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Jersey Number 18
Kendal Bonney
- Position:
- Pin Hitter/Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Letters:
- 1
- Hometown:
- Pioneer, Ohio
- High School:
- North Central
EMU: 2025: Appeared in 25 matches, playing 60 sets as a rotational middle blocker for EMU…Totaled 82 kills on 245 swings, averaging 1.37 kills per set while hitting .201 on the season…Added 36 total blocks (one solo, 35 assists), providing consistent front-row presence in both nonconference and MAC play…Opened the season with a dominant performance at Marshall, Aug. 29, recording 12 kills on .688 hitting with a block in a three-set match…Followed with a steady early stretch that included five kills and three blocks against Southern Illinois, Sept. 12, and seven kills with five blocks at Oakland, Sept. 13…Posted a season-high nine kills twice, including at Akron, Oct. 31, and against Ball State, Nov. 7, contributing efficient offensive production in extended matches…Delivered a strong all-around effort in a win over Buffalo, Oct. 24, finishing with five kills, three blocks, and a service ace…Added five kills and a block in a win over Bowling Green, Oct. 3, while also contributing consistent net pressure throughout conference play…Recorded multiple multi-block performances in MAC action, including six blocks at Butler, Sept. 20, and three blocks against Miami, Nov. 14…Finished the season with several efficient outings above .250 hitting and provided steady rotation depth at middle blocker, contributing both offensively and defensively across the season...2024: Named to the Academic All-MAC Team…Earned CSC Academic All-District honors…Rewarded an American Volleyball Coaches Association Demonstrator Scholarship…Played an NCAA Division I career-best 96 sets over a career-high 30 matches while starting 11, the most in her career…Ranked fourth on the team with a career-high 161 kills and fifth in blocks with 49, also marking a career-high figure for the junior…Offensively, set career-best figures in kills per set (1.61) and total attacks (496)...On the defensive side, grabbed a career-high 62 digs, averaging 0.65 per set while posting 0.51 blocks per set, equaling to a career-best point total of 188.5 and 1.96 per set…Recorded double-digit kills seven times…Posted a .500 hitting percentage while landing 12 kills in a win at Morehead State, Sept. 13...Set a single-game career best with eight digs against Marshall while landing 11 kills, Sept. 7...Scored a season-high 15.5 points against Duquesne, Sept. 14…Swatted a career-best five in the home-opener against George Washington, Sept. 6.
2023: Played 43 sets over 19 matches while starting seven times…posted the highest hitting percentage (.209) on the team…Set season-long career-highs with 34 kills (0.79 per set), producing 43 points (1.00 per set)…Defensively, recorded nine digs (0.21 per set) while assisting on 18 blocks, the most in her career…Established a single-game career-best with eight kills for a .500 hitting percentage, also notching a season-high three digs against Central Michigan, Sept. 30…Assisted on a career-high five blocks versus Ball State, Sept. 30...Joined EMU after playing a single season at Division II Ashland University under now EMU head coach Kevin Foeman.
ASHLAND: 2022: Appeared in 12 matches as an Ashland Eagle, playing in 17 total sets...As a freshman, she earned 16 kills, six
digs, and one total block for 16.5 total points...HIGH SCHOOL: Attended North Central Local School and played under
Head Coach Stacy Roth as an Eagle...Earned four letters and helped the Eagles to a winning 19-5 overall record in her
senior season...A two-time All-Buckeye Border Conference pick and district Player of the Year...Helped team to a district
championship as a senior.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Kendal Leigh Bonney...Daughter of Daniel and Shawne Bonney...Has one sister, Madyson...Major: Early Childhood Education.
2023: Played 43 sets over 19 matches while starting seven times…posted the highest hitting percentage (.209) on the team…Set season-long career-highs with 34 kills (0.79 per set), producing 43 points (1.00 per set)…Defensively, recorded nine digs (0.21 per set) while assisting on 18 blocks, the most in her career…Established a single-game career-best with eight kills for a .500 hitting percentage, also notching a season-high three digs against Central Michigan, Sept. 30…Assisted on a career-high five blocks versus Ball State, Sept. 30...Joined EMU after playing a single season at Division II Ashland University under now EMU head coach Kevin Foeman.
ASHLAND: 2022: Appeared in 12 matches as an Ashland Eagle, playing in 17 total sets...As a freshman, she earned 16 kills, six
digs, and one total block for 16.5 total points...HIGH SCHOOL: Attended North Central Local School and played under
Head Coach Stacy Roth as an Eagle...Earned four letters and helped the Eagles to a winning 19-5 overall record in her
senior season...A two-time All-Buckeye Border Conference pick and district Player of the Year...Helped team to a district
championship as a senior.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Kendal Leigh Bonney...Daughter of Daniel and Shawne Bonney...Has one sister, Madyson...Major: Early Childhood Education.
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