Outlook

Kennedy Smalley is 6-0 right side lefty hitter who is athletic, versatile, and has a good volleyball IQ … Tall, with long arms, and will again be a huge contributor to our team this season … A big-time competitor, with the ability to play six rotations … Brings a strong block and will be a go-to hitter this season ... Had a phenomenal finish at the National Tournament last fall ... Looking for her to step up as a vocal leader this season and really own that "go-to" role ... Worked hard in the spring season to improve her court awareness and physicality.

Career

Etched her name in the all-time career annuals with 775 digs, 639 kills and 78 aces which rank 16^th, 15^th and 19^th respectively. 

Sophomore Year 2024

Helped JCCC to a 30-7 record, a runner-up finish in the conference, a district championship and a runner-up finish at the NJCAA Division II National Championship … Selected All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Division II second-team … Played in 36 matches and 126 sets … Finished with 329 kills, a 2.61 kills per set average, a .185 attack percentage, 50 aces, 499 digs, a 3.96 digs per set average and 51 blocks … Ranked second on the team in kills and ninth in the conference … Also ranked ninth in the conference in kills per set, seventh in digs, 12^th in digs per set, tied for eighth in services aces, seventh in total points with 406 and fourth in total receptions with 677 … Her 577 receptions also ranked 46^th in the NJCAA … Her 329 kills rank 18^th on JCCC’s season chart … Reached double figures in kills in 14 matches and topped double digits in digs 25 times … Produced 13 double-doubles … Began the season with 10 kills and an attack percentage of .529 in over Waubonsee (8-23-24) … Capped the weekend with a double-double of 12 kills and 18 digs in a five-set victory over No. 6 Illinois Central (8-24-24) … Was selected the KJCCC D-II Offensive Player of the Week in week 2 after tallying 14 kills while hitting .300 along with 12 digs to help lead JCC to a sweep over cross-town rival Kansas Cit Kansas (8-28-24) … Recorded a double-double of 11 kills and 16 digs in a 3-1 win over No. 3 Parkland (9-7-24) … Had a season-high 16 kills along with 26 digs in a 3-1 win over Des Moines Area (9-13-24) … Set a season-high with 31 digs in a five-set loss to NEO A&M (9-20-24) … Finished with 12 kills and 11 digs in a 3-1 win over No. 4 Kirkwood (9-21-24) … Had a strong performance in Florida at the Pensacola Tournament finishing with 49 kills, 84 digs … Posted a double-double of 15 kills and 27 digs in a 3-2 loss to No. 6 Heartland (10-17-24) … Had back-to-back double-doubles the following day with 14 kills and 21 digs in a 3-2 loss to No. 17 Enterprise State and 11 kills and 14 digs in a sweep over No. 10 Pensacola State (10-18-24) … Tallied 15 kills and 17 digs in a 3-1 win over Neosho County in the semifinals of the Region 6/Plains District B Tournament (11-6-24) … Followed with a double-double of 13 kills and 25 digs along with three aces in a 3-1 win over Kansas City Kansas to capture the championship (11-9-24) … Posted double-doubles in three of the four matches at the NJCAA Division II National Tournament … Tallied 44 kills, 63 digs and three aces over the four matches … Opened with 10 kills and 16 digs in a five-set come-from-behind victory over No. 8 Iowa Central (11-20-24) … Had eight kills and 21 digs in a 3-1 win over No. 2 Parkland in the quarterfinals (11-21-24) … Her 21 digs tie the 18^th-best match recorded in tournament play by a JCCC player … Produced 12 kills, 13 digs and two aces in a 3-1 win over No. 5 Gulf Coast State in the semifinals (11-22-24) … Finished with 14 kills and 13 digs in the National Championship Match loss to No. 1 Cowley (11-23-24) … Her 44 kills rank 18^th in national tournament play in team history, and her 63 digs rank 13^th all-time.

Freshman Year 2023
Named All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Division II second-team … Played in 36 matches and 115 sets … Ranked second on the team with 310 kills and third with 276 digs … Her 2.70 kills-per-set average ranked 14^th in the conference, and her .268 kill percentage ranked 10th … Reached double figures in kills in 11 matches, four at nationals … Also topped double figures in digs 12 times, five coming in national tournament play … Began her college career with eight kills and five blocks in a sweep over Sauk Valley (8-18-23) … Followed with nine kills in a 3-0 win over No. 9 Muskegon (8-18-23) … Led the team with 15 kills in a 3-1 win over No. 16 Illinois Central (9-8-23) … Had 11 kills and nine digs in a 3-1 win over No. 4 Parkland (9-9-23) … Credited with eight kills and 15 digs in a 3-0 win at Allen (9-13-23) … Registered a double-double of 14 kills and 12 digs in a sweep over Metropolitan (9-22-23) … Produced a second double-double of 13 kills and 17 digs in a 3-2 win over No. 12 Illinois Central (10-6-23) … Notched her third double-double of the season with a season-high 17 kills to go along with 15 digs in a 3-1 loss to No. 11 Kirkwood (10-7-23) … Had seven kills and nine digs in a sweep over Coffeyville in the semifinal of the District Playoffs (11-1-23) … Finished with eight kills and eight digs kills in a 3-0 win over Neosho County in the District Championship, helping the Cavaliers punch their ticket to the 2023 NJCAA D-II National Tournament (11-4-23) … Had an outstanding national tournament for JCCC , posting double figures in kills in four of the six matches, highlighted by a season high 21 in the consolation semifinal win over Parkland, which ties the fourth-best in match in team history in national tournament play … Also posted double digit dig totals in five of the six matches with a season high 18 in the tournament opening win over Gulf Coast State … Overall, tallied 76 kills and 78 digs in the tournament … Her 76 kills rank third all-time in tournament play.

High School
Was a four-year starter for coach Cheyanne Bailey at Harrisonville High School, Harrisonville, Mo. … Graduated 2023 … Was a three-time Missouri Coaches Association All-State selection … Named 4A All-State as a sophomore and junior, and 3A her senior year … Was a four-time All-MRVC and All-District selection … Named second-team as a freshman and first-team her sophomore, junior and senior years ... Closed out her career with 878 kills, a .295 hitting percentage, 163 blocks, 1,003 digs, 1,108 assists and 137 aces all team records … Set season highs in kills (406), hitting percentage (.344), blocks (64), digs (325) and aces (46) as a senior … As a freshman tallied 108 kills, 35 blocks, 158 digs, 235 assists and 26 aces … Followed with 145 kills, 36 blocks, 286 digs, 366 assists and 29 aces as a sophomore and 219 kills, 28 blocks, 234 digs, 233 assists and 36 aces a junior … Etched her name throughout the Harrisonville record books … Owns the season records for kills, hitting percentage and blocks along with numerous 3-set, 4-set and 5-set match records … Helped the Wildcats to a District title in 2020 … Was a three-time starter and four-time letter winner in soccer … Named first-team All-State, All-Region, All-Metro, All-District and All-Conference her junior and senior years … Was part of a conference championship in 2022 … Played club volleyball for the Southland Aces in 2017-19 coached by Kinlie Smith, Cass County Juniors in 2019-20 and  Epic in 2021-22 coached by Jeff Woody, helping that team earn a bid to Nationals … Earned Academic All-Conference and Academic All-State.

Personal
Born Kennedy Michele Smalley on February 23, 2005, in Kansas City, Mo. … Nicknames are Ken and Nenny … Daughter of Jess and Michele Smalley … Has two siblings: Rylee and Cole … Her aunt, Molly Magness, played volleyball at Missouri Valley College … Majoring in business … Also recruited by Metropolitan Community College … Favorite foods are pasta, potatoes, bread, strawberries, pineapple and raspberries … Favorite fast food restaurants are Freddy’s and Hawaiian Bros. … Favorite restaurant is Kyoto … Favorite TV shows are Criminal Minds and New Girl … Favorite movies are Lemonade Mouth and The Hunger Game series … Favorite sports movie is The Miracle Season … Favorite actor is Chris Pratt … Favorite book is The Cellar … Favorite music entertainers are Morgan Wallen and Justin Bieber … Favorite cartoon character is The Lorax … Favorite athlete is Alex Morgan … Favorite sports teams are the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals … Her greatest sports moment was her game against Warrensburg her senior year … A notable alumnus from her school is Brutus Hamilton, the 1920 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the decathlon.