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2026 Volleyball Roster

1 Kaleigh Meritt

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Evansville, Ind.
  • High School FJ Reitz
  • Prev School Samford
  • Club Evansville United

Biography

Redshirt Junior (2025 - Samford)
• Named SoCon Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 27)
• Reached 1,000 career kills on Oct. 17 against the Citadel
• Placed on Preseason All-SoCon Team
• Appeared in all 28 matches for the Bulldogs
• Tallied 392 kills, 20 aces, 262 digs and 32 total blocks
• Set a career-high of 32 kills against Winthrop
• Led her team in kills

Redshirt Sophomore (2024 - Samford)
• Named Second Team All-SoCon
• Started in all 27 matches
• Led the team with 371 kills, averaging 3.64 kills per set
• Tallied double-digit kills in 21 matches
• Recorded 20 or more kills in four matches

Redshirt Freshman (2023 - Samford)
• Won SoCon Freshman of the Year
• Named to SoCon First Team All-Conference and All-Freshman Team
• Started in 15 matches, appearing in all 31
• Tallied 380 kills and 186 digs
• Had 20 double-digit kill matches, with two 20-kill matches

Freshman (2022)
• Did not play and redshirted

High School
• Spent four years on varsity under head coach Gene Cobbs
• Won All-Metro Player of the Year in 2020
• Placed on the Indiana All-Star Team in 2020
• Set the Panthers' record for career kills with 1,326
• Was named Academic All-State in 2022

Personal
• Parents: Glen and Jennifer Meritt
• Sibling: Caleb Meritt
• Major: Biology

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