2016 (SENIOR - INDOOR)
Started in 26 of 33 matches played or 103 sets…Totaled 137 kills for 1.33 kills per set, 12 assists, four service aces, 36 digs, 19 solo blocks and 79 block assists…Led the team with 98 total blocks, 79 block assists and 19 solo blocks…Set new single-match career highs of 14 kills vs Nicholls on Sept 16, nine blocks against Northwestern State on Aug 31 and again against South Alabama on Nov 4, six solo blocks against Nicholls State on Sept 16, and eight block assists against Cincinnati on Aug 27 and again against South Alabama on Nov 4…Set a new ULM all-time record with six solo blocks against Nicholls on Sept 16…
2016 (JUNIOR – BEACH)
Posted a 10-18 overall record … 5-9 with Delaney Driver (1-0 at twos, 4-9 at threes), 2-5 with Claire Crossfield at the threes, 3-3 with Hadley Swartz and 0-1 with Taylor Zaeske at the twos … Career record on the beach now 32-39 … Paired with Crossfield as the three-pair, scored ULM's only point against ninth-ranked FIU on March 13 … Partnered with Driver at the threes, scored ULM's lone point versus UAB on April 2, winning in straight sets (21-15, 22-20) … Went 4-0 at the Blazer Beach Duals with Driver … Decisive winners over Washington's three-pair (April 23) with Driver (18-21, 21-16, 15-10) in ULM's 3-2 victory in final match of the season.
2015 (JUNIOR - INDOOR)
Started all 32 games … Totaled 167 kills at a rate of 1.6 kills per set … Led the team with 84 blocks (18 solo), including 43 (0.8 blocks/set) in conference play … Smashed a season-high 11 kills in wins over Jacksonville State (Sept. 5) and UAB (Sept. 21) … Fired 10 kills versus Stephen F. Austin (Sept. 7) and Georgia Southern (Sept. 19) … Totaled a season-high seven blocks versus UL Lafayette (Oct. 7).
2014 (SOPHOMORE - BEACH)
Posted the highest win percentage on the squad with an 18-2 (.900) overall record, including a perfect 6-0 with Claire Crossfield and 12-2 with Taylor Zaeske ... Posted four victories, two apiece with Zaeske and Crossfield, over top-25 opponents, including No. 17 Tulane (March 13), No. 16 North Florida (March 18), No. 19 Tulane (April 18) and No. 17 South Carolina (April 18).
2014 (SOPHOMORE - INDOOR)
Played in 112 sets and all 33 matches during sophomore campaign ... Fourth on the squad with 167 kills for an average of 1.49 kills per set, while hitting .200 ... Paced the team with 79 total blocks ... Added 34 digs, eight assists and two service aces ... Set a new career-high with seven blocks on the road at Appalachian State (10/19) ... Posted a season-high 12 kills on an efficient .409 hitting to go with four digs and three blocks in a win over Troy (11/7).
2014 (FRESHMAN - BEACH)
Posted a 4-20 overall record, 0-2 with Kayla Kane and 4-18 with Celine Flores ... Capped off a 4-1 victory over LSU with Flores on April 16 (21-11, 15-21, 15-9).
2013 (FRESHMAN - INDOOR)
Appeared in 96 sets as a freshman ... Tallied 131 kills on the season with 50 total blocks ... Had 12 kills at McNeese State on Sept. 13 for first double-digit kills match .... Went back-to-back with 11 kills vs. Arkansas State and 13 kills (career-high) vs. UT Arlington to end the 2013 campaign ... Hit .550 against the Red Wolves on Nov. 15 ... Had season-best six total blocks vs. Troy on Nov. 2.
PREP
A two-sport athlete at Ellison High School in Killeen, Texas ... Played volleyball under coach William DeGracia ... Recorded 20 kills in a match during her high school career ... Named a member of the all-district first team ... Was a teammate of current ULM women's basketball player Alayshia Hunter while at Ellison HS ... Also lettered in basketball and earned all-district and all-state honors.
PERSONAL
Full name is Kaitlyn Nicole Shearer ... Born May 4, 1995 in Fort Carson, Colo. ... Daughter of Todd Shearer and Donna Tennesen ... Has a younger brother, Nathaniel ... Father served in the armed forces.
SHEARER'S SINGLE-MATCH CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 14, vs Nicholls State, Sep 16, 2016
Attacks: 32, UT Arlington, Nov 16, 2013
Attack pct: .550, Arkansas State, Nov 15, 2013 (11-0-20)
Serve aces: 2, Arkansas State, Nov 14, 2014; Grambling State, Oct 19, 2015
Blocks: 9 [t-3rd], at Northwestern State, Aug 31, 2016; USA, Nov 04, 2016
Block solo: 6 [1st], vs Nicholls State, Sep 16, 2016
Block assist: 8 [t-4th], vs Cincinnati, Aug 27, 2016; USA, Nov 04, 2016
