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2021

• Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year
• AVCA Third-Team All-America
• CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America
• AVCA Region III Player of the Year/First-Team All-Region
• Liberty League Player of the Year/First-Team All-Conference
• RIT Senior Athlete of the Year and Dr. Mark Ellingson Award winner
• 13th nationally with 4.18 kills per set, 19th with 422 total kills
• Led the Liberty League with a .306 hitting percentage, ranked 10th with 0.56 blocks per set.
• Season-high 22 kills vs. St. Lawrence (Nov. 5) in Liberty League Semifinals
• 21 kills and a .420 H% along with 11 digs and 4 blocks in 3-2 victory over Clarkson (Sept. 24)

2020

• Liberty League All-Academic Team 

2019

• AVCA Honorable Mention All-America
• AVCA First-Team All-New York Region
• First-Team All-Liberty League
• 14th nationally with 4.26 kills/set, second in the Liberty League with 469 kills
• Season-high 23 kills with 10 digs in 3-1 vs. Geneseo (Oct. 8)
• Three-set season high 18 kills and a .471 attack percentage along with 10 digs in 3-0 sweep of Union (Sept. 28).
• Season-high .552 attack percentage with 17 kills and nine digs in 3-1 win at Rochester (Oct. 16).
• LIberty League All-Academic Team

2018: Third Team American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America selection … seventh All-American in program history and second to earn the honor as a freshman … Liberty League and AVCA New York Region Rookie of the Year … All-Liberty League first team and All-New York Region honors … Liberty League Championship Most Outstanding Player … recorded team-high 530 kills and 50 service aces, while hitting .329 with 599 total points (5.00/set) … fourth in the nation with 530 kills, seventh with 4.42 kills per set and seventh in points per set … added 272 digs and 34 blocks, while playing in 31 matches … Most Outstanding Player of the RIT Invitational and New York State Regional Challenge … All-Tournament Team honors at the University of Scranton Invitational and NCAA Regional Tournament at Ithaca … five-time Liberty League Rookie of the Week … two-time Liberty League Performer of the Week ... AVCA Division III National Player of the Week (Nov. 6) … season-best 32 kills, while hitting .464 in a four-set win over Nazareth … 10 kills and 10 digs in collegiate debut against Pittsburgh-Bradford … hit .513 with 23 kills, three aces and two blocks in three-set win over Nazareth in NCAA Tournament opener … 28 kills and a career-best 26 digs in a five-set win over Vassar in Liberty League Tournament Semifinal … 26 kills in regular-season win over Vassar … season-best .625 attack percentage with 17 kills in a win over Bard … hit .579 with 22 kills, while not committing an error in a win over St. Lawrence … hit .568 with 25 kills in a win over Alfred … 21 kills to go along with a season-high four blocks in a win over Rochester … season-high five aces in a win over Elmira … hit .402 with 5.36 kills per set in Liberty League play … recorded at least 10 kills in 27 matches and surpassed 20 kills on 11 occasions … recorded at least 10 kills in 22 consecutive matches to end the season … recorded nine double-doubles. STATS

Before RIT: Played three years of varsity volleyball at nearby Mercy High School … earned All-Greater Rochester Honorable Mention honors in 2017 … was the Miss Moxie Teammate Award winner … earned All-Private/Parochial first team accolades … was a three-year captain for her club volleyball team.

Personal: Kaitlin Rose Hobler was born in Folsom, Calif. … daughter of 1994 RIT graduates Claudia and Marc Hobler … has three siblings, Megan, Carson and Austin ... Megan played volleyball at D1 Oakland (Michigan) ... RIT Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar (2021) ... American Graphic Design Award (2020) ... Dean's List (2018-20) ... after school tutor for inner-city Rochester school kids with Cameron Coumunity Ministries (2017-19) ... volunteer at Legacy Retriement Home (2014-18) ... organized charity book drive for City of Rochester youth ... started playing volleyball in 5th grade after trying it in physical education class ... new media design major … minoring in psychology.