2016 Women's Volleyball Roster
Kaylie McHugh
- Position:
- Libero
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Hometown:
- Davie, Fla.
2019: Finished her Tulane career as the all-time leader in digs, starting all 33 matches as a senior with 30 contests as the team’s libero and three as an outside hitter… Became the first ever Tulane player to amass 2,000 digs in a career, while being the fourth in American Athletic Conference history to do so… Averaged 4.36 digs per set on the year with 567 on the season, while also leading the team in service aces with 43… Finished fourth with 163 assists for Tulane, averaging 1.25 per set… Earned a pair of double-doubles against Ole Miss and Houston… Earned double-digit digs in 30 matches, with 21 matches having 15 or more… Earned 20-plus digs in 13 matches… Had four or more assists in 24 matches, while having at least two or more service aces in a match in 10 matches… Had nine digs, four assists and four aces in the finale against Louisiana-Lafayette… Earned first double-double with a season-high 29 digs and 12 assists against Ole Miss… Had eight kills, 13 digs, five assists and six service aces in win at Houston… Earned second double-double with 16 digs and 10 assists in the conference tournament against Houston... Named to the Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2018.
2018: Played in 142 sets with starts in all 38 matches for the Green Wave…Named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Libero of the Year…Broke the American Athletic Conference record for service aces (11/18), totaling 63 to rank sixth in the nation…Became the program record-holder for single-season digs (12/8), earning a total of 626 in 2018…Notched a season-high 31 digs against UConn (11/11), earning a ninth-place spot in the single-match record books…Averaged 4.41 digs per set in her junior year, ranking sixth in the conference…Totaled 12 matches with 20+ digs, including three matches with 25+ digs…Helped Tulane to 2305 digs on the season, a single-season program record…Finished third on the team with 172 total assists…Earned a spot on the AAC weekly honor roll on one occasion (9/10)…Named I-10 Tournament Defensive MVP, (8/25) Rutgers Invitational MVP (9/8) and Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic Defensive MVP (9/15)…Also earned a spot on the Georgia Tech Invitational All-Tournament Team (8/31).
2016: Played in 129 sets with starts in all 32 matches for the Green Wave…A Second Team All-American Athletic Conference selection…Named Second Team All-Louisiana…Led Tulane with 594 digs on the year, the second-highest single-season total in school history in just her first season in New Orleans…Ranks fourth in the record books with 4.60 digs/set in a single season…Broke a school record in the season finale against USF (11/25) with 37 digs… Also tied for fourth in single-match digs with 32 at SMU (10/30)… Only player in the American to notch 35+ digs in a single match…Helped Tulane to 2130 digs on the season, a single-season school record…Led the conference in league-only matches with 435 digs and 5.30/set…Totaled 15 matches with 20+ digs…Finished third on the team in assists with 94 and 0.73/set.
High School: Played varsity volleyball for St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for three years, and helped her team to the Class 7A Florida State Championship...the team posted a 30-2 record overall during her senior campaign...individually, she played in 78 sets as a senior, recording 310 digs, 60 assists and 51 service aces...during her junior season, St. Thomas Aquinas also captured the 7A Florida State Championship...posted 40 service aces, 31 assists and 332 digs in 86 total sets, and the team finished with a 31-4 overall record...as a sophomore, St. Thomas Aquinas fell in the regional finals, and she posted 203 digs, 44 service aces and 35 assists...for her career, she notched 845 digs, 135 service aces and 126 assists in 251 total sets.
Personal: Born in Davie, Fla. ...Has three older brothers...majoring in psychology.
