12 Kayla Chu
12 - Kayla Chu
Height: 5-8
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Sierra Madre, Calif.
High School: Polytechnic School
Position: S
m 25
k/s 0.11
h % .133
a/s 3.49
b/s 0.01
sa/s 0.35
d/s 1.54

2024: Appeared in 25 matches for the Fords, competing in 85 sets during her junior season… Finished second on the team in assists with 297… Collected her 1,000th career assist against Ursinus (10/30)... Recorded double-digit assists in 17 matches this season… Tallied a season-high 20 assists at Swarthmore (11/9)... Finished fourth on the team in service aces with 30… Served up a season-high four aces in four separate matches in 2024… Ended the year fifth on the team in digs with 131… Recorded double-digit digs in two matches this season, including a season-high 14 digs against Messiah (9/7).

2023: Played in all 25 matches, appearing in 87 sets... Led the team and finished fourth in the Centennial Conference with 617 assists and assists per set (7.09)... Had 15 games with 20 or more assists… Collected a season-high 49 assists vs. Swarthmore (11/4)... Tied for second on the team with 177 digs… Tallied double-digit digs in six games in 2023… Recorded season-high 17 digs against Washington College (10/11)... Had six double-doubles consisting of assists and digs.

High School: Four-year varsity player and senior captain ... Prep League Champions (2021, 2019, 18) ... 2018 CIF Southern Section Division 4 Runner-up ... 2019 CIF Southern Section Division III Semi-finalist ... Southern California Regional State Playoff qualifier (2018, 19) ... 2021 first-team All-Prep League Award ... 2021 Polytechnic Katrina Kuehn Volleyball Award ... Played club volleyball for San Gabriel Elite Volleyball Club ... AP Scholar Award Winner ... Volunteer at Huntington Hospital's Family Birth Center ... Founder-and co-president of Polytechnic's Medical Exploration Club ... Accomplished violinist with 5x Certficate of Merit Branch Honors and a 3x MTAC State Convention performer. 

Personal: Daughter of Vickie and Dexter Chu ... Has a younger sister, Ellie. 

Recent Games
Oct 26 (RV) Franklin & Marshall L, 3-0
Oct 30 at Ursinus L, 3-1
Nov 2 McDaniel W, 3-0
Nov 6 at Muhlenberg W, 3-0
Nov 9 at Swarthmore W, 3-2
Nov 13 at #4 seed (RV) Gettysburg L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 25 10
Sets 85 35
Kills 9 4
Kills per set 0.11 0.11
Errors 3 0
Total Attacks 45 7
Total Attacks per set 0.53 0.20
Hitting Percentage .133 .571
Assists 297 144
Assists per set 3.49 4.11
Service Aces 30 12
Service Errors 18 6
Service Aces per set 0.35 0.34
Receptions 3 2
Reception Errors 1 1
Digs 131 54
Digs per set 1.54 1.54
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 1 1
Block Total 1 1
Blocks per set 0.01 0.03
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 2 0
Points 39.5 16.5
Points per set 0.5 0.5
Matches started 1 1
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 24 Alumnae Match   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 30 Lebanon Valley W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 30 Wheaton (Mass.) W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 1 1.000 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Aug 31 Stockton L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 Wheaton (Mass.) W, 3-2 - 3 1 0 4 .250 11 4 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 6 at (RV) Eastern W, 3-2 - 5 1 0 2 .500 13 1 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 7 at Messiah L, 3-2 - 5 1 0 4 .250 12 0 1 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 7 vs. (RV) Virginia Wesleyan L, 3-2 - 5 0 1 3 -.333 10 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 11 Elizabethtown L, 3-2 - 4 0 0 2 .000 10 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Sep 14 vs. York (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 13 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 14 at Arcadia W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 5 .000 12 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 18 UC Santa Cruz L, 3-0 - 3 0 1 1 -1.000 8 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 21 (RV) Christopher Newport L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 6 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 21 (RV) Christopher Newport L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 16 1 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 28 at Scranton L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 6 .000 8 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Sep 28 vs. (RV) Wesleyan (Conn.) W, 3-0 - 3 1 1 8 .000 13 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 5 at Dickinson W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 11 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Oct 12 (RV) Gettysburg L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 19 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 16 Washington College W, 3-1 - 4 1 0 2 .500 16 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 19 at #3 Johns Hopkins L, 3-0 - 3 1 0 1 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 23 Bryn Mawr W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 2 .500 15 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 26 (RV) Franklin & Marshall L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 16 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 30 at Ursinus L, 3-1 - 4 1 0 1 1.000 13 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 2 McDaniel W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 17 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 6 at Muhlenberg W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 7 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 9 at Swarthmore W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 20 3 0 1 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Nov 13 at #4 seed (RV) Gettysburg L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 9 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2022-23 10 33 0 0.00 5 8 -.625 141 4.27 10 0.30 1 0 42 1.27 0 0 0 0.00 10.0 0.3
2023-24 25 87 26 0.30 10 95 .168 617 7.09 28 0.32 8 1 177 2.03 0 14 14 0.16 61.0 0.7
2024-25 25 85 9 0.11 3 45 .133 297 3.49 30 0.35 3 1 131 1.54 0 1 1 0.01 39.5 0.5
Total 60 205 35 0.17 18 148 .115 1055 5.15 68 0.33 12 2 350 1.71 0 15 15 0.07 110.5 0.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 25 85 9 0.11 3 45 .133 297 3.49 30 0.35 3 1 131 1.54 0 1 1 0.01 39.5 0.5
Conference 10 35 4 0.11 0 7 .571 144 4.11 12 0.34 2 1 54 1.54 0 1 1 0.03 16.5 0.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 12 36 4 0.11 1 13 .231 146 4.06 13 0.36 0 0 49 1.36 0 0 0 0.00 17.0 0.5
Away 10 38 4 0.11 0 20 .200 115 3.03 12 0.32 3 1 68 1.79 0 1 1 0.03 16.5 0.4
Neutral 3 11 1 0.09 2 12 -.083 36 3.27 5 0.45 0 0 14 1.27 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.5
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Wins 13 40 6 0.15 1 26 .192 160 4.00 24 0.60 1 1 61 1.52 0 1 1 0.03 30.5 0.8
Losses 12 45 3 0.07 2 19 .053 137 3.04 6 0.13 2 0 70 1.56 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.2
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August 3 5 2 0.40 0 5 .400 23 4.60 5 1.00 0 0 10 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 1.4
September 11 41 3 0.07 3 32 .000 121 2.95 12 0.29 1 0 59 1.44 0 0 0 0.00 15.0 0.4
October 7 24 4 0.17 0 6 .667 100 4.17 8 0.33 1 0 38 1.58 0 0 0 0.00 12.0 0.5
November 4 15 0 0.00 0 2 .000 53 3.53 5 0.33 1 1 24 1.60 0 1 1 0.07 5.5 0.4