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2021 Women's Volleyball Roster

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19 Kiernan O'Boyle

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool St. Teresa's Academy
  • Hometown Kansas City, MO

Biography

2021: Started all 23 matches in which she appeared during the season...Among the GLVC leaders in blocks and blocks per set this season...Named GLVC Defensive Player of the Week on 11/15...Finished the season with 132 kills, 128 total blocks, 55 digs and 18 aces...26 solo blocks led the league...Recorded at least one block and at least one kill in all 23 matches she appeared in...Season-high 10 kills came on 9/11 against UIndy...Posted a season-high 13 blocks, including four solo efforts, with five kills against SBU (11/9)...Recorded nine blocks against Maryville (10/22) and McKendree (10/29)...Finishes her career ranked second all-time in total blocks (458), block assists (365), solo blocks (98) and 10th in total points (968.5)...Named to the GLVC All-Academic Team.

2020: Finished the season among the GLVC leaders in blocks with 97...block total led the conference, while her average of 1.18 per set ranked second...made a season-high nine blocks against Rockhurst, while making eight against Lewis in the regular season matchup...averaged six blocks per match during the GLVC Tournament as the Miners reached the championship game...posted a .254 hitting percentage with 110 kills, while also recording five assists, seven service aces and 45 digs...had a season-high 10 kills against Quincy and had eight against Rockhurst...member of the GLVC All-Academic team.

2019: Played in all 31 matches while recording 287 kills and 112 total blocks...Has a season best 15 kills against UIndy (9/28)...Recorded eight total blocks against Mississippi College (9/14) and Bellarmine (9/27)...Hit .500 or better in seven matches...Hit .632 (12-0-19) against Newman (9/7)...Hit .667 (10-0-15) against Alabama Huntsville (9/13)...Had 17 10+ kill games...Went on an eight game streak of at least one solo block/game (9/14-9/28)...Combined for 31 kills over three matches in the Midwest Region Crossover...3rd on the team with 287 kills and 2.61 kills/set...2nd on the team with 371.5 total points...Led the team with 112 total blocks and 27 solo blocks...2nd on the team with 1.02 blocks/set...Currently 4th all-time in total blocks, 3rd all-time in solo blocks, and 4th all-time in assisted blocks.

2018: Played in all 30 matches while making starts in 29 of them... Led the team with a .278 hitting percentage...Was 5th on the team with 101 kills...Led the team with 20 solo blocks and 101 block assists for 121 total blocks...Ranked 5th in the GLVC and 63rd in national statical leaders with 1.06 blocks/set...Finished 7th in the league in total blocks...Ranked 53rd in Division II with 121 total blocks...Had a season high nine kills against Lake Erie (10/12)...Recorded seven block assists and two solo blocks against Urbana (8/24)...Hit .500 (9-2-14) with three solo blocks against Lake Erie (10/12)...Picked up a season high seven digs against Rockhurst (11/03)...Hit .500 or better in 10 matches...Hit better than .600 in two matches....Recorded a .700 hitting percentage (7-0-10) against Truman State (10/26)...Third on the team with 23 service aces... Ranked 6th all-time with 20 solo blocks, 101 block assists, and 121 total blocks in a single season.

High School: Lettered four years (2014-17) at St. Theresa’s Academy in Kansas City, Mo.…A 2018 graduate…Competed one season apiece in track (2016) and soccer (2015)…Member of the Book Club, Robotics Club, and STA Theater…Played club volleyball for Club North and the Summit Volleyball Club. 

Personal: Daughter of Pat and Shannon O’Boyle…Born in Shawnee Mission, Kan….Has an older sister and a younger brother…Everyone in her immediate family is or has been a walk-on college athlete…Likes skiing, hiking, and reading…majoring in mechanical engineering at Missouri S&T.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Sophomore

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    2020Junior

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    2021Senior

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