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2022 Women's Volleyball Roster

Edward Jacobs Jr
Darral Freund
Edward Jacobs Jr
Edward Jacobs Jr

19 Kelsey Gordon

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • High School Emporia
  • Hometown Emporia, Kan.
  • Previous School Washburn (Kan.)

Biography

• 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
•2023 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
•2022 AVCA All-America honorable mention
• 2022 AVCA All-South Central Region
• 2022 D2CCA All-South Central Region second team
• 2022 All-RMAC first team
• 2022 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Nov. 7

• 2022 RMAC Defensive Player of the Week, Sept. 12
• 2022 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Sept. 12

Career: Including 781 kills in four seasons at Washburn (Kan.), finished her career with 1,004 career kills, which ranked 49th among Division II players active in 2022. She was 13th among active Division II players with 366 total blocks for her career. Her 145 matches played was fifth among active Division II players and 22nd among all NCAA players regardless of division who were active in 2022.

2022: AVCA All-America honorable mention, AVCA All-South Central Region first team, D2CCA All-South Central Region second team, and All-RMAC first team selection. ... Ranked seventh in the RMAC in hitting percentage (.308) and 10th with 78 blocks. In league matches, ranked fifth in the RMAC with a .344 hitting percentage. ... Right-side hitter was fourth on the team with 223 kills, fourth among regulars with 2.1 kills per set, , fourth with 266.0 points, fourth among regulars with 2.5 points per set, third with 78.0 total blocks, third among regulars with 0.74 blocks per set, third with eight solo blocks, third with 70 block assists. ... Put down 11 kills in the come-from-behind, 3-2 win over No. 18 Colorado Mesa in the semifinals of the South Central Regional on Nov. 18. ... At the RMAC Tournament, hit a team-best .396 (26 kills, five errors, 53 attacks) to rank third among all players, and averaged 2.4 kills per set. ... Had 10 kills on .450 hitting in a 3-1 win over No. 22 Colorado School of Mines in the RMAC Tournament semifinals on Nov. 11, then followed it up with nine kills on .350 hitting in a 3-1 win over No. 14 Regis in the tournament final on Nov. 12. ... Matched career highs with 18 kills and 38 attacks while hitting .342 in a 3-2 win at CSU Pueblo on Nov. 5. ... Produced eight kills on .375 hitting in the 3-1 win at No. 18 Regis on Oct. 22. ... Hit .500 with nine kills in 3-0 win at Colorado Christian on Oct. 18. ... Had 10 kills on .381 hitting and matched a season-best with five block assists in 3-2 win at No. 21 Colorado School of Mines on Oct. 8. ... Hit a season-best .600 with six kills and no errors in 10 attacks, in a 3-0 win over Black Hills State on Oct. 1. ... Had 11 kills on .500 hitting (two errors, 18 attacks) in 3-0 win over CSU-Pueblo on Sept. 17. ... Earned RMAC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 12 after getting eight blocks, hitting .405 and recording 18 kills (2.6 per set) in wins of 3-0 over No. 21 Colorado Mesa and 3-1 at Fort Lewis. Gordon had five blocks (including two solo) against Colorado Mesa and eight total (three solo) for the week. Against Fort Lewis she had a season-high 13 kills on .458 hitting. ... Produced eight kills on .400 hitting and four blocks (one solo) in 3-1 win over No. 10 Northwest Missouri State on Sept. 2. ... Had nine kills on .412 hitting and added three blocks (one solo) in 3-0 win over Concordia-Irvine (Calif.) on Aug. 27. ... Made her MSU Denver debut Aug. 25 at Cal State San Marcos and recorded seven kills and five blocks in the 3-1 win.

Before MSU Denver: Earned AVCA All-America honorable mention recognition while helping lead Washburn (Kan.) to the NCAA Division II championship match and a final No. 2 national ranking in 2021. ... AVCA All-Central Region First Team (2021). ... NCAA National Championship All-Tournament team (2021). ... NCAA Central Region All-Tournament team (2021). ... MIAA All-Tournament team (2021). ... All-MIAA First Team (2021). ... All-MIAA Second Team (2019). ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021). ... MIAA Scholar-Athlete (2019, spring 2021, 2021). ... Averaged 2.7 kills and 0.85 blocks per set in 2021. ... Finished third on the team with 328 kills and in blocks with 106. ... Ranked fifth in the MIAA and 25th in Division II with a .363 hitting percentage. ... Recorded 17 double-figure kill matches and had 16 matches hitting above .400 ... In the NCAA national semifinals against Western Washington, hammered 14 kills and committed just one error to finish with a .565 attacking percentage. ... In 2019, earned All-MIAA second team and finished fifth in the MIAA in total blocks and blocks per set (96, 0.92) as well as 10th in the conference in hitting percentage (.292). ... Knocked down 252 kills for an average of 2.4 per set. ... Finished with an .846 hitting percentage against Newman (Kan.) on Oct. 4, with 11 kills on 13 attempts and no errors. ... Landed a season-high 18 kills in the NCAA Central Regional quarterfinals against Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) on Dec. 5. ... In 2018, tallied 162 kills on 399 swings for .256 hitting. ... Posted a career-best 14 kills against No. 6 Northern State (S.D.) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA South Central Regional on Nov. 15. ... Had a career-best nine-block effort against No. 3 Nebraska-Kearney in the MIAA Tournament championship match on Nov. 10. ... In 2017, started seven matches in eight appearances before earning a medical redshirt. ... Averaged 1.4 kills per set. 

High School: Class 5A all-state second team selection in 2016, honorable mention in 2015. ... Three-time All-Centennial League selection, including first-team honors as a senior. … As a senior, helped Emporia earn its first top-four finish in 21 years. … Also lettered in softball, volleyball, basketball and track. … All-state honorable mention in basketball. ... Was a member of the National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America, the EHS orchestra and served as student council president. … Four-year member of the Principal's Honor Roll and a Kansas Honors Scholar.
 
Personal: Daughter of Scott and Rhonda Gordon. … Has a brother (Austin) and sister (Megan). ... Earned degree in biology at Washburn and is pursuing a masters in nutrition and dietetics at MSU Denver.

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