AWARDS & HONORS:
- 2024 Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
- 2024 Patriots Invitational All-Tournament Team
- 2024-25 George Mason Athletics Equity Impact Award
- 2023 Mason Invite All-Tournament Team
- 2022 Colonial Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2021 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
- A-10 Rookie of the Week (Aug. 30, 2021)
2024: Appeared in 115 sets across 30 matches, making 21 starts as a senior… joined the 1K Kills Club at Saint Louis (Nov. 9), and was just the second Patriot in the 25-Point Rally Scoring Era to do so…tallied 291 kills at a 2.53 k/s clip…she totaled 72 digs, 41 blocks, and 72 digs…swung for double-digit kills in 15 matches…matched her career-high in blocks with 4 vs. Quinnipiac (Sept. 6)…tallied 16 kills at a .552 clip with zero errors at Fordham (Oct. 12).
2023: Appeared in 100 sets across 28 matches with four starts... Ranked second on the team with 219 kills, averaging 2.19 per set at a .208 clip... On nine occasions, tallied double-figure kills, with a season-high 16 against Seattle (Sept. 16)... Tallied 13 service aces on the year, with a personal best four at Rhode Island to go with 11 kills, two digs and two blocks (Sept. 23)... Added 49 digs and 26.0 blocks... Notched a season-high six digs to go with 12 kills and two blocks vs. Brown (Sept. 8)... Matched her career-best of four blocks in a solid match against Saint Louis to go with nine kills, five digs and an ace... Posted a career-high two assists against Middle Tennessee (Sept. 15).
2022: Appeared in all 29 matches, seeing action in all but two sets with 16 starts... One of the Patriots' top offensive players, Kennedy led Mason with 258 total kills, averaging 2.46 per set... Set a career-high in kills against George Washington on Oct. 4 with 20, her first 20-kill performance of her career... Recorded 10 double-digit kill matches... Scored a team-high 272.0 points throughout the season... Tallied 22.0 blocks (22 BA)... set a career-high of four blocks against William & Mary (Sept. 10)... Recorded 41 digs with a season-high seven against Fordham on Nov. 12.
2021: Appeared in all 27 matches, seeing action in 94 sets... Led the team with 258 kills and 2.74 kills per set... Third on the team with 31.0 total blocks... Registered 10 double-digit kill performances, hit above .300 in seven matches and tallied three double-doubles... Recorded a season-high 19 kills twice, including in her Mason debut on Aug. 28 against American... Also recorded 19 kills to go along with a season-high 19 digs against Fordham (Oct. 22)... Notched a season-high three blocks on three occasions.
Prep: Four-year varsity letterwinner in volleyball and track at Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus, Ohio... Two-time volleyball team captain... Two-time First Team All-Conference selection... Named Player of the Year in 2019... Played club volleyball for Mintonette where she was a USAV National Champion in 2019 where she was named to the All-Tournament team.
Personal: Daughter of Steph and Brian Kennedy... Has two sisters; Ava and Ella Kennedy... Born December 22, 2002... Majoring in english with a minor in communications... Enjoys hiking, traveling and going to concerts... Member of the National Honor Society.
Career Highs
Kills: 20 vs. George Washington (10/4/22)
Assists: 2 vs. Middle Tennessee (9/15/23)
Service Aces: 4 at Rhode Island (9/23/23)
Digs: 19 vs. Fordham (10/22/21)
Blocks: 4, three times, last vs. Quinnipiac (9/6/24)
