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2024 YSU Volleyball Roster

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24 Kiyah Franklin

24 Kiyah Franklin

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Macomb, Mich.
  • High School:
    Romeo
  • Major:
    Business Administration
  • Position:
    RS

Summary

Biography

2024 (Senior): Played in 67 sets over 27 matches, 22 of which she was in the starting rotation for… Totaled 123 kills, 38 digs and 25 blocks for averages of 1.84 kills, 0.57 digs and 0.37 blocks per set… Averaged 1.56 kills and 0.29 blocks in conference matches… Reached double digits in kills four times, including a season-high 12 twice - at UConn (8/31) and at Canisius (9/12)… Recorded her 250th career kill in YSU's sweep of Mercyhurst on Sept. 24… Had one of her best matches of the season on Senior Day, posting 11 kills in 20 attempts for a .400 hitting percentage… Also recorded her 300th career kill in the match.

2023 (Junior): Started three of the first four matches of the season before a lower-body injury kept her out of the final 25 contests… Played in 15 sets total over four matches… Finished with 29 kills on 65 attempts while registering a .200 attack percentage… Had at least seven kills in each of her first three matches… Defensively, finished with 11 block assists… Had season highs of 13 kills, eight digs and five blocks in the five-set opener against Canisius (8/25).

2022 (Sophomore): Named the team’s most improved player at the program’s postseason awards banquet… Played in 116 sets over 30 matches, 17 of which she started… Posted totals of 151 kills and 39 blocks for averages of 1.30 kills and 0.34 blocks per set… Averaged 1.23 kills and 0.38 blocks per set against Horizon League foes… Reached double digits in kills three times, including when she had 11 as part of a 13-point effort in a five-set win at Oakland (10/18)… Had a career-high five blocks at Green Bay (9/24).

2021 (Freshman): Made her collegiate debut at IUPUI on Oct. 29… Finished with an assist and a dig while posting two attacks in one set of action.

High School: Was named Romeo’s team MVP in each of her final three seasons… Was named First-Team All-Macomb County as a senior, and she was a third-team selection as a junior… Was twice named to the Macomb Area Conference All-Academic Team… Was also on the student council and was a member of the yearbook staff.

Personal: Parents are Wayne and Jina… Has two brothers (Trevor and Franklin)… Major is business administration… Was the 2023-24 recipient of the Williard Webster Scholarship… Is a 2024-25 recipient of the Penguin Club - Joseph F. Malmisur Athletic Scholarship and the Tim and Julie Bush Reaching for Excellence Scholarship.

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Freshman

    RS
    6'0"
    24
  • 24

    2022Sophomore

    Right-Side Hitter
    6'0"
    24
  • 24

    2023Junior

    Right Side Hitter
    6'0"
    24
  • 24

    2024Senior

    Right Side Hitter
    6'0"
    24