University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
2009 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Kelsey Benorden
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn
Overview: One of the top outside hitters in the Big South Conference…was named National Player of the Week once last seaosn...will be a Player of the Year candidate in 2010 after earning first team Big South All-Conference honors the past two years...one of the best to ever play at UNC Asheville...made Big South All-Tournament team as a sophomore…set a freshman record for kills with 500 in 2007…made Big South second team All-Conference as a freshman and made Big South All-Rookie team…became the 11th player in school history to get her 1,000th kill...enters this season with 1,336 kills, good for sixth place on the school's all-time career list...her 3,943 attempts has her sixth in that category...member of Big South Preseason All-Conference team in 2009 and 2010.
2009: Enjoyed a sensational junior season, despite ankle injury that caused her to miss 10 matches in mid-to-late September...led Bulldogs in kills per set (3.86) and second in total kills with 378...second on club in digs (3.43)...led the Big South Conference in double-doubles with 19 matches where she had double-doubles in kills and digs...named National Player of the Week and Big South Player of the Week on Nov. 9 after leading the Bulldogs to two crucial road league victories as she posted a season-high 25 kills and had 15 digs at Liberty (11-6) and then had 20 kills and a career-high 28 digs at High Point (11-7)...made the all-tournament team at USC Upstate and North Carolina Central in first two weekends of the season...only had two matches in the entire year where she did not have at least 10 kills...had 22 kills in home victory vs. Presbyterian College (10-27)...posted six service aces vs. Western Carolina (9-2)...opened the season in impressive fashion with 22 kills and 14 digs vs. UNC Wilmington (8-28).
2008: Made all-tournament team at USC Upstate and N.C. State…led the Bulldogs in kills (458), service aces (33) and was second in digs 373)…led the Big South Conference in double-doubles (kills-digs) with 18…was fourth in the league in kills (3.50)…was in double-figures in kills during 28 matches, including 17 straight matches in the latter part of the season…posted three matches with at least 20 kills…season-high of 25 kills came at Winthrop (10-4)…had 22 digs and had 15 kills in regular-season home win over Winthrop (11-1)…set career-high in blocks with seven at Charleston Southern (11-15) and had four block solos in that match…registered a career-best 23 digs in victory at N.C. State (9-13)…had 20 kills in each match against Charleston Southern (10-17) & (11-15)…season-high of three service aces vs. Wofford (9-6)…had 18 kills and 18 digs in road win at Western Carolina (9-16)…1,451 attempts was the fourth highest in school history.
2007: One of two players to play in all 124 games...30 double-figure kill matches including one of the finest performances in Big South Tournament history: recording a school record and a Vines Center record with 34 kills on 83 attacks, for a .301 attack percentage along with 17 digs, and four blocks accounting for 36 points in Big South quarterfinal victory over High Point on Nov. 15...22 double-doubles led the Big South conference...season high 21 digs came with 15 kill at High Point on Oct. 20...had a 23 kill, 20 digs match for her only double 20 of the season against Radford on Nov. 2...had seven matches with 20 kills or more...500 kills were the sixth highest single-season mark and the most by a freshman in school history...1,452 attacks were the third highest single-season total at Asheville.
Before UNC Asheville: Prep Extra 1st team selection from 2004-2006, AAA All-District player of the year, and the Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association AAA volleyball player of the year...played for Smoky Mountain Juniors along with Jenna Dover.
