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Jersey Number 15
Lily Felts
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 5-11
- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Berean Christian School
CAREER HIGHS
- Kills: 19 (3x), last vs. #15 South Carolina (11/6/2020)
- Attacks: 58, vs. Colorado State (11/30/2018)
- Hitting Pct.: .600, vs. Chattanooga (8/25/2018)
- Assists: 5 (2x), last vs. Mississippi State (11/14/2021)
- Aces: 4 (2x), last vs. LSU (11/30/2019)
- Solo Blocks: 3, vs. Arkansas (9/25/2021)
- Block Assists: 6 (2x), last vs. Alabama (11/19/2021)
- Total Blocks: 6 (2x), last vs. Alabama (11/19/2021)
- Digs: 20, vs. Georgia (10/29/2020)
HONORS
- 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 Tennessee Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2020-21 All-SEC Team
- SEC Player & Offensive Player of the Week (11/23/2020)
- 2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2018-19 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2018 SEC All-Freshman Team
- SEC Freshman of the Week (10/8/2018)
- 2018 Rocky Top Invitational MVP
- 2018 Rocky Top Invitational All-Tournament Team
- 2018 Tennessee Classic All-Tournament Team
2021 - SENIOR
- 2021 Tennessee Classic All-Tournament Team
- Notched her 1,000th career kill against the Buckeyes, becoming the 22nd player in Tennessee history to reach the 1,000 kill milestone
- Ended the year with career-high marks in kills (285), digs (297) and blocks (63)
- Tallied 11 kills against Ohio State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (12/4)
- Totaled nine kills, 12 digs, and four blocks in the NCAA Tournament versus North Carolina (12/3)
- Recorded 11 kills and 17 digs against Missouri (11/24)
- Tied a career-high with six blocks versus Alabama (11/19)
- Generated nine kills and 13 digs in the win over Alabama (11/18)
- Tallied 12 kills, 10 digs and registered a career-high six blocks against Mississippi State (11/14)
- Notched eight kills, 13 digs, and two service aces against Mississippi State (11/13)
- Hit .381 with eight kills in a sweep of Ole Miss (11/7)
- Totaled nine kills and 11 digs versus LSU (10/24)
- Recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 10 kills and 11 digs against LSU (10/23)
- Notched 12 kills and five blocks at Georgia (10/15)
- Generated a team-high 13 kills to help take down South Carolina (10/9)
- Tallied 13 kills, 12 digs, and five assists in the win over South Carolina (10/8)
- Notched 11 kills and 11 digs against Texas A&M (10/2)
- Recorded 14 kills and nine digs versus Auburn (9/29)
- Registered nine kills and 12 digs against Arkansas (9/26)
- Tallied 13 kills in the win over Jacksonville State (9/17)
- Recorded her 20th career double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs as Tennessee beat Morehead State (9/12)
- Picked up 17 kills and 15 digs in a win over #9 Baylor (9/3)
- Recorded 12 kills and nine digs to help the Lady Vols sweep NC State (8/28)
- Put down a team-high 11 kills to secure the victory over ETSU (8/28)
- Notched 11 kills and 14 digs in the win over Texas Tech (8/27)
2020-21 - JUNIOR
- Led Tennessee in kills during the season with 242, averaging 3.23 per set
- Her 3.23 kills per set ranks 10th in UT's single-season totals during the 25-point rally-scoring era
- Tied for the team-high in service aces at 11 during the 2020-21 season
- Tallied 15 kills in UT's five-set win over LSU (3/25/21)
- Recorded a double-double that included 11 kills and 10 digs in a four-set win over Alabama (3/20/21)
- Finished with 10 kills in the loss to Alabama (3/19/21)
- Picked up 13 kills in a four-set loss against Arkansas (3/14/21)
- Recorded another double-double with 16 kills and 12 digs in a four-set win over Arkansas (3/13/21)
- Notched a double-double with 10 kills and 15 digs in the win over Mississippi State (3/5/21)
- Tailed 12 kills and nine digs in the loss against Florida (2/26/21)
- Recorded up nine kills and nine digs in the sweep over #16 Missouri (2/13/21)
- Recorded a double-double with a team-high 16 kills and 18 digs in a five-set win over over #16 Missouri (2/12/21)
- Tallied 18 kills and 11 digs in the lost to #15 South Carolina with 11 of the 18 kills coming in the third set alone (11/7/20)
- Almost tied her career-high with 19 digs in the four-set win against #15 South Carolina (11/6/20)
- Recorded another career-high tying 19 kills on 40 swings in the win over #15 South Carolina (11/6/20)
- Totaled a career-high tying 19 kills and a career-high 20 digs in the five-set loss to Georgia (10/29/20)
- Brought in 15 kills in the win against Georgia (10/28/20)
- Tallied 12 digs in the loss at #3 Kentucky (10/17/20)
- Finished with three aces against #3 Kentucky (10/17/20)
2019 - SOPHOMORE
- Finished with nine kills and 11 digs in the loss to Missouri (11/24)
- Tallied seven kills and five digs in the win over Alabama (11/22)
- Notched her fourth double-double of the season with 14 kills and 12 digs in the win at Arkansas (11/13)
- Recorded just eight kills on 16 attacks in the win at Alabama (11/10)
- Hit .357 in the loss to Georgia (11/3)
- Tallied 14 kills in the win over Ole Miss (11/1)
- Tagged just her second double-double of the season with 14 kills and 10 digs in the loss at No. 13 Florida (10/27)
- Finished with three kills and a service ace in the loss at No. 25 Missouri (10/20)
- Tallied a team-high 14 kills in the loss to No. 16 Kentucky (10/16)
- Notched her fourth double-digit kill performance with a team-high 11 kills in the sweep over Mississippi State (10/13)
- Set a new career-high in as in the LSU match with four (10/11)
- Finished with a .267 hitting percentage in the loss to LSU (10/11)
- Recorded nine kills and seven digs in the win at Auburn (10/6)
- Tallied 11 kills on 25 attacks in the loss to Georgia (10/4)
- Tallied a season-high 12 kills in the win over Texas A&M (9/29)
- Recorded a .500 hitting percentage in the win over Georgia Southern (9/21)
- Picked up four digs in the win over ETSU (9/20)
- Had seven kills and 13 digs in the win over Houston (9/13)
- Tallied nine kills and six digs in the win over Michigan State (9/7)
- Had five digs and two service aces in the win over Miami (OH) at the Spartan Invitational
- Recorded five digs and a service ace against No. 6 Illinois (9/1)
- Finished with eight kills, eight digs and three block assists in a loss to No. 6 Illinois (8/30)
2018 - FRESHMAN
- 2018 SEC All-Freshman Team
- SEC Freshman of the Week (10/8)
- Played in 27 matches as a freshman, starting in 24 as the Lady Vols' six-rotation outside hitter.
- Finished the season averaging 2.53 kills per set and 2.32 digs per set while having 11 double-digit kill matches and four double-double performances.
- Tallied a new season-high in her first ever NCAA Tournament match, with 19 kills in Tennessee's come-from-behind victory over Colorado State while also tying her season-high with 15 digs.
- Notched her fourth double-double in the NCAA win over Colorado State.
- Totaled eight kills on 15 attacks for a hitting percentage of .400 in a win over #23 Missouri.
- Recorded her third double-double with 13 kills and 10 digs in a win at Georgia.
- Totaled 10 kills and two service aces in a win over South Carolina.
- Was named the SEC Freshman of the Week (10/8) averaging 3.85 kills/set and 4.00 points/set.
- Notched her second career double-double with 16 kills and 12 digs in a win against Alabama.
- Achieved her first career double-double in a win over Missouri with 15 kills and 13 digs.
- Tallied 14 digs and four total blocks in a loss to No. 20 Kentucky.
- Recorded 15 digs in a win over Auburn.
- Honored at the conclusion of the Rocky Top Invitational with MVP and All-Tournament honors.
- Totaled 18 kills on 45 attacks with nine digs in a win against North Florida.
- Opened the Rocky Top Invitational with seven kills on 19 attacks in a win over Winthrop.
- Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Tennessee Classic.
- Achieved a new season-high hitting percentage of .600 getting 13 kills on 20 attacks in a win over Chattanooga.
- Recorded a .300 hitting percentage in a win against Belmont.
- Tallied nine digs and two total blocks in the win over No. 22 Michigan State.
- Opened her collegiate career in a win over No. 22 Michigan State with 11 kills on 31 attacks.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
- Attended Berean Christian School and competed for K2 18 Elite-Jota Club.
- Earned state MVP honors while helping Berean Christian to a state championship as a senior.
- Holds two Tennessee state high school records with most kills in a match (51) and most kills in a set (17).
- Named a 2017 AAU All-American while competing for her club team, K2 18 Elite-Jota, while also being named to the Ultra Ankle JVA All-National Team.
- Listed as a Prepvolleyball Senior Aces Top 100 player.
- Named 2017 National Athletic Association of Private Schools National Player of the Year.
- Member of the 2017 Under Armour All-American Team.
PERSONAL
- Her mother, Dani, and father, Cory, both graduated from the University of Tennessee
- Her father was a high jumper on the Tennessee track & field team.
- Born May 15
- Has two siblings, Boone and Darby
- Completed her degree in Recreation & Sport Management, with a minor in Business Administration and a minor in Child and Family Studies, in May of 2022.
- Why Tennessee: "Playing for my hometown school and at my parents’ alma mater is a gift. I always wanted to go to UT growing up, and when I started playing volleyball, I knew I wanted to be an athlete here. There’s nothing better than getting to step on the court that I watched my idols play on and getting to walk the campus that I explored before football games as a child. This school is rich in tradition, and I’m proud to be a part of it."
- Future Plans: "I’m interested in coaching volleyball after college, but I would be open to other things as well."
- Recipient of the Wayne Basler Women's Volleyball Endowed Scholarship
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