Kenzie Foley

Kenzie Foley AVCA DII Player of the Year trophy with Chad and Marci

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Kenzie Foley celly NSIC Tournament Championship vs. Concordia-St. Paul 11-24-24

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Kenzie Foley NCAA Tournament Regional Championship vs. Central Oklahoma 12-7-24

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Kenzie Foley vs. Findlay 9-13 UP North Tournament

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Kenzie Foley 9-14-24 UP North Tournament

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Kenzie Foley NSIC Championship Match | 11-19 recap

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Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-1
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
High School:
Sergeant Bluff-Luton

CAREER NOTES
Academic:
National
2x CSC Academic All-America® First Team (2023, 2024)
2x CSC Academic All-District® (2023, 2024)

Conference
2x NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence (2023, 2024)
3x NSIC All-Academic (2022, 2023, 2024)

Athletic:
National
AVCA DII National Player of the Year (2023)
D2CCA Ron Lenz National Player of the Year (2023)
4x AVCA All-American (First Team - 2021, 2023, 2024 | Second Team - 2022)
3x D2CCA All-American (First Team - 2023, 2024 | Third Team - 2021)
3x AVCA National Player of the Week (Sept. 13, 2022 | Nov. 15, 2022 | Oct. 8, 2024)
AVCA DII National Freshman of the Year (2021)

Regional
2x AVCA Central Region Player of the Year (2023, 2024)
2x D2CCA Central Region Player of the Year (2023, 2024)
AVCA Central Region Freshman of the Year (2021)
4x AVCA All-Central Region First Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
3x D2CCA All-Central Region First Team (2021, 2023, 2024)
2x NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team (2022, 2024)

Conference
2x NSIC Player of the Year (2023, 2024)
NSIC Freshman of the Year (2021)
NSIC Preseason Player of the Year (2024)
4x All-NSIC First Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
4x NSIC All-Tournament Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
12x NSIC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 20, 2021 | Nov. 15, 2021 | Sept. 12, 2022 | Sept. 11, 2023 | Sept. 25, 2023 | Oct. 23, 2023 | Nov. 6, 2023 | Sept. 9, 2024 | Sept. 16, 2024 | Oct. 7, 2024 | Oct. 14, 2024 | Oct. 21, 2024 | Oct. 28, 2024)

Misc.
SCSU Female Senior Athlete of the Year (2024-25)
Honda NCAA DII Athlete of the Year Finalist (2023)
Participated in the USA Volleyball Women’s National Team Open Program tryouts (February 2024)
Led the NSIC in kills (553), kills/set (4.94), points (619) and points/set (5.53) (2024)
Ranked No. 4 in kills (553), No. 5 in kills/set (4.94) and No. 5 in points/set (5.53) among D-II players (2024)
Led the NCAA and NSIC in kills/set (5.00) (2023)
Ranked second nationally in points/set (5.51) and fourth in total kills (545) (2023)
2x SCSU Wolters Kluwer Athete of the Month (Sept. 2022, Oct. 2024)
2x UP North Tournament All-Tournament Team (2023, 2024)
Yotes Classic Showdown All-Tournament Team (2024)
Seawolf Invitational Most Outstanding Performer / All-Tournament Team (2023)
SCSU/CSP Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
Hyatt Place Bash at the Beach All-Tournament Team (2022)

SCSU CAREER RECORDS
1. Kills – 2,003
1. Points – 2,289.5
1. Double-Doubles – 79
1. Double-Digit Kill Matches – 114
1. 20+ Kill Matches – 29
1. Attacks – 4,562
5. Digs – 1,465
5. Sets Played – 455
t-8. Matches Played – 128
One of 13 players in 1,000 kill club at SCSU and fastest player in program history to surpass 1,000 kills
One of 12 players in 1,000 dig club at SCSU
One of five players in 1,000 kill/1,000 dig club at SCSU and fastest player to eclipse 1,000 in both

SCSU SEASON RECORDS
1. Kills by a First Year – 451, 2021
2. Kills – 553, 2024
3. Kills – 545, 2023
4. Attacks – 1,231, 2024
5. Attacks – 1,211, 2023
5. Kills – 484, 2022
t-8. Kills – 451, 2021
9. Attacks – 1,126, 2022

SCSU MATCH RECORDS
1. Kills – 34, at Wayne State (Oct. 12, 2024)
t-2. Kills – 32, vs. Northern Michigan (Sept. 14, 2024)
t-2. Kills – 32, vs. Minnesota Duluth (Oct 12, 2023)
t-7. Kills – 30, at Wayne State (Nov. 19, 2022)
t-10. Kills – 28, vs. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) (Dec. 15, 2024)
t-10. Kills – 28, vs. Central Washington (Sept. 9, 2023)

2024 | FIFTH YEAR:
Started all 32 matches and played 112 of 113 possible sets, accumulating 553 kills, 619 points, 375 digs, 56 blocks (eight solo and 56 assists) and 23 aces...led team in kills...averaged 4.94 kills/set on .284 hitting while adding 5.53 points, 3.35 digs, 0.57 blocks and 0.27 aces/set...recorded a .449 kills percentage...led the NSIC in kills, kills/set, points and points/set...ranked No. 4 in kills, No. 5 in kills/set and No. 5 in points/set among D-II players...set program records for kills and points on Sept. 24 in SCSU's first sweep of No. 9 Concordia-St. Paul since 1993 - kills record was held for two years by former teammate Linsey Rachel (2018-22) and points record was held by SCSU Hall of Famer Kathy Davis (1985-88) for 36 years...sent down a program record 34 kills at Wayne State on Oct. 12...broke Rachel's two-year old career double-doubles record on Nov. 9...surpassed Rachel's school record for career sets played on Dec. 5...became first Husky and fourth NSIC player to surpass 2,000 career kills against Central Oklahoma on Dec. 7...tied her career high in digs (26) on Dec. 7...tallied 30+ kills in two matches, 20+ in five and 10+ in 31 of 32 matches...recorded 20+ digs in two matches and 10+ in 20...posted 20 double-doubles (kills/digs) including a stretch of eight in a row...

2023 | SENIOR SEASON:
Started all 32 matches and played all 109 sets, piling up 545 kills while producing 601.0 points, 350 digs, 44.0 blocks and 32 aces...led team in kills...averaged 5.00 kills/set on .286 hitting while adding 5.51 points, 3.21 digs, 0.40 blocks and 0.29 aces/set...posted a .450 kills percentage...led the NCAA and NSIC in kills/set (5.00)...also led the NSIC in points/set (5.51), total kills (545), attacks/set (11.11) and total attacks (1,211)...ranked 14th in total digs (350), 16th in digs/set (3.21) and 17th in hitting % (.286) in the NSIC...ranked second in points/set, fourth in total kills and 23rd in attacks/set in the NCAA...surpassed 1,000 career kills becoming the fastest player to surpass that mark in program history and the 13th St. Cloud State Volleyball Player to do so...eclipsed 1,000 career digs, becoming the 11th player in program history to surpass that mark... just the fifth player in program history to reach both 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs...posted 30+ kills in one match, 20+ in 10 and 10+ in all 32 matches...recorded 20+ digs in two matches and 10+ in 20...tallied 20 double-doubles (kills/digs) including a stretch of eight in a row...

2022 | JUNIOR SEASON:
Started all 34 matches and appeared in 119 sets as a starting outside, scoring down 559.5 points and sending down 484 kills on .267 hitting alongside 390 digs, 66 blocks and 39 aces…led team in kills...averaged an NSIC-leading 4.07 kills and 4.70 points, 3.28 digs and 0.55 blocks a set…recorded the best reception percentage among all Huskies with at least 70 chances, posting a .954 as a key member of the serve receive…ranked No. 10 in the NCAA in kills, No. 16 in points/set and No. 17 in kills/set…led the NSIC in kills/set and points/set, finishing second in kills and ninth in aces while landing 10^th in digs and leading all NSIC outside hitters in digs/set…posted 20+ kills in six matches, double-digit kills in 30 matches and recorded 20 double-doubles…her 484 kills rank third in Huskies single-season history while her 559.5 points land fifth…

2021 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Started all 31 matches she appeared in and played 115 sets, piling up a Huskies first-year record 451 kills while producing 510.0 points, 350 digs, 68 blocks and 22 aces...led team in kills...averaged 3.92 kills/set on .295 hitting while adding 4.43 points, 3.04 digs and 0.59 blocks/set...posted a whopping .454 kill percentage, the highest mark by a Huskies outside hitter since Jennifer Dorenbush posted a .462 in 1999…was second in reception percentage among Huskies with at least 100 chances, posting a .954 as an anchor of the serve receive…finished second in the NSIC in kills, fourth in kills/set, 11th in hitting percentage and digs while landing 18th in digs/set...posted 20+ kills in eight matches, double-digit kills in 24 matches and added 19 double-doubles...

2020 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Trained with the Huskies as the NCAA did not hold a fall season due to the pandemic...

Prep: A 2020 graduate of Sergeant Bluff-Luton in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa...four-year letterwinner…two-time First Team Class 4A All-State selection…2019 Iowa Class 4A State Player of the Year…named to 2019 Iowa Elite All-State Team…led Sergeant Bluff-Luton to three straight Class 4A State Tournament appearances and earned 2019 State Tournament MVP honors in guiding the Warriors to the program’s first-ever State Championship…SBL went 114-14 over her three years as a starter for a .891 winning percentage…added All-State Tournament Team honors as a junior…three-time First Team All-Missouri River Activities Conference selection and three-time Class 4A West All-District honoree…established Sergeant Bluff-Luton’s career kills record in addition to setting the single-season kill record and single-match marks for kills and aces…produced the third-most kills in the state of Iowa as a senior after ranking fifth as a junior…multiple-time Academic All-Missouri River Activities Conference honoree…starred in basketball and softball as a three-sport standout, earning First Team All-MRAC honors in both sports…highly involved in the President's Education Award Program, earning Outstanding Academic Excellence for her academic achievements...

Personal: The daughter of Jeff and Julie Foley...double-majoring in data analytics and finance... lists Kerri Walsh Jennings as her favorite athlete…