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Kai Young Season 2021

PositionOH
Height5-11
ClassGraduate Student
HometownCharlotte, N.C.
High SchoolCharlotte Christian

2019 Hokie Invitational All-Tournament Team

2021: Appeared in two matches, starting in one of them … Recorded a block against Georgia State (9/3).

2020: Appeared in 13 matches, making eight starts … Posted 52 points on the season with 35 kills … Had a hand in 31 blocks this season for .76 blocks per game … Ranked third on the team in blocks this fall with 19 total ... Had back-to-back three kill performances at NC State (10/29, 10/30) ... Tallied a season-high six kills at Duke (10/24) then the next day recorded a season-high five blocks (10/25) ... Had a combined eight kills in the two wins against Virginia (10/16, 10/18).

2019: Played in 23 matches … Recorded two blocks against Boston College (11/8) … Had one kill and four blocks against Florida State (11/1) …  Tallied seven kills versus Wake Forest (10/27) … Recorded five kills against Duke (10/25) … Had five kills versus No. 23 Louisville (10/20) … Had 14 kills at the Hokie Invitational (9/20-21) … Tied her season high of seven blocks versus Arkansas State (9/20) … Recorded four kills on a .800 hitting percentage to go along with four blocks against Loyola Chicago (9/13) … Collected a season-high nine kills and three blocks against UC Irvine (9/13) … Posted five kills and a season-high seven blocks versus Elon (9/6) … Put down a kill and had two blocks against Northwestern (8/31) … Tallied two kills, one dig and three blocks at Miami (Ohio) (8/30) … Owned two kills and four blocks versus USC Upstate (8/30) in the season opener.

2018: Played in 24 matches and started 23… Recorded career highs in kills (13) and blocks (8) back at her hometown against Charlotte (8/25) … Marked a season-high .571 hitting percentage versus VCU (9/11).

2017: Appeared in 17 matches with two starts … Set new career-highs in kills and blocks with seven apiece against Boston College (10/29) … Totaled 20 kills and 22 blocks on the season. 

High School: All-Conference selection as a senior … One of the top high school middles in the Carolinas … Carolina Union team captain … Also rank track at Charlotte Christian.

Personal: Father played football at Notre Dame and was a 14-year NFL veteran with the San Francisco 49ers … Mother ran track at Notre Dame … Born in Palo Alto, California … Has four siblings … Majoring in multimedia journalism ... Born on July 1, 1999.