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Illinois State University Athletics

2022 Volleyball Roster

Dennis Banks
Scott Beaton, ISU Athletics

15 Kaitlyn Prondzinski

  • Position OH
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Stewartville HS
  • Hometown Rochester, Minn.

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2021 MVC Tournament Most Valuable Player
2021 MVC All-Tournament Team

2022 (Junior Year): Appeared in 15 matches, covering 58 sets before electing to medically retire ... posted 166 kills, including a career-high 21 on a .600 hitting percentage against Oral Roberts on 9/2/22 ... added 31 blocks ... named to Redbird Classic All-Tournament Team ... named MVC Player of the Week (9/6).

2021 (Sophomore Year): Appeared in 22 matches, covering 82 sets for the Redbirds as a sophomore … selected as the MVC Tournament Most Valuable Player after combining for 28 kills and seven blocks in the MVC Tournament … also a member of the MVC All-Tournament Team … recorded a career-high 20 kills to lead the MVC Championship match against Loyola Chicago (11/27) and lead ISU to a third-straight MVC Tournament title … totaled 192 kills on the year, averaging 2.34 kills per set … registered double-digit kills 10 times this season … led ISU in kills three times during the 2021 season … finished the year with 47 total blocks … served her first collegiate ace at Evansville (10/9) … appeared in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament against No. 6 Purdue (12/2).

2020 (Freshman Year): Appeared in 19 matches, covering 65 sets, as a true freshman … registered 153 kills to average 2.35 kills per set, recording double-digit figures on six occasions … turned in a three-set season-high 12 kills vs. Cincinnati (1/30) … recorded 13 kills in a four-set win over Drake (2/15) and 15 kills in a five-set match against Valparaiso (2/22) … contributed a pair of assists … scooped 25 digs, including a season-high three digs in four separate matches … finished the year with 37 digs, turning in a season-high six stuff in a sweep of Bradley (1/25) while earning her first career start against the Braves … Fall 2020 season moved to spring 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Stewartville HS: Four-year starter for Stewartville High School, helping her team post winning records all four seasons … Four-time all-conference performer, while her team won a pair of conference championships … Coming off of a state championship in 2019, earning all-state honors for the second-consecutive season, while also earning an all-tournament nod this year … Named the MVP of her team during her junior year … Reached 1,000 kills in her career during her senior campaign … Is an A-Honor Roll student for her continued success in the classroom … Comes from an athletic family, as her uncle and grandpa each competed in football and basketball, respectively, at the collegiate level, as well as her aunt and her cousin.

Personal: Daughter of Mark and Brenda Prondzinski … Born on October 28 in Rochester, Minnesota … Has an older brother, Kyle … Will become the fifth member of her family to play sports collegiate, and first to play volleyball, joining her uncle, grandpa, aunt and cousin … Plans to study biology while attending ISU.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2020Freshman

    OH
    6'0"
    15
  • 15

    2021Sophomore

    OH
    6'0"
    15
  • 15

    2022Junior

    OH
    6'0"
    15