Katie Slay
Position: Middle Blocker
Height: 6-6
Weight: 180
Hometown/Residence: Raleigh, North Carolina/Raleigh, North Carolina
Birth Date: Nov. 4, 1991
Club Team/Coach: Triangle Volleyball Club (Morrisville, N.C.) / Robin Bugg
High School/Grad Year: Wakefield High School (Raleigh, N.C.) / 2010
College Status: Verbal commitment to Penn State
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2008 – NORCECA Women’s Junior Continental Championship (Gold Medal).
USA VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS: 2009 – Selected to the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team. 2008 - Helped the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team to the 2008 NORCECA Women’s Junior Continental Championship gold medal and qualification into the 2009 FIVB World Championship…Finished with 21 points at the NORCECA Continental Championship with 8 kills, 12 blocks and one ace to rank 38th overall in scoring and 10th in blocking.
CLUB/PREP HIGHLIGHTS: 2009 – Helped team to a spot in the USA Junior Olympic Girls’ Volleyball Championships…Named PrepVolleyball.com Top 50 Recruit for Class of 2010…Volleyball Magazine 30 Underclassmen to Watch. 2008 - Helped team to a spot in the USA Junior Olympic Girls’ Volleyball Championships…Named Wakefield High School Team most valuable player…Chosen Wake Weekly Female Athlete of the Year…Voted Cap-7 All-Conference. 2007 - Helped team to a spot in the USA Junior Olympic Girls’ Volleyball Championships….Selected Wakefield High School team most valuable player…Voted Cap-7 All-Conference. 2006 - Helped team to a spot in the USA Junior Olympic Girls’ Volleyball Championships…Voted Cap-7 All-Conference…Began playing club volleyball with Capital City Volleyball Club.
PERSONAL: Born Kathleen Elizabeth Slay on Nov. 4, 1991, in Plano, Texas… Parents are Alan and Maureen Slay…Father Alan played junior college basketball and mother Maureen played basketball at Fairfield University…Brother is Ryan (1990)… Hobbies are spending time with friends and family, watching movies…Favorite food is macaroni and cheese…Favorite Book is The Secret Life of Bees…Favorite music type is almost all…Favorite musicians are Taylor Swift and Jack Johnson…Favorite professional team is Carolina Hurricanes…Favorite athlete is Michael Phelps…Most admired person is mother because “she is a great role model and she is funny.”…Happiest moment in life was “making it to the finals of the 2008 Las Vegas Invitational Tournament.”
