Caroline Kennedy
2 Caroline Kennedy
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    Gr.
  • Hometown:
    San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
  • High School:
    JSerra Catholic
  • Position:
    OH/OPP
  • m
    29
  • k/s
    2.15
  • h %
    .150
  • a/s
    0.06
  • b/s
    0.60
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.61

Bio

2022 (Grad. Student): Played in 29 matches and 85 sets... Totaled 183 kills and 51 blocks, eclipsing 1200 kills and 200 blocks for her career... Twice set season-highs with 16 kills and 18 total points (8/27 at Hofstra, 11/11 vs. UMBC)... Recorded double-digit kills eight times for the year... Had at least three blocks seven times, including a season-high six three times (9/3 vs. Montana State, 10/23 at UAlbany, 11/19 vs. UMBC)... Concludes Bryant career third in D-I program history with 1281 kills, fourth with 2.68 kills per set, eighth with a .220 attack percentage, eighth with 265 total blocks, and tenth with 0.55 blocks per set.

2021 (Senior): Second-team All-NEC selection... Appeared in all 32 matches and 115 sets for the Bulldogs in her senior season, starting every match... Finished season with 303 kills, 64 blocks, and a .219 hitting percentage... Averaged 2.63 kills per set overall and 2.73 k/s in NEC play... Was second on the team in both total kills and kills per set... Reached 1000 career kills on 10/16 vs. Saint Francis (PA)... Posted career high 22 kills on 11/6 vs. LIU... 22 kills were also a team high for the season... Recorded double-digit kills fourteen times on the season.

2020-21 (Junior): Appeared in seven matches and 30 sets during the condensed 2021 spring season … Averaged 2.87 kills per set … Ranked sixth in the NEC averaging 1.06 blocks per set … Erupted for a career-best 21 kills to open the season at Providence hitting .283 to go along with eight digs and four blocks … Helped Bryant break its Division I single-match team block record with 26 as Kennedy recorded a career-best of eight at Fairleigh Dickinson … Posted 14 kills against LIU marking a season-best against NEC foes … Named NEC Player of the Month for the month of February for her performance at Providence.

2019 (Sophomore): Second-team All-NEC selection … Earned NEC Academic Honor Roll distinction ... Appeared in all 32 matches and 111 of 113 sets … Second on the team in kills per set (2.67) while recording a team-best .282 hitting percentage … Ninth in the conference in kills per set … Her .332 hitting percentage in NEC matches ranked sixth in the conference, while her 3.02 kills per set placed seventh … Added 0.52 blocks per set … Collected double-digit kills in 14 matches, including 10 of 16 NEC contests … Hit .356 with 2.77 kills and 0.73 blocks per set in October … Season-high 17 kills in three straight matches from 11/1-11/8 … Season-best five blocks in the wins over Central Connecticut and Long Island in October … Added 14 kills against the Blue Devils and 12 in Brooklyn against the Sharks …  Double-digit kills in non-conference wins over North Dakota and Providence … Eight matches of 3+ blocks.

2018 (Freshman): Second-team All-NEC selection … Twice named Molten/NEC Rookie of the Week (Sept. 4 & 10) … Named Hampton Inn-vitational MVP … Appeared in all 35 matches and 138 of 139 sets … Set Bryant Division I single-season record for kills with 409 … Recorded 2.96 kills per set on a .215 hitting percentage … Added 0.86 digs and 0.43 blocks per set … Tallied 24 matches of 10+ kills … Posted career-best 20-kill efforts against Charlotte (Aug. 31) and Hartford (Sept. 25) … Notched three double-doubles in kills and digs (Central Michigan, Charlotte, Marist) … 15+ kills in all three matches at the Rose Hill Classic (Aug. 31-Sept. 1) … Hit .500 twice at the Hampton Inn-vitational, in wins over Middle Tennessee (Sept. 7) and Quinnipiac (Sept. 8) … Hit .458 in a road sweep of Fairleigh Dickinson (Nov. 3) … Tallied 16 kills on a .500 hitting percentage against St. Francis Brooklyn (Nov. 10) … 11 kills in the NEC semifinal win over Central Connecticut (Nov. 16).

Before Bryant
Four-year letterwinner at JSerra Catholic High School … First-team all-league, team MVP and led Trinity League with 355 kills as a senior … Second-team all-league as a junior … Played her club volleyball for Laguna Beach Volleyball Club. 

Personal
Daughter of Laura and Tom Kennedy ... Has two sisters, Katy and Cailin.

Career Single-Match Highs
Kills: 22, vs. LIU, 11/6/21
Assists: 3, at Providence, 2/14/21
Aces: 3, vs. Central Michigan, 8/25/18
Digs: 14, vs. Marist, 8/31/18
Blocks: 8, at Fairleigh Dickinson, 3/17/21

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 30 at New Hampshire L, 3-1
Nov 2 at Hartford W, 3-0
Nov 6 at NJIT W, 3-0
Nov 11 UMBC W, 3-2
Nov 13 Binghamton L, 3-0
Nov 19 vs. #2 UMBC L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 29 8
Sets 85 23
Kills 183 59
Kills per set 2.15 2.57
Errors 110 29
Total Attacks 486 149
Hitting Percentage .150 .201
Assists 5 0
Assists per set 0.06 0.00
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 0 0
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 52 18
Digs per set 0.61 0.78
Block Solo 2 0
Block Assist 49 21
Block Total 51 21
Blocks per set 0.60 0.91
Block Errors 3 2
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 209.5 69.5
Points per set 2.5 3.0
Matches started 9 5
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 vs. Miami (Fla.) L, 3-0 - 3 7 3 14 .286 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Aug 26 vs. Niagara L, 3-0 - 3 7 4 18 .167 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
Aug 27 at Hofstra W, 3-1 - 4 16 5 30 .367 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 18.0
Aug 30 Stonehill W, 3-0 - 2 1 1 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 2 No. 17 Harvard W, 3-0 - 3 5 1 11 .364 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 3 Montana St. W, 3-2 - 5 11 10 31 .032 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 6 0 14.5
Sep 3 Boston College L, 3-1 - 1 2 0 3 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 6 Brown W, 3-2 - 5 11 7 27 .148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 9 vs. Stonehill W, 3-0 - 1 1 2 4 -.250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 9 at St. John's L, 3-0 - 3 2 2 13 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Sep 10 vs. Southeastern La. L, 3-1 - 4 10 2 23 .348 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Sep 13 at Rhode Island W, 3-0 - 3 3 4 12 -.083 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 16 vs. Syracuse W, 3-2 - 5 13 8 33 .152 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Sep 17 vs. Lindenwood (Mo.) W, 3-0 - 3 8 4 19 .211 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 17 at UConn L, 3-2 - 2 1 3 8 -.250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 20 Hartford W, 3-0 - 1 1 2 6 -.167 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Sep 28 at Boston College L, 3-2 - 2 1 2 7 -.143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Oct 1 at UMBC L, 3-0 - 1 0 1 3 -.333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 7 UAlbany W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 New Hampshire W, 3-0 - 2 4 0 6 .667 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Oct 14 at Binghamton L, 3-0 - 2 3 2 11 .091 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Oct 18 at Central Connecticut W, 3-2 1 4 7 7 24 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Oct 21 NJIT W, 3-0 1 3 10 5 28 .179 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 5 0 12.5
Oct 23 at UAlbany W, 3-1 1 4 7 5 22 .091 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 1 6 0 10.0
Oct 26 Merrimack W, 3-0 1 1 1 2 4 -.250 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2.0
Oct 30 at New Hampshire L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Hartford W, 3-0 1 3 6 1 11 .455 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Nov 6 at NJIT W, 3-0 1 3 11 5 20 .300 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 1 2 0 12.0
Nov 11 UMBC W, 3-2 1 5 16 5 32 .344 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 18.0
Nov 13 Binghamton L, 3-0 1 3 8 6 27 .074 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Nov 19 vs. #2 UMBC L, 3-1 1 4 10 11 35 -.029 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 1 6 1 13.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2018-19 35 138 409 2.96 181 1060 .215 10 0.07 9 0.07 229 14 119 0.86 4 55 59 0.43 449.5 3.3
2019-20 32 112 296 2.64 104 680 .282 6 0.05 0 0.00 14 0 42 0.38 4 54 58 0.52 327.0 2.9
2020-21 7 30 86 2.87 45 217 .189 4 0.13 1 0.03 0 0 19 0.63 1 31 32 1.07 103.5 3.5
2021-22 32 115 303 2.63 137 759 .219 11 0.10 2 0.02 8 2 99 0.86 2 62 64 0.56 338.0 2.9
2022-23 29 85 183 2.15 110 486 .150 5 0.06 0 0.00 0 0 52 0.61 2 49 51 0.60 209.5 2.5
Total 135 480 1277 2.66 577 3202 .219 36 0.07 12 0.03 251 16 331 0.69 13 251 264 0.55 1427.5 3.0
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 29 85 183 2.15 110 486 .150 5 0.06 0 0.00 0 0 52 0.61 2 49 51 0.60 209.5 2.5
Conference 8 23 59 2.57 29 149 .201 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 18 0.78 0 21 21 0.91 69.5 3.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 11 31 70 2.26 39 179 .173 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 14 0.45 2 19 21 0.68 81.5 2.6
Away 11 31 57 1.84 37 161 .124 2 0.06 0 0.00 0 0 17 0.55 0 19 19 0.61 66.5 2.1
Neutral 7 23 56 2.43 34 146 .151 3 0.13 0 0.00 0 0 21 0.91 0 11 11 0.48 61.5 2.7
Result Wins 18 57 132 2.32 74 324 .179 1 0.02 0 0.00 0 0 38 0.67 2 33 35 0.61 150.5 2.6
Losses 11 28 51 1.82 36 162 .093 4 0.14 0 0.00 0 0 14 0.50 0 16 16 0.57 59.0 2.1
Month August 4 12 31 2.58 13 66 .273 1 0.08 0 0.00 0 0 10 0.83 0 8 8 0.67 35.0 2.9
September 13 38 69 1.82 47 197 .112 3 0.08 0 0.00 0 0 17 0.45 1 12 13 0.34 76.0 2.0
October 7 17 32 1.88 22 98 .102 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 7 0.41 1 17 18 1.06 41.5 2.4
November 5 18 51 2.83 28 125 .184 1 0.06 0 0.00 0 0 18 1.00 0 12 12 0.67 57.0 3.2

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