The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2014 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Khat Bell
- Position:
- MB/OH
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- North Mesquite
- Hometown:
- Mesquite, Texas
HONORS & AWARDS
2014 AVCA Second Team All-America ...2013 Volleyball Magazine Second Team and AVCA Honorable Mention All-American ... Bell was named 2012 COBRA Magazine Defensive National Player of the Year ... two-time AVCA All-America honorable mention and All-Region (2012, 2013) ... three-time All-Big 12 First Team honoree (2012, 2013, 2014) ... named to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team twice (2012, 2013) ... Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 18, 2013) ... named to the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational All-Tournament Team (2013) ... earned 2011 All-Big 12 honorable mention recognition ... came to Texas rated as the No. 2 overall recruit in the nation by Prep Volleyball (2011).
2014
Totaled seven kills and five blocks in the secound round of NCAA's (Dec. 5) ... added three kills, one dig and one block assist vs. Northwestern State in the first round of NCAA's (Dec. 4) ... posted 14 kills against No. 8 Florida (Nov. 29) ... recorded three kills and a block in a shutout against TCU (Nov. 26) ... collected seven kills against Kansas (Nov. 22) ... led the team in kills (14) for the eleveth time this season and added four digs at Baylor (Nov. 19) ... recorded 16 kills and added four blocks and one dig at No. 24 Oklahoma (Nov. 15) ... contributed five kills, one block and one dig vs. West Virginia (Nov. 12) ... added nine kills, four blocks and digs and one assist vs. No. 22 Kansas State (Nov. 7) ... collected four kills and one block during a 3-0 sweep at Texas Tech (Nov. 5) ... finished with five kills, two blocks and three digs at Iowa State (Nov. 2) ... totaled nine kills, six blocks and three digs vs. Oklahoma (Oct. 25) ... led the team in kills (9) while tailing three blocks and two digs vs. TCU (Oct. 22) ... posted 12 kills and one block at No. 25 Kansas State ... led the team in blocks (10) while adding one block vs. Texas Tech (Oct. 9) ... had six kills, one dig and two blocks vs. Baylor (Oct. 7) ... recorded a season-high 15 kills while hitting .565 and added three digs and five blocks at Kansas (Oct. 5) ... led the team in blocks (5) while adding eight kills, one dig and 10.5 points vs. Iowa State (Oct. 1) ... finished with eight blocks, eight kills, six digs and 12 points in the Big 12 opener at West Virgina (Sept. 24) ... posted seven blocks, 11 kills, eight digs and 14.5 points at No. 9 Nebraska (Sept. 20) ... totaled ten kills, one assist, one service ace, four blocks and 13 points in the 26 West Longhorn Classic ... recorded seven kills at No. 11 Florida (Sept. 6) ... tailed seven kills, one service ace and two blocks vs. Seattle U (Aug. 30) ... continued leading the team with four blocks while posting nine kills, with a personal season-high hitting percentage (.538), and one dig at New Mexico (Aug. 29) ... collected eight kills while leading the team in blocks (4) in the season opener vs. UTEP (Aug. 29).
2013
She made 26 starts in 27 matches, recording 188 kills (1.92 kps) while hitting .341 with eight assists (0.08 aps), 14 aces (0.14 saps), 76 digs (0.78 dps), 137 blocks (1.40 bps) and 275.5 points (2.81 pps) ... led the league with 63 blocks in 16 conference matches for a league-best average of 1.37 blocks per set … ranked fifth among all Big 12 players with a .359 hitting percentage … matched her career high with 10 kills in the national semifinal against No. 13 Wisconsin (Dec. 19) ... added seven kills on two errors while hitting .385 in the NCAA Regional Final at No. 9 Nebraska (Dec. 14) … set a season-high with 16 kills in the four-set win against American in the NCAA Regional Semifinal match (Dec. 13) … tallied six kills while hitting .333 with eight block assists in the win over Texas A&M in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 6) … had five kills, two service aces and three block assists against Texas State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 5) … led Texas with a match and season high 13 kills and three blocks in win over Kansas State (Nov. 23) … finished with two kills, two digs and five blocks against West Virginia (Nov. 21) … hit a season-high .714 (5-0-7) with eight blocks in sweep of Texas Tech (Nov.16) … posted four kills and seven blocks versus No. 24 Kansas (Nov. 9) … recorded nine kills and six blocks on a .412 hitting percentage in road win at No. 25 Oklahoma (Nov. 11) … totaled seven kills, four digs and seven blocks vs. TCU (Oct. 30) … had seven kills on a .500 hitting percentage to go with five blocks at Kansas State (Oct. 26) … added two solo blocks in consecutive matches against Iowa State (Oct. 19) and West Virginia (Oct. 23) … registered 10 kills and six blocks at Kansas (Oct. 12) … hit .438 (9-2-16) with three blocks vs. Oklahoma (Sept. 28) … tallied four kills, three digs, and two blocks in the conference opener at TCU (Sept. 25) … went 10-0-20 (.500) against No. 12 Nebraska (Sept. 22) … had nine kills to go with six blocks in the loss against Arizona State (Sept. 13) … totaled 14 kills, one dig and six blocks in the Nike Volleyball Big Four Classic … named to the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational All-Tournament Team … led the team with a season-high 12 kills and eight blocks with one ace against San Diego (Aug. 31) … posted five kills, one dig and five blocks in a sweep over UTEP (Aug. 31) … collected seven kills with four blocks in the season opener at No. 11 Hawai’i (Aug. 30).
2012
She made 28 starts in 31 matches, recording 216 kills (2.10 kps) while hitting .325 with six assists (0.06 aps), 15 aces (0.25 saps), 57 digs (0.55 dps), 142 blocks (1.38 bps) and 310.0 points (3.01 pps) ... her 1.38 blocks-per-set average was the fifth-best in school history ... posted four kills and six blocks in the 3-0 sweep of Oregon on Dec. 15 in the national championship match ... had 11 kills and seven blocks while hitting .450 in the national semifinal on Dec. 13 against Michigan ... set a season high and tied her career best with three aces to go with seven kills, four digs and two blocks in the win against No. 6 seed USC in the NCAA Austin Regional final on Dec. 8 ... posted four kills and four blocks against No. 14 seed Florida on Dec. 7 in the NCAA Austin Regional semifinal ... tallied 11 kills while hitting .421 with four blocks on Nov. 30 in the win over Texas A&M in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... opened postseason play with 12 kills and a .647 performance (12-1-17) with an ace and two blocks on Nov. 29 against Colgate ... had eight kills, five digs and four blocks in a five-set loss on Nov. 24 at No. 18 Iowa State ... hit .462 on eight kills with five blocks on Nov. 17 against West Virginia ... hammered a season-high 14 kills while hitting .419 with one ace and six blocks on Nov. 10 at No. 23 Kansas ... posted seven kills while hitting .429 with five blocks on Oct. 31 at TCU ... hit .889 on eight kills (8-0-9) with five blocks in a 3-0 sweep on Oct. 28 at Oklahoma ... garnered nine kills and nine blocks on Oct. 24 in a four-set win against Baylor ... had six kills and seven blocks in a five-set win on Oct. 17 against No. 22 Iowa State ... used a season-high 10 blocks to go with five kills in a sweep of No. 21 Kansas on Oct. 12 ... had eight kills and seven blocks on Oct. 6 at No. 14 Kansas State ... tied her season best with 11 kills on Oct. 3 against TCU ... registered six blocks in back-to-back matches on Sept. 25 at Baylor and Sept. 29 at Texas Tech ... set a season high with 11 kills on Sept. 14 against No. 23 Illinois ... hit .533 on 10 kills (10-2-15) in a 3-0 sweep on Aug. 31 against No. 18 Florida ... opened the season with eight kills and five blocks on Aug. 24 against LSU.
2011
She played in 20 matches for the Longhorns before suffering a knee injury in the Nov. 5 match at Kansas, ending her freshman campaign ... she earned All-Big 12 honorable mention recognition ... recorded 184 kills (2.67 kps) while hitting .243 with nine assists (0.13 aps), 17 service aces (0.25 saps), 131 digs (1.90 dps), 56 blocks (0.81 bps) and 233.0 points (3.38 pps) ... registered double-digit kills in five straight matches (Sept. 17-28) ... she had six kills in the Nov. 5 match before her injury ... hit .812 with 13 kills and no errors with four digs and six blocks (two solo) on Oct. 28 in a 3-0 sweep of Iowa State ... hit a season-high .917 with 11 kills and no errors with one ace and three blocks on Oct. 22 in a 3-0 sweep against Missouri ... had a season-high eight blocks (one solo) on Oct. 19 at Baylor ... produced nine kills and four blocks on Oct. 15 at Kansas State ... recorded 12 kills while hitting .611 (12-1-18) with two aces, four digs and two blocks in the sweep on Oct. 5 against Texas A&M ... tallied her third and final double-double of the season with 11 kills and 12 digs on Sept. 28 at No. 25 Oklahoma ... on Sept. 24 in a 3-0 sweep of Kansas, she had 13 kills with six digs and three blocks ... compiled a season-high 17 kills against SMU on Sept. 17 to go with two aces, 10 digs and two blocks ... had a season-high three service aces in back-to-back matches on Sept. 10 against No. 2 Penn State and Sept. 16 against Santa Clara ... registered eight kills and 14 digs on Aug. 27 against Ole Miss ... made her collegiate debut on Aug. 26 against Pepperdine and had 16 kills with a season-high 17 digs, adding six blocks (two solo).
INTERNATIONAL
She teamed with Longhorns Hannah Allison, Haley Eckerman and Madelyn Hutson to represent the United States at the 2009 FIVB Girls’ Youth World Championship in Thailand as a member of the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team.
BEFORE TEXAS
A 2010 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 recruit … ranked No. 2 recruit nationally by PrepVolleyball.com … 2010 Under Armour High School All-America First Team selection … 2010 PrepVolleyball.com High School All-America choice … 2010 Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State honoree … four-time All-District 11-5A selection … two-time District 11-5A MVP (2009-10) … 2007 District Newcomer of the Year and 2008 District Blocker of the Year … led her North Mesquite squad to the District 11-5A title in 2010 … totaled 794 during her senior campaign with the Stallions and 910 kills as a junior … led her Texas Assault club team to the 2010 Lone Star Classic 18 Club Division title.
PERSONAL
Full name is Katherine Briana Bell ... born March 5, 1993 in San Diego, Calif. ... daughter of Kenneth Bell and Regina Williams ... has two sisters, Cajun Williams (31) and Ashley Williams (26) … has one brother, Wendell Williams (30) … interested in majoring in health promotion.
