2016 Women's Volleyball Roster
Challen Geraghty
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- DS/L
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
- Prev School:
- Holy Cross
- High School:
- Holy Cross
KENT STATE AWARDS & HONORS
• Letterwinner: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
• Captain: 2017
• AVCA All-Northeast Region: 2015
• MAC Defensive Player of the Year: 2015
• All-MAC First Team: 2015, 2016
• MAC All-Freshman Team: 2014
• MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete: 2015, 2016
• Academic All-MAC: 2015, 2016, 2017
• MAC East Defensive Player of the Week: Eight times
• All-Tournament Team: CofC Invitational (2014), Golden Flashes Classic (Top Libero/2015), Golden Flashes Classic (2016), Cadinal Classic (2017), Golden Grizzlies Invitational (2017)
CAREER MATCH HIGHS
Digs: 39 (twice, last: at Ohio, 11/5/15)
Assists: 8 (Western Michigan, 10/25/14)
Aces: 4 (vs. Stony Brook, 8/27/16)
CAREER MISCELLANEOUS STATS
Matches with 10 or more digs: 106 (last: 29, vs. Toledo, 10/14/17)
Matches with 20 or more digs: 57 (last: 29, vs. Toledo, 10/14/17)
Matches with 30 or more digs: 11 (last: 30, vs. Omaha, 8/26/17)
2017 - SENIOR SEASON
• Named Preseason All-MAC East Division
• Named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week after averaging 7.11 digs per set at the Cyclone Invitational
• Earned Cardinal Classic All-Tournament Team honors
• Collected 2,000th career dig vs. Butler (Sept. 8)
2016 - JUNIOR SEASON
• Named All-MAC First Team
• Named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week four times
• Named Preseason All-MAC East Division
• Became first player in Kent State history to tally 600 digs in multiple seasons and 500 digs three seasons
• Posted season-high 34 digs at Ball State (Oct. 14)
2015 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
• First player in Kent State history to be named MAC Defensive Player of the Year
• Named All-MAC First Team
• Named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week three times
• Became fastest player in Kent State history to 1,000 career digs at Western Michigan (Oct. 24)
• Recipient of The Martha E. Boyle Athletic Scholarship Endowment
• Led the team in digs 28 times
• Posted double-digit digs 29 times
2014 - FRESHMAN SEASON
• Named to the MAC All-Freshman Team
• Named to the all-tournament team at the CofC Invitational (Aug. 29-30) after leading Golden Flashes with 50 digs (4.17 per set)
• Posted career-high 39 digs in first round of MAC Tournament vs. Eastern Michigan (Nov. 21), which is the third-most in program history
• Posted double-digit digs 26 times
• Led the team in digs 25 times
• Tallied season-high six assists vs. Akron (Oct. 3)
• Served season-high three aces vs. Buffalo (Oct. 4)
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• Played at Holy Cross High School under head coach Liz Schuler
• Helped guide the Cougars to the Sixth Region championship match during senior season in 2013
• Two-time all-region and three-time all-district honoree
• Earned AAU All-American honors in 2011 while competing for Union Volleyball Club
PERSONAL
• Daughter of William and Terri Geraghty
• Mother played field hockey at Louisville
• Has an older brother, Jordan
• Majoring in speech pathology
