Kelly Cochran

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Michigan City Marquette
Hometown:
LaPorte, Ind.

2005
Started all 31 matches . . . competed in all 115 games . . . logged a career-best 65 attempts at Akron (Nov. 4), while smashing 18 kills . . . posted a season-high 19 kills in BSU’s sweep of Buffalo (Oct. 1) . . . tallied a season-high 24 digs at IUPUI (Sept. 6) . . . 18 kill/dig double-doubles on the year . . . 17 kills and 17 digs vs. South Florida (Sept. 2) . . . added a career-best three solo blocks in the victory over the Bulls . . . tied a career-high with four service aces in the Cardinals’ win over Wright State (Aug. 27) . . . handed out a season-best six assists vs. Yale (Sept. 10) . . . tallied double-figure kill totals in 22 matches, including 15-or-more on 10 occasions . . . collected double-figure digs totals in 23 matches, including 20-or-more three times . . . ranked first on the team with 31 service aces . . . recorded at least one block in 24 contests.

2004
Played in all 30 matches with 26 starts . . . competed in 100 of the team’s 110 games . . . smashed a career-high 22 kills and added a career-best .439 (22-4-41) attack percentage on her 20th birthday at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 9) . . . recorded a career-high five total blocks at Toledo (Sept. 25), including a career-best four block assists . . . posted a then-career-high 64 attempts in the Cardinals’ Mid-American Conference Tournament quarterfinal match vs. Northern Illinois (Nov. 11) . . . tallied double-figure kill totals in nine matches . . . recorded a season-best 19 digs in two matches - - Sept. 18 vs. Houston and Nov. 12 vs. EMU . . . posted double-figure dig totals in nine contests . . . had five kill/dig double-doubles on the year . . . logged at least one block in 17 matches, with three-or-more in four.

2003
Named to the MAC All-Freshman Team . . . started all 34 matches . . . competed in all 129 games . . . posted a then-school record 39 digs vs. Robert Morris (Sept. 13) . . . added 10-or-more digs in 17 contests, with 20-or-more in two matches . . . recorded a season-best 20 kills in BSU’s victory at Toledo (Nov. 7) . . . tallied 10-or-more kills in 17 matches, including 11 of BSU’s last 15 . . . logged 11 kill/dig double-doubles on the year . . . scored a career-high four service aces vs. Eastern Michigan (Nov. 15) . . . tallied a career-mark with seven assists at IPFW (Sept. 30) . . . stuffed a pair of solo blocks in two matches . . . added three block assists in two matches . . . scored a season-best four total blocks vs. Toledo (Sept. 27) . . . recorded a season-high 58 attempts plus added 16 kills and 16 digs in the Cardinals’ victory over No. 17 ranked Louisville (Nov. 29).

High School
Earned four letters in volleyball at Michigan City Marquette . . . played volleyball for Coach Jim Dove . . . earned first team all-state honors as a sophomore, junior and senior . . . 1A Shootout All-Tournament Team and MVP as a sophomore, junior and senior . . . North Junior All-Star team selection . . . News Dispatch All-Area First Team selection as a sophomore, junior and senior, second team selection as a freshman . . . LaPorte Herald Argus All-Area and Player of the Year as a sophomore . . . Gatorade Will to Win Award winner as a junior and senior . . . News Dispatch Player of the Year . . . helped guide Marquette to a 148-10 record in four seasons, including a 36-4 overall record and a 20-0 Northern Athletic Conference record her senior season . . . led squad to four sectional titles, four regional titles, four semi-state titles and three state titles . . . helped guide the Lady Blazers to a runner-up finish in the Class 1A State Championships her senior season . . . her 1999 squad finished the season ranked sixth nationally . . . three-time all-conference first team selection . . . all-conference honorable mention as a freshman . . . holds school records for kills (1,218), hitting percentage (.416), digs (851) and kills in a game (22) . . . played on the elite team for the Dunes Volleyball Club.

Personal
Major is elementary education . . . born October 9, 1984, in Valparaiso, Ind. . . . daughter of Stephen and Tonda Cochran . . . has one sister, Casey . . . full name is Kelly Arleen Cochran.