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#5 Kylee Baker
Position: Outside Hitter
Height: 5'10"
Year: Senior
City/State: Plainfield, Ill.
High School: Plainfield North
Experience: 3 Letters
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Kylee Baker
Courtesy: Ball State Athletics
Release: 07/20/2010

 - - Career Stats in PDF Format
 - - 2011 Match-by-Match Stats in PDF Format
 - - 2010 Match-by-Match Stats in PDF Format

2011 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State ... played in 32 matches, earning 22 starts, to help Ball State earn an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament ... saw action in 114 of a possible 122 sets ... tied for third on the team with double-figure kills in 10 matches, including a season-high 16 kills at IUPUI (Aug. 30) ... blasted 14 kills and added a career-high 23 digs in the win over Western Michigan (Oct. 1) ... tallied 13 kills in three matches, while collecting 12 kills and 17 digs in the MAC Tournament quarterfinal victory over Eastern Michigan (Nov. 18) ... posted eight kill/dig double-doubles on the year ... second on the team with double-digit digs in 16 matches, including six of the last 10 ... recorded at least two digs in every match she has played ... hit a season-best .562 (9-0-16) at Kent State (Oct. 15), while adding a season-high three aces ... has hit .300-or-better in eight matches ... posted a .481 (13-0-27) rate of success against Buffalo ... served up at least one ace in 13 matches ... tallied three total blocks on two occasions; at IUPUI and at Central Michigan (Oct. 7).

2010 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State ... helped lead the Cardinals to a 24-5 (14-2 MAC) record and the program's eighth MAC regular season title and first since the 2002 season ... played in all 29 matches, earning 28 starts ... saw action in 107 of a possible 109 sets ... recorded at least four kills in all 29 matches she played ... opened her career with a dominating performance versus The Citadel (Aug. 27), recording 15 kills and a career-best .609 hitting percentage ... added 15 kills the next day versus Indiana State (Aug. 28) to help her earn a spot on the SIUE Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team ... blasted double-digit kills in 18 matches, including a career-high 18 kills at IPFW (Sept. 14) and versus Western Michigan (Oct. 29) ... earned recognition on the Ball State Active Ankle Challenge All-Tournament Team after collecting 35 kills in the tournament, including 16 in BSU's sweep of Oakland (Sept. 4) ... tallied seven kill/dig double-double on the year with her first coming in the match against Oakland ... collected a season-high 17 digs at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 2), while adding 14 at IPFW and at North Carolina (Sept. 17) ... logged at least three digs in all 29 matches she played, with double-digit dig totals in 11 contests ... posted a career-high four total blocks on three occasions; at SIUE (Aug. 28), at Bowling Green (Oct. 23) and versus Toledo (Nov. 11) ... ranked second on the team with 21 aces, including a career-high four aces versus IUPUI (Sept. 7).

PREP CAREER
Earned four letters in volleyball at Plainfield North for coach Kerri McCastland ... four-time All-Area First Team and All-Southwest Prairie Conference selection ... established school records in kills (1,075) and digs (839) while leading Plainfield North to three conference championships ... amassed 293 kills and 290 digs as a senior, while assisting Plainfield North to a 22-9 overall record ... four-time team Most Valuable Player and three-year team captain ... helped the North to No. 6 rankings in the state in 2007 and 2008 ... also played club volleyball for Club Fusion ... helped guide her 16 Black team to a Junior Volleyball Association national championship ... her 17 Black team, which also included fellow recruit Jacqui Seidel, placed third at nationals, with Baker earning a slot on the all-tournament team.

PERSONAL
Majoring in nursing ... maintains a 3.113 grade-point average on BSU's 4.0 scale ... born Feb. 24, 1992 in Libertyville, Ill. ... daughter of Bryan and Nancy Baker ... has two sisters; Katelyn and Emily ... Katelyn was a member of the University of South Carolina - Aiken volleyball program from 2005-08 ... full name is Kylee Elizabeth Baker.

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