2023 Volleyball Roster
Evans, Kacie
Jersey Number 23
Kacie Evans
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Wadsworth HS
- Hometown:
- Wadsworth, Ohio
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Bio
Career Honors & Awards
• 2023 All-SEC Team
• 2023 SEC Volleyball Community Service Team
• 2,000 Point Club (inducted Nov. 17, 2023 vs. South Carolina)
• 1,000 Dig Club (inducted Oct. 1, 2023 vs. Auburn)
• Double Grand Club (inducted Oct. 1, 2023 vs. Auburn)
• Georgia's all-time sets played record holder (broken vs. Missouri on Nov. 25, 2023)
• 1,000 Kill Club (inducted Sept. 3, 2022 vs. Texas Tech)
• 2022 AVCA Third Team All-America
• 2022 AVCA Southeast All-Region Team
• 2022 All-SEC Team
• 2019 AVCA Southeast Region Freshman of the Year
• 2019 All-SEC Team
• 2019 SEC All-Freshman Team
• SEC Player of the Week - Oct. 14, 2019, Oct. 3, 2022
• SEC Defensive Player of the Week - Nov. 23, 2020
• Five-Time SEC Freshman of the Week in 2019
• 2019-20 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
• 2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023
2023 All-SEC Team… Recorded 1,000th career dig at Auburn (10/1), also becoming the 15th member of Georgia's Double Grand Club …Named to 2023 SEC Volleyball Community Service Team... Reached 2,000 career points against South Carolina (11/17), becoming just the fifth Bulldog to reach that mark… Broke Georgia's all-time sets played record (514) against Missouri (11/25)… Laid down 349 kills with a 3.36 kills per set average with a .227 hitting clip… Served up 35 aces with a 0.34 aces per set average… Put up 234 digs for a 2.25 digs per set clip… Added 27 total blocks… Season-best 27 kills came at Missouri (11/5) on a season-high 49 attacks… Hit .688 against Samford (9/8), a career best… Recorded four aces at #10 Georgia Tech (9/15)… Season-best 17 digs came against San Diego (9/16)… Recorded nine double-doubles… one 20-kill match… 21 double-digit kill matches and nine double-digit dig matches… Led the team with five three-plus ace matches… Boyfriend Hayden Rubin proposed on the court following the Missouri match on Nov. 25 at Stegeman Coliseum… Preseason All-SEC... Pursuing Master's in Kinesiology (Sport Pedagogy).
2022
Named AVCA Third Team All-America… Named AVCA Southeast All-Region Team… Named All-SEC… Became the first two-time All-SEC Bulldog since Valentina Gonzalez (2009, 2010)… Became the 19th member of Georgia’s 1,000-Kill Club in the third set against Texas Tech (9/3) at Stegeman Coliseum… Appeared in all but one match, playing in 117 sets… Registered 489 kills for a 4.18 kills per set average… Finished first in the SEC in total kills and points (578) and second in kills per set, total aces (46), and aces per set (0.39)… Recorded double-digit kills in 29 matches… Tipped the 20-kill mark six times… Recorded seven double-doubles… Earned Harvard/Northeastern Challenge All-Tournament Team… Season-best 28 kills came against Texas A&M (10/2) Was named SEC Player of the Week on Oct. 3 after registering 45 kills with 21 digs, five aces, and seven blocks against Texas A&M… Nearly had a triple-double against South Carolina, finishing with 19 kills, 11 digs, and a career-best seven blocks… Had 16 kills and six blocks in the sweep of No. 11 Florida (10/19)… Put up 20 kills in three sets against No. 20 Kentucky (11/2)… Had 26 kills with a .380 hitting percentage against No. 8 Towson (12/1) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament… Followed it with 13 kills against No. 1 Texas in the second round… Laid down a career-best six aces at Tennessee (11/11)… Had seven matches with three or more aces…Put up a season-beat 13 digs at LSU (11/25)… Member of SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2021
Played in 103 sets in 26 matches… Started all 26 matches appeared in… Led the team with 319 kills and a 3.10 kills per set average… Registered a team-high 376.5 points… Recorded double-digit kills in 17 matches including a pair of 20-kill matches… Hit .205 on the season… Put up 230 digs, second most on the team, and had a 2.23 digs per set average… Aced opponents 32 times… Added 46 total blocks… 3.1 kills per set finished the regular season 17th in the SEC… Earned Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team honors in Lincoln, Nebraska wit h48 kills (3.69/set) on the weekend… Set a career-high 29 kills and tied a career-best 18 digs against Florida State (9/9)… Started her season with double-digit kill in six-of-seven matches and finished the final 10-of-11 at the same mark… Topped double-digit digs nine times… Tied her 18-dig mark against Mississippi State (10/27)… Put up 15 dig in the final match of the season against LSU (11/27)… Set a career-best six blocks at Alabama (10/30)… Concluded the season with seven double-doubles… Recipient of the Michael A. Kahn Volleyball Scholarship.
2020-21
Played in 81 sets in 21 matches, making 20 starts… Concluded the season with 208 kills, second most on the team… Had 10 double-digit kill matches including three with 20 or more kills… Tallied a career-high 24 kills against Ole Miss (3/25)… Laid down 22 aces including three twice on the season… Made one start at Libero against Arkansas (2/5), recording 11 digs… Finished the season with 11 double-dig matches… Recorded a career-best 17 digs at #5 Florida (11/21)… Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week to conclude the fall season after recording 3.88 digs per set in Georgia’s two-match series at Florida, tallying double-digit digs in both matches… Committed only nine reception errors in 397 attempts… Finished the season with 25 blocks, five of which came in the season finale at Mississippi State (4/1)… Averaged 3.05 points per set… Recipient of the Michael A. Kahn Volleyball Scholarship… Member of 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2019
Made 28 starts in 29 matches as a freshman… Named the SEC Freshman of the Year, All-SEC, and SEC All-Freshman Team… Named the AVCA Southeast Region Freshman of the Year… Earned SEC Freshman of the Week five times including SEC Player of the Week once (10/14)… Ranked ninth in the SEC in kills per set (3.63), points per set (4.12), and aces (0.30)… Recorded eight double-doubles, all but one in conference play… Eighth double-double came against Cal Poly (12/6) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with 23 kills and 11 digs… In conference play, 4.00 kills per set ranked fifth while 4.45 points per set ranked seventh in the league… Finished the season with 21 double-digit kill matches including five with 20 or more… Recorded 10 double-digit dig matches… Season-best 24 kills and 16 digs came against South Carolina (11/22)… Hit a season-best .560 against Northwestern (9/13)… Recorded five blocks, a season best, against #18 Kentucky (11/8)… Laid down a season-best five aces against Missouri (11/10)… Member of J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll… Member of First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.
High School/Club
Played four years for Wadsworth High School… Was a standout on the volleyball court as well as the basketball hardwood where she played forward… Concluded her four-year volleyball career earning Third Team Under Armour All-American, All-Ohio, SL Player of the Year and District 3 Player of the Year, and the Medina Gazette MVP honors as a senior… Was invited to play in the Jackson Invitational, in which she won MVP honors, and the Medina County All-Star match in 2018… Evans’ junior campaign ended with all-state, all-league, and district and Gazette MVP honors… That season, she helped guide her team to a district championship… Her sophomore season included her first all-state and Gazette MVP honors… Concluded her career with 1,312 kills (5.5 kills/set), a career .340 hitting clip, 1,147 digs (4.8 digs/set), and 131 aces… On the basketball court, Evans was an all-league and all-district player for Wadsworth… In the classroom, she was a member of Key Club, International Club, S.T.A.M.P., and earned an academic letter… Played club volleyball for Academy Volleyball Cleveland.
Personal
Daughter of Jodi and Adam Evans… Mother played volleyball at Akron and father played football at Penn and Kent State… Has a younger brother, Mitchell who is a tight end on the Notre Dame football team… Born Feb. 17, 2001… Graduated with degree in Exercise and Sport Science in Spring 2023… Pursuing Master of Kinesiology (Sport Pedagogy).
• 2023 All-SEC Team
• 2023 SEC Volleyball Community Service Team
• 2,000 Point Club (inducted Nov. 17, 2023 vs. South Carolina)
• 1,000 Dig Club (inducted Oct. 1, 2023 vs. Auburn)
• Double Grand Club (inducted Oct. 1, 2023 vs. Auburn)
• Georgia's all-time sets played record holder (broken vs. Missouri on Nov. 25, 2023)
• 1,000 Kill Club (inducted Sept. 3, 2022 vs. Texas Tech)
• 2022 AVCA Third Team All-America
• 2022 AVCA Southeast All-Region Team
• 2022 All-SEC Team
• 2019 AVCA Southeast Region Freshman of the Year
• 2019 All-SEC Team
• 2019 SEC All-Freshman Team
• SEC Player of the Week - Oct. 14, 2019, Oct. 3, 2022
• SEC Defensive Player of the Week - Nov. 23, 2020
• Five-Time SEC Freshman of the Week in 2019
• 2019-20 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
• 2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023
2023 All-SEC Team… Recorded 1,000th career dig at Auburn (10/1), also becoming the 15th member of Georgia's Double Grand Club …Named to 2023 SEC Volleyball Community Service Team... Reached 2,000 career points against South Carolina (11/17), becoming just the fifth Bulldog to reach that mark… Broke Georgia's all-time sets played record (514) against Missouri (11/25)… Laid down 349 kills with a 3.36 kills per set average with a .227 hitting clip… Served up 35 aces with a 0.34 aces per set average… Put up 234 digs for a 2.25 digs per set clip… Added 27 total blocks… Season-best 27 kills came at Missouri (11/5) on a season-high 49 attacks… Hit .688 against Samford (9/8), a career best… Recorded four aces at #10 Georgia Tech (9/15)… Season-best 17 digs came against San Diego (9/16)… Recorded nine double-doubles… one 20-kill match… 21 double-digit kill matches and nine double-digit dig matches… Led the team with five three-plus ace matches… Boyfriend Hayden Rubin proposed on the court following the Missouri match on Nov. 25 at Stegeman Coliseum… Preseason All-SEC... Pursuing Master's in Kinesiology (Sport Pedagogy).
2022
Named AVCA Third Team All-America… Named AVCA Southeast All-Region Team… Named All-SEC… Became the first two-time All-SEC Bulldog since Valentina Gonzalez (2009, 2010)… Became the 19th member of Georgia’s 1,000-Kill Club in the third set against Texas Tech (9/3) at Stegeman Coliseum… Appeared in all but one match, playing in 117 sets… Registered 489 kills for a 4.18 kills per set average… Finished first in the SEC in total kills and points (578) and second in kills per set, total aces (46), and aces per set (0.39)… Recorded double-digit kills in 29 matches… Tipped the 20-kill mark six times… Recorded seven double-doubles… Earned Harvard/Northeastern Challenge All-Tournament Team… Season-best 28 kills came against Texas A&M (10/2) Was named SEC Player of the Week on Oct. 3 after registering 45 kills with 21 digs, five aces, and seven blocks against Texas A&M… Nearly had a triple-double against South Carolina, finishing with 19 kills, 11 digs, and a career-best seven blocks… Had 16 kills and six blocks in the sweep of No. 11 Florida (10/19)… Put up 20 kills in three sets against No. 20 Kentucky (11/2)… Had 26 kills with a .380 hitting percentage against No. 8 Towson (12/1) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament… Followed it with 13 kills against No. 1 Texas in the second round… Laid down a career-best six aces at Tennessee (11/11)… Had seven matches with three or more aces…Put up a season-beat 13 digs at LSU (11/25)… Member of SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2021
Played in 103 sets in 26 matches… Started all 26 matches appeared in… Led the team with 319 kills and a 3.10 kills per set average… Registered a team-high 376.5 points… Recorded double-digit kills in 17 matches including a pair of 20-kill matches… Hit .205 on the season… Put up 230 digs, second most on the team, and had a 2.23 digs per set average… Aced opponents 32 times… Added 46 total blocks… 3.1 kills per set finished the regular season 17th in the SEC… Earned Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team honors in Lincoln, Nebraska wit h48 kills (3.69/set) on the weekend… Set a career-high 29 kills and tied a career-best 18 digs against Florida State (9/9)… Started her season with double-digit kill in six-of-seven matches and finished the final 10-of-11 at the same mark… Topped double-digit digs nine times… Tied her 18-dig mark against Mississippi State (10/27)… Put up 15 dig in the final match of the season against LSU (11/27)… Set a career-best six blocks at Alabama (10/30)… Concluded the season with seven double-doubles… Recipient of the Michael A. Kahn Volleyball Scholarship.
2020-21
Played in 81 sets in 21 matches, making 20 starts… Concluded the season with 208 kills, second most on the team… Had 10 double-digit kill matches including three with 20 or more kills… Tallied a career-high 24 kills against Ole Miss (3/25)… Laid down 22 aces including three twice on the season… Made one start at Libero against Arkansas (2/5), recording 11 digs… Finished the season with 11 double-dig matches… Recorded a career-best 17 digs at #5 Florida (11/21)… Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week to conclude the fall season after recording 3.88 digs per set in Georgia’s two-match series at Florida, tallying double-digit digs in both matches… Committed only nine reception errors in 397 attempts… Finished the season with 25 blocks, five of which came in the season finale at Mississippi State (4/1)… Averaged 3.05 points per set… Recipient of the Michael A. Kahn Volleyball Scholarship… Member of 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2019
Made 28 starts in 29 matches as a freshman… Named the SEC Freshman of the Year, All-SEC, and SEC All-Freshman Team… Named the AVCA Southeast Region Freshman of the Year… Earned SEC Freshman of the Week five times including SEC Player of the Week once (10/14)… Ranked ninth in the SEC in kills per set (3.63), points per set (4.12), and aces (0.30)… Recorded eight double-doubles, all but one in conference play… Eighth double-double came against Cal Poly (12/6) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with 23 kills and 11 digs… In conference play, 4.00 kills per set ranked fifth while 4.45 points per set ranked seventh in the league… Finished the season with 21 double-digit kill matches including five with 20 or more… Recorded 10 double-digit dig matches… Season-best 24 kills and 16 digs came against South Carolina (11/22)… Hit a season-best .560 against Northwestern (9/13)… Recorded five blocks, a season best, against #18 Kentucky (11/8)… Laid down a season-best five aces against Missouri (11/10)… Member of J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll… Member of First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.
High School/Club
Played four years for Wadsworth High School… Was a standout on the volleyball court as well as the basketball hardwood where she played forward… Concluded her four-year volleyball career earning Third Team Under Armour All-American, All-Ohio, SL Player of the Year and District 3 Player of the Year, and the Medina Gazette MVP honors as a senior… Was invited to play in the Jackson Invitational, in which she won MVP honors, and the Medina County All-Star match in 2018… Evans’ junior campaign ended with all-state, all-league, and district and Gazette MVP honors… That season, she helped guide her team to a district championship… Her sophomore season included her first all-state and Gazette MVP honors… Concluded her career with 1,312 kills (5.5 kills/set), a career .340 hitting clip, 1,147 digs (4.8 digs/set), and 131 aces… On the basketball court, Evans was an all-league and all-district player for Wadsworth… In the classroom, she was a member of Key Club, International Club, S.T.A.M.P., and earned an academic letter… Played club volleyball for Academy Volleyball Cleveland.
Personal
Daughter of Jodi and Adam Evans… Mother played volleyball at Akron and father played football at Penn and Kent State… Has a younger brother, Mitchell who is a tight end on the Notre Dame football team… Born Feb. 17, 2001… Graduated with degree in Exercise and Sport Science in Spring 2023… Pursuing Master of Kinesiology (Sport Pedagogy).
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