2024 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Knobbe, Kaitlyn

Jersey Number 4
Kaitlyn Knobbe
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Duchesne Academy
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
Bio
ATHLETIC HONORS
2023 American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (Sept. 11, 2023)
2024 (Senior): Concludes her collegiate career with new career-highs in a single match in kills (192), kills per set (2.02), points (233) and points per set (2.45) ... Earned the 200th block of her career in the AAC Quarterfinals against seventh-seeded North Texas ... Finished fifth on the team in kills ... Also posted the second-highest hitting percentage on the team with a minimum of 50 attempts (.304).
2023 (Junior): Started all 29 matches on the season, playing in 103 total sets… named to the AAC Honor Roll on Sept. 11… led the team in hitting percentage among qualifying players (.277), total blocks (108) and blocks per set (1.05)... ranked seventh in the AAC in blocks per set… fourth on the team in total kills (149) and fifth in kills per set (1.45)... recorded two matches with double-digit kills, including a career-high 11 at Tulsa… recorded nine matches with at least five blocks, including a career-high eight on two occasions (at Charlotte, vs. Wichita State)… added 35 digs.
2022 (Sophomore-SMU):
Played in 14 matches, making three starts...Finished with 26 kills on 60 attacks...Notched 20 block assists...Had a career-high six kills at Tulsa (Oct. 7)...recorded three block assists three times.
2021 (Freshman-SMU):
Played in eight matches, making two starts...Finished with 13 kills on 43 attacks...Notched 11 block assists...Had a season high four block assists against Illinois (Sept. 10).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Duchesne Academy in Omaha, Nebraska...Earned Academic All-State all four years...Recorded the school blocking record in a match and a season as a junior and again as a senior...2020 Class B top blocker her senior season...Was a four-time letterwinner in track.
CLUB: Played for Elite 181's under Adrew Werhli...Elite top national team 16's, 17's, and 18's.
2023 American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (Sept. 11, 2023)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2023 CSC Academic All-District
2024 (Senior): Concludes her collegiate career with new career-highs in a single match in kills (192), kills per set (2.02), points (233) and points per set (2.45) ... Earned the 200th block of her career in the AAC Quarterfinals against seventh-seeded North Texas ... Finished fifth on the team in kills ... Also posted the second-highest hitting percentage on the team with a minimum of 50 attempts (.304).
2023 (Junior): Started all 29 matches on the season, playing in 103 total sets… named to the AAC Honor Roll on Sept. 11… led the team in hitting percentage among qualifying players (.277), total blocks (108) and blocks per set (1.05)... ranked seventh in the AAC in blocks per set… fourth on the team in total kills (149) and fifth in kills per set (1.45)... recorded two matches with double-digit kills, including a career-high 11 at Tulsa… recorded nine matches with at least five blocks, including a career-high eight on two occasions (at Charlotte, vs. Wichita State)… added 35 digs.
2022 (Sophomore-SMU):
Played in 14 matches, making three starts...Finished with 26 kills on 60 attacks...Notched 20 block assists...Had a career-high six kills at Tulsa (Oct. 7)...recorded three block assists three times.
2021 (Freshman-SMU):
Played in eight matches, making two starts...Finished with 13 kills on 43 attacks...Notched 11 block assists...Had a season high four block assists against Illinois (Sept. 10).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Duchesne Academy in Omaha, Nebraska...Earned Academic All-State all four years...Recorded the school blocking record in a match and a season as a junior and again as a senior...2020 Class B top blocker her senior season...Was a four-time letterwinner in track.
CLUB: Played for Elite 181's under Adrew Werhli...Elite top national team 16's, 17's, and 18's.

Rice vs. Central Arkansas Highlights
Sunday, August 31
Volleyball Exhibition vs. Houston Post-Match Press Conference
Sunday, August 24
VB Thea Carter Kick Save vs. Wichita State
Monday, August 18
2024 Night of the Owl End of Year Recap
Thursday, April 25