Georgia State University Athletics

Athletic Honors 
2022 AVCA Top Flight Award
2022 Conference USA All-Tournament Team

2022
Kleespies charted a 19-13 record for the season at flights No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5... Posted a 19-10 finish pairing with Becky Tresham... Earned AVCA Top Flight Award honors for the spring... Downed eight nationally-ranked opponents including No. 1 UCLA in Gulf Shores on March 19... Reeled off 12 consecutive dual match victories, capped off with a ranked win over No. 13 FIU in the inaugural Conference USA Beach Volleyball Championship title match while partnering with Tresham at the fifth flight... Earned C-USA All-Tournament Team honors following a 4-0 performance at the conference championship tournament in Huntsville, Ala. ... Secured a ranked victory over top-seeded No. 10 FAU in the C-USA Championship semifinals... Posted an additional ranked victory over FIU in the second round of the conference tournament... Notched top-20 wins over Florida Gulf Coast, Pepperdine, South Carolina and Stetson...  Named to the C-USA All-Academic Team for 2022... Helped lead the Sandy Panthers to a historic 2022 season and NCAA Tournament run highlighted by the first ever C-USA Beach Volleyball Championship and an upset over second-seeded TCU to advance to the NCAA round of six... The win over TCU notched a school-record 28th victory for the Sandy Panthers and marked the largest upset in NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship history, the first time GSU has secured a second victory in NCAA Tournament play throughout the history of GSU athletics across all sports and tied the school record for highest-ranking victory in GSU athletics history... The team's No. 7 ranking for the final AVCA Coaches Poll marked the highest finish in a Division I Collegiate Poll for any team in GSU sports history

2020-21 (Toledo)
Academic All-MAC…Ended her career with 2,887 attack attempts, ninth-most ever by a Rocket…Played in all 20 matches, starting nine; one of only two Rockets to appear in all 20 matches (Rhyen Neal)…Averaged 1.97 kills/set…Five double-digit kill performances, including a season-high 17 at Northern Illinois (Jan. 28); 11 kills at Ohio (Feb. 26)…Hit .579 and had 12 kills against Central Michigan (March 13)…Double-digit kills in both matches against Buffalo; hit .500 with 10 kills in the first match and 15 kills in the second match…Had nine kills and seven blocks at Bowling Green (March 23).

2019 (Toledo)
Academic All-MAC…MAC West Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16) after averaging 4.56 kills/set and hitting .346 during play at the Wright State tournament…Played in 26 matches, starting 22…2.65 kills/set, second-most on the team…Also averaged 1.61 digs/set…15 matches with double-digit kills…Season-high 16 terminations against Indiana State (Sept. 14)…Three double-doubles…15 kills, six blocks at Buffalo (Sept. 28)…Started MAC play with five straight matches with at least 10 kills.

2018 (Toledo)
Academic All-MAC… Averaged 3.13 kills/set, best on the team, also tallied team-high 1,156 attacks…0.47 blocks/set…Had 11 matches with at least 15 kills, and two with at least 20 terminations: vs. Youngstown State (Sept. 15, 22 kills) and vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 27, 20 kills)…Double-digit digs in two matches: vs. Northern Kentucky (Aug. 24, 12 digs), and at Bradley (Sept. 1, 12 digs)…Season-high five blocks against George Washington (Aug. 31)…One of four Rockets to play in every set.

2017 (Toledo)
Made an appearance in 21 matches... Ranked third among the team in blocks per set (0.55) and fourth in points per set (2.44), kills per set (2.08) and total blocks (43.0)...Made her Rocket debut against Purdue-Fort Wayne (Aug. 26), registering five kills...Had at least six kills in every match from Sept. 8-30...Career-high five blocks against Virginia Tech (Sept. 9)...Nine kills, four blocks in the win at Marshall (Sept. 9)...Recorded 15 kills in the victory over New Mexico (Sept. 15)...Career-best 18 kills at Central Michigan (Sept. 21)...Also reached double-digit kills against Akron (Sept. 30), Ball State (Nov. 2), and Western Michigan (Nov. 10).

Prep
Four-year letterwinner from Avon Grove High School...Earned first-team all-Chestmont and first-team all-district honors all four years...Named to PIAA AAAA All-State team as a junior and senior...Lettered in basketball and track and field.

Personal
Daughter of Melissa Mclinden and Chris Kleespies...Has three older sisters...Sister Cassie played volleyball at Toledo from 2008-11...Majoring in biology...Also competes for the Rockets' track & field program in shot put, discus, and weight throw.