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Wayne State University Athletics

2025 Volleyball Roster

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5 Kayla Dulgar

5 Kayla Dulgar

  • Position:
    S
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Warsaw, Ohio
  • High School:
    River View
  • Letters:
    3

Summary

Biography

Career Notes:  Played (and started) in every single one of Wayne State's 86 matches since joining the program in the fall of 2023, as well as all but one of the team's 327 total sets during that span ... a six-time GLIAC Setter of the Week honoree, with two during 2023, one in 2024, and three during the 2025 season ... was named Honorable Mention All-GLIAC in 2023, before upgrading to Second Team All-GLIAC for 2024 ... selected to the Ferris State Invitational All-Tournament Team in 2023, as well as the Warrior Invitational All-Tournament Team in 2025 ... was one of six players to represent the GLIAC on the Midwest Regional Crossover All-Tournament Team for the 2023 event ... collected a trio of awards in 2024, including being a 2024-25 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award, a CSC Academic All-District honoree, and a GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team member ... earned several more achievements in 2025, including becoming the first GLIAC Setter of the Year in program history ... was also a All-GLIAC First Team First Team All-Region selection by the AVCA in her third season ... received College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades in 2025 ... earned AVCA Honorable Mention All-American status in the same year, the first All-American setter in program history ... is the active career leader in assists per set (10.16 / min. 150 sets, which ranks fourth all-time in program history), assists (3,313, which ranks fifth all-time), attack percentage (.3189 / 147-22-392 / min. two seasons, which ranks sixth all-time), service aces (102), block assists (103), digs (787), aces per set (0.31 / min. 150 sets), blocks per set (0.33 / min. 150 sets), and digs per set (2.41 / min. 150 sets) ... has collected 31 double-doubles (assists & digs) including 11 as a freshman, nine as a sophomore and 11 again as a junior.

2025:  Received College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades ... earned AVCA Honorable Mention All-American status, the first All-American setter in program history ... recognized as First Team All-Region by the AVCA ... became the first GLIAC Setter of the Year in program history to go with a selection to the All-GLIAC First Team ... one of eight Warriors to play in all 30 of the team's matches, one of five to appear in all 113 sets and one of three (Kayla Giroux, Paige Giehtbrock) to start all 30 matches ... ranked 19th nationally in total assists (1,190) and 21st in assists per set (10.53) ... in the program's record book, those outputs are good for eighth and fifth, respectively ... aside from sets played, matches played, matches started, total assists and assists per set, also recorded or tied her career high for kills (64), kills per set (0.57), hitting percentage (.335), service aces (40, first on the team), digs (283), digs per set (2.50), block assists (49), total stops (50), blocks per set (0.44), total points (129.5), and points per set (1.15) ... as mentioned in career notes, notched a team-best 11 double-doubles (assists and digs) as she was one of just four Warriors with a double-double (Giehtbrock, Lauren Essenpreis, Kendyl Andrews) ... one of those double-doubles came on Oct. 10 against Parkside and featured a personal-best 62 assists, the most by a Warrior in nearly six years ... her 23 digs in the GLIAC Tournament finals at Ferris State were just three away from tying her career high of 26 set as a freshman ... tied-for-14th in the region for total aces ... the team's second meeting against FSU on Halloween also saw a new personal best in kills with six on 15 total attacks with just one error for a .333 hitting percentage ... her six aces at Michigan Tech on Oct. 24 were also a career high ... acquired multiple aces in 10 outings, three or more in five of them and five-plus in two performances ... competing in the NCAA Tournament on Dec. 4 against Findlay, had 56 assists, 10 digs, one ace, one block assist, and one kill on four swings (zero errors, .250 hitting percentage) ... three GLIAC Tournament matches saw her accumulate four kills on eight attempts (zero errors, .500 hitting efficiency), 88 assists (eight per set), two aces, 34 digs, and five total blocks (all assisted) ... raked in her third GLIAC Setter of the Week distinction of the season on Oct. 27 (and sixth total for her career) after racking up 89 assists (9.89 per set) and nine service aces in a pair of road victories ... one of seven GLIAC players named to the Midwest Region Crossover All-Tournament Team as she finished with 136 assists (12.4 per set), 11 kills (.320 hitting percentage), 22 digs and eight total blocks in three matches ... the fifth GLIAC Setter of the Week honor of her career came on Oct. 6 after 82 assists (10.25 per set) in a pair of road victories ... garnered GLIAC Setter of the Week recognition for the fourth time as a Warrior on Sept. 8 ... one of seven players and two in the Green and Gold (Giroux - MVP) named to the Warrior Invitational All-Tournament Team ... while Wayne State was going 4-0, Dulgar accounted for 169 assists (10.56 per set), 55 digs (3.44 per set) and 10 total blocks (all assisted) ... she also finished with a double-double (assists and digs) in three of the four matches ... Match-By-Match Statistics.

2024:  2024-25 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... earned CSC Academic All-District honors ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... received Second Team All-GLIAC accolades ... garnered GLIAC Setter of the Week honors for the third time in her career on Oct. 7 after putting up 11 assists per set in Wayne State's two matches ... one of three Warriors (Molly Miller & Kayla Giroux) to start all 27 of the team's matches and play in every single one of its 103 sets ... proved to be one of the best setters in the league again as she ranked third in assists per set with 9.89 (47th nationally) and fourth in total assists with 1,019 (49th nationally) ... notched 30 or more assists in all but four matches, 40+ eight times and at least 50 in three contests ... those three included a career-high 57 on Oct. 3 at home against No. 16 Grand Valley State, 55 on Oct. 18 vs. Ashland at the Midwest Regional Crossover and 55 on Nov. 14 at No. 12 GVSU ... registered 252 digs, just as many as her rookie season, and 2.45 digs per set, up from 2.29 in 2023 ... because of that dig total, she increased her career double-double total to 20 with nine more in her second go-around ... had 10 or more digs nine times, with the best mark of the season being 21 at home against GVSU ... staying on the defensive side of the ball, she totaled 29 blocks, all of which were assisted ... finished a match with multiple blocks nine times including three on Nov. 14 at No. 12 Grand Valley State ... stayed efficient when attacking the ball herself with a .317 hitting percentage after a .298 clip as a freshman ... that .317 mark featured 44 kills (0.43/set) and only six errors on 120 total attempts ... of those 44 kills, she accounted for four (tied personal best) on Sept. 28 at Lake Superior State and Nov. 1 at No. 2 Ferris State ... did damage behind the service line with 22 aces, 0.21 per set ... also finished with a total of 79.5 points or 0.77 per set ... Match-By-Match Statistics.

2023:  Earned Honorable Mention All-GLIAC honors ... garnered second consecutive GLIAC Setter of the Week distinction on Oct. 23 ... received GLIAC Setter of the Week honors for the first time in her career on Oct. 16 ... was one of six players to represent the GLIAC on the Midwest Regional Crossover All-Tournament Team ... named to the Ferris State Invitational All-Tournament Team ... started all 29 of the team's matches and appeared in 110 of 111 sets ... racked up 1,104 assists, which was third in the GLIAC, the 10th-highest total in program history and 29th best in all of Division II ... averaged 10.04 assists per set, a mark that was good for first in the league and 37th in the country ... finished behind only Kendyl Andrews for the most digs on the team with 252 and 2.29 per set ... also had 39 kills with five errors on 114 total attacks (.298 hitting percentage) and a team-best 40 service aces (tied-for-sixth in the GLIAC) ... notched 28 total blocks, including three solo and 25 assisted ... recorded a season-best four kills against Michigan Tech (10/21) and a high of three total stuffs on four occasions ... tallied 11 double-doubles (assists and digs), including a six-match stretch with five from 9/14 to 9/29 ... finished with at least 40 assists in 13 matches and 50 or more in four outings, all of which came in a six-match span from 10/21 to 11/4 ... assisted on 54 kills twice, including the 10/21 match against the Huskies and two outings later vs. Purdue Northwest (10/27) ... contributed a 26-dig effort in just her second collegiate match, which was against Thomas More (9/1) ... dug out 16 attacks in the home opener against Ferris State (9/14) ... Match-By-Match Statistics.

High School:  A 2023 graduate of River View High School ... was a four-year letterwinner for the Black Bears ... became the school's all-time leader in services aces (253) and ranked second in assists (1,953) ... holds three of the top four single-season service ace totals (73, 68 and 61) ... finished prep career with 727 kills and 1,084 digs ... received Second Team All-Ohio accolades as a senior from the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association after earning Honorable Mention All-Ohio recognition in 2021 ... twice named Muskingum Valley League Player of the Year ... garnered All-District honors all four seasons ... was a three-year team captain ... received numerous Academic honors including Academic Certification, School Academic Letter and Community Service Letter.

Personal:  Full name -- Kayla R. Dulgar ... born on July 1, 2004, in Coshocton, Ohio ... daughter of Jim and Leslie Dulgar ... has an older sister, Cassie ... is majoring in Psychology ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2023, Winter 2024 (4.00), Fall 2024 (4.00) and Winter 2025.
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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2023Freshman

    S
    5'9"
    5
  • 5

    2024Sophomore

    S
    5'7"
    5
  • 5

    2025Junior

    S
    5'9"
    5