Kansas State University Athletics
2022 Volleyball Roster
Bolding, Sydney
Jersey Number 16
Sydney Bolding
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Pickens HS
- Hometown:
- Pickens, S.C.
Bio
Honors
AVCA Midwest All-Region First Team (2023)
AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention (2022)
All-Big 12 Second Team (2023)
All-Big 12 Second Team (2022)
All-Big 12 Preseason Team (2023)
Lippy Invitational All-Tournament Team (2023)
Hotel Vance Rose City Showdown All-Tournament Team (2023)
Rambler Challenge All-Tournament Team (2022)
K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
2023 (Graduate)
First player in school history to be drafted to the Pro Volleyball Federation, going in the second round as the No. 11 overall pick in the inaugural draft … Was one of eight players from the Big 12 Conference to be picked in the inaugural draft ... Named AVCA First Team All-Region and Second Team All-Big 12 for the second consecutive season … Named to Lippy Invitational and Rose City Showdown All-Tournament Team ... Finished the regular season as the Big 12's leader in total blocks with 134 and was second in the league with a block average of 1.40, finishing 35th and 12th in the nation in both categories .... Was third on the team with 157 kills (2.69 per set) with a career best .341 hitting efficiency, and was second with 28 service aces (0.29 per set) … Totaled 258 points in 2023, averaging 2.69 per set, and finished with 66 digs (0.69 per set) … Matched a career-high 15 kills in a five-set thriller against KU (Nov. 3), hitting .625 with a career-high 18.6 points … Turned in a season-high eight blocks against Lipscomb on September 9 … Started in all 18 matches during Big 12 play, recorded 103 kills (1.54 per set) at a .339 efficiency to go with 83 total blocks (1.24 per set), 49 digs (0.73 per set) and 19 service aces (0.28).
2022 (Senior)
Named AVCA Midwest All-Region Honorable Mention … Earned Second Team All-Big 12 honors … Named to Rambler Challenge and K-State Invitational All-Tournament Teams … Second in Big 12 with team-best 141 blocks (1.32 per set) … Started in all 29 matches and 107 sets in her second season at K-State … Totaled 207 kills (1.93 per set) while hitting .312 … Turned in one double-double (11 kills, 10 blocks) at TCU on Nov. 19 … Led Wildcats with 171 total blocks (133 assists, eight solo) with 1.32 blocks per set … Added 60 digs (0.56 per set), four assists, and a team-leading 38 aces … Reached double-figure kills nine times, with a season-high 14 at Iowa State on November 4 at a .414 clip … Hit a season-best .611 at TCU on November 19, putting down 11 kills on 18 swings (no errors) … Fourteen matches with five or more blocks, with a season-best 10 (nine assists, one solo) at TCU on November 19 … Hit .300 or higher 16 times and reached the .500 mark eight times … Season-high 17.5 points at Iowa State (14 kills, five block assists) … During Big 12 play, finished with 177 kills (2.90 per set) at a .213 hitting percentage to go with 80 blocks (1.31 per set) and 39 digs (0.64 per set).
2021 (Junior)
Appeared in 22 matches with 18 starts and played in 76 sets in 2021 … Finished with 104 kills (1.37 per set) while hitting .268 … Second on team with 79 total blocks (75 assists, four solo) and 1.02 blocks per set … Added 21 digs, five aces and four assists … Recorded 10 or more kills twice, with a season-high 12 kills at Oklahoma on October 1 and 11 on October 28 against Texas Tech … Hit .300 or higher eight times and eclipsed the .400 efficiency mark five times … Hit a season-best .556 in a four-set win over Texas Tech on October 28 (11 kills, 1 errors, 18 attacks) … Nine times she finished with at least five blocks, with eight coming in a sweep at Iowa State on November 13 … Produced a season-best 14 points at Oklahoma on October 1 (12 kills, four block assists) … Tallied a pair of aces in back-to-back matches (September 17 vs. Wichita State, September 18 at Omaha) … During Big 12 play, finished with 88 kills (1.47 per set) at a .293 efficiency with 66 blocks (1.10 per set) and 16 digs (0.27 per set).
2019-20 (Jacksonville)
In two seasons at Jacksonville, amassed 344 kills while hitting .353 to go with 135 total blocks ... Named to the ASUN All-Freshman Team in 2019 and was twice named ASUN Freshman of the Week ... She led the ASUN Conference with a .392 hitting percentage in 2019 and ranked the top 10 with 90 total blocks (1.01 per set) ... She was third on her team with 223 kills (2.51 per set) and 3.08 points per set ... Named ASUN Player of the Week on March 22, 2021 after a career-high 21 kills at a .563 clip and eight blocks in a five-set win over Stetson on March 17 and followed that performance two days later with 19 kills, five blocks and a .531 efficiency against Florida Gulf Coast ... Her player-of-the-week award marked the first for JU since the 2017 season ... Her sophomore season in 2020 saw her produce 121 kills (2.28 per set), good for second-best on her team ... Her 45 total blocks ranked int eh top 10 of the ASUN Conference while her 13 solo blocks were tops in the league.
High School
Attended Pickens High School in Pickens, South Carolina ... A four-year letterwinner and four-time all-region I-4A selection ... Named to the 2018 CAWS Class 4A All-State Team as a senior and was selected as MVP of the North-South All-Star Game.
AVCA Midwest All-Region First Team (2023)
AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention (2022)
All-Big 12 Second Team (2023)
All-Big 12 Second Team (2022)
All-Big 12 Preseason Team (2023)
Lippy Invitational All-Tournament Team (2023)
Hotel Vance Rose City Showdown All-Tournament Team (2023)
Rambler Challenge All-Tournament Team (2022)
K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
2023 (Graduate)
First player in school history to be drafted to the Pro Volleyball Federation, going in the second round as the No. 11 overall pick in the inaugural draft … Was one of eight players from the Big 12 Conference to be picked in the inaugural draft ... Named AVCA First Team All-Region and Second Team All-Big 12 for the second consecutive season … Named to Lippy Invitational and Rose City Showdown All-Tournament Team ... Finished the regular season as the Big 12's leader in total blocks with 134 and was second in the league with a block average of 1.40, finishing 35th and 12th in the nation in both categories .... Was third on the team with 157 kills (2.69 per set) with a career best .341 hitting efficiency, and was second with 28 service aces (0.29 per set) … Totaled 258 points in 2023, averaging 2.69 per set, and finished with 66 digs (0.69 per set) … Matched a career-high 15 kills in a five-set thriller against KU (Nov. 3), hitting .625 with a career-high 18.6 points … Turned in a season-high eight blocks against Lipscomb on September 9 … Started in all 18 matches during Big 12 play, recorded 103 kills (1.54 per set) at a .339 efficiency to go with 83 total blocks (1.24 per set), 49 digs (0.73 per set) and 19 service aces (0.28).
2022 (Senior)
Named AVCA Midwest All-Region Honorable Mention … Earned Second Team All-Big 12 honors … Named to Rambler Challenge and K-State Invitational All-Tournament Teams … Second in Big 12 with team-best 141 blocks (1.32 per set) … Started in all 29 matches and 107 sets in her second season at K-State … Totaled 207 kills (1.93 per set) while hitting .312 … Turned in one double-double (11 kills, 10 blocks) at TCU on Nov. 19 … Led Wildcats with 171 total blocks (133 assists, eight solo) with 1.32 blocks per set … Added 60 digs (0.56 per set), four assists, and a team-leading 38 aces … Reached double-figure kills nine times, with a season-high 14 at Iowa State on November 4 at a .414 clip … Hit a season-best .611 at TCU on November 19, putting down 11 kills on 18 swings (no errors) … Fourteen matches with five or more blocks, with a season-best 10 (nine assists, one solo) at TCU on November 19 … Hit .300 or higher 16 times and reached the .500 mark eight times … Season-high 17.5 points at Iowa State (14 kills, five block assists) … During Big 12 play, finished with 177 kills (2.90 per set) at a .213 hitting percentage to go with 80 blocks (1.31 per set) and 39 digs (0.64 per set).
2021 (Junior)
Appeared in 22 matches with 18 starts and played in 76 sets in 2021 … Finished with 104 kills (1.37 per set) while hitting .268 … Second on team with 79 total blocks (75 assists, four solo) and 1.02 blocks per set … Added 21 digs, five aces and four assists … Recorded 10 or more kills twice, with a season-high 12 kills at Oklahoma on October 1 and 11 on October 28 against Texas Tech … Hit .300 or higher eight times and eclipsed the .400 efficiency mark five times … Hit a season-best .556 in a four-set win over Texas Tech on October 28 (11 kills, 1 errors, 18 attacks) … Nine times she finished with at least five blocks, with eight coming in a sweep at Iowa State on November 13 … Produced a season-best 14 points at Oklahoma on October 1 (12 kills, four block assists) … Tallied a pair of aces in back-to-back matches (September 17 vs. Wichita State, September 18 at Omaha) … During Big 12 play, finished with 88 kills (1.47 per set) at a .293 efficiency with 66 blocks (1.10 per set) and 16 digs (0.27 per set).
2019-20 (Jacksonville)
In two seasons at Jacksonville, amassed 344 kills while hitting .353 to go with 135 total blocks ... Named to the ASUN All-Freshman Team in 2019 and was twice named ASUN Freshman of the Week ... She led the ASUN Conference with a .392 hitting percentage in 2019 and ranked the top 10 with 90 total blocks (1.01 per set) ... She was third on her team with 223 kills (2.51 per set) and 3.08 points per set ... Named ASUN Player of the Week on March 22, 2021 after a career-high 21 kills at a .563 clip and eight blocks in a five-set win over Stetson on March 17 and followed that performance two days later with 19 kills, five blocks and a .531 efficiency against Florida Gulf Coast ... Her player-of-the-week award marked the first for JU since the 2017 season ... Her sophomore season in 2020 saw her produce 121 kills (2.28 per set), good for second-best on her team ... Her 45 total blocks ranked int eh top 10 of the ASUN Conference while her 13 solo blocks were tops in the league.
High School
Attended Pickens High School in Pickens, South Carolina ... A four-year letterwinner and four-time all-region I-4A selection ... Named to the 2018 CAWS Class 4A All-State Team as a senior and was selected as MVP of the North-South All-Star Game.
K-State VB | Recap vs Nevada
Sunday, September 07
K-State VB | Match Highlights vs Nevada
Friday, September 05
MATCH REPLAY | VB vs Nevada
Friday, September 05
K-State VB | Recap vs NC State
Thursday, September 04
