2022: Second Team All-G-MAC Honors...Appeared in 29 matches...Led the team with 344 kills, averaging 3.37 kills per set...Registered 18 double-figure kill games...Posted a season-high of 24 kills against Wisconsin-Parkside (10/15).
2021-22: Appeared in 28 of the 31 matches…Received Second Team All-G-MAC honors…Second on the team in kills with 328 and total blocks with 63…Added 98 digs and 23 service aces…Posted 20 matches with double-digit kills...Recorded a career-high 23 kills with a .526 hitting percentage against Indiana (PA) (9/11) …Tallied six blocks against Ky. Wesleyan (10/29)
2020-21: Started ODU’s Great Midwest Tournament Quarterfinal at Cedarville…Played all five sets in the match, logging eight kills, two blocks and two service aces.
High School: Four-time All-Ohio Capital Conference award winner…Named second team all-OCC twice…Logged 261 kills and a .420 hitting percentage as a senior…Registered double-digit kills in 12 matches as senior…In her final year added 309 digs, 34 blocks, and 26 aces…Received Bronze Academic Award as a junior…Honor Roll and Merit Roll student…Member of the STEM Bodies program…Favorite memory was beating Pickerington North on Senior Night.
Personal: Daughter of Jackie and Kenneth Kirksey…Has two brothers, Malcolm and Spencer Kirksey…Spencer played two years of basketball at nearby Ohio Wesleyan University…Enjoys working out, traveling, hiking, kayaking, fishing and painting…Chose ODU because, “the campus is nice and close to a lot of the city’s attractions. It is also close to my hometown and the opportunity to play for Coach Bambenek.”
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 24 vs Wis.-Parkside (10/15/22)
Attacks: 54 vs Wis.-Parkside (10/15/22)
Assists: 3 vs Indiana (PA) (9/11/21)
Service aces: 5 vs Shepherd (9/4/21)
Digs: 17 vs Findlay (9/30/22)
Blocks: 6 at Ky. Wesleyan (10/29/21)
Block solo: 4, 2x, last at Lake Erie (10/7/22)
Block assist: 5, 3x, last at Ky. Wesleyan (10/29/21)
