2021 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 3
Kate Bilyeu
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- High School:
- Omaha Marian
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- Major:
- Political Science
Bio
BILYEU CAREER-HIGH'S
KILLS: 12 vs. Binghamton (3/22/21)
HIT %: .600 vs. Merrimack (10/20 /21)
ACES: 8 vs.NJIT (10/03/21)
DIGS: 19 vs. Stony Brook (3/14/21)
BLOCKS: 3 (twice)
COLLEGIATE ACCOLADES
* 2x America East Academic Honor Roll (2018 at UML; 2019 at UNH)
* America East All-Rookie Team (2018 at UML)
* 3x America East Rookie of the Week (2018 at UML)
*Featured in the Service Credit Union Student-Athlete Spotlight (11/2/2020)
*Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2020-21
2021 SEASON
KILLS: 12 vs. Binghamton (3/22/21)
HIT %: .600 vs. Merrimack (10/20 /21)
ACES: 8 vs.NJIT (10/03/21)
DIGS: 19 vs. Stony Brook (3/14/21)
BLOCKS: 3 (twice)
COLLEGIATE ACCOLADES
* 2x America East Academic Honor Roll (2018 at UML; 2019 at UNH)
* America East All-Rookie Team (2018 at UML)
* 3x America East Rookie of the Week (2018 at UML)
*Featured in the Service Credit Union Student-Athlete Spotlight (11/2/2020)
*Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2020-21
2021 SEASON
- Named tri-captain of the 2021 season with Wren Macauley and Hannah Crist
- Ranked 3rd on the team in digs with 158
- Ranked 5th on the team with 11 assists
- Ranked 5th on the team with 124 kills
- Ranked 3rd on the team with 23 service aces
- Got 10 or more kills in 4 separate games
2020 SEASON
* Co-Captain of the Wildcats along with Emma Patlovich.
* Started seven of eight matches for the Wildcats, playing in 27 of 33 sets.
* Ranked second on UNH's roster with 65 kills (2.41 kills per set).
* Her 0.41 aces per set ranked tied for fifth among conference players.
* Also ranked third on the team with 76 digs and 11 service aces.
* Posted a career-high 12 kills against Binghamton on March 22.
* Had a career-high 19 digs on March 14 at Stony Brook.
* Notched 10+ kills three times and 10+ digs on three occasions.
* Tallied an ace in six of eight matches for the Wildcats.
2019 SEASON
* Played in 20 of 27 matches and 54 of 102 sets
* Averaged 1.03 points per set
* Recorded 51 kills (0.94/set) on a .116 hitting percentage
* Season-high 11 kills on a .348 hitting percentage in a five-set win at UMBC (10/06)
* Season-high six digs in a 3-1 win vs. Iona (09/01)
* Recorded six kills and five digs in her UNH debut, a 3-1 win vs. Rhode Island (08/31)
* Tallied seven kills, five digs and two blocks in a 3-2 win at Stony Brook (11/15)
* Recorded six kills on a .357 hitting percentage, as well as two blocks, in a 3-1 win vs. Quinnipiac (09/14)
* Established her season high of two blocks in a straight-set win vs. Bryant (09/03)
* Co-Captain of the Wildcats along with Emma Patlovich.
* Started seven of eight matches for the Wildcats, playing in 27 of 33 sets.
* Ranked second on UNH's roster with 65 kills (2.41 kills per set).
* Her 0.41 aces per set ranked tied for fifth among conference players.
* Also ranked third on the team with 76 digs and 11 service aces.
* Posted a career-high 12 kills against Binghamton on March 22.
* Had a career-high 19 digs on March 14 at Stony Brook.
* Notched 10+ kills three times and 10+ digs on three occasions.
* Tallied an ace in six of eight matches for the Wildcats.
2019 SEASON
* Played in 20 of 27 matches and 54 of 102 sets
* Averaged 1.03 points per set
* Recorded 51 kills (0.94/set) on a .116 hitting percentage
* Season-high 11 kills on a .348 hitting percentage in a five-set win at UMBC (10/06)
* Season-high six digs in a 3-1 win vs. Iona (09/01)
* Recorded six kills and five digs in her UNH debut, a 3-1 win vs. Rhode Island (08/31)
* Tallied seven kills, five digs and two blocks in a 3-2 win at Stony Brook (11/15)
* Recorded six kills on a .357 hitting percentage, as well as two blocks, in a 3-1 win vs. Quinnipiac (09/14)
* Established her season high of two blocks in a straight-set win vs. Bryant (09/03)
BEFORE UNH
Played her freshman year at UMass Lowell in 2018... Played all 26 matches and led the Rivers Hawks in kills and kills per set... Named America East Rookie of the Week three times and earned a spot on the All-Rookie Team... Also made the America East Academic Honor Roll... A 2018 graduate of Omaha Marian High School, where she was a three-year varsity letterwinner... Helped lead the team to back-to-back district championships as a sophomore and junior.... Accolades included All-Metro and All-State Honorable Mention... Also played club volleyball at Nebraska Elite Omaha and was a captain from 2014-18.
PERSONAL
Born Jan. 28, 2000 in Nebraska... Daughter of Tom Bilyeu and Shannan Naprstek.