{"id":326881,"date":"2026-08-21T19:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326881\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:32:38","slug":"a-healthy-brooklyn-deleye-is-locked-in-for-her-senior-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326881\/","title":{"rendered":"A healthy Brooklyn DeLeye is locked in for her senior season"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY: Sterling Hohman<\/p>\n

\u201cThe practice she had on Sunday and Monday were as good of Brooklyn DeLeye I\u2019ve seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Craig Skinner has high hopes for his already-decorated senior outside hitter, Brooklyn DeLeye.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0very\u00a0rare for an outside hitter to be\u00a0multiple First Team All-American and still have plenty of time left in her career,\u201d said Skinner in a Wednesday press conference<\/a>. \u201cThe motivation you see, the drive, the intensity, the expectation for herself is still burning all the time. That\u2019s all you can ask for an athlete and a leader who has already accomplished so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s scary news for any Kentucky\u00a0volleyball\u00a0opponent this season, as they\u2019ll prepare for a Cats squad that has not just DeLeye, but three other players on the\u00a0AVCA National Player of the Year Watch List<\/a>\u00a0(Morgan Gaerte, Kassie O\u2019Brien and Molly Tuozzo) \u2014 the most of any team in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s just a good problem to have,\u201d\u00a0DeLeye recently said on her team\u2019s talent<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re doing our job every day in the gym to make it so hard for him [Skinner] to make that big time decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

That talent is not just noticed in Lexington, but across the country, as UK volleyball earned\u00a0its highest preseason ranking ever, at No. 3.<\/p>\n

DeLeye, the two-time All-American, recorded a career-high 545 kills in 2025.\u00a0She has logged 1,467 kills in her career, increasing her output each season.\u00a0With 512 kills to go on Kentucky volleyball\u2019s all-time leaderboard, it\u2019s safe to say she has a good shot at snagging\u00a0the\u00a0record.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer volleyball IQ is just insane,\u201d fellow outside hitter Morgan Gaerte said of\u00a0DeLeye. \u201cShe can find a lot of different ways to score, so that\u2019s something I\u2019ve been learning from her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, DeLeye is fully healed from a torn meniscus she played on for most of last season,\u00a0as\u00a0she\u2019ll need all the energy she can for a blockbuster opening weekend of volleyball.<\/p>\n

In UK\u2019s second game of the 2025 campaign, DeLeye tore her left meniscus versus Nebraska, pushing off surgery until after the season. The news was revealed by her parents ahead of the national championship game. But she\u2019s back to 100 percent and ready to tackle her senior season.<\/p>\n

UK opens its season on Friday\u00a0at 9:00 p.m. ET\u00a0against No. 6 Wisconsin as part of the AVCA First Serve\u00a0in Milwaukee (hosted on ESPN). The Wildcats turn around less than 48\u00a0hours later with a battle against an even-higher-ranked\u00a0No. 4\u00a0Pitt program on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. ET. <\/p>\n

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