Palisadian Lizzie Kay earned Honorable Mention All-America status in collegiate volleyball after finishing her junior season at Johns Hopkins University as one of the top defensive specialists in the nation. She was 10th in NCAA Division III this season in digs per game. A libero for the Blue Jays, Kay was selected by a committee of the American Volleyball Coaches’ Association along with senior teammate Katie O’Callaghan. Kay is among the first group of players to earn All-America status under third-year head coach Scott Pennewill. She was also named to the Mid-Atlantic Region First Team by the AVCA. Kay was also a First Team All-Centennial Conference performer in 2005 and the Blue Jays’ only player to be named all-tournament in each of the team’s four tournaments: the Asics Invitational, the Battlefield Classic, the Division III Maryland State Tournament and the Salisbury Invitational. Academically, Kay was recognized by the College Sports Information Directors’ Association of America as a District II Academic All-American and by the Centennial Conference as an academic honor roll performer. During the season, Kay set two school individual records, posting 765 digs and averaging 6.83 digs per game. On October 1 against Muhlenberg, Kay became Hopkins’ all-time leader in career digs, eclipsing the previous mark of 1,627. Kay was an All-CIF player at Cate School in Carpinteria in high school, where she led the Rams to three consecutive Condo League championships while graduating with a 3.9 grade point average. She grew up playing with and against fellow Palisadians Jessie Harnsberger, Kristin Quinn, Lauren Aspel, Sasha Browner and Tasha Ho. She played for the Pacific Palisades Volleyball Club in eighth grade, leading her team to seventh place at the UC Davis Tournament.
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