Lion Career 2011 (Sophomore): AVCA Second Team All-America ... AVCA All-Mideast Region ... Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year ... First Team All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (9/9, 10/3) ... Hampton Inn Classic MVP ... Preseason All-Big Ten ... started all 33 matches at middle hitter ... led the team in blocking with 173, averaging 1.42 blocks per set ... her 1.42 blocks per set led the Big Ten and ranked 13th nationally ... had at least two blocks in every match ... finished third on the team with 257 kills, averaging 2.11 kills per set with a team-best .386 hitting percentage ... her .386 hitting percentage ranked second in the league and 15th in the nation ... had double-digit kills nine times ... had 11 kills vs. Oregon (8/26) ... pounded a career-high 12 kills vs. USC (8/27) ... had five kills and six blocks vs. New Hampshire (9/3) ... tallied 11 kills at Stanford (9/9) ... posted eight blocks vs. Texas (9/10) ... had 27 kills on .561 hitting and 19 blocks in the Hampton Inn Classic (9/16-17) ... had six kills and four blocks against Nebraska (9/21) ... led the team with five blocks at Iowa (9/24) ... totaled 12 blocks in matches vs. Wisconsin (9/30) and Minnesota (10/1) ... had 10 kills and a team-best seven blocks vs. Illinois (10/8) ... led the team with four blocks at Purdue (10/14) ... tied for first on the team with five blocks at Indiana (10/15) ... had nine kills in sixteen errorless swings vs. Michigan (10/22) ... had 10 kills and a team-best six blocks vs. Iowa (10/28) ... had a team-best eight blocks vs. Nebraska (10/29) ... posted seven blocks at Minnesota (11/4) ... had 16 kills and six blocks at Wisconsin (11/6) ... had six blocks at Northwestern (11/12) ... led the team with seven blocks vs. Indiana (11/18) ... had nine kills and a team-best eight blocks vs. Purdue (11/19) ... tied for first on the team with five blocks vs. Delaware (12/3).
2010 (Freshman): Played in 23 matches, starting 11, and 52 sets ... totaled 54 kills on .404 hitting for the season ... had at least one kill in 21 matches, with a career-high 10 at Michigan State (11/6) ... registered a career-best attack percentage of .700 (7-0-10) at Michigan (11/5) ... was fifth on the team with 83 total blocks (1.60 blocks per set) ... led the team in blocks seven times ... had at least one block in 21 matches with 18 multiple-block matches ... posted a personal-best 10 blocks, including two solo stuffs, at Michigan (11/5) ... led the team with six blocks vs. Texas in the NCAA National Semifinals (12/16) ... had a match-high seven blocks against California in the National Championship (12/18).
High School
Four-year varsity letterwinner and two-year captain at Wakefield High School in Raleigh, N.C. ... three-time Cap-7 All-Conference honoree ... 2009 Cap-7 Conference Player of the Year... named Cap-7 Academic All-Conference three times ... 2008-09 Wakefield High Female Athlete MVP... First Team AVCA/Under Armour, ESPN RISE, Volleyball Magazine and PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American (2010)... Sports Imports - Fab 50 ... ranked No. 18 college recruit by PrepVolleyball.com ... named Raleigh News and Observer 2009 Volleyball Player of the Year ... as a member of Triangle's 18 Black club team, placed first in 18 Open Lone Star Qualifier and second in 18 Open Mid-East Qualifier (2009-10) ... named to the USA Women's Junior National Team sophomore and junior year ... won the NORCECA Continental Championship U-20 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico... four-year Lamp of Knowledge award winner ... member of National Honor Society... also lettered in basketball.
Personal
Born Kathleen Elizabeth Slay on Nov. 4, 1991 in Plano, Texas ... parents are Alan and Maureen Slay ... has one brother, Ryan (22) ... mother, Maureen, played basketball at Fairfield University ... majoring in communication sciences and disorders with plans to be a speech therapist ... names spending time with friends and watching movies as favorite hobbies, "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen as her favorite book, Dane Cook as her favorite entertainer, "Grey's Anatomy" as favorite TV show, "Just Friends" as her favorite movie, Ryan Reynolds as her favorite actor and Sandra Bullock as favorite actress and Nutella as favorite food.
Slay's Expectations
"We've worked really hard this off-season to come back stronger for the 2012 year. I'm very excited for what we can accomplish this year. We learned a lot from last season, and we are now a more experienced team. I know we will uphold Penn State's tradition of Success With Honor and make the university proud. We Are!"
