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2020 Women's Volleyball Roster

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8 Kate Dedrick

  • Position Opposite
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Major Undeclared
  • Hometown Plano, Texas
  • High School Plano West Senior
  • Club Team Skyline Juniors

Biography

2021 Spring
Finished her career as one of the most prolific hitters in Tribe history. Was named First Team All-CAA… Played in seven matches and 30 sets… Finished fourth in the conference with 4.07 kills per set, the most by any Tribe player since 1988 and the most under the current scoring format… Had five matches with at least 15 kills and went for at least 20 in three contests… Put down a season-high 25 kills (.429 hitting percentage) in four sets in a season-opening win against Elon on Feb. 26 and followed with 18 in four sets the following night to earn CAA Player of the Week honors… Threw down 24 kills while hitting .304 in her final home game against UNCW on March 20… Added 52 digs good for 1.73 per set… Had a career-high 15 digs against UCNW on March 19… Had her first double-double against Elon with 18 kills and 13 digs on Feb. 27… Was fifth in the league with 132 points… Added 11 blocks and four service aces. 

2019
Dedrick was one of three players to see action of Tribe’s 97 sets over 27 matches… Led the team with 296 kills and 3.05 kills per set… Had the third-best kill per set mark in W&M history under the current scoring format… Finished the season with a .237 hitting percentage… Reached double-digit kills in 17 matches, and topped 15 kills in six matches… Hit over .300 in 11 matches… Owned the top-two hitting performances in three-set matches in the CAA (21 against James Madison on Oct. 12, 19 against Delaware Oct. 14)... Ranked fourth in the CAA in points per set… Finished the season with 21 kills hitting .362 and season-high nine digs against Towson on Nov. 17… Added 105 digs,  56 blocks, and 16 service aces… Finished the season with four 20-point performances, all in CAA play… Had a career-high eight blocks in the Tribe’s win over Iona and three aces in a win over UNCW. 

2018
Played in 87 sets after stepping on the court in every match (25) … Reached double-digit kills in seven outings … Generated a hitting percentage above .300  on seven occasions … Totaled 178 kills, 50 digs and 28 blocks … Opened the season with 13 kills against Marist (Aug. 24) … Followed up with a season-high 16 kills and four digs versus Central Arkansas (Aug. 25) … Crushed nine kills as W&M dispatched Robert Morris (Aug. 31) in four sets … Needed only 21 attempts to blast 16 kills (.333 attack percentage) in a triumph over Savannah State (Sept. 7) … Tied her season-best 16 kills and added seven digs to lead the Tribe past Norfolk State (Sept. 8) … Registered a .312 hitting clip (13k-3e-32ta) and totaled four blocks at Northeastern (Sept. 28) …Floored 13 kills across three sets versus James Madison (Oct. 8) … Chipped in 11 kills and six digs during a home match with Elon (Oct. 14) … Boasted a season-high .550 attack rate via 13 kills in 20 attempts with two errors at Elon (Oct. 24) … Needed only 14 swings to reach six kills (.286 attack rate) in season finale with UNCW (Nov. 11).

2017
Saw action in all 30 matches and did not miss a set (114) in her rookie season…Served as one of the Tribe’s top hitters after ranking second on the team in kills (238) and attack percentage (.222)…Also provided a defensive presence at the net by collecting the second-most blocks (58)…Registered double-digit kills 10 times…Hammered nine kills to help the Tribe earn a win over Georgia State (8/26)…Tallied 10-plus kills for the first time versus USC Upstate (9/9), landing 14 in 26 attempts with just two errors (.462 hitting efficiency)…Made it back-to-back double-digit kill efforts with 13 at Arizona (9/15)…Hit .333 after smashing 12 kills in 30 touches with only two errors at CAA foe Elon (9/28)…Made a season-best six stops and committed just one attack error in 18 attempts with nine kills (.444 hitting percentage) against conference rival Charleston (10/15)…Notched a career-best 17 kills at league opponent Delaware (10/20)…Finished error-free with 12 kills in 31 swings (.387 attack rate) to contribute to a CAA win over Elon (10/25)…Wrapped up her freshman year on a high-note after drilling 14 kills and assisting on five blocks at CofC (11/12).

Prep
Led Plano West to the 6A Regional Playoffs as a senior ... Named to PrepVolleyball.com's Senior Aces List as one of the top 125 players in the national high school class of 2017 ... Earned Highest Honorable Mention honors on PrepVolleyball.com's 2016 Club All-Americans list ... Named first-team all-district as a junior after earning second-team honors as a sophomore ... Part of six tournament championship teams with the Skyline Juniors club, as well as nine other podium finishes ... Three wins and six top-three finishes overall have come in the past year ... Advanced to the USA Volleyball GJNC National Tournament six times ... Also an accomplished musician, playing on the Plano West Orchestra all four years ... Earned all-area honors twice and three-times named to the all-region orchestra ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... Has earned first-team Academic All-District honors every year.

Personal
Daughter of Patty and Greg Dedrick ... Enjoys reading, painting, and baking ... Undecided as to her collegiate major.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

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    2018Sophomore

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    2019Junior

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    2020-21Senior

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