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2025 Volleyball Roster

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8 Cordelia Kearns

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Lake Mills, Wis.
  • High School Oconomowoc HS
  • Major Aerospace Engineering

Biography

2025: Named AVCA First Team All-American (first player in program history to receive honor twice and in back-to-back seasons) and First Team All-South Region... Named Third Team All-American by D2CCA (first player and program history) and First Team All-Region... Named First Team All-SSC... earned SSC Offensive Player of the Week twice during regular season... played all 101 sets and started all 28 matches... set a new career high with 505 kills, putting her fourth in the country and was the second most in program history for a single season... her 5.00 kills/set ranked fifth in the nation and set a new program record for a single season... totaled 544 points and 342 digs... recorded 20 double-doubles, setting the new single season program record... Will enter the 2026 season needing 102 kills to break the all-time record for career kills as a Panther.

2024: Named AVCA First Team All-American (the first in program history) and First Team All-Region... Recognized by D2CCA as First Team All-Region... Earned First Team All-SSC honors... SSC Offensive Player of the Week - October 28th... Appeared and started in all 30 matches, playing 115 sets... Set career highs with 501 kills (2nd All-Time, single season), averaging 4.87 points per set and 4.36 kills per set... Recorded 350 digs, averaging 3.04 digs per set. Recorded 9 solo blocks and 42 block assists totaling 51 blocks, averaging 0.44 blocks per set... Helped lead Tech to first-ever NCAA tournament appearance.

2023: Appeared and started in all 30 matches, playing in 112 sets…Recorded 352 points from 323 kills, averaging 3.14 points per set and 2.88 kills per set...Recorded 105 digs averaging 0.94 digs per set. Recorded 7 solo blocks and 32 block assists totaling 39 blocks, averaging 0.35 blocks per set.

Club: Played three years for VC United in Rockford, Illinois.

High School: Attended Oconomowoc High School in Oconomowoc Wisconsin... Named to All-State 2nd Team in 2022, Honorable Mention in 2021...2022 Conference Player of the Year, earned All-Conference 2nd Team honors in 2021, Honorable Mention in 2020... AVCA/MaxPreps Wisconsin Player of the Week for September 6, 2022... 4x Scholar-Athlete... Helped guide the Oconomowoc Raccoons to a State Championship in 2021, State Runner Up 2019,2022, and Three Straight Conference Champions 2020-2022.

Personal: Daughter of Dawn and Kevin... Has one sister, Phoebe... Chose Florida Tech for its STEM program with great connections in the field, for the location on the east coast and near beaches, and for the welcoming coaching staff.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2023Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    8
  • 8

    2024Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    8
  • 8

    2025Junior

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    8