Kelsea Bivins

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-0
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Pelham, Ala.
Prev School:
Wallace State CC

Career
Transferred to Memphis from Wallace State Community College … Has seen action in 29 matches (86 sets) … Has 202 kills and 126 digs … Also has 32 total blocks, 12 assists and two service aces … Has 11 matches with double-figures kills and five matches with double-digit digs … Has four double-doubles (kills-digs).

2017 (Junior)
Played in 29 matches (86 sets) … Recorded 202 kills and 126 digs … Had 32 total blocks, 12 assists and two service aces … Logged four double-double performances (kills-digs) … Posted 11 double-figures kills matches … Had five double-digit digs matches … Three of her four double-doubles came in home matches vs. Louisiana Monroe, Nicholls and UCF … Final double-double was in a road match at Tulsa … Registered a career-high 16 kills in a road match at Louisiana Tech … Hit a career-best .667 in a neutral-site match vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Had 12 kills with no errors on 18 attempts vs. the Lions … Logged 15 kills in matches vs. UCF (home) and Tulsa (road) in league play … Posted a career-best 19 digs in a road match at Tulsa … Had a career-best six total blocks in a home match vs. Connecticut.

Junior College
Played two seasons at Wallace State Community College in 2015 and 2016 … Helped lead the Lions to back-to-back Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC) championships … The 2016 title was the program’s 10^th-straight league crown … The Lions had a combined 77-10 (39-8 in 2015; 38-2 in 2016) overall record and a perfect 29-0 ACCC mark those two seasons (2015, 2016) … Wallace State advanced to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) tournament both seasons …Named the 2016 ACCC Player of the Year … Led conference in total kills (429) and kills per set (3.73) … Second in the league in hitting percentage (.412) … Played in all 40 matches … As a freshman in 2015, had 434 kills (3.44 kps) and a .298 hitting percentage … Saw action in 42 matches.

High School
Played her prep career at Thompson High School in Alabaster, Ala. … Named to the 2014 Al.com All-State Team … Earned Al.com Birmingham All-Metro Team accolades as a senior … Also played basketball for the Warriors and was an all-region pick in hoops.

Personal
Birthday is August 4 ... Liberal studies major.