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Jersey Number 4
Avery Skinner
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- HCYA
- Prev School:
- Kentucky
- Hometown:
- Katy, Texas
• 2021 All-Big 12 First Team (unanimous)
• 2021 AVCA All-America - Honorable Mention
• 2021 AVCA Southwest All-Region
• 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America - First Team
• 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District - Second Team
• 2021 Fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2021 Senior CLASS Award Candidate
• 2021 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (8/31)
• 2021 Preseason All-Big 12 (unanimous)
• 2020 AVCA All-America First Team
• 2020 AVCA Southeast All-Region First Team
• 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
• 2020 All-SEC First Team
• 2017 All-SEC Freshman Team
2021 (Graduate Senior):
Her first season with the Bears … Unanimous Preseason All-Big 12 selection ... One of four players to play in all 28 matches ... Had the second-most kills on the team with 355 in her 101 sets played, averaging 3.51 kills per set ... Recorded 255 digs and 49 blocks on defense with a career-high 19 digs against Minnesota in postseason play (12/9) ... Had 16 aces, the third-most on the team, with a .909 serve percentage ... An offensive powerhouse with a career-high 27 kills against Texas Tech on 65 attacks (10/1) ... Named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week after posting 49 kills on Texas Tech for the series (9/28) ... Recorded 10 double-doubles for the season, having 19 double-digit kill matches and 12 double-digit dig matches ... Her 17 digs at Tennessee were a career-high (9/3) ... Had her 1,000th career kill against Kansas (10/14) in her 100th career match played ... Named Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-District (11/18) before earning Academic All-America from the organization (12/15) ... Earned a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection (11/30) ... Was a Senior CLASS Award candidate for 2021 ... Earned AVCA Southwest All-Region honors (12/7) and AVCA All-America honorable mention (12/15).
2017-2020 (Kentucky):
Spent four seasons at Kentucky before coming to Baylor as a graduate transfer…Part of UK’s 2020-21 national championship squad…Hit .268 with 821 kills, averaging 3.11 kills per set, in 86 matches as a Wildcat…Notched 179 digs, 100 blocks and 10 service aces during her time in Lexington…Has compiled 46 double-digit kill performances with two double-doubles…Tied for third all-time in Kentucky history with four matches of at least 20 kills, including a career-high 22 (Oct. 17, 2020, vs. Tennessee)…Four-time SEC champion…Four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member…Arthur Ashe Scholar…Boyd McWhorter nominee…Named a 2020 AVCA First-Team All-American as a senior after hitting .366 with 3.77 kills per set…Also earned All-SEC and AVCA Southeast All-Region accolades in 2020-21 season…2018 Academic All-SEC selection after appearing in 23 matches while hitting .235 with 2.32 kills per set…2017 SEC All-Freshman Team member after recording 363 kills and 3.32 kills per set…Added 38 blocks and 38 digs in first collegiate season…Reached double figures in kills 24 times…Also named to All-SEC Academic Team...A 2020 Finalist for the NCAA's Woman of the Year.
High School:
Competed for Houston Skyline Volleyball Club and HCVA High School…Named an Under Armour All-American…Two-time Texas state champion (2015 and 2016)…Rated as the No. 32 Senior Ace by PrepVolleyball…Team USA A1 member…Set a club record for most kills in one season at 780.
Personal:
Daughter of Brian and Rebecca Skinner…Has five younger siblings, Madi, Jada, Brian, Phoenix and Malachi…Father, Brian, is a 14-year NBA veteran and was a three-time all-conference selection for the Baylor men’s basketball team (1994-98)…Younger sister, Madi, is an outside hitter at Kentucky…Pursuing graduate degree in speech language pathology.
• 2021 AVCA All-America - Honorable Mention
• 2021 AVCA Southwest All-Region
• 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America - First Team
• 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District - Second Team
• 2021 Fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2021 Senior CLASS Award Candidate
• 2021 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (8/31)
• 2021 Preseason All-Big 12 (unanimous)
• 2020 AVCA All-America First Team
• 2020 AVCA Southeast All-Region First Team
• 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
• 2020 All-SEC First Team
• 2017 All-SEC Freshman Team
2021 (Graduate Senior):
Her first season with the Bears … Unanimous Preseason All-Big 12 selection ... One of four players to play in all 28 matches ... Had the second-most kills on the team with 355 in her 101 sets played, averaging 3.51 kills per set ... Recorded 255 digs and 49 blocks on defense with a career-high 19 digs against Minnesota in postseason play (12/9) ... Had 16 aces, the third-most on the team, with a .909 serve percentage ... An offensive powerhouse with a career-high 27 kills against Texas Tech on 65 attacks (10/1) ... Named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week after posting 49 kills on Texas Tech for the series (9/28) ... Recorded 10 double-doubles for the season, having 19 double-digit kill matches and 12 double-digit dig matches ... Her 17 digs at Tennessee were a career-high (9/3) ... Had her 1,000th career kill against Kansas (10/14) in her 100th career match played ... Named Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-District (11/18) before earning Academic All-America from the organization (12/15) ... Earned a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection (11/30) ... Was a Senior CLASS Award candidate for 2021 ... Earned AVCA Southwest All-Region honors (12/7) and AVCA All-America honorable mention (12/15).
2017-2020 (Kentucky):
Spent four seasons at Kentucky before coming to Baylor as a graduate transfer…Part of UK’s 2020-21 national championship squad…Hit .268 with 821 kills, averaging 3.11 kills per set, in 86 matches as a Wildcat…Notched 179 digs, 100 blocks and 10 service aces during her time in Lexington…Has compiled 46 double-digit kill performances with two double-doubles…Tied for third all-time in Kentucky history with four matches of at least 20 kills, including a career-high 22 (Oct. 17, 2020, vs. Tennessee)…Four-time SEC champion…Four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member…Arthur Ashe Scholar…Boyd McWhorter nominee…Named a 2020 AVCA First-Team All-American as a senior after hitting .366 with 3.77 kills per set…Also earned All-SEC and AVCA Southeast All-Region accolades in 2020-21 season…2018 Academic All-SEC selection after appearing in 23 matches while hitting .235 with 2.32 kills per set…2017 SEC All-Freshman Team member after recording 363 kills and 3.32 kills per set…Added 38 blocks and 38 digs in first collegiate season…Reached double figures in kills 24 times…Also named to All-SEC Academic Team...A 2020 Finalist for the NCAA's Woman of the Year.
High School:
Competed for Houston Skyline Volleyball Club and HCVA High School…Named an Under Armour All-American…Two-time Texas state champion (2015 and 2016)…Rated as the No. 32 Senior Ace by PrepVolleyball…Team USA A1 member…Set a club record for most kills in one season at 780.
Personal:
Daughter of Brian and Rebecca Skinner…Has five younger siblings, Madi, Jada, Brian, Phoenix and Malachi…Father, Brian, is a 14-year NBA veteran and was a three-time all-conference selection for the Baylor men’s basketball team (1994-98)…Younger sister, Madi, is an outside hitter at Kentucky…Pursuing graduate degree in speech language pathology.
Baylor Volleyball: Highlights vs BYU | October 23, 2025
Friday, October 24
You 🐻s are some BALLERS!
Wednesday, October 22
Took care of business on Friday 💼
Monday, October 20
Absolute art at the net from Harley Kreck!
Saturday, October 18
