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2021 Volleyball Roster

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4 Kylie Bruder

  • Position Setter
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  • High School Pine Crest HS
  • Twitter kylie_bruder

Biography

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.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2017Freshman

    Setter
    5'11"
    4
  • 4

    2018Sophomore

    Setter
    5'11"
    4
  • 4

    2019Junior

    Setter
    5'11"
    4
  • 4

    2020-21Senior

    Setter
    5'11"
    4
  • 4

    2021Graduate Student

    Setter
    5'11"
    4