As a Senior (2017): 2017-18 Conference USA Michael L. Slive Female Athlete of the Year...Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll...WKU President's List (Spring 2018)...WKU Dean's List (Fall 2017)...AVCA Third-Team All-American (first in WKU program history)…VolleyballMag.com Third-Team All-American…PrepVolleyball.com Honorable Mention All-American…AVCA South Region Player of the Year (only non-Power 5 PotY)…AVCA All-Region Team…Conference USA Player of the Year…C-USA First Team All-Conference…C-USA All-Tournament Team…Senior CLASS Award Candidate…VolleyMob National Player of the Week Honorable Mention (Oct. 24)…Three-time C-USA Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11, Oct. 9, Oct. 23)…C-USA Preseason Player of the Year…WKU Holiday Inn University Plaza Hotel Invitational MVP…Buckeye Invitational All-Tournament Team…Set program record in home-opener vs. Tennessee State (Aug. 29) for single-match hitting percentage with an .818% clip (18 K, 22 A)…Achieved 1,800th career kill in final match, finishing with 1,816 strikes for second-most in Lady Topper Volleyball history…Finished 6th on WKU’s all-time solo blocks list with 87…Closed career with 4,055 attacks – second-most all-time…Recorded 489 kills in 2017 to lead C-USA and rank 28th in the nation...489 kills is the 8th-most recorded by a Lady Topper in a single season…Averaged 3.78 kills/set in her career – 3rd-best by a Lady Topper…Averaged 4.08 kills/set in 2017 – seventh-most in a single season…WKU program NCAA Tournament single-match kills record at 23…Played all 35 matches and 120 sets…Led WKU in kills in 19 matches during 2017 season…Registered 14 15+ kill showings in 2017 and 27 double-digit outings…Second-best hitting percentage in the country of players (regardless of position) with 1,000+ swings at .357…Racked up 529.0 points on the year, which led C-USA and ranked 49th in the nation.
As a Junior (2016): Conference USA Player of the Year...First WKU player to earn three All-America honors in a single season (HM: AVCA, VolleyballMag.com, PrepVolleyball.com)...C-USA First-Team All-Conference...C-USA All-Tournament Team...AVCA All-South Region Team...C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll...WKU President's List (Fall 2016)...WKU’s John O. Oldham Female Student-Athlete of the Year...C-USA Preseason All-Conference Selection...Two-time C-USA Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 29, Oct. 1)...Bobcat Invitational MVP...Holiday Inn - University Plaza Invitational All-Tournament Team...Panther Challenge All-Tournament Team...Named WKU's Co-Best Offensive Player...Finished with 516 kills on the season, sixth-most on the single-season top-10 list while also leading C-USA and ranking 18th across NCAA...4.41 kills/set ranked second in C-USA and 22nd in the nation and goes down as the fourth-best mark in WKU single-season history...Hitting percentage of .343 ranked fifth in C-USA and 83rd in the nation...Only outside hitter in the nation to hit .343 or better on more than 1,000 swings...Notched her 1,000th career kill in WKU's five-set victory at Pittsburgh (9/16)...Sits in ninth on WKU's career kills list with 1,327 after three seasons...Finished with 51 blocks (25 solo, 26 assist)...554.0 points led C-USA and ranked 30th in the NCAA...Invited to the U.S. National Team Tryouts at the Olympic Training Center.
As a Sophomore (2015): WKU Dean's List (Spring 2016)...Started and played in 35 matches for WKU as a sophomore and played in 122 sets…Led WKU with 400 kills (3.28/set)…Tallied double-digit kills in 24 contests including a season-high of 19 at Rice on Oct. 31…Notched a season-best hitting clip of .750 after laying down 12 kills on 16 attacks against UTEP (11/14)…Earned MVP honors of the Huskie Invitational after tallying 18 kills in a five-set victory over host NIU…Produced 17-kill efforts twice against Northwestern (9/11) and Northern Iowa (9/18)...Finished with 16 kills against North Texas (10/18)...Tallied 13 kills in WKU's 3-1 victory over No. 5 Wisconsin (8/28)...Hit .520 against Lipscomb after laying down 15 kills on 25 attacks...Hit .600 against Furman (9/12) with 10 kills on 15 attacks and only one error...Recorded a season-best 5 total blocks against the College of Charleston (8/29)…Notched a season-best six digs at Charlotte (11/18)…Was an C-USA Preseason Selection…Named to the C-USA First Team for the second consecutive season…Earned AVCA All-Region honors…Named an honorable mention AVCA All-American for the second straight season...Attended U.S. National Team Tryouts at the Olympic Training Center.
As a Freshman (2014): Named an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention and All-Region honoree...Garnered C-USA All-Tournament accolades...Named C-USA Freshman of the Year, First-Team All-Conference and All-Freshman accolades...Played in all 36 matches with 34 starts...Finished top 150 nationally in kills per set with 3.37, which placed her seventh in the league...Had 3.84 kills per set during league action to rank sixth in C-USA...Led the team with 411 kills...Also tallied 68 digs and 59 blocks during the season...Had 12 kills, .429 hitting percentage, and three digs in a win at Missouri State...Also posted 12 kills in wins against UC Riverside and Milwaukee...Notched 11 kills and three blocks against Oral Roberts...Posted double-digit kills in each game at the Auto-Owners Insurance Spartan Invitational on her way to All-Tournament honors...Tabbed three service aces in win over Tennessee Tech...Opened C-USA action with double-digit kills in the first four matches, including 14 along with four blocks at Florida Atlantic...Named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week after posting 45 kills and .420 hitting mark in matches against Charlotte, Marshall and North Texas...Had 15 kills and six digs against Marshall...Put down 21 kills with a .529 hitting mark versus North Texas...Collected 16 kills at UTSA...Put down 15 kills and three blocks in four-set win over Florida Atlantic...Added 16 kills in win at Southern Miss...Hit .500 with 20 kills, three digs and two blocks in win over Middle Tennessee...Hit season-best .579 vs. North Texas in tournament...Collected 17 kills in Championship Match vs. Rice...Had seven kills, four digs and three blocks against Iowa State in NCAA Tournament.
High School: Led nationally-ranked Assumption High School to four state titles...Named 2013 PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American, just one of 150 selected in the nation and one of six from the state of Kentucky...Selected as one of Volleyball Magazine's "Fab 50" list highlighting the top 50 high school recruits in the nation...Named an Under Armour Honorable Mention All-America honoree as well as one of PrepVolleyball.com's Top 200 Senior Aces...First-Team All-State selection, garnered Kentucky State All-Tournament and Kentucky All-Catholic Volleyball Team awards...Played club volleyball for KIVA, as her team was JVA National Champions in 2011, and she was named to the Chicago Presidents Day Challenge All-Tournament selections after the team won the tourney championship.
Personal: Born on May 7, 1996...Daughter of Eric and Leslie Cavanaugh...Majoring in recreation administration.
