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Jerry Jones Kansas Wesleyan Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame

Kolby (Rhoades) Melia

  • Class
    2008
  • Induction
    2024
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Volleyball
In 2006, Kolby Rhoades was named to the NAIA All-Region IV First Team. She also was named KCAC Player of the Year and First Team All-KCAC. She was named KCAC Player of the Week four consecutive weeks during KWU's 12-match winning streak. Rhoades led the KCAC in kills per game with a 4.35 average in her first season with the Coyotes. During the 2006 season, she became the first KWU player to go over 400 kills in a season since Jennifer Joy in 2002.
 
In 2007, Rhoades helped KWU win the KCAC with a 17-1 record and advance to the NAIA Region IV tournament.
 
She ranks fifth all-time in career kills with 1,007, is one of only five players in program history (since college volleyball switched to rally scoring in 2001) to have over 1,000 career kills, and ranks second in career kills per set at 4.44. She ranks seventh all-time in career points with 1,203. Her .240 career attack percentage ranks in the top 10 in KWU history. She has two of the top six performances in kills in a season and kills per set in a season.  She holds the school record for attack attempts in a single season with 1,618 in 2007. She ranks third (651.5, 2007) and sixth (551.5, 2006) in single season points and second (5.43, 2007) and fourth (5.15, 2006) in single season points per set.
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