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Kendall Murray

Class:
Senior
Position:
OPP/OH
Height:
6-2
Hometown:
Ann Arbor, Mich.
High School:
Skyline

Senior (2023)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in all 29 matches and 102 total sets
• Led the team with 282 kills and 2.76 kills per set
• Tallied 32 service aces, 218 digs and 35 blocks
• Recorded 4 double-doubles and led the team in kills in 14 matches
• Served on the team's three-member leadership committee
• Set a new career-high 24 kills with a .537 hitting percentage and 2 service aces against Rutgers (Nov. 12)
• Tallied a team-leading 19 kills against Ohio State (Oct. 29)
• Recorded 13 kills and 14 digs against Penn State (Oct. 27)
• Tallied 21 kills with a .306 hitting percentage and 14 digs against Northwestern (Oct. 21)
• Recorded 13 kills against Northwestern (Oct. 6)
• Recorded 14 kills with a .312 hitting percentage against Maryland (Sept. 24)
• Tallied 13 kills against Bowling Green (Sept. 17)
• Recorded 14 kills with a .364 hitting percentage and 15 digs against Bowling Green (Sept. 15)
• Tallied 16 kills against Duke (Sept. 9)
• Set a career-high 5 aces against Arkansas (Sept. 3)
• Recorded 14 kills and a career-high 27 digs against Colorado State (Sept. 2)

Junior (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 28 matches (86 sets), starting 19, collecting 183 kills, 118 digs, 26 blocks, 17 service aces, and 10 assists
• Set a career-high 21 kills against Utah Tech (Aug. 27)
• Set season-high hitting percentage of .514 against Utah Tech (Aug. 27)
• Collected double-digit kills in seven matches and had a hitting percentage of .300 or more in seven matches

Sophomore (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 28 matches (87 sets)
• Recorded 44 kills, 10 assists, 7 aces, 144 digs, and 7 blocks during the season
• Recorded four blocks against Duke (Sept. 10)

Freshman (Spring 2021)
• Collegiate debut: Feb. 13 vs. Purdue
• Started the final four matches of the season
• Played in 11 matches on the year and in 36 sets
• Had nine kills against Maryland (Feb. 20)
• Marked seven kills in first start of career against Nebraska (March 25)
• Averaged .92 kills/set and 1.03 digs/set

Prep
• 2019 AVCA Under Armour All-American 3rd Team
• 2019 Miss Michigan Volleyball candidate
• 2019 All-State 1st Team
• 2019 All-South Eastern Conference (SEC) 1st Team
• 2018 All-State 2nd Team
• 2018 All-Region 1st Team
• 2018 Prep Volleyball Top 50 Junior
• 2018 All-SEC 1st Team
• 2018 Skyline High School Most Valuable Player and Most Outstanding Offensive Player
• 2018 MaxPreps Player of the Week (Oct. 29)
• 2017 All-South Eastern Conference (SEC) 1st Team
• 2017 Skyline High School Most Outstanding Offensive Player
• Four year honor roll member
• First player in Skyline history to reach 1,000 kills
• Skyline High School record holder for kills and digs
• Three-time NAACP Academic Scholar

Club/National
• Legacy Volleyball Club (2014-19)
• Huron Valley Volleyball Club (2013)
• 2018 AAU National All-American

Personal
• Kendall Monet Murray
• Born June 10, 2002
• Daughter of Vada and Sarah Murray
• Father, Vada, played defensive back for Michigan in three Rose Bowls (1987, 1989, 1990), unfortunately passing away in 2011 at the age of 43 after a lengthy battle with cancer
• Older brother Deric plays college basketball at Aquinas College
• Younger sister Harper plays college volleyball at Nebraska
• Communication and Media major with Entrepreneurship minor