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Jersey Number 13
Riley Simpson
- Position:
- Outside Hitter/Opposite
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Rampart HS
- Hometown:
- Colorado Springs, Colo.
• 2022, 2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Big 12 Rookie of the Week (9/6/22)
• 2022 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring)
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore):
Played in 61 sets over 23 matches … Ended the season with 156 kills and an average of 2.56 kills per set … Tallied eight matches with double-digit kills … Recorded 20 blocks over the course of the season with 29 digs … Also served up four aces … Her first kills of the season came against Bowling Green in the Colorado State Ram Classic (9/9) … Had the match-ending ace against SFA (9/19) … Had a career-high 17 kills against No. 24 UCF (10/21) … Had a season-high hitting percentage (in matches with 12+ kills) of .379 in the next match against No. 24 UCF, getting 14 kills on 29 swings (10/22) … Helped swing momentum at Kentucky getting a key block in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (12/1).
2022 (Redshirt Freshman):
Her second season with the Bears as an outside hitter ... Changed her jersey number to 13 because it was one of her sisters’ jersey numbers in college and she wore it in high school ... Started in 11 matches for the Bears … Played in 30 matches and saw action in 99 sets … Recorded 143 kills on 362 attacks … Served 24 aces … Had 51 digs … Recorded 26 blocks … Put up career-highs with 16 kills and 35 attacks against No. 1 Wisconsin (8/27) … Set a new career-high for digs with seven against West Virginia (10/30) … Had a career-high four blocks against San Diego State (9/2) … Served up a career-high four aces against Texas Tech () … Led the Bears in kills four times and in attacks three times … Led Baylor in aces nine times and in points twice … Had five matches with double digit kills … Big 12 Rookie of the Week (9/6) … Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2021 (Freshman):
Her first season with the Bears ... Wore jersey No. 25 ... Did not see game action ... Redshirted.
High School:
Attended Rampart High School in Colorado Springs, Colo. ... She and her team were Colorado 5A Volleyball State Champions in her senior season in 2020-21 ... Earned First Team All-State for the 2020-21 season as well as being named Colorado Springs Metro League All-Area 5A/4A Player of the Year ... Two-time all-state honorable mention for the Rams … 2020 Under Armour Second Team All-American … Named to Volleyball Magazine's Top 50 in 2021 ... Named No. 51 on Prep Volleyball’s 2021 Top 150 List … 2019-20 and 2020-21 5A Regional Champions and Colorado State Metro League Champions … Earned first team all-league and all-area honors in 2019, 2020 and 2021 … Prep Volleyball All-American Special Mention … Had 4.6 kills per set with 225 total as a senior in the shortened 2020-21 season with 121 digs and 23 aces ... Tallied 4.4 kills per set with 417 total as a junior in 2019-20 season, sixth in the state, with 289 digs and 40 aces … Two-time First Team Academic All-State honoree and four-time Dean's Honor List member.
Personal:
Daughter of Rick and Serena Simpson, both former collegiate basketball players ... Her father, Rick, played at Louisiana Tech before playing professionally in Brisbane, Australia ... Mother, Serena, played WBB for Missouri-Kansas City … Sisters Taylor, Cierra and Gabby all played collegiate volleyball at the University of Colorado, Gabby also playing at Kansas … Both Taylor and Gabby played professionally overseas ... Her cousin, Jaxon Webb, played baseball at Fort Hayes State and her cousin, Siler Joe Schneider, played basketball at UC Davis ... Majoring in international studies.
• Big 12 Rookie of the Week (9/6/22)
• 2022 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring)
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore):
Played in 61 sets over 23 matches … Ended the season with 156 kills and an average of 2.56 kills per set … Tallied eight matches with double-digit kills … Recorded 20 blocks over the course of the season with 29 digs … Also served up four aces … Her first kills of the season came against Bowling Green in the Colorado State Ram Classic (9/9) … Had the match-ending ace against SFA (9/19) … Had a career-high 17 kills against No. 24 UCF (10/21) … Had a season-high hitting percentage (in matches with 12+ kills) of .379 in the next match against No. 24 UCF, getting 14 kills on 29 swings (10/22) … Helped swing momentum at Kentucky getting a key block in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (12/1).
2022 (Redshirt Freshman):
Her second season with the Bears as an outside hitter ... Changed her jersey number to 13 because it was one of her sisters’ jersey numbers in college and she wore it in high school ... Started in 11 matches for the Bears … Played in 30 matches and saw action in 99 sets … Recorded 143 kills on 362 attacks … Served 24 aces … Had 51 digs … Recorded 26 blocks … Put up career-highs with 16 kills and 35 attacks against No. 1 Wisconsin (8/27) … Set a new career-high for digs with seven against West Virginia (10/30) … Had a career-high four blocks against San Diego State (9/2) … Served up a career-high four aces against Texas Tech () … Led the Bears in kills four times and in attacks three times … Led Baylor in aces nine times and in points twice … Had five matches with double digit kills … Big 12 Rookie of the Week (9/6) … Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2021 (Freshman):
Her first season with the Bears ... Wore jersey No. 25 ... Did not see game action ... Redshirted.
High School:
Attended Rampart High School in Colorado Springs, Colo. ... She and her team were Colorado 5A Volleyball State Champions in her senior season in 2020-21 ... Earned First Team All-State for the 2020-21 season as well as being named Colorado Springs Metro League All-Area 5A/4A Player of the Year ... Two-time all-state honorable mention for the Rams … 2020 Under Armour Second Team All-American … Named to Volleyball Magazine's Top 50 in 2021 ... Named No. 51 on Prep Volleyball’s 2021 Top 150 List … 2019-20 and 2020-21 5A Regional Champions and Colorado State Metro League Champions … Earned first team all-league and all-area honors in 2019, 2020 and 2021 … Prep Volleyball All-American Special Mention … Had 4.6 kills per set with 225 total as a senior in the shortened 2020-21 season with 121 digs and 23 aces ... Tallied 4.4 kills per set with 417 total as a junior in 2019-20 season, sixth in the state, with 289 digs and 40 aces … Two-time First Team Academic All-State honoree and four-time Dean's Honor List member.
Personal:
Daughter of Rick and Serena Simpson, both former collegiate basketball players ... Her father, Rick, played at Louisiana Tech before playing professionally in Brisbane, Australia ... Mother, Serena, played WBB for Missouri-Kansas City … Sisters Taylor, Cierra and Gabby all played collegiate volleyball at the University of Colorado, Gabby also playing at Kansas … Both Taylor and Gabby played professionally overseas ... Her cousin, Jaxon Webb, played baseball at Fort Hayes State and her cousin, Siler Joe Schneider, played basketball at UC Davis ... Majoring in international studies.
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