Kaitlyn Hord

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Kaitlyn Hord #23 MB 6’4″

Russ Rose Now (2025):

2020-21 Cumulative Team Stats

Career Highlights: Won 3 All-American awards, making the First Team in 2019, Third Team in 2020, and Honorable Mention in 2018 … named to All-Northeast Region Team 3 times (2018, 2019, and 2020) … won 3 All-Big Ten honors, making the First Team in 2019 and 2020 and Second Team in 2018 … made Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2018 … earned 2 Academic All-Big Ten honors … won 1 Big Ten Player of the Week award and 1 Big Ten Freshman of the Week award.

2020-21 Season (Junior) Highlights and Awards: Earned a spot on the AVCA All-America Third Team and All-Big Ten First Team … selected to All-Northeast Region Team … ranked 3rd in the Big Ten and 14th in the nation in hitting percentage (.421) … finished 7th in the Big Ten in blocks/set (1.32).

Season Recap: Started all 16 matches and played in all 60 sets … led the team in hitting percentage (.421) while totaling 147 kills (2.45/set) … led the team in blocks (79) and blocks/set (1.32) … posted double-digit kills 8 times, including a season-high 13 in 4 sets against Purdue (3/5) and again in 4 sets against Texas (4/18) in the NCAA Regional Shemifinal … totaled at least 5 blocks 7 times, including a season-high 10 in a 5-set match at Minnesota (2/14) … Illinois (2/6): it .556 with 11 kills and 9 blocks in 5 sets … at Minnesota (2/13): totaled 11 kills on .417 hitting and added 7 blocks … Rutgers (3/13): hit .533 with 8 kills and 5 blocks … at Michigan State (3/19): hit .583 with 8 kills and 3 blocks.

NCAA Tournament: vs. North Carolina A&T (4/15): Hit .750 with 9 kills and 3 blocks in a 3-set win in the NCAA Second Round … vs. Texas (4/18): finished with 13 kills on .444 hitting and added 5 blocks in  4 sets in the NCAA Regional Semifinal.

2021 Season (Senior)

2019 Season (Sophomore)

2018 Season (Freshman)

2020 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 13 04/18/2021 Texas
Assists 1 03/19/2021 Michigan St.
Points 17.5 02/14/2021 Minnesota
Digs 2 03/03/2021 Ohio St.
Total Blocks 6.5 02/14/2021 Minnesota
Career Offensive Statistics
Season Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2018-19 Penn St. 104 32 220 2.115 45 457 0.383 2 0.019 0 0.000 0
2019-20 Penn St. 117 33 310 2.650 44 605 0.440 5 0.043 0 0.000 0
2020-21 Penn St. 60 16 147 2.450 19 304 0.421 6 0.1 0 0.000 0
2021-22 Penn St. 118 32 345 2.924 69 700 0.394 3 0.025 0 0.000 2
2022-23 Nebraska 109 32 153 1.404 42 374 0.297 6 0.055 0 0.000 0
Totals: 508 145 1175 2.313 219 2440 1.935 22 0.043 0 0.000 2

Career Defensive Statistics

Season Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2018-19 Penn St. 16 0.154 2 7 122 129 1.240 8 0 288 2.769
2019-20 Penn St. 18 0.154 0 22 127 149 1.274 3 0 395.5 3.380
2020-21 Penn St. 4 0.067 1 7 72 79 1.317 1 0 190 3.167
2021-22 Penn St. 14 0.119 1 28 137 165 1.398 2 2 441.5 3.742
2022-23 Nebraska 12 0.110 1 6 169 175 1.606 3 0 243.5 2.234
Totals: 64 0.126 5 70 627 697 1.372 17 2 1558.5 3.068
2020 Match Stats Attack Set Serve Defense Block
Date Opponent Score K E TA % AST E SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE TB BHE PTS
02/05/2021 vs Illinois W 3 – 1 10 4 23 0.261 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 12
02/06/2021 vs Illinois W 3 – 2 11 1 18 0.556 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 9 0 16
02/13/2021 at Minnesota L 1 – 3 11 1 24 0.417 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 7 0 15.5
02/14/2021 at Minnesota L 2 – 3 12 3 29 0.31 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 10 0 17.5
02/17/2021 at Ohio St. L 2 – 3 11 3 26 0.308 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 15
02/19/2021 vs Indiana W 3 – 1 8 0 14 0.571 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 10
02/20/2021 vs Indiana W 3 – 0 3 0 5 0.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
03/03/2021 vs Ohio St. L 0 – 3 6 2 10 0.4 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 8
03/05/2021 vs Purdue L 1 – 3 13 2 33 0.333 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 15.5
03/06/2021 vs Purdue W 3 – 1 6 0 21 0.286 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 6 0 9
03/12/2021 vs Rutgers W 3 – 0 12 1 22 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 14
03/13/2021 vs Rutgers W 3 – 0 8 0 15 0.533 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 10.5
03/19/2021 at Michigan St. W 3 – 0 8 1 12 0.583 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 9.5
03/20/2021 at Michigan St. W 3 – 0 6 0 13 0.462 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
04/15/2021 vs N.C. A&T W 3 – 0 9 0 12 0.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
04/18/2021 at Texas L 1 – 3 13 1 27 0.444 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 16
Totals: 147 19 304 0.421 6 19 0 0 1 4 7
Before Penn State: Was the No. 3 ranked 2018 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace … was a member of the 2016 U.S. Girls’ Youth National Training Team and the USA Girls’ U18 World Championship 2017 team … did not play in 2017 … went 37-7 in her junior season and finished runner-up with Henry Clay HS in the KHSA State Tournament, being just the second public school ever to make it to title game … recorded 269 kills, a .421 hitting percentage, and 124 blocks in her junior year … finished her high school career with 468 kills, a .397 hitting percentage, and 248 blocks … played club volleyball with Lexington United.

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