2015 Women's Volleyball

13 Kayla Eversgerd

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mater Dei Catholic HS
  • Hometown Germantown, Ill.

Biography

2014:  Became the sixth Upstate player in school history, and first in the Division I era, to join the 1,000 kill/1,000 dig career club…Is the first Spartan since Mandy Rupert (2003-06) to join the club…Named to both the Liberty Invitational and The Spartanburg Courtyard Classic All-Tournament Teams…Selected A-Sun Player of the Week on Sept. 22, the first since Holly Mauldin in 2008…Started in all 27 matches she appeared in…Led the team in kills and digs for the second straight season with 313 and 383, respectively…Ranked 12th or better for the A-Sun in kills, kills per set, digs and digs per set…Averaged 3.65 digs and 2.98 kills per set…Recorded 16 double-doubles consisting of 17 double-digit kill matches and 21 contests with 10 or more digs…Set a new career-high with 34 digs at North Florida.

2013:
  Started in all 28 matches and 106 sets as a sophomore…Led the team in both kills with 386 and digs with 350…Averaged 3.64 kills and 3.30 digs per set…Also contributed 28 assists, 21 total block and 10 service aces…Ranked fifth in the A-Sun for kills and tenth in digs…Her 386 kills rank first for Upstate during the Division I era…Registered a team-high 18 doubles on the season…Recorded 76 attack attempts in a five-set victory over Presbyterian College, which is the most in any match since the Spartans joined Division I…Finished the season with eight straight double-doubles highlighted by a career-high 21 kills at Stetson…Had 10 or more kills in 23 matches and double-digit digs in 20 of them…Collected a season-high 29 digs in a five-set defeat versus Princeton where she also had a season-best three service aces.

2012:
  Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team…Played and started in 29 matches…Saw action in 99 sets…Finished second on the team in kills per set, averaging 3.10 per set…Posted a season-high 20 kills and 23 digs against UNC Asheville in the Spartans’ first home contest of the year, marking the first of her nine double-doubles…Turned in 16 double-digit kill performances and reached double figures in digs 11 times…Scooped up 20 digs at Mercer…Was fourth on the squad in digs, collecting 2.79 digs a set.  

High School:  Played for the Mater Dei High School…Led Mater Dei to back-to-back Illinois Class AAA State Championships in 2010 and 2011…Helps the Knights to a third-place finish in the state tournament as a freshman, followed by a second-place finish her sophomore year…Named to the 2011 Belleville News Democrat Second Team…Collected accolades including Honorable Mention All-Area, Most Improved Player and St. Louis High School Sports.com Athlete of the Week as an ambidextrous outside hitter for Mater Dei…Posted 214 kills, 329 digs and 67 total blocks, including 32 solo rejections, while amassing 173 points in her senior campaign…In four years, she helped the Knights to a 151-17 overall record…Played club volleyball with C4 Crush for three years (2008-10), before joining Team Elite St. Louis for the 2011 season…Helped C4 Crush place second in the American Division of the National Tournament in 2008 and placed third in 2009…Assisted Team Elite St. Louis to a fifth place finish out of 48 teams in 2011, earning an 8-1 record in the National Division…Team Elite St. Louis qualified for the national Tournament…Named to the National All-Tournament Team.

Personal:  Born on Nov. 6, 1993…Parents are Kelly and Cheryl Eversgerd…Has a younger brother named Kyle…Is majoring in criminal justice with a minor in child advocacy studies…Her hobbies include reading, swimming and hiking…Likes to eat Mexican food…Says her favorite movie is “Peter Pan”…Names Sandra Bullock as her favorite actress…Summer is her favorite season…Names U.S. beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings as her favorite sports figure…Her favorite quote is, “the only limit is the one you set.”

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