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2025 Volleyball Roster

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North Alabama Athletics
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Logan Romine
UCSB Athletics

2 Kailey McKnight

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Height 5-10
  • Hometown Port St. Lucie, Fla.
  • High School St. Lucie West Centennial

Biography

CAREER HONORS
2023 Third Team All-ASUN
2023 ASUN All-Tournament Team
2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21 ASUN Academic Honor Roll

2024 (SENIOR)
McKnight redshirted due to injury suffered in the preseason … Named to the 2024-25 ASUN Academic Honor Roll. 

2023 (JUNIOR)
McKnight started all 32 matches and appeared in 122 sets played … Named to the 2023 Third Team All-ASUN … Earned 2023 ASUN Conference Championship All-Tournament Team nod … Surpassed career highs with 1,068 attacks, 474 points, 400 kills, 276 digs, 47 blocks, 46 aces, 19 assists and 3.28 kills/set … Ranked top-five in the ASUN Conference in kills, points, aces, attacks and kills/set … Finished second in the ASUN Conference in kills and fifth in kills/set … Ranked second in the ASUN Conference in points … Recorded a team-high 46 aces … Posted a team-high in double-doubles with 10 or more kills and 10 or more digs in 12 matches … Tallied 10 or more kills in 24 matches, 15 or more kills in 10 and 20 or more in two … Named the 2023 UNF Invitational MVP … Earned 2023 Thunderdome Classic All-Tournament Team honors … Notched six-straight matches with 10 or more kills between at Coastal Carolina on Sept. 1 and against Charlotte on Sept. 9 … Posted a career-high seven aces against Bellarmine on Oct. 14 … Set a career-high in kills and attacks with 22 kills and 58 attacks against Charlotte on Sept. 9 … Surpassed the 20-dig mark for the first time in her career with a career-high 21 kills against Louisiana on Sept. 8 … Added a career-high three assists in a pair of matches against Bellarmine on Oct. 14 and Denver on Sept. 25 … Tabbed to the 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team … Named to the 2023-24 ASUN Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (SOPHOMORE)
McKnight played in 29 matches with 28 starts and appeared in 110 sets … Posted 666 attacks, 282 points, 226 kills and 16 assists … Set a career-high 53 blocks … Finished third on the team in kills and kills/set with 2.05 … Led the team with 26 aces and ranked second on with 267 digs … Led the team in double-doubles with 10 or more kills and 10 or more digs in seven matches … Recorded 10 or more kills in nine matches and 15 or more in two … Notched 10 or more digs in 13 matches … Tallied a career-high six blocks at FIU on Oct. 30 … Named to the 2022-23 ASUN Academic Honor Roll.

FALL 2021 (FRESHMAN)
McKnight played in 25 matches with four starts and appeared in 51 sets … Posted 77 kills, 20 digs, 194 attacks, four assists, four aces, 13 blocks and 87.5 points … 34 of her 51 sets played came in wins … Helped lead North Florida to a Division-I program record 25 wins and an appearance in the 2021 National Invitational Volleyball Championship, where she added 11 kills in the NIVC Quarterfinals against UConn on Dec. 8 … Named to the 2021-22 ASUN Academic Honor Roll.

SPRING 2021 (FRESHMAN)
McKnight played in 20 matches with 16 starts and appeared in 70 sets … Posted 376 attacks, 153.5 points, 129 kills, 106 digs, 20 blocks, 13 aces and 12 assists … Finished fourth on the team with 129 kills with 1.84 kills/set … One of three ASUN Conference freshman outside hitters with more than 1.00 kills/set and 1.00 digs/set … Fourth on the team for total receptions with 174 and .920 reception … Recorded .300 or better hitting in seven matches … Eclipsed the 100-dig mark in her debut season with 1.51 digs/set … Turned in 1.53 kills/set and 1.35 digs/set in ASUN play … Tallied 14 kills in her collegiate debut against South Florida on Jan. 22, which at the time marked the most kills by a North Florida freshman in their debut since Gabby O’Connell in 2016 … Named to the 2020-21 ASUN Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
McKnight played for St. Lucie West Centennial High School in Port Saint Lucie, Fla. … Set the school record for kills … 2019 District Player of the Year … 2018 FHSAA All-State Team selection… 2018 St. Lucie West Centennial High School Player of the Year … 2018 TC Palm Newspaper All-Area Athlete of the Year … Competed with A1 National Training Team and the Palm Beach Juniors. 

PERSONAL
McKnight is the daughter of Colette and John McKnight …. Born on April 30, 2002.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2020Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    2
  • 2

    2021Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    2
  • 2

    2022Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    2
  • 2

    2023Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    2
  • 2

    2024Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    2
  • 2

    2025Graduate Student

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    2