“Kennedy Martin Transfers To Penn State Volleyball,” DigNittanyVolleyball, May 7, 2025
2025 Season (Junior): To come.
Before Penn State: 2024 Season (Sophomore at Florida) Highlights and Awards: 2024 AVCA First-Team All-American … 2024 Volleyball Mag First-Team All-American … AVCA’s 2024 Division I Player of the Year Award Semifinalist … AVCA All-Southeast Region Player of the Year … AVCA All-Southeast Region First Team … 2024 Louisville Region All-Tournament Team … 2024 All-SEC First Team … 2024-25 NCAA Division I statistical champion for Points Per Set …earned AVCA National Division I Player of the Week honors on Oct. 29, 2024 … 2024 SEC Player of the Week on Oct. 28 and Nov. 11 … 2024 SEC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 28 & Nov. 11 and Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 4, Oct. 21 and Nov. 18 … 2024 CSC Academic First-Team All-American … 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team … 2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll … 2024 Preseason All-SEC Team … member of 2024 U-21 USA Collegiate National Team who won Gold at the 2024 NORCECA Continental Championships … named to the 2024 U-21 USA Collegiate National Team Roster .
2024 Season Recap: Played in 24 of 31 matches (started all 24) and in 92 of 117 sets (was out five matches due to ankle sprain) … finished her sophomore season with 512 kills for a .362 average hitting percentage, 578.0 points, 146 digs, 42 total blocks (6 BS, 36 BA), 31 service aces and 6 assists … led SEC in points/set … was 2nd in the SEC and 25th in the nation for total points … ranked 2nd in the NCAA and 1st in the SEC for kills/set and was 20th in the nation and 2nd in the SEC for total kills … finished 6th in the SEC and 54th in the NCAA for hitting percentage … led Florida in total kills and total points … ranked 2nd in attack percentage, 3rd in total blocks and total aces … averaged 6.28 points/set, 5.57 kills/set, 1.59 digs/set, 0.70 blocks/set, 0.34 aces/set and 0.07 assists/set … hit above .300 13 times, above .400 4 times and above .500 5 times … finished with 30+ kills in 5 matches … tallied double-digit kills in all 24 matches played … has finished with double-digit kills in all 53 collegiate matches she has played … led Florida in kills 23 times, 23 times in points, 7 times in aces and 5 times in blocking … recorded 1,000 career kills in just 53 matches … posted a season-high .568 hitting percentage in Florida’s season opener against Colorado State on Aug. 30, leading Florida in kills (25) and points (30.5), while also recording a season-high 7 blocks, 5 digs and 1 ace … earned her first double-double of the season with 31 kills and 10 digs on Oct. 30 at Arkansas … tallied back-to-back double-double matches, finishing with 31 kills and 10 digs at Auburn (11/20) and 29 kills and 10 digs against UCF (11/23) … registered her 4th double-double match of the season after recording 27 kills and a season-high 11 digs against Georgia (11/30) finishing with 30.0 points and hitting .412.
2023 Season (Freshman at Florida) Highlights and Awards: 2023 AVCA Second Team All-American … 2023 AVCA All- Southeast Region selection … earned AVCA National Division I Player of the Week honors on Aug. 29, 2023 … 2023 All-SEC Team … 2023 All-Freshman Team … 2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll … named Overall/Offensive Player of the Week twice (Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 2023) … named SEC Freshman of the Week on Sept. 11, 2023.
2023 Season Recap: Started in all 29 matches during the 2023 season … finished the the year with 581.0 points, 492 kills, 210 digs, 112.0 blocks, 31 service aces and 12 assists … averaged 4.35 kills/set, 0.11 assists/set, 0.27 service aces/set, 1.86 digs/set, 0.99 blocks/set and 5.14 points/set … tallied double-digit kills in all 29 matches in her freshman campaign … her 492 kills registered were the most from any freshman in Florida history, surpassing Ziva Recek’s 440 record that was set in 2012 … posted a career-high 28 kills against then No. 11 Tennessee on Nov. 3 … had a .400 hitting percentage or better in 14 matches … finished the season 1st on the team in kills (492), and in points (581.0) … also tied for 1st in aces (31) and and ranked 3rd in total blocks (112).
High School: 2022 AVCA High School All-America First Team … 2022 South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year … 2022 Wando Invitational MVP … 2022 Ultra Ankle JVA All National Team … 2021 All State/All Conference … 2021 D1 Wisconsin Appleton North HS … 2021 Post Crescent All-Area First Team … 2021 Wisconsin Female Athlete of the Year Nominee … 2020 All State/All Conference D1 WI, De Pere High School … 2020 AVCA Phenom List … 2020 Prep Volleyball #24 … 2020 Frosh 59 list … 2021 Ten Foot Club – touching 10’9 … 2021 USAV 5th place Nationals … 2022 USAV 3rd place Nationals … 2022 Prep Dig #18 National Rating … 2022 Under Armour MVP Award … USA High Performance Accolades — 2022 U19 NTDP Team … 2021 U18 USAV NTDP … Father, Ruvell, played in the NFL for eight seasons and also coached for the Green Bay Packers from 2020-2022 …attended a different school during each year in high school due to father’s career … volunteerd with youth volleyball camps in her local area.