Katelyn Cuff

Arkansas

Sep 12 (Fri)

6 PM

Photo by: Mark Waldron

Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
San Diego, Calif.
High School:
Torrey Pines

As a Senior in 2016
Cuff earned a starting role to start the season and performed quite well at the Portland State Tournament. She hit .500 against Texas Tech (8/26) and Portland State (8/27), before hitting a season-best .818 against Long Beach State (8/27). Cuff had 10 kills against TTU and nine against PSU and LBSU. She also did well blocking, posting a season-best eight blocks against TTU. Cuff suffered an injury the following week in practice, which sidelined her for the next 11 matches. She saw limited action during the rest of the season, but when she came in, Cuff usually provided a spark in the CU offense. Cuff led CU by tying a career-best 11 kills at Washington (10/16) and did not commit a single error on 17 attacks to hit .647. In the final two matches of the season, Cuff again tied her career kills mark, recording 11 kills against Arizona State (11/23) and Utah (11/25). She hit .562 against ASU (two errors on 16 attacks) and hit .526 against UU (one error on 19 attacks). In her final match (Utah), Cuff also posted six blocks. She ended her season with 82 kills and 26 blocks while hitting .479.

As a Junior in 2015
Cuff saw time in 31 matches for the Buffs, starting in six. She was a very versatile player for the Buffs, making a seamless transition from middle blocker to outside hitter. Cuff recorded a season-best seven kills on two occasions. The first time was against Louisiana-Lafayette (9/12) and the second came against Montana State (9/18). Cuff hit .400 or above in eight matches. She saw more time in the back row than in the past and picked up a career best seven digs against Weber State (9/18). At the net, Cuff posted a season-best six blocks twice. She had six block assists versus MSU (9/18) and recorded five block assists and one block solo at Utah (9/23) in the Pac-12 opener. During the non-conference season, she was named to the Rice Adidas Invitational All-Tournament Team. Cuff tallied 84 kills, 33 digs and 38 blocks during the season.

As a Sophomore in 2014
Cuff started in 24 of 31 matches for the Buffs and had a breakout season. She led the team with a .339 hitting percentage and hit .342 in conference only matches, which ranked fourth in the league. Cuff hit .700 against Robert Morris (9/13) with seven kills on 10 errorless attempts. She tallied a career-high 11 kills in the conference home opener against Utah (9/25) and hit .556 with just one error on 18 swings. Cuff also had a great performance in a five-set win against No. 2 Washington, hitting .429 with six kills on 14 errorless attacks. She posted five or more blocks in six matches and recorded a career-best seven blocks in a four-set win against Oregon State (11/26). Cuff recorded 142 kills, 28 digs and 76 blocks for 183.5 points.

As a Freshman in 2013
Cuff was able to contribute in 17 of CU’s 32 matches as a true freshman. She made her collegiate debut in CU’s season opener against St. Mary’s (8/30). She hit .466 with 34 kills and seven errors on 58 total attacks in the middle. Cuff recorded almost all of her a career-highs in the Baylor Invitational when the Buffs took on Appalachian State (9/13) with her seven kills, one assist, six blocks and 10.0 points. Cuff’s best attacking percentage came against Northwestern State (9/13) when she had six kills on seven errorless swings (.857). Cuff completed her freshman campaign with five digs, 17 blocks and 43.5 points.

High School
Cuff played at Torrey Pines High School, coached by Brennan Dean. TPHS was the preseason No. 1 team in the country in 2012 and held that ranking through October. TPHS has recorded a 29-4 record through the second round of the California Interscholastic Federation. Cuff is leading the Falcons in hitting percentage, blocks and service aces. The 2012 team captured the Durango Tournament title (one of the nation's top high school tournaments) and was invited to play in the Nfinity Battle on the Plains. Cuff played her sophomore and junior seasons at Santa Fe Christian High School and finished with 24-13 (2010) and 25-12 (2011) records. She led her team in kills, kills percentage, and blocks for both years as well.

Cuff started her prep career at TPHS and was the first freshman to make the varsity team in the program's history and started all season, helping the squad to a 24-11 record and a runner-up finish at the CIF San Diego Section (Division 1) Tournament. Cuff garnered multiple Union Tribune Athlete of the Week honors, all-tournament team, first-team all-league, county and CIF awards and was named as a PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace for 2012.

Cuff has played club volleyball for Orlando Volleyball Academy and won a Bronze Medal in the open division at the USA Volleyball Junior Olympics in 2008. Upon moving to the San Diego area, she played for both of the top clubs in the area, Coast Volleyball Club and Wave Volleyball Club. In 2009, the Wave team was the No. 1 ranked team in southern California and placed third in the open division at JOs. The following year, the Wave finished fifth in the open division at JOs. Playing for the Coast in 2011, her team took first in the Martin Luther King tournament. Cuff was recruited by many of the top NCAA Division I programs such as Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Notre Dame, Texas and Florida.

Personal
Katelyn Cuff was born on September 2, 1994 and is the daughter of Bob and Jennifer Cuff. Her mother played collegiate volleyball at Nevada as both a middle blocker and right side hitter. She was a four-year starter and earned the program's first All-Big West Conference first team honors. Cuff's younger sister Lexi is also a volleyball player. She enjoys spending time with friends, hiking, yoga and playing beach volleyball.

Academics
Cuff is a communication major.