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2025 Volleyball Roster

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11 Kayla Giroux

11 Kayla Giroux

  • Position:
    MB
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Flat Rock, Mich.
  • High School:
    Flat Rock
  • Letters:
    3

Summary

Biography

Career Notes:  Played in 86 matches (started all but two) and 324 of 325 sets through first three seasons … ranks first all-time in hitting percentage (.363 / 978-250-2,003 / min. two seasons) and ninth in block assists (243).

2025:  Nominee for the 2025 Allstate NACDA Fall Good Works Team.

2024:  2024-25 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... honored as a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Second Team Academic All-American (the first in program history) after receiving Academic All-District recognition ... became the fifth All-American in program history and first since 2010 when she was named AVCA Second Team All-America on Dec. 11 ... earned a GLIAC Commissioner's Award (first WSU volleyball player in school history) for academic and athletic excellence ... designated All-Region by both the AVCA (First Team) and D2CCA (Second Team) ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... received First Team All-GLIAC accolades for the third time in as many seasons ... garnered GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week distinction for the third time in her career on Oct. 28 ... one of six players selected to the Warrior Invitational All-Tournament Team ... hit .530 in Wayne State's three matches with 42 kills and only seven errors on 66 total attacks ... started all 27 of the team's matches and one of just three Warriors to appear in every single one of the squad's 103 sets, both of which she was joined by Kayla Dulgar and Molly Miller ... hit .404 for the season to rank first in the GLIAC and ninth nationally, a mark that shattered the program's old record of .3538 that she set as a sophomore ... also 39th in Division II for points per set (4.36), 64th in total blocks (112), 66th in kills per set (3.59), 70th in blocks per set (1.09) and 72nd in total kills (370) ... set new career bests for kills, kills per set, total attacks (727), fewest attack errors (76), assists (13), assists per set (0.13), service aces (13), aces per set (0.13), digs (60), digs per set (0.58), solo blocks (20), block assists (92), total blocks, points (449) and points per set ... reached 20 kills in a single match for the first time in her career in the third contest of the season, Sept. 7 vs. Ohio Dominican in the Warrior Invitational ... would accomplish that feat two more times including 21 kills against Ashland on Oct. 18 at the Midwest Regional Crossover and a personal-best 23 kills on Oct. 3 at home vs. No. 16 Grand Valley State ... those three efforts were among 10 in which she tallied at least 15 kills including a stretch of four straight following the season opener ... blocked five or more attacks in 12 matches including a career-high nine on Sept. 14 against ODU at Parkside's Hampton Inn Invitational ... saw an increased role behind the service line which led to four matches with multiple service aces, something she'd accomplished just once in the two seasons prior ... dug out a personal-best seven attacks on Oct. 11 at Purdue Northwest ... Match-By-Match Statistics.

2023:  2023-24 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... earned CSC Academic All-District distinction ... received First Team All-GLIAC honors ... garnered GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week recognition after the Findlay Classic ... featured on the Findlay Classic All-Tournament Team after hitting .422 in Wayne State's four matches ... selected to the Ferris State Invitational All-Tournament Team for registering an attack percentage of .479 in those four outings ... one of just two Warriors (Kendyl Andrews) to play in all 29 matches and 111 sets ... made 28 starts before giving way to a senior starter on Senior Day ... set the program's new single-season record for hitting percentage at .3538 thanks to 321 kills (second on the team) and only 85 errors on 667 total attacks ... did so with 136 more kills on 288 more attempts than second place ... that offensive efficiency ranked second in the GLIAC and 40th in all of Division II, while the 321 kills were ninth in the conference ... paced the team in solo blocks (14), block assists (73 - ninth in GLIAC), total blocks (87 - tied-for-10th in GLIAC) and blocks per set (0.78 - 10th in GLIAC) ... sent home at least 10 kills in a match 18 times and posted 15 or more kills in nine outings, including three of the season's last four contests ... reached the 10-kill mark in eight of her first 17 matches of the fall before doing so in all but two of the final 12 ... in that 12-match stretch to conclude the season, she hit .354 with 153 kills and 42 errors on 314 swings ... tied her career best of 17 kills in three different matches, including against Lake Superior State (9/23), vs. Ohio Dominican (10/14) and at Michigan Tech (11/3) ... hit a career-high .667 vs. Upper Iowa (10/13) with 15 kills and only one error on 21 total attacks ... finished a match hitting .500 or better six times and .600 or higher twice, the other time being at Northern Michigan on 11/4 (.625, 15 kills, 0 errors, 24 attempts) ... Match-By-Match Statistics.

2022:  Selected AVCA Midwest Freshman of the Year ... received AVCA Honorable Mention All-Midwest Region recognition ... voted GLIAC Freshman of the Year and First Team All-GLIAC ... named GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 26th ... earned GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week accolades on Oct. 24th ... appeared in all 30 matches, starting in 29, and 110 sets ... led the squad in hitting percentage (.325) ... was second on the team with 324 points (3.11/set) and 287 kills (2.61/set) ... placed second in total blocks (94), solo blocks (16), and block assists (78) ... began the season with three digs vs. Montevallo (8/26) ... also had three digs vs. McKendree (8/27) and at Saginaw Valley State (10/25) ... notched an assist vs Findlay (8/26) ... had 17 kills, seven block assists, one assist for 21.5 points at Purdue Northwest (9/9) ... the 17 kills were a season-high ... notched at least 10 kills in 15 matches ... had a season best .647 hitting percentage vs. Lake Superior State (9/23) ... tallied a season-high three solo blocks at Northern Michigan (10/7) and at Ferris State (10/20) ... contributed an assist at Lake Superior State (11/5) ... finished the season with four digs and a .346 hitting percentage vs. Michigan Tech (11/9) ... recorded 21 matches of at least 10 points, including a span of seven games in October beginning with 14 points vs. Quincy (10/14) and ending with 10.5 points vs. Michigan Tech (10/28) ... had 15 matches of at least 20 total attempts, with a best of 32 vs. Pitt-Johnstown (9/3) and at Ferris State (10/20) ... Match-By-Match Statistics. 

High School:  A 2022 graduate of Flat Rock Community High School ... was a two-time team captain and four-year letterwinner for the Rams and coaches Mackenzie and Morgan Kaiser ... missed senior season due to an injury ... tallied 300 kills, 203 digs and 73 blocks as a junior in 2020 as Flat Rock went 21-6 overall ... posted 307 kills, a school record 171 blocks and 104 digs as a sophomore to help the Rams go 41-8-5 ... finished with 195 kills, 148 blocks and 98 digs as a freshman ... helped lead her team to district titles in 2019 and 2020 ... garnered All-League and All-Region honors in each of her first three prep seasons ... earned All-State Honorable Mention as a sophomore and was an All-State Third Team selection as a junior ... lists top performance as a regional semifinal game in 2020 vs. Gabriel Richard where she totaled 26 kills, 18 digs and three blocks ... also lettered in basketball and softball ... received All-League and All-Region honors as freshman, sophomore and junior in basketball ... was an All-State selection as a sophomore and junior for basketball ... was the Monroe News Player of the Year for Basketball in 2021 as a junior after averaging 18.5 points, 11.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.4 steals per contest ... served as a team captain in both volleyball and basketball ... ranked first in her class with a 4.125 GPA and was a member of the National Honor Society ... played club for Michigan Elite and head coach Reeder Singler.

Personal:  Full name -- Kayla M. Giroux ... born on March 18, 2004, in Southfield, Mich. ... daughter of Timothy and Dawn Giroux ... mother played basketball at Madonna, and scored 36 points in one game against UM-Dearborn ... has a younger brother, Michael, and a younger sister, Sarah ... is majoring in Global Supply Chain Management ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2022 (4.00), Winter 2023 (4.00), Fall 2023, Winter 2024 (4.00), Fall 2024 (4.00) and Winter 2025 (4.00) ... last name is pronounced Ja-roo ... inductee into WSU’s inaugural (2024-25) Chi Alpha Sigma Athlete Honor Society class.
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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2022Freshman

    MB
    6'2"
    11
  • 11

    2023Sophomore

    MB
    6'2"
    11
  • 11

    2024Junior

    MB
    6'2"
    11
  • 11

    2025Senior

    MB
    6'1"
    11