2016 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Katie Urycki
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chesterton, IN
- High School:
- Chesterton
- Position:
- OH
As a Senior in 2016:
- MAAC All-Academic Team selection
- Missed the year with a knee injury suffered in preseason practice
As a Junior in 2015:
- Played in 29 matches, including 19 starts
- Led the Bobcats with 279 kills, to go along with 202 digs and 45 blocks
- Had a season-high 20 kills to go along with 10 digs against Holy Cross (8/29)
- Had 17 kills in both matches on the same day (9/5) against North Carolina A&T and Delaware State, while adding 11 digs against NCA&T and 13 against DSU
- Tallied 22 digs in a match while moving to libero against Saint Peter's (10/4).
- Had 12 kills and only one error against Iona (10/17)
As a Sophomore in 2014:
- Led the Bobcats in several offensive categories including kills (262), kills per set (2.36), aces (35) and aces per set (0.32)
- Added 159 digs and 43 blocks
- Finished sixth in the MAAC in aces per set
- Moved into ninth place on the all-time career service aces list with 59
- Ranked eighth all-time for most aces in a single season with 35
- Played in 32 matches
- Had a career-high 23 kills against Iona (9/21)
As a Freshman in 2013:
- Played in all 31 matches
- Led the team in service aces with 24 and aces per set (0.26)
- Third on the team in kills (164) and fourth in kills per set (1.76)
- Had three double-doubles
- Tallied 19 kills and 13 digs against Manhattan (11/10)
- Totaled 11 kills and 12 digs in a Quinnipiac win over Saint Francis (9/13)
- Lead the team with seven games of double digit kills
Before Quinnipiac:
- Graduated from Chesterton High School in 2013 with seven combined varsity letters in volleyball and track
- Named All Conference and Team MVP after a stellar senior season that saw her tally 317 kills and a .266 hitting percentage.
- Totaled 41 service aces, 300 digs, 23 solo blocks, 24 block assists and 121 deflections while manning the front defensive line for Chesterton Senior
- Named Offensive MVP for her sophomore season and also helped guide Chesterton Senior to consecutive Chesterton Invite Titles in 2011 and 2012
- Named MVP of the 2012 Chesterton Invite and was also honored with the Best Attacker Award at the Western Michigan Tournament during her senior year
- Battled back from a knee injury suffered in Feb. 2011 during the latter stages of her standout sophomore season in which she was named Offensive MVP
- Member of the National Honor Society, won the Academic Honors Award all four years in addition to being named to the Principal’s Honor Roll all four years.
Personal:
- Born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Chesterton, Indiana
- Daughter of Steve and Kelly Urycki
- Has one younger sister Jessica and one younger brother Andrew
- Majoring in athletic training
