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2024 Women's Volleyball Roster
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Phelan, Kenna
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Jersey Number 7
Kenna Phelan
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Fayetteville, Ark.
- High School:
- Fayetteville
Bio
Career Accolades:
Sophomore (2024):
Played in every set this season and finished the season with 608 assists and 31 service aces this season for FSU...Tallied 47 assists, 10 aces, nine digs, and one kill in three games in the Seminole Invitational... registered 52 assists, 40 digs, three aces, and two kills between three games in the Auburn Invitational... logged 37 assists,13 digs, two aces, and one kill in two games in the Seminole Classic... recorded 23 assists, three digs, and one kill versus #16 Florida... notched 17 assists, two digs, and one ace against Alabama... collected 43 assists, 18 digs, and three kills between two games versus #25 Miami... delivered 19 assists, six digs, and one ace versus Virginia... added 13 assists, nine digs, one kill, and one ace against Virginia Tech... produced 18 assists, eight digs, and one ace versus #4 Louisville... logged 16 assists, four kills, four aces, and four digs against Notre Dame... tallied 25 assists, 13 digs, and one kill versus Boston College... registered 15 assists, seven digs, and three kills against Syracuse... reported 24 assists, eight digs, one kill, and one ace against #25 UNC... recorded 20 assists, six digs, and two aces against Duke... notched 14 assists, two digs, one kill, and one ace versus California... collected 13 assists, five digs, and one kill versus #5 Stanford... delivered 13 assists, nine digs, and one kill against Wake Forest... added 23 assists, six digs, two kills, and one ace versus NC State... produced 13 assists and one dig against #1 Pitt... logged 17 assists, five digs, and one kill versus #10 SMU... tallied 30 assists, six digs, and one ace against #15 Georgia Tech... registered 33 assists, three kills, two digs, and one ace against Clemson... reported 18 assists, six digs, and two kills versus #10 SMU... recorded 32 assists, one dig, and one kill against Wake Forest... notched 33 assists, seven digs, and one ace versus Ole Miss...
Freshman (2023):
Played in all 118 sets for the Noles, adding 601 assists for the Noles... Named ACC-All Freshman Team... Totaled 59 assists and 12 digs in the Classic City Clash... produced 21 assists against SMU and 20 assists, seven digs and one kill against Auburn in the Seminole Invitational... recorded 16 assists and three digs against Samford... logged 17 assists against UCF and 16 assists against North Texas in the UCF Invitational... registered 18 assists and four digs against Florida... logged 24 assists, one ace and four digs against TCU, as well as 13 assists and eight digs against Hawaii as part of the Fight in the Fort... added 14 assists, six digs, and one ace against UNF... registered 23 assists and seven digs against Virginia Tech... produced 17 assists, one kill, and six digs against Wake Forest... reported 21 assists, two digs, and one kill against North Carolina... recorded career-high 27 assists, six digs, and two aces against Duke... logged one kill, 23 assists, two aces, and 10 digs against Miami... produced one kill, 23 assists, and eight digs against NC State... registered 25 assists and nine digs against Georgia Tech... recorded 18 assists and five digs against Clemson... tallied 17 assists and two digs against Boston College... added 11 assists and four digs against Syracuse... reported one kill, 15 assists, and 10 digs against Louisville... delivered 20 assists and six digs against Notre Dame... produced two kills, 17 assists, four aces, and seven digs against Pitt... contributed 16 assists, four aces, and eight digs against Virginia... recorded 18 assists and eight digs against Syracuse... added 21 assists and seven digs against Miami... reported one kill, 14 assists, one ace, and five digs against Chicago State... logged 16 assists and five digs against North Carolina... registered 19 assists, two aces, and four digs against Notre Dame... delivered 23 assists and 10 digs against TCU in Round One of the NCAA Tournament.
Before Florida State:
Phelan comes to Florida State as one of the top high school setters in the country...Five-star recruit by vballrecruiter.com and was named the Arkansas Gatorade Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022...Put together an outstanding senior season, delivering 217 kills, 227 digs and 977 assists along with a .453 kill percentage. She added 80 service aces and 31 blocks...Wrapped up her otherworldly high school career with 3,972 career assists...Was a four-time 6A First Team All-State honoree...Earned MaxPreps.com First Team All-America honors...Named an Under Armor High School All-American...Has helped Fayetteville High School to three-consecutive state championships and is a four-time all-state selection...Named the state tournament MVP twice...She holds the school record for both aces (288) and assists (3,792) at Fayetteville High School...Comes from an impressive family full of collegiate athletes. Her mom, Jessica, played volleyball for the Arkansas Razorbacks under Head Coach Chris Poole and was an AVCA All-American for the Razorbacks. She was also named a Southeastern Conference Women’s Legend and coached Kennedy all four years at Fayetteville High School...Kennedy’s father, Darin, played tennis at the University of Arkansas and became an assistant coach at the school for seven years before he became the head tennis coach at Fayetteville High School. .Her brother, Tyler, currently runs cross country at Northwest Arkansas Community College.
Quote from Head Coach Chris Poole: “I’ve known Kenna her whole life. Kenna's mom, Jessica, was my first AVCA All-American back in 1997 and led our Arkansas Razorback team to a 3-0 sweep over Florida for the SEC Tournament Championship that season. Kenna’s dad was a star tennis player and later assistant tennis coach at Arkansas as well. Kenna has been raised to compete and to play with no fear. She has set, passed and hit growing up, but her primary role as an older player has been in the setter position. There are great players and there are players that make everyone around them better. Kenna is both.”
- 2023 ACC All-Freshman Team
Sophomore (2024):
Played in every set this season and finished the season with 608 assists and 31 service aces this season for FSU...Tallied 47 assists, 10 aces, nine digs, and one kill in three games in the Seminole Invitational... registered 52 assists, 40 digs, three aces, and two kills between three games in the Auburn Invitational... logged 37 assists,13 digs, two aces, and one kill in two games in the Seminole Classic... recorded 23 assists, three digs, and one kill versus #16 Florida... notched 17 assists, two digs, and one ace against Alabama... collected 43 assists, 18 digs, and three kills between two games versus #25 Miami... delivered 19 assists, six digs, and one ace versus Virginia... added 13 assists, nine digs, one kill, and one ace against Virginia Tech... produced 18 assists, eight digs, and one ace versus #4 Louisville... logged 16 assists, four kills, four aces, and four digs against Notre Dame... tallied 25 assists, 13 digs, and one kill versus Boston College... registered 15 assists, seven digs, and three kills against Syracuse... reported 24 assists, eight digs, one kill, and one ace against #25 UNC... recorded 20 assists, six digs, and two aces against Duke... notched 14 assists, two digs, one kill, and one ace versus California... collected 13 assists, five digs, and one kill versus #5 Stanford... delivered 13 assists, nine digs, and one kill against Wake Forest... added 23 assists, six digs, two kills, and one ace versus NC State... produced 13 assists and one dig against #1 Pitt... logged 17 assists, five digs, and one kill versus #10 SMU... tallied 30 assists, six digs, and one ace against #15 Georgia Tech... registered 33 assists, three kills, two digs, and one ace against Clemson... reported 18 assists, six digs, and two kills versus #10 SMU... recorded 32 assists, one dig, and one kill against Wake Forest... notched 33 assists, seven digs, and one ace versus Ole Miss...
Freshman (2023):
Played in all 118 sets for the Noles, adding 601 assists for the Noles... Named ACC-All Freshman Team... Totaled 59 assists and 12 digs in the Classic City Clash... produced 21 assists against SMU and 20 assists, seven digs and one kill against Auburn in the Seminole Invitational... recorded 16 assists and three digs against Samford... logged 17 assists against UCF and 16 assists against North Texas in the UCF Invitational... registered 18 assists and four digs against Florida... logged 24 assists, one ace and four digs against TCU, as well as 13 assists and eight digs against Hawaii as part of the Fight in the Fort... added 14 assists, six digs, and one ace against UNF... registered 23 assists and seven digs against Virginia Tech... produced 17 assists, one kill, and six digs against Wake Forest... reported 21 assists, two digs, and one kill against North Carolina... recorded career-high 27 assists, six digs, and two aces against Duke... logged one kill, 23 assists, two aces, and 10 digs against Miami... produced one kill, 23 assists, and eight digs against NC State... registered 25 assists and nine digs against Georgia Tech... recorded 18 assists and five digs against Clemson... tallied 17 assists and two digs against Boston College... added 11 assists and four digs against Syracuse... reported one kill, 15 assists, and 10 digs against Louisville... delivered 20 assists and six digs against Notre Dame... produced two kills, 17 assists, four aces, and seven digs against Pitt... contributed 16 assists, four aces, and eight digs against Virginia... recorded 18 assists and eight digs against Syracuse... added 21 assists and seven digs against Miami... reported one kill, 14 assists, one ace, and five digs against Chicago State... logged 16 assists and five digs against North Carolina... registered 19 assists, two aces, and four digs against Notre Dame... delivered 23 assists and 10 digs against TCU in Round One of the NCAA Tournament.
Before Florida State:
Phelan comes to Florida State as one of the top high school setters in the country...Five-star recruit by vballrecruiter.com and was named the Arkansas Gatorade Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022...Put together an outstanding senior season, delivering 217 kills, 227 digs and 977 assists along with a .453 kill percentage. She added 80 service aces and 31 blocks...Wrapped up her otherworldly high school career with 3,972 career assists...Was a four-time 6A First Team All-State honoree...Earned MaxPreps.com First Team All-America honors...Named an Under Armor High School All-American...Has helped Fayetteville High School to three-consecutive state championships and is a four-time all-state selection...Named the state tournament MVP twice...She holds the school record for both aces (288) and assists (3,792) at Fayetteville High School...Comes from an impressive family full of collegiate athletes. Her mom, Jessica, played volleyball for the Arkansas Razorbacks under Head Coach Chris Poole and was an AVCA All-American for the Razorbacks. She was also named a Southeastern Conference Women’s Legend and coached Kennedy all four years at Fayetteville High School...Kennedy’s father, Darin, played tennis at the University of Arkansas and became an assistant coach at the school for seven years before he became the head tennis coach at Fayetteville High School. .Her brother, Tyler, currently runs cross country at Northwest Arkansas Community College.
Quote from Head Coach Chris Poole: “I’ve known Kenna her whole life. Kenna's mom, Jessica, was my first AVCA All-American back in 1997 and led our Arkansas Razorback team to a 3-0 sweep over Florida for the SEC Tournament Championship that season. Kenna’s dad was a star tennis player and later assistant tennis coach at Arkansas as well. Kenna has been raised to compete and to play with no fear. She has set, passed and hit growing up, but her primary role as an older player has been in the setter position. There are great players and there are players that make everyone around them better. Kenna is both.”
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