2012: Finished with 59 kills in 23 matches played ... hit .192 on the season ... tallied season-high nine kills playing at home in a win over Wyoming at Jayhawk Invitational (9/7) ... notched seven kills and five digs on Senior Night vs. UNCG (11/10).
2012 Sand Volleyball: Competed with the Cougars in the inaugural AVCA National Championship, finishing fourth ... paired with Emily Shelton in the two spot all season, posting a dual record of 5-5, while finishing ninth in the AVCA Pairs championship.
2011: Played in 29 matches, starting 13 at outside hitter ... tallied 158 kills with an attack percentage of .120 ... notched 121 digs, averaging 1.46 per set ... set a new career high with 15 kills against Clemson (9/10) ... posted a career-high 18 digs against South Carolina (9/10).
2010: Played in 21 matches during the 2010 season ... tied career high with 14 kills in win over Western Carolina (9/24) ... 14 digs and seven kills against Wofford (10/1) ... averaged 1.46 kills (67 total) and 1.07 digs (49 total) for the season ... totaled at least two blocks in three matches.
2009: Appeared in 13 matches with 10 starts ... averaged 1.89 kills and 1.39 digs ... had career-match when she posted first career double-double with 14 kills and 17 digs against Evansville (9/4) ... delivered first double-digit kill performance with 10 kills along with six digs vs. South Carolina (8/29) ... drilled 10 kills vs. Loyola (9/12).
St. James High School: As a member of the Thunder, Kolich earned every major award and helped lead St. James to the 4A Kansas State Championship as a senior and a runner-up finish as a junior ... the team went 45-1 in 2007 before posting a 35-1 record on their way to their first state title last season ... with a 30-10 record as a sophomore, Kolich helped the Thunder to a record of 110-12 over the course of her career ... St. James was named the Program of the Year following their championship season... as a senior she was named 4A Kansas Player of the Year and earned a pair of 4A First-Team All-State and All-Tournament Team selections in each of her final two campaigns ... named High School All-American by PrepVolleyball.com and earned First-Team All-Metro selections from the Kansas City Star after each of her last two seasons ... she also garnered an ESPN Player of the Week honor and similar awards twice each from the Kansas City Star and Metro Sports Hy-Vee as a senior and one as a junior ... compiled 1,007 career kills in only three varsity seasons ... competed for two seasons on the basketball team as a forward.
Personal: Born on September 30, 1990, Kelly is the daughter of Bill and Colleen Kolich ... both parents played basketball at Benedictine College located in Atchison, Kansas ... her cousin Allison Mayfield is currently an outside hitter at Kansas University ... compiled 120 hours of volunteer work at Catholic Charities from 2005-07, St. Benedicts Child Care Center in 2008 and Tutor for Student in 2009 ... currently majoring in communication, as she has worked with the Charleston Sports Network video department.
