2008: Had a breakout sophomore season as she played in all 33 matches and competed in 116 of 126 games on the year...named to the All-Southern Conference first team, becoming just the third player in school history to receive that honor...set a new career-high with 18 kills in a tightly contested match at Samford (10/26)...was named the SoCon Player of the Week twice on the year (10/21 and 11/11)...currently sits second in school history for career hitting percentage (.333) and blocks per game (1.11)...led the team with 138 blocks and had a team-leading 1.19 blocks per game average on the year...broke her previous career-high for blocks with 10 on the road against Samford (10/26)...set a new personal-best for digs with two against North Carolina A&T (9/3), Chattanooga (10/25) and Georgia Southern (11/21)...also named to the HPU Volleyball Classic all-tournament team.
2007: Saw action in 49 games and 22 matches... led the team in hitting percentage with a .362 percentage, which is fifth on UNCG's single-season list... was fifth on the team in kills with 142 and third in kills per game (2.90)... recorded double-digit kills four times on the season... totaled a career-high 14 kills against both The Citadel (9/21) and College of Charleston (11/18)... tallied perfect hitting percentages twice on the season... finished sixth on the team in blocks... recorded a season-high six total blcoks in the Southern Conference Championship match against College of Charleston.
High School: Competed for four seasons at Tunstall High School in Danville, VA for head coach Jackie Hardy... named the 2006 Piedmont District Player of the Year and the 2006 Region IV Player of the Year... also earned first team All-District and All-Regional honors during her prep career... currently holds the Virginia high school career kills record... was also a 2006 Wendy's High School Heisman nominee.
Club: Played for the Piedmont Volleyball Club for head coach Blaine Tendler... team was Big South Tournament qualifier champions and Big South Tournament champions in 2007.
Personal: Kayren Diane Finney... born November 9, 1988 in Danville, VA... daughter of Michael and Valerie Finney... has three siblings, Asheley, Jehri and Cam'ron... expects to major in biology.
