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Kaylen Rush Season 2026

#6
PosL
Ht5-7
YearSenior
HometownColumbia, Mo.

Opendorse profile

CAREER HONORS

  • 2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023-24 SEC First-Year Honor Roll

JUNIOR (2025)

  • Appeared in 12 matches, and competed in 27 sets for the Tigers
  • Registered 22 digs (.81 digs/set), five service aces (.19 aces/set) and added two assists
  • Finished with a .903 serve-receive percentage with 62 attempts
  • Posted a season-high six digs at Alabama (11/16) and against Ole Miss (11/22)
  • Recorded three service aces in the match versus Ole MIss (11/22)
  • Ended the season with three-straight matches of five or more digs per match (11/14-11/22)

SOPHOMORE (2024)

  • Played in 23 matches for the Tigers
  • Competed in 60 sets
  • Recorded a .917 serve percentage
  • Tallied 180 total serve attempts in the season
  • Recorded three digs against Arkansas (10/25) and Oklahoma (10/27)
  • Tallied two service aces against Georgia (11/06)

FRESHMAN (2023) 

  • Played in 20 matches and 58 sets in her debut season
  • Totaled 20 digs and 12 service aces during the season
  • Made her Mizzou debut against Illinois State (8/25)
  • Tallied a career-high three aces against Central Arkansas (8/26)
  • Completed a career-high seven digs against Northern Kentucky (9/1)
  • Posted two digs against Tennessee (9/20)
  • Notched her first collegiate assist against South Carolina (9/24) to go with two service aces 
  • Recorded two digs against Ole Miss (10/15)

HIGH SCHOOL (ROCK BRIDGE)

  • Earned AVCA All-Region and first-team all-conference honors in 2022 at Rock Bridge High School
  • Set the digs record (784) and single-season aces mark (49) at Rock Bridge HS
  • Two-time all-state honorable mention
  • Helped the Bruins earn their first-ever state appearance in 2021 with Rock Bridge HS finishing fourth
  • Selected to the second-team all-conference team as a junior
  • Competed for the KC Power volleyball club team
  • Besides volleyball, also was a track & field state qualifier for the triple jump in 2020
  • Earned academic all-state honors
  • Member of the National Honor Society at Rock Bridge HS

PERSONAL

  • Born on Sept. 21, 2005
  • Daughter of Kareem Rush and Erin Denson
  • Her father, Kareem Rush, was an all-time great basketball player at Missouri from 1999 to 2002
  • Has two siblings, Maeve, and Emory
  • Studying Microbiology at Mizzou
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Junior
2025

L
5-7 / -
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Sophomore
2024

L
5-7 / -
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Freshman
2023

L
5-7 / -