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2024 Volleyball Roster

7 Kate Aupperle

  • Position Setter
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • High School Maroa-Forsyth
  • Hometown Maroa, Ill.
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography

2024 • Senior
  • Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team for the third consecutive year
  • Appeared in 55 sets over 18 matches
  • Averages 4.22 assists and 1.25 digs per set
  • Season highs: 3 kills at Missouri State (9/14); .333 hitting % at Fordham (9/28); 28 assists at Missouri State (9/14); 3 aces at Missouri State (9/14); 11 digs vs. Drake (9/19); 2.0 points vs. Southeast Mo. St. (8/30)
  • Posted a season-high 28 assists at Missouri State
  • Registered a 23-assist, 11-dig double-double vs. Drake (9/19)
  • Narrowly missed double-doubles with 23 assists and 9 digs at Fordham (9/27) and 19 assists and 8 digs at VCU (10/11)


2023 • Junior
  • Recorded six double-doubles including in three straight matches against Austin Peay, SEMO and Kansas City
  • Tallied a career-high 51 assists against Bradley
  • Compiled the second-most assists on the team (636)
  • Surpassed 2,000-career assists 
  • Recorded a career high for a single season in digs with 224 coming during the 2023 season
  • Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors
  • Named to the A-10 All-Academic Team 


2022 • Sophomore
  • Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic team
  • Earned a spot on the Arkansas State Invitational All-Tournament team
  • Wrapped up her sophomore campaign with 1,557 career assists, 16th all-time at SLU
  • Ranked sixth in the A-10 with 6.58 assists per set
  • Season highs: three kills at George Washington; six attack attempts at VCU; 57 assists at George Washington; three service aces against four opponents; two blocks against three opponents; 14 digs at Arkansas State
  • Tallied a double-double with 19 assists and a career-best 14 digs at Arkansas State
  • Registered a double-double of 40 assists and 11 digs at Rhode Island
  • Recorded a career-best 57 assists at George Washington
  • 30-assist, 12-dig double-double at VCU
  • Had seven double-doubles on the season, the most on the team

2021 • Freshman
  • Named the Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Year
  • Also landed on the A-10 All-Rookie team and All-Academic team
  • Two-time A-10 Rookie of the Week (Oct. 4 and Oct. 25)
  • Season highs: three kills vs. two opponents; five attack attempts at George Mason; 56 assists vs. Kansas City; three service aces vs. two opponents; one solo block vs. two opponents; 12 digs vs. two opponents
  • SLU rankings: first in assists (754) and assists per set (7.32); sixth in service aces (19), service aces per set (0.18) and digs (175)
  • Her 754 assists were the fourth most by a Billiken rookie in program history
  • Her 56 assists against Kansas City were the most by a SLU freshman since two-time AVCA All-American Whitney Roth had 58 on Nov. 19, 2006, agaisnt Dayton
  • Posted a second 50-assist effort at George Mason
  • Collected four double-doubles on the year
  • A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Prior to SLU
  • Four-year varsity volleyball and softball player
  • All-Conference volleyball (2019 and 2021), All-County volleyball (2018-19)
  • 2021 News-Gazette's All-State Volleyball Team
  • 2021 Illinois Prep Volleyball Michio/Chicago All-State Team
  • 2019 and 2021 Maroa-Forsyth Volleyball MVP
  • 2021 JVA AthLeader Award
  • 2021 AAU 18 Open All-American
  • 2021 All-Conference Softball Team
  • Recorded 181 assists (9.1 per set), 34 digs, 12 blocks and 10 service aces in 11 matches her senior season
  • Led the team in assists (467) and service aces (31), while still contributing 101 kills, 39 blocks and 175 digs in the 2019-20 season
  • Helped the school to a 87-35-1 record in her four seasons

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2021Freshman

    Setter
    5'11"
    7
  • 7

    2022Sophomore

    Setter
    5'11"
    7
  • 7

    2023Junior

    Setter
    5'11"
    7
  • 7

    2024Senior

    Setter
    5'11"
    7