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Bella Bell Season 2024

#5

Bella Bell Season 2024

PositionRS
Height6-3
ClassGraduate Student
HometownBlythewood, S.C.
Previous SchoolKentucky

2024
Appeared in 27 matches, starting in 25 of them... Led Auburn among qualified hitters with a .273 hitting percentage and was third in kills per set (2.48)... Defensively, was second in total blocks (86) and blocks per set (0.85)... Reached double digits in kills on 12 separate occasions, including a string of four matches in a row... Notched a career-high 22 kills against Alabama on 10/16... Finished the year with single-season career highs in kills per set (2.50), kills (245), digs (34), digs per set (0.35), total blocks (85), blocks per set (0.87) and points per set (2.95)... Reached 300 career blocks, finishing with 332. 

2023
Made her Auburn debut on August 25 against Coppin State, recording a career-high 14 kills on .480 hitting with three blocks... Was third on the team in points per set (2.55), total kills (173) and kills per set (2.11)... Also finished third on the squad in total blocks (70.0) and blocks per set (0.85)... Had a career-best .750 hitting percentage in a three-set sweep over Jacksonville State... Recorded at least 10 kills seven separate times throughout the season... Finished the season with career-highs in kills (166), kills per set (2.10), points (200.0) and points per set (2.53). 

2022 | AT KENTUCKY
Played in 22 matches for the Wildcats... recorded over 100 kills, averaging a .340 hitting percentage... Piled up 77 total blocks on the season... Grabbed a season-high 13 kills against Missouri... Had 10-plus kills in three separate matching during the season... Notched 10 blocks on the road versus Arkansas... Contributed 10 or more points in six different matches throughout the year.

2021 | AT KENTUCKY
Entered the rotation vs. Mississippi State and made an impact, logging five kills and a pair of digs … 4+ blocks in nine of the last 15 matches … Then-career-best performance in the opener of the LSU series with nine kills … Career-high 10 blocks vs. Arkansas on 10/22 in four sets of playing time … Has started the last 16 matches for Kentucky

2020-21 | AT KENTUCKY
National Champion … Earned a start vs. Auburn for her first-career start … Two matches with five or more kills … Set a new career-high with 14 attempts vs. Florida.

2020 | AT KENTUCKY
Redshirt

HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked No. 51 in Prep Volleyball Senior Aces... Member of all-region and all-state team... Four-time regional champion... Four-year academic honor roll student... Team MVP... Member of the FAA... Participated in “Sandwiches for the Hungry” community service event... Four-year letterwinner

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Senior
2023

Middle Blocker
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