Kathryn LeCheminant Athlete Profile - WVLB

Kathryn LeCheminant

Middle Blocker #4

Class

Senior

Hometown

Layton,

Utah

Last School

Layton High School

Roster Years

2009-2013

Personal

Parents are Alan and Melinda Clark LeCheminant
Has two sisters and one brother
Both sisters also play volleyball while her dad was on the ski team at BYU and her mom high-jumped for BYU and Texas A&M, becoming the NCAA Champion in the high jump in 1989 at a height of 6-feet-0 3/4 at the meet hosted in Provo
Sports hero is Michael Jordan and non-sports hero is Emma Smith
Enjoys reading, playing with kids, making porcelain dolls and other arts and crafts, taking pictures and being outside
Also recruited by Utah, UNLV, Utah State, Maryland, Lamar, South Carolina, West Virginia, Southern Utah and Virginia
Recreation therapy major

Before BYU

Played for Club V under coach Reed Carlson
Won the Inter Mountain Region and finished 38th at the Junior Olympics in 2008
Team captain

Three-year varsity letterwinner at Layton High School
Named All-Region 1 First Team by the Ogden Standard Examiner
Garnered all-state honorable mention while helping her team win the region championship and place fifth at the state championship tournament in 2008
Named a Standard Examiner Prep of the Week and Deseret News Student-Athlete of the Week during the season
Career highs of 25 kills, eight blocks and five service aces
Academic honors include Student of the Month as both a freshman and a junior
Active in Book Club and HOSA
Named all-state honorable mention in basketball

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2010

Tallied 33 kills and 23 blocks
Had a .221 hitting percentage
Recorded six block assists twice and six total blocks on two different occasions for career and season-highs
Posted a career and season-high 10 kills, 21 attempts and a .429 hitting percentage against Cal Poly
Against Idaho State, tallied two digs for a career and season-high

Sophmore Year 2011

Had four kills and four blocks against No. 8 Illinois
Recorded four kills, four blocks and three digs against UC Santa Barbara
Had five kills against Weber State
Put up three kills and four blocks against Idaho
Had four kills and four blocks against Georgia Southern
Recorded four blocks and two kills against Kansas State
Posted a season-high seven kills with two blocks against BYU-Hawaii
Had five kills against Utah
Recorded eight kills and five blocks against Cal State Fullerton
Put up six kills, three blocks and two digs against Cal State Northridge
Had five blocks, four kills and two digs against Saint Mary's to open conference play
Posted four solo blocks, a career high, and six block assists for 10 total blocks, a career high, against Loyola Marymount
Had five kills against No. 18 San Diego
Set a career high of eight block assists against Santa Clara
Had seven kills against No. 20 Pepperdine
Tallied four kills and two blocks in the first match against Portland
Tied her season high of eight kills with six blocks against Gonzaga
Had five blocks and three kills against No. 17 Pepperdine in the teams' second matchup of the season
Posted seven block assists and four kills against San Francisco
Recorded six blocks and three kills in the rematch against Santa Clara
Posted 10 kills on . 643 hitting, both career highs, and six blocks in the second match against Loyola Marymount
Again recorded 10 kills with five blocks against San Francisco in the second meeting of the two teams
Had six kills in the final matchup with Saint Mary's
Recorded six kills and five blocks in the second-round match against Gonzaga
Posted five blocks and five kills in the final match of the season against Portland
Totaled 149 kills on the season with the highest hitting percentage on the team at .311
Tallied 125 blocks for second place on the team, averaging 1.18 per set
Led the team in solo blocks with 13
Also had 25 digs

Junior Year 2012

Recorded five kills vs. Arkansas State
Recorded six blocks vs. Air Force
Had nine kills vs. Rice on .643 hitting, tying her career-high hitting percentage
Totaled 10 blocks in the Rice Invitational
Had eight kills and four blocks vs. Wichita State
Had six kills and six blocks vs. No. 24 Colorado State
Had seven kills and seven blocks vs. No. 14 Tennessee
Tied season high of nine kills vs. Portland State
Had 19 attempts vs. PSU, a season record
Had five kills vs. Utah
Recorded six kills vs. Bowling Green
Had seven kills on a career-high .875 (7-0-8) hitting vs. New Hampshire
Had seven kills on .385 hitting vs. Princeton
Had three kills and two blocks vs. George Washington
No. 14 in Division I volleyball for hitting percentage (.438)
Named to George Washington Invitational all-tournament team
Recorded nine kills, three digs and three blocks vs. No. 14 Pepperdine

Recorded seven kills on .500 hitting and had seven blocks (three solos) vs. Gonzaga
Had seven kills, three blocks and a career-record four digs vs. San Francisco
Had four kills, five digs and five kills vs. Saint Mary’s
Had three kills, three digs and five blocks vs. LMU
Had five kills and three blocks vs. Portland
Had eight kills and eight blocks (seven assists, one solo) vs. San Francisco
Had five kills and two digs vs. Saint Mary’s
Had five kills and five blocks vs. Santa Clara
Recorded six kills, three digs and four blocks vs. Gonzaga (10/25)
Recorded six kills on .455 hitting and three digs vs. Portland (10/27)
Had 10 kills to tie her career high on .400 hitting and three blocks vs. USD (10/31)
Had five blocks and four kills vs. LMU (11/3)
Had six kills and three blocks vs. SCU (11/10)

Had a career-high 15 kills on .737 hitting vs. Pepperdine (11/15)
Had 10 kills and five digs vs. USD (11/17)
Had seven kills on .400 hitting and three blocks vs. UVU (11/20)
Had a combined six kills and six blocks in the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament
Recorded seven kills and one block vs. Oregon in the NCAA Omaha Region semifinals (12/7)
Had 207 kills, 51 digs and 113 blocks on the season
Started all 32 matches for the Cougars and played in all 112 sets
Had three double-figure outings in kills

Senior Year 2013

Recorded seven kills from 15 attempts vs. Marquette (8/31)
Had six block assists vs. Bowling Green State (8/31)
Started in every match this season
Recorded 12 kills from 23 attemps vs. UVU (9/3)
Had nine kills from 23 attempts and five digs vs. Oklahoma (9/7)
Recorded 10 kills and an assist vs. Utah (9/17)
Had 10 block assists vs. Pacific (9/28)
Recorded 11 kills on 27 attempts to go along with eight blocks vs. Pacific (10/24)
Had a career high 11 block assists vs. Pepperdine (11/2)
Tied her previous career high in digs with six vs. San Diego (11/23)
Set a new career high in digs with eight vs. Arizona State (12/6)
Added to the All-WCC First Team
Led the team in total blocks with 148