2023 Volleyball Roster

Kalei Engleman

17 KJ Johnson

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 5-9 /
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Exercise Science
  • Hometown Pearland, Texas
  • Prev School Fairfield

Biography

Career Accomplishments (at TXST): 
- 1x Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week (2023)
- 2023 Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year
- 2023 All-Conference Second Team
- 2023 Tennessee Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2023 Texas State Invitational All-Tournament Team
- 2023 Bobcat Classic All-Tournament Team

Graduate - 2023 (at Texas State):
Played in 105 sets in her final season and first as a Bobcat ... was named the All-Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year as well as All-Sun Belt Second Team ... lead the team in kills with 382 on 1114 attempts ... had a .233 attack average ... finished the season with 269 digs, 59 blocks and contributed 423.5 points, the most of any Bobcat ... she had 11 double doubles this season including a 28 kill/10 dig showing versus New Hampshire (9/15), a 27 kill/10 dig showing versus Abilene Christian (9/9), a 15 kill/15 dig showing versus Coastal Carolina (11/10), a 12 kill/21 dig match against South Alabama on 10/21, and more ... won Offensive Player of the Week in Week 1 of the season following a 40 kill weekend versus Marist, Tennessee and UT Martin ... was ranked 90th in the nation for kills per set with 3.64 ... was also 82nd in the nation for total attacks with 1,114 

Senior - 2022 (at Fairfield): AVCA All-America Honorable Mention… AVCA All-East Coast Region… second AVCA All-American and third AVCA All-Region selection in program history ... played in 105 sets over 29 matches ... averaged 3.67 kills per set ... had a .273 attack percentage with 1040 attempts ... averaged 1.92 digs per set on the defensive side of things ... added 18 services aces on top of that ... was a 2x MAAC Player of the Year

Junior - 2021 (Fall, at Fairfield): AVCA All-America Honorable Mention…AVCA All-East Coast Region…MAAC Player of the Year…MAAC Championship MVP…All-MAAC First Team…Fairfield University Women’s co-Athlete of the Year…All-ECAC…MAAC Player of the Week (Sept. 7, Oct. 19, Oct. 26, Nov. 9)…Played 101 sets over 30 matches…First AVCA All-American and second AVCA All-Region selection in program history…Ranked 10th nationally with 4.75 kills per set, the fourth best average in a single-season in program history and the highest in the rally scoring era...480 total kills ranked tied for seventh in Fairfield history…With a .305 hitting percentage, Johnson was the only pin hitter in the MAAC to hit above .300…One of only two players in the nation to hit better than .300 while taking more than 1,000 swings…Defensively, averaged 2.42 digs per set en route to 11 double-doubles and had a hand in 68 blocks…Filled out her stat line with 19 service aces…Named MAAC Championship MVP after averaging 4.33 kills and 2.83 digs per set in the tournament…Posted eight kills and nine digs in the NCAA Championship First Round at UCLA.

Sophomore - 2020-21 (at Baylor): Appeared in 31 sets over 14 matches at Baylor…Had a career-best eight kills in the March 31 win over Kansas State in Waco…Also racked up 15 blocks for the Bears…Appeared in the NCAA Championship Second Round win over Pepperdine.
 
Freshman - 2019 (at Baylor): Saw action in five matches in her first season, totaling 13 kills and averaging 1.30 per set… Big 12 Champion and NCAA National Semifinalist team member…Helped BU achieve its first No. 1 AVCA national ranking for six weeks and the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament…Played in 10 sets…Had a season-high five kills on a .444 efficiency at Kansas State on Nov. 23.

High School:
Prepped at Glenda Dawson High School in Pearland, Texas ... graduated as the All-Time Kill Leader in her high school's history ... played club volleyball with the Houston Skyline

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