Kayla Lund

COLUMBUS, OH - DECEMBER 15: The Pittsburgh Panthers pose during the Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship on December 15, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

Photo by: NCAA Photos via Getty Images

Position:
OH
Hometown:
Pasadena, Calif.
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
Height:
6-0

Career Highlights
Varsity Walk – Panther Award (2020)
AVCA All-America First Team (2021) *
2x AVCA All-America Second Team (2019, 2020) *
Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team (2021) *
VolleyballMag.com All-America First Team (2020) *
VolleyballMag.com All-America Second Team (2021)
CoSIDA Academic All-America® Third Team (2021)
ACC Postgraduate Scholarship (2020)
2x AVCA East Coast Region Player of the Year (2019, 2020) *
4x AVCA East Coast All-Region Team (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
2x ACC Player of the Year (2019, 2020) *
4x All-ACC First Team (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) *
Sports Imports / AVCA National Player of the Week (Sept. 7, 2021) *
7x ACC Player of the Week (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) – program record
3x Preseason All-ACC (2019, 2020, 2021)
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2018)
4x All-ACC Academic Team (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
AVCA East Coast Region Freshman of the Year (2017)
ACC All-Freshman Team (2017)
4x ACC Freshman of the Week (2017)
* First in Program History

All-Time Career Rankings/Milestones – Pitt Record Book
No. 2: 155 service aces
No. 4: 1,676 kills
No. 5: 4,024 attacks
No. 8: 1,294 digs
One of two Panthers to record more than 1,600 kills and 1,200 digs (Ann Marie Lucanie, 1990-93)
One of two Panthers to rank in the program Top 10 for career service aces, kills, attacks and digs (Ann Marie Lucanie, 1990-93)

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2021)
Part of Pitt’s first NCAA Final Four appearance by a women’s team in school history … Helped Pitt reach its sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, marking the program’s longest NCAA postseason streak in history … First in program history to earn the following honors: American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America First Team, Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team, four consecutive All-ACC First Team selections, Sports Imports / AVCA National Player of the Week (Sept. 7) and a program-record seventh ACC Player of the Week title (Sept. 7) … Completed her five-year career with multiple Top 10 rankings in the Pitt record book: 155 career service aces (second), 1,676 career kills (fourth), 4,024 career attacks (fifth) and 1,294 career digs (eighth) … Tied the Pitt record for most kills in a single NCAA Tournament match during the 25-point rally scoring era (2008-present) with 21 in the Second Round against Penn State (Dec. 4) … Set a Pitt record for most service aces in a single NCAA Tournament match during the 25-point rally scoring era (2008-present) with a season-best four in the Sweet Sixteen against Kansas (Dec. 9) … Tied for second on the team with seven double-double performances for the season, all with kills/digs … Appeared in 31 matches, starting all but one … One of three Panthers to average three or more kills per set (3.01) … Second on the team with 31 total service aces, notching 0.28 per set … Third on the team with 2.30 digs and 3.42 points per frame … Posted a season-best 21 kills twice, against No. 9 Baylor (Sept. 4) and against Penn State in the NCAA Second Round (Dec. 4) … Recorded 17 matches with 10 or more kills … Had 10 matches with 10 or more digs … Hit a season-best .533 at Morehead State with eight kills on 15 swings and no errors (Sept. 18) … Picked up a season-best 16 digs to go along with 16 kills in the season-opening match against No. 23 Rice (Aug. 27) … Blocked a season-best four balls in four matches, including the NCAA Second Round against Penn State (Dec. 4) … Preseason All-ACC selection for the third consecutive season … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team for the fourth time in her career.

AS A SENIOR (2020)
Part of the Panthers’ first NCAA Elite Eight appearance in program history, reaching the Regional Final as the final unseeded team in the field … Helped Pitt secure its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance … First in program history to be named a two-time AVCA All-America Second Team selection … First in program history to earn two selections to any All-America team … Repeated as AVCA East Coast Region Player of the Year, first for the Pitt volleyball program … First in ACC history to repeat as Volleyball Player of the Year, after earning the honors in 2019 … Honored on Pitt's prestigious Varsity Walk as a Panther Award winner … Three-time member of All-ACC First Team (2018, 2019, 2020) … Became the seventh player in program history to record more than 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs for her career after notching her 1,000th dig in the Panthers' NCAA First Round match against LIU (April 14) … Led Pitt in points per set (4.42), kills per set (3.74), digs per set (2.95) and service aces per set (0.41) … Team-best nine double-doubles and three matches with 20 or more kills … Led the ACC in total points (389.0), total kills (329) and total attacks (805) … Recorded the first 20-20 match of her career with 21 kills and 20 digs in a five-set thriller at Duke (March 21) … Recorded a career-best 25 kills against Boston College (Oct. 9) … Second season as team captain for the Panthers … Named ACC Player of the Week (March 24) … Preseason All-ACC Selection.

AS A JUNIOR (2019)
Led Pitt to its third consecutive ACC Championship with a perfect 18-0 record in conference play … Part of Pitt’s fourth consecutive NCAA Second Round appearance … Second player in program history to earn AVCA All-America Second Team honors … AVCA East Coast Region Player of the Year, first for the program … AVCA East Coast All-Region Team … Program’s first ACC Player of the Year … Second consecutive All-ACC first team honors … Led the Panthers with 3.57 kills and 4.13 points per set, ranking fifth in the ACC in both categories … Team-best nine double-doubles … Team-best three matches with 20 kills or more … One of three in the ACC to rank in the league’s top 10 for both kills and service aces per set … Tied a career high with 23 kills against No. 3 Penn State (Sept. 22) … Picked up a career-best 21 digs at Pepperdine (Sept. 14) … Hit a career-best .818 with nine kills on 11 attempts and zero errors against Green Bay (Sept. 7) … Led the Panthers in kills in 19 matches … Second on the squad with 2.74 digs and 0.32 service aces per frame … Recorded the 1,000th kill of her career in the NCAA Tournament Second Round against Cincinnati (Dec. 7) … Team captain for the Panthers … Two-time ACC Player of the Week (Sept. 3, Sept. 9) … ChampYinz Invitational MVP (Sept. 7) … Panther Challenge MVP (Aug. 31) … Preseason All-ACC selection (Aug. 9).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2018)
Part of the Panthers’ first outright ACC Championship, the second consecutive title for the program … Helped the team to its third appearance in as many years at the NCAA Tournament, defeating Iona in the opening round at Petersen Events Center before falling to Michigan in the second round … AVCA All-America Honorable Mention … All-ACC First Team … All-ACC Academic Team … Led the Panthers with 387 total kills, recording 3.58 per set, ranking sixth in the ACC … Posted team-high three matches with 20 kills or more, including a career-high 23 against Charleston … Her 23 kills against Charleston are a team high for the season … Led the Panthers with 13 double-doubles, each with kills/digs … Recorded 24 matches with double-figure kills, including a streak of 17 to begin the year … Hit a career-best .769 in the season opener against Butler, with 10 kills on 13 attempts with zero errors, and added 11 digs … Tied a career high with 16 digs at Duke … Second on the team with 2.64 digs per set … Served a team-high 38 aces, ranking second in the ACC … Had a career-high five service aces at Georgia Tech … Named ACC Player of the Week a program-best three times (Aug. 27, Sept. 10, Nov. 12).

AS A FRESHMAN (2017)
Part of the first volleyball team to win an ACC Championship, claiming the title after defeating Virginia to end the regular season … Helped the team to their second appearance in two years at the NCAA Tournament, defeating VCU in the opening round, before falling to No. 1 Penn State … Named ACC Freshman of the Week for four weeks during the 2017 season … Named AVCA East Coast Region Freshman of the Year … Recorded 13 kills and nine digs in her second career game in a loss to Creighton … Notched eight kills and 16 digs in a win over Saint Mary’s in the Husky Invitational … Tallied nine kills, one assist, 13 digs and two block assists in a sweeping win over Eastern Kentucky … Recorded 12 kills, one assist, three service aces, eight digs, and two block assists in a sweeping win over Cleveland State … Collected her first double-double of the season against Louisville, tallying 12 kills and 10 digs to go along with an assist, a service ace and a block assist … Logged a career high 19 kills to go along with seven digs, one service ace, two assists, and three block assists … Assisted Pitt in a sweeping win over Wake Forest, notching her second double-double with 11 kills, 10 digs and a block … Tallied 10 kills and 13 digs in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Pitt’s win over VCU for her third double-double of the season … Contributed 13 kills and 11 digs against Penn State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament while also adding two assists and a block.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year standout at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in Pasadena, Calif ... Selected to the AVCA Under Armour Girls High School All-America Third Team as a senior ... Three-Time MaxPreps Underclass All-American ... MaxPreps three-time Mission League MVP ... Named to the California All-State Team as a sophomore ... All-Area Player of the Year as a junior ... Five-year member of SG Elite Roshambo ... Helped lead the team to Junior Nationals Open four times, including two top-five finishes ... Named to Prep Volleyball’s 2017 Senior Aces and 2015 AVCA Phenom list.

PERSONAL
Born July 14, 1999 … Daughter of Eddie and Alicia Lund, both former student-athletes at Notre Dame (Eddie: baseball, Alicia: volleyball) ... Has two brothers, Thomas and Michael … Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communications and psychology in December 2020 … Pursuing a master’s degree in applied developmental psychology within Pitt’s School of Education.