Kenna Wollard Season 2023

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."