20 Kaitlin Westfall
20 - Kaitlin Westfall
Height: 6-2
Year: Sr.
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
High School: Visitation Academy
Position: MH
Major: Art History/History
Parents: Scott and Sue Westfall

Career:
Closed out her four-year stint with the program playing in 280 sets over the course of 102 matches ...  Five contests of double-figure kills and a pair of matches with 10 or more blocks ... Finished 11th on the school's all-time lists in both total blocks (242) and block assists (186) and ranked 13th in block solos (56).

Senior (2009):
Saw action in 16 matches and registered 32 sets played ... Tied her career high with 11 kills and finished with a 55.6 hitting percentage (11-1--18) in a 3-1 win over Covenant College (Oct. 10) ... Five terminations and paced the club with a season-high five (2-3) total blocks in a 3-0 win over Washington & Lee (Sept. 12) ... Picked up seven kills and turned in a 46.2 attack percentage (7-1--13) vs. LaGrange (Oct. 30).

Junior (2008):
Appeared in 72 games over 26 matches ... Finished second on the club in blocks per game (0.71 bpg) ... Her lone double-figure kill match of the campaign took place against Southwestern Univ. (Sept. 5) when she totaled a career-high 11 terminations ... Hit 66.7 percent (7-1--9) vs. LaVerne (Oct. 11) in the Leopard Invitational ... Paced the team with six (3-3) total blocks in a 3-0 win over No. 1 Juniata (Oct. 31) ... Second on the squad with six (2-4) blocks and finished with five terminations vs. Washington University (Oct. 18) at the UAA Round Robin II.

Sophomore (2007):
Appeared in 31 matches and logged a total of 91 games ... No. 2 on the squad and tied for 10th among UAA players in blocks per game (0.74 bpg) ... Three matches of a career-high 10 kills -- vs. Lee University (Sept. 4), Augustana (Sept. 8) and the University of Chicago (Nov. 2) and posted a 62.5 percent attack percentage (10-0--16) against UC ... Helped Emory to a 3-0 win over Millikin with a 61.5 hitting percentage (8-0--13) vs. Millikin (Oct. 6) ... Member of the Emory Classic (Aug. 31-Sept. 1) All-Tournament Team ... Hit a team-high 43.8 percent with nine kills and just one error in 16 swings against St. Thomas (Aug. 31) ... Team-best six blocks (0-6) vs. Puget Sound .. Paced the Eagles with a season-high seven blocks (1-6), while chipping in six kills, vs. Martin Methodidst (Sept. 15) ... Led or shared for the team lead in blocks in nine matches.

Freshman (2006):
Enjoyed a fine rookie campaign, playing in 29 matches and totaling 85 games played ... Tied for the No. 12 spot among UAA players with a 31.4 hitting percentage (123-41--261) ... No. 2 on the squad and No. 5 among UAA performers in blocks (1.22 bpg) ... Posted three matches of a season-high nine kills, one of which took place against Ripon (Oct. 20) where she hit 64.3 percent (9-0--14) ... Two matches of 10 or more blocks including a season high of 11 (4-7) against No. 14 Wittenberg (Oct. 7), tying for the high-water mark by an Emory player during the year.

Prior to Emory

High School: Lettered four years in volleyball while at Visitation Academy where she played for Dee Powers ... Averaged 2.5 kills and 2.7 blocks per game as a senior en route to second-team all-state recognition ... Captured first-team all-district honors and was recognized as one of the top 10 blockers in her region ... Also played for the Kirkwood Volleyball Club under Laurel Churovich ... Her club squad went to the national tournament three consecutive years ... Was an honor roll member all eight semesters in high school ... 

Personal:
Born April 25, 1988.

Stats

Year GP-MP K KPG A SA DIGS DPG BA BS TB
2006 85-29 123 1.45 1 0 33 0.39 81 23 104
2007 91-31 164 1.80 9 0 23 0.25 53 14 67
2008 72-26 79 1.10 1 0 18 0.25 37 14 51
2009 32-16 43 1.34 0 0 2 0.06 15 5 20
TOTAL 280-102 409 1.46 11 0 76 0.27 186 56 242

 

Kaitlin Westfall's Career High Kill Matches

Opponent GP Kills Date
Covenant 4 11 10/10/2009
Southwestern 4 11 9/5/2008
University of Chicago 3 10 11/2/2007
Augustana 4 10 9/8/2007
Lee University 4 10 9/4/2007