2012 (Junior Season): Set a career-best of 21 kills, 21 points and seven digs in 3-1 win over Wisconsin (9/29) ... led the team with 14 kills in 3-2 win at Illinois (10/5) and had five digs in the match... hit a season-best .519 at Indiana with 16 kills on 27 attempts and just two errors (11/17) ... set a career-high with three solo blocks against Illinois (11/10) ... also had 17 kills and six digs against the Illini ... tallied a pair of digs against Houston (8/24) and Toledo (8/25) ... had 17.5 points vs. IUPUI ... lead the team with 14 kills for win over Notre Dame in the NCAA tournament with a career-best .842 attack percentage... 20 double-digit kill matches this season ... had 359 kills on the year for a 2.90 average...averaged 3.11 points per match...named to the WKU Tournament All-Tournament team...All-Big Ten honorable mention.
2011 (Sophomore Season): Played in 33 games while starting six during her second year as a Buckeye...recorded 267 kills on the season...had 11 games with double-digit kills with a career-high of 17 at Northwestern (11/11)...totaled a season-best seven digs in the season finale vs. Illinois (12/9)...recorded 92 digs, 81 assists, 30 blocks and had 285 points to finish the year...Academic All-Big Ten.
2010 (Freshman Season): Played in 15 matches....Ohio State Scholar-Athlete ... season-high four kills vs. Brown and Michigan...season-high two digs vs. Brown.
USA Volleyball: 2008 and 2009 Girls Youth National Training Team ... 2010 Women's Junior National Training Team Alternate.
Padua Francisican High School: Played volleyball for Tony Messina ... 2008 and 2009 Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II state volleyball champion ... three-time district champion ... four-year starter ... 2009 team captain ... 2007 third team All-Ohio ... 2008 and 2009 first team All-Ohio ... three-time first team all-district ... 2008 and 2009 district player of the year ... three-time Northcoast League first team selection ... 2008 and 2009 league most valuable player ... 2010 ESPN Rise Magazine Female Athlete of the Year ... 2008 and 2009 Prep Volleyball All-American ... 2010 Prep Volleyball Senior Ace and top recruit ... 2009 American Volleyball Coaches Association UnderArmour All-American ... 2009 Wendy's High School Heisman Winner ... National Honor Society
Cleveland Volleyball Club: Played for Troy Dixon
Personal: Full name is Kaitlyn Elizabeth Leary ... daughter of Tim and Pam Leary ... has one brother, Joe and one sister, Heather ... enjoys beach volleyball, jet skiing and fishing ... majoring in speech and hearing science.
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