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Kenna Wollard Season 2025-26

#4
PositionOH
Height6-1
YearSenior
HometownDunlap, Ill.

2025 / AS A JUNIOR

  • AVCA Second Team All-America after playing her first season as a left side hitter (played the previous two seasons on the right side)
  • Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection
  • AVCA All-Midwest Region Player of the Year
  • AVCA All-Midwest Region Team
  • One of 14 semifinalists for National Player of the Year
  • Led Purdue’s offense to rank No. 1 in the nation in team kills (1,834), No. 12 in hitting % (.290)
  • Ranked No. 8 in the nation in total points (637.0) while averaging 4.86 points per set (third in the Big Ten)
  • Finished the year with 577 kills, tied for third-most in Purdue single-season history, joining Debbie McDonald, Ariel Turner and Brooke White as the only Boilermakers to ever accomplish the feat
  • Started and played in all 34 of Purdue’s matches
  • Posted eight 20+ kill matches
  • Tied career-high in blocks with five against SMU (12/11) in the NCAA Regional Semifinals (also recording five vs. Illinois on 9/28)
  • Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on 9/8
  • Big Ten Player of the Week on 10/6
  • AVCA National Player of the Week on 10/6
  • Ranked No. 2 in Big Ten total attacks (1,351)
  • Ranked No. 3 in Big Ten and No. 7 nationally in kills (577)
  • Ranked No. 3 in Big Ten in points per set (4.86)
  • One of six Boilers to ever have 33+ kills in a match (33 at #24 UCLA on 10/2)
  • Two matches with two or fewer attack error performances in the NCAA Tournament (vs. Wright State on 12/4 and vs. SMU on 12/11)
  • Career-high points (35.5), kills (33) and attacks (65) at #24 UCLA on 10/2
  • Averaged .260 attack %
  • Two matches with career-high three service aces (9/13 vs. Houston, 8/29 vs. South Florida)
  • Reached 15 digs, a career-high, on three occasions: 11/23 vs. Northwestern, 9/4 vs. Bowling Green, and 9/5 vs. Kansas

2024 / AS A SOPHOMORE

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Totaled 150 kills over 93 sets of action
  • Averaged a .227 hitting clip
  • Registered 58 total blocks
  • Had a career-high performance at Northwestern (10/4), racking up a team-leading 18 kills on a then-career-best .438 hitting %
  • Set a career-high .571 hitting % in the NCAA First Round vs. Western Michigan (12/5/24)
  • Hit over .400 in back-to-back matches at #16 Minnesota (9/28/24) with an errorless seven kills on a .467 clip, followed by a career-best 18 kills and four errors on 32 swings at Northwestern (10/4/24) for a .438 clip.
  • Produced an errorless four kills on seven swings in just two sets of action (.571%) in the NCAA First Round vs. Western Michigan (12/5/24).
  • Over two matches, racked up 21 kills on an average .423 hitting clip beginning with 10 kills vs. UC Davis (9/1/24) followed by 11 vs. Cal (9/5/24). During the two-match stretch, her efficiency led to just four attack errors.
  • Averaged .62 blocks per set
  • Reached a career-high five blocks on two occasions: vs. Houston (9/13/24) and vs. Loyola Chicago in the NCAA Second Round (12/6/24)

2023 / AS A FRESHMAN

  • Saw action in 21 matches, including three starts, two of which came in Big Ten play
  • Totaled 57 kills and 38 blocks in her freshman campaign
  • Averaged 1.29 points per set
  • Recorded a career-high seven kills at Minnesota (11/10/23)
  • Registered at least three blocks on eight occasions, including a career-high four on three occasions: at Rutgers (9/24/23), vs. #2 Nebraska (9/26/23) and at Minnesota (11/10/23
  • Registered five or more kills on four occasions: six at Rutgers (9/24/23), six vs. #2 Nebraska (9/26/23), seven at Minnesota (11/10/23) and five vs. Fairfield in the NCAA First Round (11/20/23)
  • Posted a career-high five digs vs. Illinois (10/4/23)
  • Went errorless on the attack in the NCAA First Round vs. Fairfield (11/30/23) with five kills on nine swings on her way to a career-high .556 hitting efficiency
  • Hit .400 in the NCAA Regional Semifinal vs. Oregon (12/7/23) with two kills on five attempts
  • Against USC (9/15/23), went errorless with two kills on four attempts

 
HIGH SCHOOL

  • Journal Star Player of the Year
  • Participated in the U.S. national team development program in July 2022 out in Arizona
  • Ranked No. 5 in the state of Illinois by PrepDig
  • Club Team: Illini Elite
  • Two-time First Team All-State honoree (junior and sophomore year)
  • Two-time First Team All-Conference as a junior and sophomore
  • Second Team All-Conference as a freshman
  • Set the Peoria area record for all-time kills
  • Posted the third-most kills in the state of Illinois as a senior
  • Guided her team to a 2021 IHSA Class 2A elite eight appearance
  • Tallied 526 kills on her way to a .354 hitting % as a junior
  • Defensively, tallied 237 digs and 51 blocks during her junior year campaign
  • Totaled 332 kills as a sophomore
  • Team captain during her senior year
  • Was a competitive swimmer
  • Career Plans: Orthodontist
  • Parents Kristie Warfield and Jason Wollard were both student-athletes at Illinois – mother was a swimmer and father played baseball for the Fighting Illini.

Shondell on Wollard: "Kenna is a terrific volleyball player that does everything you want an outside hitter to do. She can pass, she can play defense, she's a great blocker and has a very good jump. Her desire to get better is one of her most impressive attributes. She wants to become great. She's very likeable and her teammates love her. Kenna has a high ceiling. Nothing will be easy in the Big Ten, but she's coming here for a reason and wants to help Purdue do something we've never done before, like she just did with her high school program. She is going to be a great, complete player."

Kenna Wollard

Junior
2025

OH
6-1 / -
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Junior
2024-25

OH
6-1 / -
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Sophomore
2024

OH
6-1 / -
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Freshman
2023

OH
6-1 / -