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2020 Women's Volleyball Roster

Kinkaid Padgett, 2019 Volleyball
Photo by: Brandon Dill
Kinkaid Padgett, 2019 Volleyball
Photo by: Brandon Dill
Kinkaid Padgett, 2019 Volleyball
Photo by: Brandon Dill
Kinkaid Padgett, 2019 Volleyball
Photo by: Brandon Dill
Kinkaid Padgett, 2020 Volleyball
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Kinkaid Padgett

  • Position:
    Libero
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Muncie, Ind.
  • Prev School:
    Georgia State
Career
Played first season with Memphis in 2019 … A transfer from Georgia State … Played two seasons for the Panthers (2017, 2018) … Has seen action in 252 sets (76 matches) … Has collected 430 digs, 55 assists and 24 service aces … Has 14 double-digit digs performances.
 
Honors (Academic/Athletic)
At Memphis: 2019-20 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... At Georgia State: Two-time Athletics Director’s Honor Roll (2017 fall, 2018 spring).
 
2019 (Junior; Memphis)
Saw action in 72 sets (22 matches) … Had 81 digs at her defensive specialist position … Also added 10 assists and four service aces … Logged a .981 receiving percentage with only two errors on 106 attempts … Made her Tigers debut at the Eastern Illinois Panther Invitational … Had four digs in the win over Eastern Illinois … Credited with her only kill of the season in a home win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Tiger Brawl) … Began season with no reception errors in the first eight matches (66 attempts) … Recorded a season-best 15 reception attempts with no errors in a home win over Toledo … Also had double-digit receptions without an error in victories over North Alabama (12) and Southern Illinois (10) … Collected a season-high 13 digs in a home match vs. Houston … Posted nine digs in wins over North Alabama and Southern Illinois … Logged a season-high two assists in three matches (Arkansas-Pine Bluff/North Alabama/Houston) … Registered a season-high two service aces in the regular-season finale win over Tulane.

2018 (Sophomore; Georgia State)
Played in all 26 matches (85 sets) … Second on the team with 189 digs … Third on the squad with 15 service aces … Dished out 26 assists … Had eight double-digit digs performances ... Opened the campaign with 11 digs vs. Mississippi Valley State … Tied a career-high with 15 assists vs. Marshall … That outing began a three-match stretch in which she posted double-figures digs … Had 10 at Loyola-Chicago and 12 vs. Furman … Served a career-high three aces in a home match vs. Chicago State … Logged 14 digs in a home match vs. UT Arlington … Tied her career-high with 15 digs in a home match vs. Coastal Carolina … Handed out a career-best three assists vs. Coastal Carolina … Tied career-high assists (3) at Louisiana Monroe … Collected 13 digs in a home match vs. Arkansas State.
 
2017 (Freshman; Georgia State)
Saw action in 28 matches (95 sets) … Made three starts in her first collegiate season … Third on team with 160 digs … Dished out 19 assists and added five service aces … Recorded double-digit digs in five matches … Made her collegiate debut in the season opener vs. Rutgers … Had four digs and two assists vs. Rutgers … Logged first college double-figures digs match with 12 at Kennesaw State … Followed that match with 14 digs vs. Jackson State and a career-high 15 digs vs. SIU-Edwardsville … Had 10 digs at Troy … Closed the season with 13 digs at Georgia Southern … Had season-high assists (2) four times.

High School 
Four-year letterwinner at Muncie Central High School … Played defensive specialist and libero under head coach Wes Lyon … Helped her team win the North Central Conference title all four years and sectional championships in 2014 and 2015 … The 2014 squad was the regional runner-up  … Finished high school career ranked third in program history with 177 aces and fourth in digs with 926 … Team posted a 99-38 overall record her four years … Member of the National Honor Society … Academic All-State honorable mention … Also played for club Asics Munciana, same club that Memphis associate coach Taylor Unroe played for during her prep career … Played seven years for Asics Munciana (2010-16) and her squads combined for an 81-9 record … Teams had four top-15 finishes at AAU Nationals … 2012 and 2014 squads placed fifth at AAU Nationals.

Personal
Daughter of Rob Padgett and Carmen Mink … Siblings are Kooper, Kailor and Kaitlin ... Birthday is December 10 ... Biology major.