 6 kills and .294 hitting. Good job by the Cats on service aces, leading KU 8 to 3 in that category.

On defense, Reilly Killeen led with 20 digs, and Bryna Vogel added 18. Blocks were distributed among the team. Peyton Williams, Brynn Carlson and Macy Flowers each had 3 block assists.

The first set was impressive, with KSU outscoring KU 25-14, and outhitting KU .243 to .000. The Cats played KU strong in sets two and four, also, losing 21-25 in set two, and 22-25 in set four.

Very unfortunately, Bryna Vogel suffered apparently a serious injury in set four. She was in considerable pain, and was assisted off the court. Tonight's match may well mark the end of Bryna's excellent K-State career, which included Second Team All-Big 12 in 2016. I wish her the best in recovering from this accident, and extend my thanks and admiration for a very fine career as a Wildcat.

The Cats would not be intimidated by the national powerhouse. They were playing with great focus and determination, taking a team with only two season losses to within four points in set five.

Kylee Zumach led with 21.5 points and 19 kills. Bryna Vogel had 12.5 points and 11 kills, on strong .290 hitting. Peyton Williams and Macy Flowers had 10.5 points, 9 kills and .217 hitting. Brynn Carlson had 9 points and 8 kills. Elle Sandbothe had 7.5 points and 7 kills. Sarah Dixon had 30 assists, and Brooke Smith had 26, along with an ace. Texas led with hitting, .264 to .192.

On defense, digs were distributed perhaps more than usual: Bryna Vogel with 19, Reilly Killeen with 18, Sarah Dixon with 12, Devan Fairfield with 9 and Brooke Smith with 6. Texas outblocked K-State 14 to 6.5, which certainly was a factor in the win. Macy Flowers, Kylee Zumach and Peyton Williams each had 3 block assists.

Regardless of anything else, the Cats' fans walked out of Ahearn Field House tonight feeling very proud of their performance!

OK... here's the point. Five of the Cats' losses were sooo close! Arkansas: 2-point loss, Georgia Tech: 2-point loss, KU: 2-point loss, WVU: 3-point loss, TTU: 2-point loss. Add five more wins to nine wins, and you're at 14-9, with six matches left to play, and four reasonably winnable. This is one of those seasons that just got away from us. In his post-match interview, Coach Grove focused a great deal on a lack of consistency. Look at the hitting percentages from today's match: .067, .159, .341, .119, .261. That's kind of all over the place.

Here are numbers from today vs. Tech: The Cats had 83 points. Tech had 66. The Cats hit .179, and Tech hit .100. The Cats had 19 blocks, and Tech had 7. The Cats had 109 digs, and Tech had 100. The Cats had 60 kills, and Tech had 52. Why on earth didn't we we win that thing???

Kylee Zumach led with 18.5 points and 12 kills, for a double-double. Macy Flowers had a fine night, with 16 points and .381 hitting. Brynn Carlson had 15 points and 11 kills. Peyton Williams had 13 points, .269 hitting and 10 kills, for a double-double. Bryna Vogel had 12.5 points and 12 kills, for a double-double. Sarah Dixon and Reilly Killeen each had 29 digs.

Macy Flowers led in blocking, with 12 block assists + 1 single, for 7 points to add to her 9 kills. Add to that her .381 hitting, and I'm calling it a blockbuster night for her!

Brynn Carlson was next with 8 block assists. Kylee Zumach had five assists + a single. Peyton Williams had four assists + a single.

Only Kylee Zumach had double-digit scoring, recording a double-double with 12 points and 10 kills. Coach Fritz talked about Iowa State's excellent defense in her postgame. Brynn Carlson added nine points and nine kills, with good .273 hitting. Macy Flowers had 6.5 points and six kills, with .250 hitting. Peyton Williams' six points came from outstanding .400 hitting. Ultimately, ISU hit only .226, and KSU hit an unimpressive .182.

K-State, coming off 18 blocks in a five-set match vs. West Virginia, was held to four blocks tonight, and Iowa State wasn't much better, with six. No Cat had more than two block assists. Reilly Killeen led with 16 digs, helping K-State to a 56 - 50 advantage on team digs.

K-State started strong, winning set one 25-16, hitting .292 to WVU's .071, and with 58% sideouts to WVU's 37%. West Virginia would turn the tables in set two, hitting .290 to the Cats' .250, and recording 80% on sideouts.

I don't know what on earth took place in set three. (Well, obviously there were lots of errors.) According to the box score, KSU hit –.029 and WVU hit –.022, with poor sideout numbers for both teams, but WVU won it 25-22.

But... K-State caught fire in set four, hitting .500, with 84% sideouts, with a set score of 25-19.

Peyton Williams led with 16 points, from 8 block assists, 12 kills and .375 hitting! Kylee Zumach had 13.5 points and 9 kills; however, she was not hitting at a high percentage. Bryna Vogel was next with 12 points and 11 kills. Macy Flowers had 11 points, from 8 block assists + 1 single. Ellie Sandbothe contributed 10 points, from 6 block assists + 1 single, and 5 kills.

Have I mentioned that K-State had 18 blocks, to WVU's 6? Bryna Vogel had 13 digs, Reilly Killeen had 13, and Sarah Dixon had 10. Sarah, with 26 assists, brought home a double-double, as did Bryna Vogel.

Keep fighting, you K-State Wildcats. We love you, and we'll be there for you!

I said numerous times during this match that Baylor has a very good Volleyball team. Coach Fritz agreed postgame, saying, "They're really, really good. "They've got three great pin hitters. [Shelly] Fanning is really good in the middle, as well. They are very balanced offensively and they play really, really fast." Time after time, the Cats would send a really nice attack over the net, and somehow Baylor would dig and pass and save the play. Baylor is now 16-4, 6-1 in the Big 12, and in second place behind Texas.

The Cats had some players who were very efficient on offense. Peyton Williams led with 14.5 points, 11 kills and awesome .476 hitting. Kylee Zumach had 14 points, 13 kills and excellent .303 hitting. Macy Flowers had 10 points, 8 kills and .273 hitting. Bryna Vogel had 8 points, and Brynn Carlson had 7.5. The Cats ended the evening with only .209 hitting, however. Brooke Smith had 25 assists, and Sarah Dixon added 18.

Peyton was solid on blocking, with 5 assists and a single. Her 3.5 blocks accounted for half of the Cats' 7 blocks, while Baylor had 10. Bryna Vogel had a big night on digs, leading with 22, and Reilly Killeen had 16. Baylor had 71 digs, to KSU's 66.

Here's the highlights video. In conclusion, although set four was lopsided, the Cats were very competitive in the other three sets, winning one, and losing two sets by only three points. The Cats have a week off, before a trip to Morgantown.

The Cats' defense was competitive in digs, as Sarah Dixon had 17, Brooke Smith had 16, Bryna Vogel had 15 and Reilly Killeen added 11. Brooke Smith had a double-double, with her 16 digs and 11 assists, along withe two aces.

We all know about Hilton Magic, and this was our Cats' 10th straight loss in Ames. On the other hand, K-State has beaten Iowa State five straight in Ahearn. Let's turn out and be ready for their return visit on October 25!

Bryna Vogel led the offense with 21 points and 16 kills, hitting .324. Peyton Williams had some awesome plays. She had 15.5 points, 11 kills and excellent .474 hitting! Kylee Zumach was next with 14.5 points, 11 kills and excellent .345 hitting. Brooke Smith had 27 assists, and Sarah Dixon had 19.

Now to the block party. Two matches back, vs. Texas, the Cats recorded 0 blocks. This afternoon, they had 18, beginning strong in set one. How strong? K-State held Texas Tech to .000 hitting in set one, and to .163 for the match. Bryna Vogel had 8 block assists, and 1 single. Peyton Williams had 7 block assists, Elle Sandbothe had 5 assists and 1 single, and Macy Flowers had 4 assists.

Meanwhile, TTU prevailed in digs, 85 to 79. Reilly Killeen led with 26 digs, Devan Fairfield had 14 and Sarah Dixon added 13. Kylee and Brooke had 8 digs each. Sarah Dixon's 13 digs and 19 assists = 1 double-double for her!

The Cats face a tough one at #20 Iowa State (11-3, 2-2) on Oct. 11. While opponents must never underestimate Iowa State in any sport, their fans will be even more fired up after today's Football win over #3 Oklahoma. Or... maybe they'll be overconfident.

Bryna Vogel led with 20.5 points and solid .275 hitting. Kylee Zumach added 17.5 points, hitting .244. Brynn Carlson had a good match, with 10.5 points, hitting .308. Setters Brooke Smith and Sarah Dixon had 24 and 22 assists. Unfortunately, some players were less productive on offense, even while having some great moments. A bright spot was 7 service aces.

On defense, K-State, unable to get a single block vs. Texas, tied TCU at 12 blocks for the match, and was in range of TCU in digs, 80 to 88.

K-State has played some excellent teams close this season. I'm not giving up on them. Let's have a good crowd in Ahearn at 1 P.M. on Oct. 7.

Strong hitting by KU, .370 to the Cats' .154, allowed a set one victory, but it was clear that K-State would not be intimidated by their ranked opponent. It's safe to say the Cats had seen an awesome, newly-released hype video from Athletics, narrated by Katie Reininger, which called both fans and players to action. (link)

K-State and KU shared equal .424 hitting in set two, with the Cats posting a 25-21 victory. In set three, the news was even better, as K-State outhit KU .341 to .156, and took a 2-1 lead after three sets. I believed K-State stood an excellent chance of winning at that point, but the Bluebirds had had enough, and outhit the Cats .433 to .179 in set four, posting a 25-15 win.

The Cats had a slow start in set five, but took the lead after scoring 7 of 8 straight points. The deciding set was tied at 14-all, but KU won the final two points.

Peyton Williams had an awesome match, leading the team with 15.5 points, 14 kills and .462 hitting. Coach Fritz said of Peyton, "I think she gets better with every match. She's just a very, very fast learner. The more she plays and the more opportunities she has, the more comfortable she gets, and the faster she improves. She's becoming a bigger and bigger part of our offense with every match." Bryna Vogel had 15 points and 13 kills for a double-double. Alyssa Schultejans added 14.5 points. Elle Sandbothe was very efficient, with .429 hitting, and she had 10 points. Kylee Zumach had 11 points.

On defense, Bryna Vogel led with 15 digs, and Reilly Killeen had 12.

It will be interesting to see what happens in the rematch on Nov. 8, in The Shanty. Up next for the Cats is #6 Texas, on Saturday.

Finally, be sure to watch this Ahearn Gameday Tradition Video, narrated by Katie Reininger, and probably scripted by her. It is awesome.

Shortly after the match, Kylee Zumach tweeted the following:

The stats show a nice distribution of kills. Alyssa Schultejans led with 12, Kylee Zumach and Peyton Williams (with .391 hitting) had 11, Bryna Vogel (with .412 hitting!) and Elle Sandbothe (with .467 hitting!) had 9. Sarah Dixon had 30 assists, and Brooke Smith added 22.

Sarah Dixon had 11 digs, and Bryna Vogel had 10. Peyton Williams had 7 blocks, and Alyssa Schultejans had four.

In this back-and-forth match, ultimately K-State scored 74 points, to the Okies' 71.

Let's all get out to support the Cats vs. the #12 Squawks at high noon on Sunday, Sept. 24 in Ahearn!

So many stats in this match were close! As K-State's recap noted, there were 45 tied scores and 18 lead changes. Hitting percentages, digs (99 to 97) and kill s were close. The biggest difference in stats was the Cats' 15 blocks, to UNI's 7.

There was a nice distribution in scoring, which helped keep us less predictable. Kylee Zumach and Bryna Vogel led with 19 points each. Peyton Williams and Alyssa Schultejans added 12 each, and Brynn Carlson had 10 points. Elle Sandbothe contributed 9.5 points, on a fine evening of blocking (4.5). Macy Flowers hit .375, Williams and Vogel hit .333 and Zumach hit .222, leading with 17 kills.

Bryna Vogel had 6 block assists, and Elle Sandbothe had her hands on 6 blocks, with four assists for Williams and Carlson. Reilly Killeen had 27 digs, Vogel had 23 and Brooke Smith had 15.

Rob Voelker, on play-by-play, caught a scoring error in set four. He knew the Cats had earned a two-point lead when the score was in the 20s, but the game officials had the score tied. I doubt that he was close enough to the scorer's bench to catch officials' attention, but eventually someone besides Rob saw the discrepancy, and a few minutes later, the score was set to what Rob had reported, so nice going on that!

K-State was never behind in set five, and ended the match with a 7-1 scoring run!

Defense won the match, as supported by the Cats' 15 to 7 blocking advantage. The Cats held UNI to .000 hitting, when there was only one tied score.

Bryna Vogel made the all-tournament team.

Thanks much to the Volleycats for giving us a bright spot, after the disappointing Football loss in Nashville!

Nebraska dominated in total points, 59-36, in blocks, 9-4, in digs, 51-29, and certainly in hitting percentage, .323 to .101. As a result, the Cats remain in next-to-last place in the Big 12, and tomorrow face Northern Iowa (RV), who beat #19 Iowa State three days ago.

Kylee Zumach led the Cats in scoring tonight, with 12.5 of a total 36 points. She led with 10 kills and .296 hitting. Bryna Vogel had 6.5 points, and she hit .222.

Reilly Killeen led with 9 digs, and Bryna Vogel had 8.

The tables really turned in this match. K-State actually outhit NU in set one, .231 to .229. Then set two happened. NU hit an outstanding .467, to the Cats' .029. In set three, NU hit .294, to the Cats' .029 (again). On the other hand, the set scores (excluding set two) make it appear that the match was much more even (NU scores first): 25-22, 25-11, 25-16. Blocking was a major difference, with NU prevailing, 9-4 in team blocks.

Our Cats defeated the host school, Nebraska Omaha, who for some reason like to be called Omaha, 25-22, 25-18, 18-25, 25-18.

On offense, K-State was led by three with 13.5 points each: Peyton Williams (hitting an awesome .556), Bryna Vogel (hitting .357) and Kylee Zumach (hitting .095). Alyssa Schultejans had 8.5 points. Brynn Carlson and Zsofia Gyimes each added six points. The Cats are spitting setter duties between Sarah Dixon, who had 19 assists, and Brooke Smith, who had 22. The Cats were plagued with errors tonight. Brooke Smith, who was on fire vs. UMKC, had four service errors. Kylee Zumach, although a scoring leader, hit 0.095. Macy Flowers hit -.375. Ultimately the Cats hit a modest .196 to Omaha's .136.

Defense was distributed. Reilly Killeen led with 21 digs, Bryna Vogel had 16 and Brooke Smith had 12. Sarah Dixon and Devan Fairfield each had 10 digs. Peyton Williams led in blocking, with 2.5. Bryna Vogel and Kylee Zumach each had 1.5 blocks. Omaha had nine blocks, to the Cats' eight, while the Cats led in digging, 83 to 82.

Kansas State, now 6-5 this season, and with the second-worst record in the Big 12, faces #10 Nebraska (yes, that Nebraska) at 4:30 P CT tomorrow. Good luck, Cats!

Kylee Zumach led with 14 points, hitting .321, and her 11 digs got her an opening weekend double-double. Bryna Vogel, recovered from an off-season operation, added 9.5 points, and Peyton Williams (in her first VB appearance) and Brynn Carlson each had 8 points. We have to mention efficiency: Peyton hit .700 in her first match, and Brynn hit .533. Zsofia Gyimes, who had 6.5 points, hit a spectacular .750, and she had two aces. Setter Sarah Dixon recorded 33 assists. K-State outscored Idaho 59 to 37.

Idaho outblocked the Cats 8 to 5. The blocking that occurred was distributed around the team. On the other hand, K-State was digging all over the place, with 51 to Idaho's 28. Reilly Killeen led with 16 digs, and Kylee Zumach added 11.

The first set left fans nervous, considering the two-point win. The Cats' .357 hitting would seem to be enough, but Idaho hit a respectable .286. The second set was a different story. While K-State hit a modest .175, Idaho managed only –.026. Then K-State hit an awesome .469 in set three, to Idaho's .171, with a set score of 25-15.

Macy Flowers, who left last night's match in the second set with some sort of injury, did not play. It was great to see Peyton Williams in action today. She'll have an extra season of Volleyball, after her tour of duty with WBB has ended.

The Cats clawed back in set two, improving to .317 hitting, but there were 17 tied scores. Set three was the Cats' best, with .500 hitting, and 92% on sideouts.

Kylee Zumach led with 19 points, hitting .385, followed by Alyssa Schultejans with 15 points, and Bryna Vogel with 13. Our new setter, Sarah Dixon, had 42 assists, with .444 hitting. K-State had respectable .317 hitting in the end, just slightly below Pacific's .324.

Reilly Killeen had nine digs, and Kylee Zumach and Devan Fairfield each had seven. Pacific turned in a whopping 65 digs, to K-State's 36. On the other hand, the Cats led in blocks, 13.5 to 7. Bryna Vogel had 3 blocks, and Elle Sandbothe had 2½.

Up next for the undefeated Cats, it's Idaho at noon CT, and Oregon State at 9:00 P.

Kylee recorded several assists during the interview, and Elle had one kill. I was impressed to hear Elle use the term Dynamic Duo, which of course was Batman and Robin, back in the 1960s.

You can watch all four minutes of this fun for free via Twitter, or download it for your collection by right-clicking right here.

Alyssa Schultejans led with 18 points, Kylee Zumach had 15, Brynna Vogel had 12.5 and Macy Flowers had 12. Macy was most efficient on offense, hitting .421, but Bryna Vogel hit .364, and Zsofia Gyimes hit .357. Vogel and Flowers each had 11 kills. Creighton led K-State on hitting, .299 to .247. I felt that our new starting setter, Sarah Dixon, did a very nice job.

On defense, Bryna Vogel, a returning All-Big 12 player, had 11 digs, and 2.75 blocks per set.. Sarah Dixon and Reilly Killeen each had 10 digs. Elle Sandbothe had five block assists, and led in efficiency with 1.67 blocks per set.

Creighton has an excellent team. They advanced to the Elite Eight in 2016, ultimately losing to Texas after beating KU and Michigan, and were #9 in the final AVCA poll. Their 15-year coach, Kirsten Bernthal Booth, has been National Coach of the Year three times. K-State has met Creighton in one capacity or another in 2014 through 2017, from co-hosting a spring clinic to early fall competition.

The Cats begin their season in Oregon, in an afternoon match vs. Pacific on August 25.

Brooke is a 5' 11" OH from Omaha. She turned in 474 kills, 362 digs and 40 aces in her senior season. Here's the announcement from the NHSCA.

The award is meant to recognize female athletes whose eligibility has ended, who have distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers. Katie was an academic star, leaving with a GPA of 3.649. She is a three-time All-America honoree, and was named First Team All-Big 12 three times.

Our Volleyball superstar is in the first year of the physician assistant program at UMKC... class of 2019. The award ceremony will be on October 22, in Indianapolis.

Elle's U.S. Junior National Team opportunity is a perfect example of John Currie's goal to provide a world class athlete experience. Of course, while this has been a goal of the department for several years, Elle has this opportunity because she was talented and hard-working enough to make the team, which she tried out for in February.

Up next, in the semifinals on May 12, is a physical Cuba team. First serve is at 6:30 P CT.

Elle Sandbothe had three points. (stats link)

Jacque Smith, a 5-7 libero, lettered all four years at St. Teresa's Academy in KCMO. She was named to the Missouri-Kansas All-Star Team this year, after setting the single-season digs record of 545. Jacque received all-state, all-district and all-region honors in her junior and senior season, and St. Teresa's made the state tournament both years. As Kersten Kober has completed her eligibility, Jacque has the opportunity to play an important role on the team. (K-State Sports release)

Elle, along with three other Cats, journeyed to Colorado in February to try out. (story) Jerritt Elliott, UT's head coach, will be the head coach of the USA team. Elle will be one of 12 players on the team. She was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman team in November, 2016. Elle led the Cats in blocks per set in 2016. This is awesome!