{"id":76929,"date":"2025-12-21T06:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/76929\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T06:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:07:18","slug":"kentuckys-brooklyn-deleye-has-played-majority-of-season-with-torn-meniscus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/76929\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky\u2019s Brooklyn DeLeye has played majority of season with torn meniscus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) &#8211; Kentucky volleyball junior Brooklyn DeLeye has been one of the constants in the Wildcats\u2019 run to the national championship match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">She has done so all season while playing with a torn meniscus in her left knee, a fact DeLeye\u2019s parents revealed to 13 SPORTS on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">DeLeye suffered the injury early in the season against Nebraska in Nashville during a five-set match that ended in a reverse sweep.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cA lot of people don\u2019t realize it. Think about the numbers she\u2019s putting up being in pain the whole season and what it would be like if she wasn\u2019t in pain this year,\u201d DeLeye\u2019s father, John, said Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cShe didn\u2019t want to get the surgery that would put her out for four weeks,\u201d he continued. She has a high pain tolerance and she has a high commitment to this team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wibw.com\/2025\/12\/20\/topeka-title-match-brooklyn-deleyes-moment-arrives\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wibw.com\/2025\/12\/20\/topeka-title-match-brooklyn-deleyes-moment-arrives\/\">MORE: From Topeka to the title match: Brooklyn DeLeye\u2019s moment arrives<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">DeLeye is scheduled to undergo surgery after the season ends. Her parents say part of the decision to push back the procedure is that she tore the meniscus in her right knee as a junior in high school and is familiar with the recovery process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWith how successful her surgery was with her other knee, I think she\u2019s very confident once the season is over getting that surgery, doing the four weeks recovery. She\u2019ll be good as she was before, if not better,\u201d John DeLeye said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Kentucky will face Texas A&amp;M on Sunday in the national championship game in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">First serve is set for 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">There will be a watch party at The Pennant in downtown Topeka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WIBW. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TOPEKA, Kan. 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