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Jersey Number 8
Kayla Richardson
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Cypress Creek
- Prev School:
- Saint Louis
Career Accolades
Career Highs
Senior (2025)
Junior (2024)
Prior to Florida Atlantic (Saint Louis University)
Sophomore (2023)
Freshman (2022)
High School
- 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Career Highs
- Kills:Â 20, at Davidson (11/17/23)
- Attacks:Â 55, vs. Kansas City (9/17/22)
- Assists:Â 2, at George Mason (9/30/23)
- Aces:Â 3, vs. Missouri State (9/16/22)
- Digs:Â 12, vs. Kansas City (9/17/22)
- Blocks:Â 8, vs. UCF (9/14/24)
- Blocks Solo:Â 2 (five times), Last at Tulane (11/7/25)
- Block Assists:Â 8, vs. UCF (9/14/24)
- Points:Â 23.5, at Davidson (11/17/23)
Senior (2025)
- 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- Played in 103 sets over 30 matches and made 19 starts for the Owls
- Finished second on the team in blocks (69) and third in blocks per set (0.67), in addition to recording 188 kills, averaging 1.83 kills per set, 228.5 points, averaging 2.22 points per set, and 53 digs, averaging 0.51 digs per set.
- Tied a career-best two solo blocks at East Carolina (Oct. 12) and at Tulane (Nov. 7)
Junior (2024)
- Played in 69 sets over 25 matches and made three starts for the Owls
- Recorded 101 kills, averaging 1.46 kills per set, 121 points, averaging 1.75 points per set, and 35 blocks, averaging 0.51 blocks per set.
- Posted a career-best eight blocks, including eight block assists, vs. UCF (Sept. 14)
Prior to Florida Atlantic (Saint Louis University)
Sophomore (2023)
- Competed in 119 sets over 24 matches for the Billikens and made 25 starts
- Named 2023 A-10 Championship All-Tournament Team
- Ranked third on the team with 291 kills
- Tallied a career-high 20 kills, as well as a career-best five blocks, in the A-10 Championship quarterfinals against Davidson
- Recorded 36 total kills in the A-10 Championship
- Recorded a career-high 11 digs against VCU
Freshman (2022)
- Played in 23 matches, 83 sets
- Finished third on the Billikens with 200 kills
- Named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on Sept. 19
- Registered nine double-digit kill matches and two double-doubles
- Season highs: 18 kills vs. Eastern Michigan; 55 attack attempts vs. Kansas City; .333 hitting percentage vs. Mississippi Valley State; three service aces vs. Missouri State; five blocks vs. Davidson; 12 digs vs. Kansas City
- Double-double of 18 kills and 11 digs in the win over Eastern Michigan
- Posted a double-double of 13 kills and 12 digs, along with two service aces, against Kansas City
- Recorded 15 kills and seven digs in a win at Rhode Island
- Collected 11 kills at George Washington
High School
- Named to the 2021 All-District first team
- Cypress Creek's Offensive MVP as a senior
- 2021 All-State academic team
- 2020 All-District and All-Academic team member
- 2021 Greater Houston Volleyball Coaches Association Preseason team
- Collected close to 800 kills throughout career, while adding more than 100 blocks and 450 digs
- Captain of the varsity team
- Reached playoffs in all four seasons of high school
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