Kansas State University Athletics
2018 Volleyball Roster
Kylee Zumach
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Buffalo
- Hometown:
- Buffalo, Minn.
Honors
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2018)
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 17, 2018)
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27, 2018)
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2014)
AVCA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year (2014)
AVCA All-Midwest Region First Team (2014)
AVCA All-Midwest Region First Team (2018)
Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2014; unanimous)
All-Big 12 First Team (2014; unanimous)
All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2014; unanimous)
Preseason All-Big 12 Team (2015, 2018)
Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Oct. 27, 2014)
Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Oct. 6, 2014)
Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Sept. 22, 2014)
Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Sept. 15, 2014)
Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Sept. 8, 2014)
Beaver State Classic All-Tournament Team (2017)
Michigan Invitational MVP (2014)
Varney's Invitational MVP (2014)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2014-15)
Two-time Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2016-17)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2014)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2016)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017)
2018 (RS-Senior)
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention ... AVCA All-Midwest Region First Team and twice named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week ... Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Marcia E. Hamilton Classic hosted by Saint Louis ... Appeared in 26 matches (93 sets) and led K-State with 321 kills and 3.18 kills per set ... Finished her career second on the program's all-time kills list with 1,379 (rally-scoring era) and seventh all-time in points with 1566.0 ... Career-high 247 digs and 2.66 digs per set while also tallying 57 total blocks (0.61 per set) and 10 service aces ... Posted 17 matches with double-digit kills and three with 20 or more ... Season-high 21 kills in the season finale at TCU on Nov. 21 and registered back-to-back 20-kill matches vs. Green Bay (Sept. 14) and vs. Texas (Sept 19) ... Against Green Bay at the Gopher Fall Classic, had 20 kills while hitting a career-high .513 (0 errors, 39 swings) ... Had 10 or more digs in 13 matches and tied for the team lead with nine double-doubles ... Career-high 19 digs on Oct. 3 at Texas Tech ... Eight matches hitting .300 or higher and two over .400 ... Two matches with multiple service aces ... In Big 12 play, produced 169 kills (2.96 per set) while hitting .180 and 140 digs (2.46 per set) and 30 total blocks (0.53 per set).
2017 (RS-Junior)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team ... Named to Beaver State Classic All-Tournament Team ... Team leader with 350 kills (3.02 per set) and 30 service aces ... Became fifth Wildcat in the rally-scoring era to reach 1,000 kills, joining the club on Nov. 8 at Kansas with her milestone kill ... Had four double-doubles on the season after entering year with one career double-double ... Eclipsed 100 digs in a season for first time in career (181) ... Season-high 12 digs at Oregon State on Aug. 26 ... Posted 24 matches in double-figure kills and led or tied for team lead in the category in 18 of 29 matches ... Registered 48 total blocks (0.41 per set) ... Seven matches with multiple service aces ... In Big 12 play, she led team with 119 kills and 2.89 per set and was second with .214 hitting percentage ... Picked up team-best 20 aces ... Had 103 digs and 29 blocks ... Played in every set for K-State.
2016 (RS-Sophomore)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team ... 282 kills, .185 hitting percentage in 102 sets (31 matches) and 2.76 kills/set ... Tallied 96 digs and 15 service aces ... 48 blocks (15 solo) ... Recorded first career double-double on August 27 at Hawaii (14 kills, 11 digs) ... Twelve matches with 10 or more kills and hit better than .300 in five matches ... In Big 12 play, averaged 2.29 kills/set on a .136 clip with 43 digs, 22 total blocks and four aces ... Academic All-Big 12 Second Team selection.
2015 (Sophomore)
Played in the first 2 matches of the season before going down with a season-ending injury vs. Illinois State on 8/29 … 5 kills, 1 ace, 1 block and 1 dig in season-debut on 8/29 vs. Florida A&M … 9 kills, 10 digs and an ace in Illinois State match … Played all 6 rotations in her 2 matches played.
2014 (Freshman)
412 kills, .258 hitting percentage, 81 digs and 60 blocks in 116 sets played ... AVCA All-America Honorable Mention ... Set the K-State freshman record for kills in a season and match (25 vs. Eastern Michigan on Sept. 19 - also hit .356) ... First Wildcat ever to be named Big 12 Freshman of the Year ... First unanimous winner of the Big 12 Freshman of the Year award since 2011 (Haley Eckerman, Texas) ... First Wildcat ever to be named AVCA Region Freshman of the Year ... 10+ kills in 25 matches and 20+ kills in 4 matches ... Had 23 kills on a .419 hitting percentage vs. Marshall on Sept. 12 ... Back-to-back matches of 20+ kills on Oct. 25 at West Virginia (24, .305 hitting pct.) and Nov. 1 vs. Texas Tech (22, .310 hitting pct.) ... Hit .300+ in 5 of her last 10 matches ... In conference-only matches, she finished fifth in kills/set (3.59) and points/set (3.87) ... Her 226 kills in Big 12 matches were the most by a freshman since Hannah Werth (Nebraska) had 230 in 2009 ... Had 10 or more kills in 14 of the 16 conference matches ... Led K-State in kills in 11 of the 16 conference matches ... Hit .237 (226k-75e-637a) in Big 12 action ... Also had 46 digs, 28 blocks and 3 aces ... All 3 aces came on Nov. 26 at Oklahoma ... Had 10 kills and hit .400 in her first career match on Aug. 29 at Green Bay ... Hit a season-high .458 with 11 kills on Sept. 6 vs. UCF ... Had her best Big 12 hitting percentage on Nov. 29 vs. West Virginia, hitting .361 with 17 kills ... Season-high 5 blocks (4 solo) on Sept. 8 vs. Missouri St. ... Played in every K-State set.
High School
Attended Buffalo High School in Buffalo, Minn. ... Lettered in volleyball for five years, playing for Lauri Zumach for three years (eighth grade, junior and senior) and Michelle Macalena for two years (freshman and sophomore) ... Named all-conference four times, conference MVP twice and all-state twice ... Helped lead Buffalo to conference titles during her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Reached the Final Four in the section championships after the Bison went 24-4 in her senior season ... Set school records in kills (1,812), solo blocks (74) and points (2,148) ... Finished second in school history with 1,055 digs and third with 129 aces ... In 2013, had 499 kills (6.4 kps) on a .449 hitting percentage while also adding 364 digs (4.67 dps), 50 blocks (23s, 27a, 0.64 bps), and 40 aces ... In 2012, had 537 kills (6.33 kps) on a .459 hitting percentage while also adding 263 digs (3.25 dps), 48 aces and 45 blocks (15s, 30a, 0.56 bps) ... In 2011, she had 425 kills (4.78 kps), a .364 hitting percentage, 279 digs (3.13 dps), 52 blocks (17s, 35a, 0.58 bps) and 39 aces ... Had 232 kills (2.83 kps) as a freshman in 2010.
Club
Northern Lights (Minnesota)
Personal
Born on April 30, 1996 in Waconia, Minnesota ... Parents are Darin and Lauri Zumach ... Has one younger sister, Kari ... Named to the honor roll in every quarter during high school ... Served as the sports editor of high school newspaper ... Heavily involved with community service in high school, volunteering at Food Shelf, Inner City Twin Cities and Zion Lutheran Church ... Graduated in Family Studies and Human Services and is currently enrolled in graduate school in Academic Advising.
