Awards and Honors
CAREER
Became the seventh Tiger in program history to reach 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs while on the Plains … Her 1,288 career kills ranks sixth all-time in Auburn history, while her 1,078 digs stands ninth … Concluded her time at Auburn with 4,027 attempts to come in second all-time ... Finished with 137 career service aces to come in eight in program history ... Among a handful of single-season (rally-scoring only) records … Set a new total aces and aces/set mark in 2018, finishing her senior season with 48 and a .46 average … Her 1,113 attempts in 2016 ranks first, while her 351 kills that season stands fourth … Three of four possible kills/set averages are among the Top 10 – 3.13 (t-4th in 2016), 3.00 (8th in 2018), 2.86 (9th in 2017).
2018
Started all matches for Auburn, including two at libero … Led the team with 312 kills on the year, averaging 3.00/set … Had 198 kills in SEC action for a 2.91 kills/set mark … Totaled 17 matches with double-digit kills … Set a season-best in Auburn’s 3-1 win vs. Florida State (9/16) with 20 kills … Had two 19-kill performances – at Mississippi State (9/26), vs. Georgia (10/3) … Totaled 18 kills on two occasions – vs. Ole Miss (10/26), vs. Mississippi State (11/21) … Had eight double-doubles (kills/digs) on the year … Finished with 253 digs and a 2.42 digs/set mark on the year … Both numbers came in second overall … Season-high 16 digs in the sweep of Eastern Illinois (9/1) to go with 10 kills and a .421 hitting clip … Had 14 kills and 14 digs in Auburn’s 3-2 win at Kansas (9/7) … Back-to-back 13-dig performances on the road at libero for Auburn – at LSU (10/14), at Missouri (10/19) … Finished with 48 service aces and a .46 aces/set average to set Auburn single season records … That average finished fourth in the Southeastern Conference … Set a career-high with six at Mizzou … Had three or more aces on 10 occasions … Totaled four vs. Mississippi State on Senior Night.
2017
Started all 27 matches and played in all 102 sets at outside hitter ... Had a team-best 292 kills on the year with a 2.86 kills/set average ... Led the Tigers with 938 attempts ... Finished with 18 double-digit kill performances with eight double-doubles (kills/digs) ... Had a season-best 20 kills in the team's 3-1 win over Tennessee (11/9) ... Her 17 kills and 17 digs at South Carolina (10/29) helped her earn SEC Player and Offensive Player of the Week recognition ... Notched a career-best .481 hitting percentage vs. Clemson (9/9) as she totaled 14 kills on 27 attempts with one error ... Had a .478 hitting clip at Georgia Tech (8/25) to open the season, going 12-1-23 ... Finished with 14 kills and a season-best 19 digs vs. Alabama (11/1) ... Totaled 278 digs on the year for a 2.73 digs/set average, ranking third on the team ... Second on the squad with 21 service aces ... Led the Tigers with 672 serve receptions.
2016
Played in 29 matches with 27 starts at outside hitter ... Led the squad with 351 kills and a 3.13 kills/set average ... Totaled 1,113 attempts ... Second on the team with 36 service aces and her .32 aces/set average came in seventh in the SEC ... Among the best in the league with 12 double-doubles on the year (digs/kills) ... Finished with 20 double-digit kill performances ... Set a career-best vs. Georgia (10/2), having 21 kills and a .417 hitting percentage ... Totaled 20 kills with 13 digs vs. LSU (9/23) ... Had 18 kills and a season-best 17 digs vs. Kentucky (11/4) ... Put together an 18-kill performance in the upset of No. 21 Louisville (9/3) ... Came in third on the team with a 2.29 digs/set average, having 257 for the season ... Tied a career-high with four aces vs. Jacksonville (9/10).
2015
Played in all 121 sets and started all 30 matches at outside hitter for Auburn ... Finished tied for first on the team with 333 kills, having a 2.75 kills/set average ... Had a team-high 1,043 attempts for the season ... Totaled 19 double-digit kill performances and 11 double-doubles ... Reached double-digit digs in 13 matches ... Came in third on the squad with 291 digs and a 2.40 average ... Her 32 service aces and .26 aces/set average finished second on the team ... Recorded three or more blocks in nine matches ... Set a season-high in kills with 19 in the team's 3-2 win over No. 11 Florida (11/8) ... Opened the season with a pair of double-doubles, having 17 kills and 11 digs against Stephen F. Austin (8/28) and 18 kills with 13 digs vs. Jacksonville (8/29) ... Notched 16 kills and 18 digs with three blocks against St. John's (9/19) ... Reached 20 or more digs in two matches ... Set a career-high with 22 digs at home vs. LSU (10/4) ... Totaled 15 kills, 21 digs and a career-best four blocks at LSU (10/25) ... Had 15 kills against Texas A&M (9/30), at Arkansas (10/30) and at No. 24 Kentucky (11/27) ... Had 16 in a 3-1 win over South Carolina at home (11/6) ... Picked up 13 kills in a five-set victory against Ole Miss (11/20).
High School/Club
Played for Rowlett High School ... Club team was Dallas Premier ... Two-time district MVP (2012, 2013) ... Was named to PrepVolleyball's Frosh 59, Soph 79 and top 100 Senior Aces ... Helped team to 2012 district title and Garland ISD tournament titles in 2011 and 2014 ... led team in kills three straight seasons.
Personal
Full name is Brenna Kate McIlroy ... Parents are Kerry and Tracy McIlroy ... Has three siblings, Reese, Elizabeth and Erin ... Erin played volleyball at John Brown University ... Father played basketball at Stephen F. Austin ... Working to get a degree from the College of Education.
- 2019-20 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
- 2018 SEC Community Service Team
- 2018 Top Dawg Challenge All-Tournament Team
- 2018 War Eagle Invitational All-Tournament Team
- 2017 SEC Player and Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 30)
- 2017 War Eagle Invitational All-Tournament Team
- 2017 Hyatt Regency Invitational All-Tournament Team
- 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 War Eagle Invitational All-Tournament Team
- 2016 Active Ankle Challenge All-Tournament Team
- 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2015 SEC All-Freshman Team
- 2015 War Eagle Invitational All-Tournament Team (MVP)
- 2015 SEC Freshman of the Week (Aug. 31, Sept. 14, Nov. 9)
CAREER
Became the seventh Tiger in program history to reach 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs while on the Plains … Her 1,288 career kills ranks sixth all-time in Auburn history, while her 1,078 digs stands ninth … Concluded her time at Auburn with 4,027 attempts to come in second all-time ... Finished with 137 career service aces to come in eight in program history ... Among a handful of single-season (rally-scoring only) records … Set a new total aces and aces/set mark in 2018, finishing her senior season with 48 and a .46 average … Her 1,113 attempts in 2016 ranks first, while her 351 kills that season stands fourth … Three of four possible kills/set averages are among the Top 10 – 3.13 (t-4th in 2016), 3.00 (8th in 2018), 2.86 (9th in 2017).
2018
Started all matches for Auburn, including two at libero … Led the team with 312 kills on the year, averaging 3.00/set … Had 198 kills in SEC action for a 2.91 kills/set mark … Totaled 17 matches with double-digit kills … Set a season-best in Auburn’s 3-1 win vs. Florida State (9/16) with 20 kills … Had two 19-kill performances – at Mississippi State (9/26), vs. Georgia (10/3) … Totaled 18 kills on two occasions – vs. Ole Miss (10/26), vs. Mississippi State (11/21) … Had eight double-doubles (kills/digs) on the year … Finished with 253 digs and a 2.42 digs/set mark on the year … Both numbers came in second overall … Season-high 16 digs in the sweep of Eastern Illinois (9/1) to go with 10 kills and a .421 hitting clip … Had 14 kills and 14 digs in Auburn’s 3-2 win at Kansas (9/7) … Back-to-back 13-dig performances on the road at libero for Auburn – at LSU (10/14), at Missouri (10/19) … Finished with 48 service aces and a .46 aces/set average to set Auburn single season records … That average finished fourth in the Southeastern Conference … Set a career-high with six at Mizzou … Had three or more aces on 10 occasions … Totaled four vs. Mississippi State on Senior Night.
2017
Started all 27 matches and played in all 102 sets at outside hitter ... Had a team-best 292 kills on the year with a 2.86 kills/set average ... Led the Tigers with 938 attempts ... Finished with 18 double-digit kill performances with eight double-doubles (kills/digs) ... Had a season-best 20 kills in the team's 3-1 win over Tennessee (11/9) ... Her 17 kills and 17 digs at South Carolina (10/29) helped her earn SEC Player and Offensive Player of the Week recognition ... Notched a career-best .481 hitting percentage vs. Clemson (9/9) as she totaled 14 kills on 27 attempts with one error ... Had a .478 hitting clip at Georgia Tech (8/25) to open the season, going 12-1-23 ... Finished with 14 kills and a season-best 19 digs vs. Alabama (11/1) ... Totaled 278 digs on the year for a 2.73 digs/set average, ranking third on the team ... Second on the squad with 21 service aces ... Led the Tigers with 672 serve receptions.
2016
Played in 29 matches with 27 starts at outside hitter ... Led the squad with 351 kills and a 3.13 kills/set average ... Totaled 1,113 attempts ... Second on the team with 36 service aces and her .32 aces/set average came in seventh in the SEC ... Among the best in the league with 12 double-doubles on the year (digs/kills) ... Finished with 20 double-digit kill performances ... Set a career-best vs. Georgia (10/2), having 21 kills and a .417 hitting percentage ... Totaled 20 kills with 13 digs vs. LSU (9/23) ... Had 18 kills and a season-best 17 digs vs. Kentucky (11/4) ... Put together an 18-kill performance in the upset of No. 21 Louisville (9/3) ... Came in third on the team with a 2.29 digs/set average, having 257 for the season ... Tied a career-high with four aces vs. Jacksonville (9/10).
2015
Played in all 121 sets and started all 30 matches at outside hitter for Auburn ... Finished tied for first on the team with 333 kills, having a 2.75 kills/set average ... Had a team-high 1,043 attempts for the season ... Totaled 19 double-digit kill performances and 11 double-doubles ... Reached double-digit digs in 13 matches ... Came in third on the squad with 291 digs and a 2.40 average ... Her 32 service aces and .26 aces/set average finished second on the team ... Recorded three or more blocks in nine matches ... Set a season-high in kills with 19 in the team's 3-2 win over No. 11 Florida (11/8) ... Opened the season with a pair of double-doubles, having 17 kills and 11 digs against Stephen F. Austin (8/28) and 18 kills with 13 digs vs. Jacksonville (8/29) ... Notched 16 kills and 18 digs with three blocks against St. John's (9/19) ... Reached 20 or more digs in two matches ... Set a career-high with 22 digs at home vs. LSU (10/4) ... Totaled 15 kills, 21 digs and a career-best four blocks at LSU (10/25) ... Had 15 kills against Texas A&M (9/30), at Arkansas (10/30) and at No. 24 Kentucky (11/27) ... Had 16 in a 3-1 win over South Carolina at home (11/6) ... Picked up 13 kills in a five-set victory against Ole Miss (11/20).
High School/Club
Played for Rowlett High School ... Club team was Dallas Premier ... Two-time district MVP (2012, 2013) ... Was named to PrepVolleyball's Frosh 59, Soph 79 and top 100 Senior Aces ... Helped team to 2012 district title and Garland ISD tournament titles in 2011 and 2014 ... led team in kills three straight seasons.
Personal
Full name is Brenna Kate McIlroy ... Parents are Kerry and Tracy McIlroy ... Has three siblings, Reese, Elizabeth and Erin ... Erin played volleyball at John Brown University ... Father played basketball at Stephen F. Austin ... Working to get a degree from the College of Education.