2018 Women's Volleyball Roster
Kate Avila
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Yorktown
- Hometown:
- Yorktown, Ind.
End of Career Notes:
• Played in all 125 matches over her career
• Played in all 490 sets over her career, a program record
• Served as the team’s libero for 484 of the 490 sets she played
• Two-Time CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team (2017 & 2018)
• Two-Time MAC Women’s Volleyball Distinguished Scholar Athlete (2017 & 2018)
• Three-Time Academic All-MAC (2017, 2018 & 2019)
• 2019 Mid-American Conference Volleyball Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2016 Mid-American Conference All-Freshman Team
• Six-Time MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 19, 2016, Nov. 6, 2017, Nov. 11, 2017, Oct. 8, 2018, Oct. 29, 2018 and Nov. 18, 2019)
• MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week (Nov. 21, 2019)
• Secured a career-high 38 digs versus Bowling Green (Oct. 26, 2019) which ties as the 14th-best single match total in program history
• Her 36 digs versus Appalachian State (Sept. 10, 2016) and versus Central Michigan (Oct. 27, 2017) tie as the 20th-best single match total in program history
• Logged double-digit digs in a program record 117 matches over her career
• Collected 20-or-more digs in 49 career matches which is tied for the program record
• Earned a perfect reception percentage in 62 career matches
• In Ball State’s Career Records: 1st in sets played (490), 1st in matches with double-digit digs (117), T-1st in matches with 20-or-more digs (49), 2nd in digs (2,260), 4th in digs-per-set average (4.61)
• In Ball State’s Single Season Records (highest ranking only): T-1st in matches with double-digit digs (32 in 2018), T-5th in matches with 20-or-more digs (15 in 2017), T-7th in digs (589 in 2019), 8th in digs-per-set average (4.94 in 2017)
2019 (Sr.): Earned fourth letter at Ball State ... MAC Volleyball Championship All-Tournament Team ... Academic All-MAC ... MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week (Nov 18) ... MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week (Sept. 21) ... one of only two players to see action in all 126 sets for the Cardinals ... played 124 of the 126 sets at the team's libero ... led the team with 589 digs, including double-figure digs in 27 matches and 20-or-more digs in 14 contests … the 589 digs tie as the seventh-best single season total in program history ... the 27 matches with double-figure digs tie for 15th on BSU single season chart, while her 14 matches with 20-or-more digs tie for eighth … credited with a career-high 38 digs versus Bowling Green (Oct. 26) which ties as the 14th-best single match total in program history … added 29 digs versus the Falcons in the championship match of the 2019 MAC Volleyball Championship (Nov. 24) ... collected 31 digs in the win over Grand Canyon (Sept. 6) and against Wright State (Sept. 21) ... added 30 digs in the MAC Volleyball Championship semifinal victory over Miami (Nov. 23) ... also recorded her first kill of the season and a season-high seven assists in the victory over the RedHawks ... registered a .952 reception percentage on the year, including a perfect reception mark in 10 matches ... served up 25 aces on the year, including tying her career high with four aces versus Eastern Michigan (Nov. 15) ... dished out 78 assists on the year.
2018 (Jr.): Earned third letter at Ball State ... CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team … Mid-American Conference Women’s Volleyball Distinguished Scholar Athlete and Academic All-MAC … two-time MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 8 & Oct. 29) … played in all 32 matches and all 120 sets at the team's libero ... one of just two Cardinals to see action in all 120 sets ... ranked sixth in the MAC with 560 digs, while her 4.67 digs-per-set average was eighth ... her 560 digs currently rank as the 13th-best single season total in program history ... finished the season with double-digit digs in all 32 matches, which ties as the best single season mark in program history ... collected 20-or-more digs in 11 matches which currently ranks 13th on Ball State's single season charts ... registered a season-high 29 digs in the five-set victory over UMBC (Sept. 14) ... credited with 28 digs over four sets at Dayton (Aug. 25) ... earned 25 digs in five sets against Indiana (Sept. 8), while also tallying 25 digs in a three set victory at Toledo (Nov. 8) ... credited with a perfect reception percentage in 20 matches, while leading Ball State's primary passers with a .967 (555-for-574) reception percentage ... her best reception match came versus Eastern Michigan when she successfully passed all 35 serves she faced ... served up 14 aces on the year, including two versus South Alabama (Aug. 24), Grambling (Aug. 31) and at Toledo (Nov. 8) ... ranked second on the team with 86 assists on the year, including a season-high six at Towson (Sept. 15) ... credited with at least one assist in 31 of BSU's 32 matches ... named to the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational All-Tournament Team.
2017 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State … CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team … MAC Women’s Volleyball Distinguished Scholar Athlete and Academic All-MAC … two-time MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 6 & Nov. 11) … played in all 30 matches and all 118 sets as the team’s libero … only player to see action in all 118 sets for the Cardinals in 2017 … ranked fourth in the MAC with 583 digs, while her 4.94 digs-per-set average was seventh in the league … her 583 digs currently rank as the ninth-best single season total in program history … finished the season with double-digit digs in 29 matches which ties as the sixth-best single season total in program history … notched 20-or-more digs in 15 matches which ties as the fifth-best single season mark in program history … tied her career high with 36 digs versus Central Michigan (Oct. 27) which ties as the 20th-best single match total in program history … earned 33 digs the match before at Miami (Oct. 21), giving her a pair of 30-plus dig matches on the year … recorded her first 20+ dig match of the season with 21 versus Bradley (Sept. 1) … served up a career-high four aces versus Duquesne (Sept. 15), while adding three aces at Northern Illinois (Nov. 10) … finished the season with 29 aces to rank second on the team … scored kills versus Duquesne and at Central Michigan (Sept. 23) … earned a perfect reception percentage in 14 matches, while finishing the year with a .954 (566 for 593) percentage … dished out 54 assists on the year, including a season-high five versus Eastern Michigan (Oct. 28) … named to the Ball State and Butler All-Tournament Team.
2016 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State … MAC All-Freshman Team … played in all 31 matches … only player to see action in all 126 sets for the Cardinals in 2016 … played the final 122 sets at the team’s libero … ranked fifth in the MAC with 528 digs, while her 4.19 digs-per-set average was sixth in the league … her 528 digs currently rank as the 17th-best single season total in program history … recorded 17 digs in her first complete match as the team’s libero versus Murray State (Aug. 27) … finished the season with double-digit digs in 29 matches which ties as the sixth-best single season total in program history … recorded her first 20+ digs match at Omaha (Sept. 2), securing 26 digs over five sets … finished the season with 20-or-more digs in nine matches which ranks as the 16th-best single season total in program history … collected a career-high 36 digs versus Appalachian State (Sept. 10) which ties as the 20th-best single match total in program history … also secured 32 digs versus Valparaiso (Sept. 16) and 31 digs in the regular season finale versus Northern Illinois (Nov. 12) to finish the year with 30-or-more digs in three contests … served up a season-high three aces versus Appalachian State and Toledo (Sept. 29) … recorded her first career kill at Western Michigan (Oct. 8) … recorded a perfect reception percentage in 18 matches, while leading the squad with a .968 (631 for 651) percentage for the year … named to the Ball State Active Ankle Challenge and the Omaha Classic All-Tournament Teams.
PREP CAREER: Earned three letters in volleyball at Yorktown High School for coach Stephanie Bloom (a four-year letterwinner for the Cardinals from 2001-04, who ranks first in program history and third in MAC history with 2,273 career digs) … finished her three-year playing career with the Tigers at Worthen Arena, helping lead the program to the IHSAA Class 3A championship match … named second team All-State as a senior after collecting 296 digs and 121 kills over 112 sets played … also recorded 29 service aces and 25 blocks, while hitting .279 to help Yorktown finish the year with a 38-2 overall record … over her career, she tallied 705 digs and 70 aces while helping the Tigers compile a 98-12 record … also earned four letters in tennis at Yorktown … played club volleyball for Munciana.
PERSONAL: Maintains a 3.978 grade-point average as a speech language pathology major … born April 25, 1998 in Muncie, Ind. … daughter of Ramon and Teresa Avila … has three sisters, Sarah, Anne and Laura, and one brother, Ryan … her father was a three-year letterwinner for the Ball State men’s volleyball program from 1975-77 and is currently a George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Marketing at his alma mater … her sister Laura was a four-year letterwinner in volleyball at Bowling Green from 2010-13 and finished her career ranked fourth in program history with 3,394 career assists and was a 2013 Capital One Academic All-District First Team honoree … full name is Katherine Grace Avila.
