William & Mary Athletics

Kayla Carrell joined the William & Mary volleyball staff as an assistant coach in May 2025. She works primarily with the liberos and leads all aspects of defense and serve receive.

In Carrell's first season, graduate libero Avery Horejsi ranked third in the CAA and top-40 in Division I with 4.60 digs per set. As a team, the Tribe ranked top-five in the CAA in opponents' hitting percentage and service aces per set.

Carrell comes to the Tribe after a decorated five-year playing career in volleyball and beach volleyball at UT Martin. She works primarily with the defensive specialists and liberos while assisting in all day-to-day operations of the program.

Carrell was a standout in beach volleyball at UT Martin from 2020-24, graduating as the program’s all-time leader in individual victories (84) and individual winning percentage (.736), as well as individual wins (40) from the No. 5 position. She was the third player in program history to earn All-Ohio Valley Conference honors three separate times.

As a fifth-year senior in 2024, Carrell collected a team-high 23 victories, including a 21-7 record at the No. 5 position, the single-season program record for that slot. She was named an American Volleyball Coaches Association Top Flight Award winner, one of 53 pairs in the nation to receive such honors.

Carrell was part of an unprecedented run of success for the UT Martin beach volleyball program, helping lead the Skyhawks to its first ever OVC Tournament championship in 2022 and 2023. During the last three years of her playing career, UTM went 60-35 overall and 25-3 in OVC play.

As a freshman in 2022, Carrell was named the OVC All-Tournament Most Valuable Pair, alongside her partner Addison Conley. The duo went 24-1, earning AVCA Top Flight Award honors.

On the hardwood, Carrell had a five-year career from 2019-23. She played in 132 matches and racked up over 1,000 digs, becoming the 13th player in program history to reach the plateau. In 2023, as the team’s starting libero, she averaged 4.24 digs per set which ranked top-100 in Division I.

A native of Pensacola, Florida, Carrell graduated from UT Martin in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in health and human performance and a minor in psychology. She spent the 2024-25 season as a graduate assistant with the Skyhawks where she earned a master’s degree in counseling.