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Kaitlyn Hord
6′4″2 Year ProLexington, Kentucky
Kaitlyn Hord

Professional Experience

  • Spent the 2024 PVF season with the Columbus Fury
  • 4th in the PVF with a .332 hitting percentage on 111 kills in 72 sets
  • Recorded 42 blocks and a 0.58 blocks per set mark in 22 matches played
  • Made her professional debut with Romanian club CSM Volei Alba Blaj in January of 2023 

College Experience

  • Nebraska (2022)  
      • Led the nation in blocks with a 1.61 blocks per set mark and 1.40 kills per set on a .297 hitting percentage.  
      • Named All-Big 10 Second Team and AVCA All-Region Selection for the fifth time 
  • Penn State (2018-2021)
      • Four-time All-American with the Nittany Lions (2nd in ‘21 / 3rd in ‘20 / 1st in ‘19 / Honorable Mention in ‘18) 
      • Top-five in school history in career hitting percentage (.405)  
      • Top ten in blocks assists (458) and total blocks (522)

High School/Club

  • Member of the 2016 US Girls’ Youth National Training Team and the USA Girls’ U18 World Championship 2017 team
  • Led her team to a state runner-up finish as a junior with Henry Clay HS as just the second public high school to ever make a title game appearance

Personal Information

  • Parents are Lisa and Derrick
  • Father played basketball at Kentucky and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1983
  • Earned a degree in communications arts and sciences from Penn State