2022 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 6
Kyla Swanson
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-4
- Hometown:
- Wahoo, Neb.
- High School:
- Wahoo HS
 University of Illinois Graduate |
Senior 2022
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in 15 matches, making 13 starts
- Posted 53 kills, averaging 1.04 kills per set
- Tallied 44 blocks with 0.86 blocks per set
- Logged a season-high six kills at Wisconsin (10/2/22)
- Recorded a season-best seven blocks against Northwestern (9/24/22)
- Served a pair of aces against Missouri State (9/9/22)
- Tallied solo blocks against Missouri State (9/9/22), Marquette (9/17/22), and Maryland (9/23/22)
- Posted a pair of digs against Illinois State (9/17/22).
Junior - 2021
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Started 26 of the 27 matches she saw action in, playing in 101 sets.
- Ranked second on the team with 106 blocks and a .329 hitting percentage, while also totaling 149 kills for a 1.48 kills per set mark and posting 13 digs.
- Totaled seven kills on a .538 hitting percentage and paced the team with four blocks at No. 7 Kentucky (12/4/21) in the NCAA Second Round.
- Notched 10 kills on a team-high .562 attack clip and a team-high six blocks vs. West Virginia (12/3/21) in the NCAA First Round.
- Registered seven kills on a .429 attack clip and three blocks vs. No. 10 Ohio State (11/14/21).
- Posted eight kills on 11 swings and no errors for a .727 attack clip and led the match with seven blocks at No. 13 Penn State (10/30/21).
- Totaled six kills with no errors on eight swings for a .750 hitting percentage to go along with four blocks vs. Michigan (10/23/21).
- Had six blocks - including a pair of solo stuffs - in a win at Northwestern (10/20/21).
- Tallied back-to-back nine block outings against Iowa (9/22/21) and Northwestern (9/25/21).
- Posted five blocks against No. 11 Washington (9/3/21).
- Totaled 21 kills and 14 blocks at the Panther Invite.
- Registered her first-career double-double with career highs of 10 kills and 10 blocks in a five-set win over UCSB (8/27/21).
Sophomore - 2020-21
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in seven matches, starting four of them and seeing action in 21 sets in the conference-only 2020-21 shortened season
- Totaled 20 kills on a .172 hitting percentage, 16 blocks, six digs and assist
- Started both matches at No. 8 Purdue, posting six kills on a .308 attack clip and three blocks on Friday (4/2), before turning in a career-high six blocks on Saturday (4/3).
- Saw action in two sets against No. 5 Minnesota (3/13/21), notching two kills.
- Tallied season-highs of four kills, three digs and five blocks vs Ohio State (2/20/21).
- Made her 2021 season debut at Penn State (2/5/21), posting one kill and one assist.
Freshman - 2019
- Started three of the five matches she saw action in.
- Totaled seven kills, 11 blocks and seven digs in 16 sets.
- Saw action in two sets at Michigan (11/9), posting two blocks.
- Made her Illini debut in a season-opening road win at No. 19 Tennessee (8/30), notching three kills, six digs and a team-high five blocks.
- Earned her first career start in the home opener against the No. 19 Vols (9/1) and turned in two kills and two blocks.
High School
- 2018 AVCA Under Armour All-American Second-Team honoree
- Ranked as No. 1 volleyball players in the class of 2019 in the state of Nebraska by PrepDig.com
- A four-year letter winner, she led her Wahoo High School team to back-to-back Class C-1 State Championships in 2017 and 2018
- Selected to play in Nebraska's 2019 All-Star Game
- AAU 17's Club Volleyball All-American
- Earned NSAA Second-Team All-State accolades in 2017
- Earned 2018 PrepDig.com NSAA All-Class All-Tournament Team honors in 2018
- Registered the highest hitting percentage in the state of Nebraska in 2017 (.488) and in 2018 (.462)
- Helped lead her Volleyball Club Nebraska team to a 10th place finish at the 2018 AAU Nationals and a fifth-place finish at the 2017 AAU Nationals, as well as the Heartland Cup Tournament championship and the Power League Championship
- Also a four-year letter winner in basketball and one-year letter winner in track at WHS
Illini Swim & Dive | Volleyball Crossover
Thursday, May 01
Illini Volleyball | Fallon Signing Day
Thursday, May 01
Illini Volleyball | Questions with Kayla
Monday, February 24
Illini Volleyball | Kayla Burbage is Back!
Thursday, January 30
