2022 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Brooke Kanas
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- New Braunfels, Texas
2022
- All-Big 12 Second Team
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Red Raider Classic All-Tournament Team & MVP
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- Buffs Invitational All-Tournament Team
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- All-Big 12 Preseason Team
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- All-Big 12 Second Team
- All-Big 12 Freshman Team
- Big 12 Rookie of the Week (9/22, 10/26)
FIFTH-YEAR SEASON (2022)
Played in all 29 matches, starting in 28 of them for the Red Raiders … Ranked third on the team in kills, kills per set, points and points per set, while leading the team in blocks … Also led the team with a .305 hitting percentage and was the only Red Raider to post a hitting clip over .300 (minimum of 100 attacks) and record over one block per set (1.01) … Tallied 11 double-digit kill performances and led the team in blocks 14 times … Moved up in the Texas Tech record book as she ranks in the top-10 for three different categories – She is now third all-time with 136 career matches played, fifth in kills with 1,112 career slams, 10th all-time with 330 career blocks and 11th with a .261 career hitting clip … Collected her second career All-Big 12 Second Team award after finishing the season with 243 kills, 2.21 k/s, a .305 hitting percentage, five aces, 41 digs, 111.0 blocks, 1.01 b/s and 307.0 points.
SENIOR SEASON (2021)
Moved from the right side to the middle for her senior season where she played in 29 of 30 matches … led the Red Raiders in blocks (114.0) and blocks per set (1.08) which ranked 10th in the Big 12 … most blocks by a Red Raider since 2018 … her 20 solo blocks led all Red Raiders and most from a Red Raider since 2016 … registered fourth most kills (199) and points (269.0) on the team … tallied double-digit kills in five matches … posted five or more blocks in nine matches with a career-high eight at West Virginia (11/19) … tallied 34 kills on a .615 hitting clip with 14 blocks at the Buffs Invitational, earning All-Tournament Team honors … twice posted a season-high 14 kills, first against Colorado (9/10) and again versus Iowa State (10/7) … finished the season with 199 kills, 1.88 k/s, 269.0 points, 2.54 pts/s, .319 hitting percentage, three service aces, 15 digs, 114.0 blocks and 1.08 blk/s.
JUNIOR SEASON (2020)*
Continued to be one of the key contributors for the Red Raiders appearing in 20 matches with 13 starts on the season … third on the team with 166 kills and 186.5 points … finished fourth on the squad with 34 blocks … recorded double-digit kills 10 times, second most on the team … posted a season-high 17 kills in a five-set win over No. 13 Iowa State (10/3) … tallied 16 kills on a .423 hitting clip against No. 2 Baylor (10/16) … moved to middle blocker for the spring season … recorded 11 kills in a five-set win over Houston (2/26/21) … put up 10 kills on a season-high .643 hitting clip at Tarleton State (3/11/21) … recorded a career-best six blocks in the season finale at SMU (3/20/21) … earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors.
*2020 season extended into Spring 2021 due to COVID 19 postponing fall championships, 2020 fall season was Big 12 only, with non-conference played in the spring
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2019)
Made nine starts and 29 appearances in her second season with the Red Raiders … finished third on the team with 255 kills (2.48 per set) and 247 points (2.67 per set) and fifth overall with 37 total blocks … produced 11 double-digit kill matches … posted a season-high 19 kills twice, the first against Lehigh on Aug. 31 and the second in a tense, five-set victory at TCU on Nov. 23 … posted a career-high hitting percentage after hitting .607 against Lehigh on opening weekend … matched her career-high of four digs three separate times against Pacific (9/13), UNLV (9/13) and Oklahoma (11/13) … collected two assists over the course of the season, one against Pacific (9/13) and Baylor (11/9) … threw up solo blocks against Kansas (11/6) and Lehigh (8/31) … posted a stellar outing against Northwestern, where she tallied 11 kills, two digs and one block assists against the Wildcats … blasted 15 kills and went up for five block assists in Tech’s five-set victory at West Virginia (11/16) … collected 13 kills and tallied three total blocks in the Red Raiders’ key victory against Kansas at home on Nov. 6 … powered 14 kills on 24 attacks against Huston (9/20) … made six starts and appeared in all 16 Big 12 Conference matches … rolled through Big 12 play with 137 kills and 21 total blocks … produced 10-kill matches against Northern Illinois (9/9), UIW (9/21), Texas (9/28 and 10/30) and Oklahoma (11/13) … finished the season hitting .221 … named to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team and Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
Burst onto the scene as one of the Big 12’s top freshmen … one of six freshmen named to the All-Big 12 Rookie Team and one of four to receive All Big 12 First or Second Team honors … twice named Big 12 Rookie of the Week (ROTW) … earned her first ROTW award after leading all Big 12 freshmen with a .356 hitting percentage and a combined 31 kills as Tech upended No. 19 Baylor and topped West Virginia to open conference play … named ROTW for a second time following another 31 kill week, securing 18 at West Virginia and 13 on .478 hitting in a sweep of TCU … led the Red Raiders in kills during Big 12 play with 202 on .251 hitting … averaged a team-high 3.37 kills per set during Big 12 play … ranked second on the team in kills with 249, finishing with 2.93 kills per set on the year … ranked fourth on the team with a .241 hitting percentage for the year … finished the year with 34 total blocks … third on the team with 266.5 points … led the team in kills seven times … posted 14 double-digit kill efforts, including 13 during Big 12 play … had three of Tech’s top four offensive outings for the season with four matches of 18 kills or more … had the team’s highest kill total for a single match with 23 in Tech’s win over Kansas State (Oct. 3) … later recorded 19 kills against Oklahoma (Nov. 7) and 18 at West Virginia (Oct. 24).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Named a Senior Ace (Top 250 recruit) by PrepVolleyball.com … 2017 Under Armour All-American Watch List ... Lettered all four years at Canyon High School … Two-time All-State First Team selection her junior and senior years by the Texas Association of Volleyball Coaches (TAVC) … Class 6A All-State First Team … 2015 and 2016 District 27-6A First Team … Named Second Team All-District as a freshman … a dual-sport athlete that earned three letters in track & field … played club for Alamo VB … Academic All-District in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
PERSONAL
Born Oct. 29, 1999 to Joe and Sharon Kanas … father was a pitcher in the New York Mets organization (1973-1977) … has two older brothers in Justin (28) and Derek (26) … Justin played baseball at Texas Lutheran while Derek played baseball at Incarnate Word.
