2021 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 4
Kylie Bruder
- Position:
- Setter
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height:
- 5-11
- Hometown:
- Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- High School:
- Pine Crest HS
Graduate Student - 2021
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in all 34 matches, totaling 55 digs and 24 service aces.
- Registered a career-high four service aces at No. 13 Penn State (10/30/21).
- Served up a pair of aces against No. 5 Wisconsin (10/3/21).
- Tallied two assists, two digs and an ace at No. 19 Creighton (9/11/21).
- Posted three digs and two aces against Colorado (9/4/21).
Senior - 2020-21
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played all 18 matches and 71 sets in the conference-only 2020-21 shortened season
- Ranked second on the team with 134 assists and third on the team with 16 aces, while also adding 59 digs and six kills on a .556 attack clip
- Posted 19 assists, six digs and two kills vs. Ohio State (2/20/21).
- Tallied the first kill of her career against No. 1 Wisconsin (1/29/21).
- Registered her first career double-double with career highs of 21 assists, 10 digs and three aces in season opener at Iowa (1/22/21)
Junior - 2019
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in 17 matches, seeing action in 48 sets and totaling eight assists, three service aces and 10 digs.
- Saw action in two sets at Michigan (11/9), handing out eight assists and tallying two digs.
- Posted three digs in a win over No. 7 Marquette (9/14/19).
- Played in both matches against No. 19 Tennessee (8/30, 9/1).
Sophomore - 2018
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Saw action in 22 matches, playing in 59 sets and registering 10 digs, eight service aces and three assists.
- Played in all five matches during the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
- Totaled a pair of digs and a service ace in a win over Rutgers (11/9).
- Had a service ace and saw action in two sets in a win at Ohio State (11/2).
- Played in all four sets in a win at No. 9 Nebraska (10/27).
- Served up a service ace and played in all three sets at No. 3 Minnesota (10/12).
- Saw action in two sets and served up one ace against No. 3 Nebraska (9/29).
- Played in four sets as a serving specialist and registered three digs in a win at Indiana (9/23).
- Saw her Illinois debut at the CSU Invitational, playing in all three sets in a win over Bowling Green (9/7) and registering three assists and an ace to finish off the opening set of the match.
Freshman - 2017
- Did not see action as a freshman.
High School
- Miami Herald First-Team All-County
- Two-time Sun Sentinel Second-Team All-County
- AVCA All-American Honorable Mention
- 2014 Florida Dairy Farmers Player of the Year Runner-Up
- 2014 State Runner-up with her Pine Crest High School team
- All-time leader in assists for PCHS
- Four-year starter and three-year captain for Pine Crest
- Three-time Pine Crest Honor Roll Recipient.
Personal
- Born on December 17, 1998
- Daughter of Michael and Meredith Bruder
- Has four older siblings, Meghan, Mary Beth, Michael Jr., Christy
- Has three dogs, Roxy, Beau, Molly) and two cats, Allie and Max
- Majoring in business.
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