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15 MacKenzie Kleespies

  • Position Player
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • High School Avon Grove H.S.
  • Hometown Lincoln University, Pa.

Biography

Prior to Arizona: (Indoor careerSpent three seasons at James Madison where she played outside hitter and libero ... Averaged 4.73 digs/set in 2014 to lead the team ... Posted 443 digs in 2013, the sixth-highest single-season total in school history ... A two-time CAA weekly award winner ... Attended Avon Grove High School in Lincoln University, Pa., where she coached by her mother and Wildcat legend Melissa McLinden ... A special-mention High School All-American by PrepVolleyball.com ... Named first-team all-state in 2011 ... Holds the school record with over 1,000 career kills.

Personal: Daughter of Chris Kleespies and Melissa McLinden, two University of Arizona student athletes ... Has three sisters (Cassie, Haley and Chloee) ... Mother Melissa was Arizona's first 1st-team All-American in 1985 and her 41 kills vs. BYU (12/14/85) stand as the most in a match in school history ... Father Chris ran track at Arizona ... Majoring in general studies with a focus in art and entertainment and media ... In her free time, enjoys watching movies ... Chose to transfer to Arizona because "both my parents and my grandfather went here."

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