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