2015 (Senior Season): Earned the team’s Heart Award, given to the student-athlete `which shows the most heart throughout the season’ … competed in 28 matches and made 10 starts in the middle … terminated 38 kills at a .277 pace, including a six-kill performance in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Robert Morris (12/4) … added 30 blocks, eight digs and five assists to her season stat line … buried five of seven errorless attempts (.714) and threw up four blocks in a four-set victory over No. 14 Florida State (9/6) … stuffed the Seminoles three times the previous day (9/5) as well in another Buckeye triumph … wrapped up her career notching consecutive contests with six kills vs. Rutgers (11/28) and RMU … earned Academic All-Big Ten and OSU Scholar-Athlete distinction.
Spring 2015: Participated in Ohio State Athletics’ trip to Costa Rica, in conjunction with the Soles 4 Souls directive.
2014 (Junior Season): Returned from a preseason injury to make season debut at Iowa (10/3) … played in a total of 15 matches, including nine starts … attacked at a team-high clip of .324 (32-8-71) … added 25 blocks, 18 digs and four service aces … started seven straight late-season matches from Nov. 12-Dec. 5 … swung a season-high .778 in sweeping Iowa (11/19), bouncing eight kills … contributed 10 points (seven kills, four block assists, an ace) against Minnesota (11/26) … Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient … an Academic All-Big Ten and OSU Scholar-Athlete selection.
2013 (Sophomore Season): Started all 32 matches at middle blocker … averaged .71 blocks per set … 84 blocks on the year (18s, 66a) … career-high 13 kills and 17.0 points (13-1-1-4) against Green Bay (8/31) … tied a career-best with eight blocks (1-7) against Western Kentucky (9/6) … 10 kills and three blocks at Indiana (10/5) … finished with four blocks (1-3) and eight kills at Florida State (9/6) … had five blocks (1s, 4a) vs. the Phoenix … set a career mark with six digs vs. Liberty (8/30) … eight kills and four blocks (2s, 2a) with a service ace for 12.0 points against Nebraska (10/25) … had five blocks at Minnesota (11/15) and six at Wisconsin (11/17) … five blocks vs. Illinois (11/22) … named to Sports Imports DC Koehl Classic all-tournament team … Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
2012 (Freshman Season): Started collegiate career with four kills against Houston (8/24) … notched a season-high nine kills at Illinois (10/5) … totaled a season-best 13.5 points (9-1-2-3) vs. the Illini … season total of 83 kills and 130.0 points … two solo blocks against Houston (8/24) and at Illinois (10/5) … career-high eight blocks (1s,7a) in four-set win at Western Kentucky … six blocks (1s,5a) in four-set win against Nebraska (10/26) … 80 total blocks (12s, 68a) on the year for a .83 average.
Prior to Ohio State: Coached by Kelly Delacher at Rockford High School … totaled 555 kills and 169 blocks as a senior to set a pair of school records … finished with 1,831 kills and 631 blocks in her four years at Rockford … four-time All-Region & All-Conference honoree … 2011 and 2012 First Team All-State … named to the All-State second team in 2009 and 2010 … member of the 2012 Michigan Class A State Championship team … led team to four-straight district titles (2009-2012) … 2011 and 2012 regional champions … 2011 AVCA Under Armour All-American Honorable Mention … Gatorade Michigan Player of the Year finalist … No. 78 on Prepvolleyball.com’s list of Top 100 seniors … listed among Volleyball Magazine Girls’ Fab 50 list … lettered in basketball as well … member of the 2012 Honor Society … named to the Prepvolleyball.com High School Volleyball Academic All-America first team … was the Youth Initiative Class leader from 2009-2012 … played for the Dead Frog Far Out Club coached by Joe Steenhuysen … team finished second at the President’s Day Tournament in 2012.
Personal: Daughter of John and Susan Kacsits … has an older sister, Olivia, and a younger sister, Victoria … Olivia rowed at Notre Dame and father, John, played basketball for the University of Scranton … majoring in communication technology.
