Kelsie Wills #5
6-1, Senior
Outside Hitter
Matamata, New Zealand
Matamata College
Enters 2014 season ranked fourth in career kills (1,436), 218 behind all-time leader Lena Malinowski…Is currently Hofstra’s all-time leader in kills per set (3.97).
AT HOFSTRA
2013: All-Colonial Athletic Association first team selection…Most Valuable Player at the Hofstra-Asics Invitational, the Hofstra Invitational and the Temple Invitational…All-Tournament selection at the Harvard Invitational…Five-time CAA Co-Offensive Player of the Week…ECAC Player of the Week…Played in all 116 sets in all 32 matches…Tallied 501 kills, 283 digs, 66 blocks and 29 service aces…Led Hofstra and the CAA in kills and kills per set (4.32)…Averaged 4.87 points per set which also led the CAA…Ranked second on team in digs…Had double-digit kills in 30 matches including eight matches with more than 20 kills…Set a career-high with 28 kills against Delaware…Posted 23 kills versus Central Michigan…Tallied a season-high 16 digs against UNCW…Had 15 digs at Temple…Tied a career mark with six blocks at Sacred Heart…Served four aces versus St. Francis Brooklyn…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…2012: All-Colonial Athletic Association first team selection…CAA Championship Most Outstanding Player…American Volleyball Coaches Association Player of the Week on September 4…CVU.com Player of the Week on September 3…Most Valuable Player of the Hofstra Asics Invitational and Hofstra Pride Invitational…All-Tournament selection at the Columbia Invitational…Three-time CAA Player of the Week…Played in 132 sets in 35 matches…Recorded 581 kills, 26 assists, 293 digs, and 72 blocks…Posted a .186 hitting percentage…Led the team in kills and points…Ranked second on the team in service aces with 39… Posted a career-high 27 kills against Siena…Had 16 kills and a personal-best 20 digs against William and Mary...Gathered 18 kills and 11 digs in the CAA Championship game match against Delaware…Posted a career-best six blocks at St. Francis (NY)…Recorded 20 or more kills in 10 matches…Ranked first in the CAA in kills and points (657.5)…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…2011: CAA All-Rookie selection…Played in all 114 sets in all 31 matches…Recorded 354 kills, 338 digs and 43 blocks on the season…Posted a .160 hitting percentage…Ranked second on the team in kills and digs…Posted a season-high 24 kills against Towson…Had 21 kills and a season-high 17 digs at NJIT…Picked up 16 digs at UC Davis…Notched 14 kills and a season-high five blocks at UNCW…Served five aces against Air Force…Ranked 10th in the CAA In kills per set (3.11)…Named to Aggie Invitational All-Tournament Team…Two-time CAA Rookie of the Week (9/19 and 10/3)…Received CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award.
BACKGROUND: Played indoor volleyball and beach volleyball for five years and basketball for six years at Matamata College in New Zealand…Was also a tennis and netball athlete for eight years… In 2010 her team set a school record by placing seventh at the National Secondary Schools Volleyball Championships…Served as volleyball team captain during her senior year…Named Most Outstanding Volleyball Player from 2007 to 2010…Named her high school’s Sportswoman of the Year in 2010…Basketball MVP from 2007 to 2009…Member of New Zealand’s U17 and U19 Indoor and Beach Volleyball teams.
PERSONAL: Has two brothers…Brother, Beau, plays tennis at Hofstra…Likes to cook…Names Roger Federer as her favorite athlete…Lists “Scrubs” as her favorite television show…Aspires to pursue a career in the sports business field…Accounting major with a minor in finance.
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 28 vs. Delaware (10-18-13)
Assists: 4 vs. Eastern Michigan (9-8-12)
Blocks: 6, last at Sacred Heart (10-22-13)
Aces: 5 vs. Air Force (9-17-11)
Digs: 20 vs. William and Mary (11-16-12)
CAREER STATISTICS
Year MP SP K E TA PCT. A SA BS BA DG
2011 31 114 354 193 1006 .160 20 12 7 36 338
2012 35 132 581 283 1600 .186 26 39 3 69 293
2013 32 116 501 210 1245 .234 20 29 3 63 283
Career 98 362 1436 686 3851 .195 66 80 13 168 914
