8 - Kelsey Sidney
Kelsey Sidney
Height: 6-2
Year: So.
Hometown: Chesterfield, Mo.
High School: Marquette High School
Position: H/B

2012 (Sophomore): Produced her first career double-double at High Point (9/4) with career highs in kills (10) and digs (10) … Hit efficiently against Youngstown State (9/15), putting down 10 kills on 21 attempts with just two errors for a .381 mark … Posted a career-high three aces at North Carolina Central (8/24).

2011 (Freshman): Played 30 matches, including 14 starts, to earn her first letter … Played 79 of a total 118 sets … Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll … Averaged 1.20 kills per set and 0.58 blocks per set … Tallied a career-high nine kills against Samford (Nov. 5) … Posted eight kills against Navy (Sept. 4), North Carolina Central (Oct. 4) and Western Carolina (Oct. 30) … Notched a career-high seven total blocks against Navy, including a career-best six block assisted.

High School: Played all four years at Marquette High School in Chesterfield, Mo. For coach Scott Szevery … earned all-district honors during her time at Marquette … averaged .94 blocks per set … as a senior, she helped lead her team to the District 7 title …was also a three-year letterwinner in track & field where she advanced to the district championships.

Club: Played three seasons for coach Luke Young and coach Andrea Knapp for the top club in St. Louis, Mo., Team Momentum.

Personal: Kelsey Anne Sidney … born July 16, 1993 in Chicago, Ill. … daughter of Paul and Lisa Sidney … has three younger siblings, Maxwell, Andrew and Hallie … father, Paul, played basketball at Benedictine University … majoring in elementary education at UNCG.

Single-Match Highs:
Kills: 10, Twice
Attempts: 40 at High Point (Sept. 4, 2012)
Hitting Percentage: .381 vs. Youngstown State (Sept. 15, 2012)
Assists: 1, five times
Digs: 10 at High Point (Sept. 4, 2012)
Blocks: 7 vs. Navy (Sept. 4, 2011)
Solo Blocks: 2 vs. Florida Atlantic (Sept. 9, 2011)
Block Assists: 6 vs. Navy (Sept. 4, 2011)