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2019 Women's Volleyball Roster

Photo by Price Chambers
Photo by Price Chambers

14 Kylie Wilks

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Union Grove
  • Hometown Union Grove, Wis.

Biography

Collegiate Honors List
-2019 Horizon League All-Academic Team
-2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
-2018 Horizon League All-Academic Team

-2017 Horizon League All-Academic Team
-2016 Horizon League All-Freshman Team


2019 (Senior) | Game-by-Game
Appeared in all 32 matches and 119 sets in her final season for the Panthers... Named Horizon League All-Academic for the third straight year... Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team recognition... Totaled 217 kills and 320 digs to become just the fifth player in Milwaukee history to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 career digs... Moved to sixth all-time with 1,259 career digs... Tied for sixth all-time with 120 matches played and is fifth all-time with 449 sets played... Recorded six double-digit kill matches this season... Led the team and ranked sixth in the Horizon League with 37 service aces... Totaled 18 double-digit dig matches... Opened the year with 11 kills, three assists, two aces, and seven digs against Arkansas State... Finished with two double-doubles this year... Recorded 10 kills and 17 digs in a five set win over Drake... Had a season-high 18 digs to go with 11 kills against Clevland State on October 5... Hit .409 with nine kills, 10 digs, and five assists in a sweep of Youngstown State... Helped Milwaukee earn the No. 2 seed for the Horizon League Tournament after totaling seven kills, six assists, four service aces, nine digs, and three blocks in a five set win over Green Bay. 

2018 (Junior) | Game-by-Game
Started all 30 matches as a junior ... tallied a team-high 241 kills, 347 digs, 19 blocks and 18 aces on the year ... kicked things off with nine kills and seven digs in the season opener against New Hampshire Aug. 24 ... notched her first double-double of the season against Boise State Aug. 31 ... one day later, set a new career high with 20 digs against Idaho State ... racked up 19 kills to go with 11 digs against Utah State Sept. 8 ... registered 18 digs and 14 kills in a four-set win at Wright State Sept. 21 ... turned in another double-double with 12 kills and 14 digs one day later at Northern Kentucky ... reestablished a new career-high number of digs with 21 against Green Bay Sept. 29 ... had 14 kills and 21 digs against NKU Oct. 19 ... had back-to-back double-doubles against IUPUI and Cleveland State Nov. 2 & 4 ... closed out the regular season with 10 kills and 14 digs at Green Bay Nov. 9 ... in all, tallied 10 double-doubles on the year ... again was named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team for the second straight year.


2017 (Sophomore) | Game-by-Game
Got the starting nod in all 30 matches as a sophomore ... started the season with 12 kills against South Dakota State Aug. 25 ... had 13 digs and eight kills later that day in a win over Idaho State ... just missed a double-double with 10 digs and nine kills against Virginia Tech Aug. 26 ... two days later, had nine kills, six digs and two blocks in the sweep over Northern Illinois ... had 14 digs and seven kills in a five-set thriller over Fairfield Sept. 1 ... added another 16 digs later that day in a three-set sweep of Samford ... had a pair of double-doubles on the same day, tallying 11 kills and 12 digs in a sweep at DePaul before going off for 15 kills, 11 digs, three blocks and three aces in a win over Army Sept. 9 ... hit a career-best .583 with 16 kills and eight digs against Cleveland State Sept. 22 ... followed that up with 18 more kills, nine digs and a career-high four aces one day later in a win over Oakland ... had another double-double of 10 kills and 15 digs to go with a career-high five blocks against UIC Oct. 1 ... had 10 kills and 11 digs in a three-setter at IUPUI Oct. 6 ... tallied her third-straight double-double one day later with 12 kills and 15 digs at NKU ... continued her run of outstanding play on the home stand, starting with 11 kills and a career-high 19 digs in a sweep of Youngstown State Oct. 14 ... followed that up with a season-high 21 kills and another 17 digs to take down Wright State one day later ... made it six double-doubles in a row with 18 kills and 19 digs at Oakland Oct. 20 ...one day later, suffered a fluke eye injury and finished with nine kills and eight digs at CSU ... had another double-double of 12 kills and 12 digs at UIC Oct. 29 ... tallied another 28 digs in the final homestand weekend Nov. 3-4 ... turned in another double-double with 17 digs and 10 kills at Wright State Nov. 10 ... closed out the season with 13 kills, seven digs and a pair of blocks at Youngstown State one day later ... named to the Horizon League All-Academic squad and to the Horizon League Fall & Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2016 (Freshman) | Game-by-Game
Played in all 28 matches as a true freshman, making 27 starts ... named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team after an impressive first season on campus ... finished the season ranked in the top-10 in freshman history in kills (271 / 5th), kills/set (2.58 / 5th) and digs (266 / 10th) ... made collegiate debut Aug. 26 against Bradley, tallying three kills and one dig in the win ... later that day, had seven digs and five kills on seven attempts in a sweep of Akron ... had 12 digs and six kills one day later in a sweep of Western Illinois ... had a team-high 11 kills at Dartmouth Sept. 2 ... one day later, had 10 digs, seven kills and three blocks against Sacred Heart before a seven-dig, seven-kill performance against George Mason ... hit .333 with nine kills and seven digs against Tennessee Sept. 9 ... had a team-high 12 digs to go with six kills against Missouri State Sept. 16 ... added eight more digs and seven more kills one day later at Marquette ... recorded her first collegiate double-double with 10 kills and 13 digs in a win over Northern Kentucky Sept. 23 ... followed that up with nine more digs and eight more kills one day later in a sweep of Wright State ... hit an impressive .421 with 10 kills to go with six digs and two blocks in a sweep of UIC Oct. 1 ... followed that up with 16 more kills and nine digs against Green Bay one day later ... recorded back-to-back double-doubles on a weekend road swing, tallying career highs in kills (17) and digs (17) at Cleveland State Oct. 7 before adding another 11 kills, 12 digs and three aces at Youngstown State Oct. 8 ... again tallied back-to-back double-doubles on a weekend roadswing, with 15 kills and 10 digs at Oakland Oct. 14 followed up by another 15 kills and 18 digs at Valparaiso one day later ... had nine kills, six digs and three aces in a sweep of Youngstown State Oct. 21 ... followed that up with another double-double with 23 kills on .367 hitting to go with 12 digs, two blocks, two assists and two aces against Cleveland State Oct. 22 ... had 18 kills and eight digs at UIC Oct. 28 ... recorded her seventh double-double with 11 kills and 17 digs at Green Bay just two days later ... posted another double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs in a win at Wright State Nov. 4 ... had another 13 digs in a sweep of Valpo Nov. 12 ... tied her career high with 18 digs and had nine kills against Oakland in the league tournament Nov. 18.
 
High School
A four-year standout at Union Grove ... twice named conference player of the year ... earned first-team all-conference and first-team all-county honors all four years ... was named second team all-state as a senior after earning third-team all-state honors as a junior ... broke her school record for most aces as a juinor and the school record for kills her senior season.

Personal
Daughter of Kevin and Kelley ... older sister, Jo, played volleyball at Furman ... eldest sister, Kaitlyn, played volleyball at Elmhurst ... lists winning the AAU Nationals in 2014 as most memorable sports experience ... earned academic all-state honors ... is a national honors society member ... born Aug. 13, 1998.
 
2019 Season Highs 
Kills: 11 (three times)
Attempts: 36 at Drake 9/7
Hitting %: .500 (7-12) vs. IUPUI 10/18
Blocks: 3 vs. Green Bay 11/16
Digs: 18 at Cleveland State 10/4
Aces: 4 vs. Green Bay 11/16
Assists: 6 (three times) 

MKE Career Highs 
Kills: 23 vs. Cleveland State 10/22/16
Attempts: 58 at Valparaiso 10/15/16
Hitting %: .583 (16-24) vs. Oakland 9/23/17
Blocks: 5 vs. UIC 10/1/17
Digs: 21 (two times)
Aces: 4 (two times)
Assists: same

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2016Freshman

    OH
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2017Sophomore

    OH
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2018Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2019Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'8"
    14