Kylee Johnson

Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
New Braunfels, Texas
High School:
Canyon

2021 | SENIOR SEASON

Played in all 17 team duals and two pairs tournaments for a combined 27 contests in which she went 16-11 overall...played primarily at No. 5 pair with Ellie McDonald going 5-10, but also competed at No. 5 with Yasmin Tan twice going 2-0...opened season with two wins at the Cactus Classic in Tucson, Ariz., (March 6-7) recording a win over No. 20 Arizona State's Maddy Salazar and Lila Bordis in three sets 8-21, 28-26, 16-14 to help Broncos upset the Sun Devils, also beat Stephen F. Austin's Makenzie Leblond and Callie Neumann 21-8, 21-8 to help secure a 4-1 Boise State victory...went undefeated at Corban University's March AVCA Pairs Tournament (March 12-13) to win the Silver Flight title, collected key wins over two Portland duos and two wins over Bronco pairs beating Maya Watkins and Yasmin Tan 9-21, 21-11, 21-18 in the semifinal followed by a win over Sierra Land and Katie Martin 21-19, 17-21, 15-13 in the final...playing with Tan collected team dual victories over Utah's (March 19) Hannah Stahle and Kaiya Liwanag 21-14, 21-8, as well as over CSUN's (March 20) Abbey Sweeting and Victoria Rogers 19-21, 21-17, 15-12 to help Boise State to a pair of team wins...won at No. 5 pair with McDonald versus No. 15 Arizona's (March 21) duo of Abby Russell and Dana Parker 15-21, 21-18, 15-12...went 4-1 at Corban's April AVCA Pairs Tournament (April 2-3) defeated Washington's Kyra Petersen and Ashley Shook 21-18, 12-21, 15-7 in the Silver Flight consolation semifinal match (final was not played), also beat a team from Oregon and two from Corban...recorded straight-set win over Houston Baptist's (April 9) Kristen Kleymeyer and Mary Alper 21-19, 21-18 to help Broncos to 3-2 win...closed season with a win over Utah's Hannah Stahle and Macy Rideout 21-6, 21-7 as Broncos swept the Utes in regular season finale at Boise State Beach Classic (April 16-17).

2020 | JUNIOR SEASON

HIGHLIGHTS: Saw action in four contests during the season before the campaign was abruptly ended in early March because of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic...played at No. 5 pair with Kylee Johnson where they went 1-2...opened season at Arizona’s Cactus Classic (Feb. 21-22) by recording a straight-set victory 21-11, 21-18 over San Francisco’s Trish Koutsoukos and Katie Wagstaff, then fell to Missouri State’s Siena Brewster and Parker McAllen in three 15-21, 21-19, 15-11 and Arizona State’s Cierra Flood and Lauren Weintraub in a hard fought 22-20, 23-21 match.

2019 | SOPHOMORE SEASON

HIGHLIGHTS: Saw action in all 19 contests playing on courts three and four going a combined 11-8 overall...split time playing with Kiley Lewis (9-3) and Ellie McDonald (2-5)...opened the season paired with Lewis at the Cactus Classic at Tucson, Ariz., (Feb. 23) going 2-1 at No. 3, they rolled past Benedictine’s duo of Hayden Boucher and Benesia Rodriguez 21-6, 21-5, then downed Colorado Mesa’s Hailey Crane and Lindy Dixon 19-21, 21-11, 15-7...competing with McDonald the tandem went 2-1 at Pacific Northwest Invitational (March 9-10) on court three collecting wins over Oregon’s Josie Cole and Ally Haden 21-17, 21-15, as well as Portland’s Sarah Strong and Jessie Brigham 21-14, 21-11...matched with Lewis at Heineken Hawai’i Invitational (March 16-18) they went 2-0 versus Nebraska defeating Madi Kubik and Mari Kurkova 21-16, 18-21, 15-10, then Hayley Densberger and Anezka Szabo 21-10, 16-21, 15-6...including the wins over the Cornhuskers, Johnson and Lewis closed season winning seven of final nine contests primarily on court four (8-2)...earned straight-set wins versus Sacramento State (April 5) 21-9, 21-19, UC Davis (April 5) 23-21, 21-19 and Sacramento State (April 19) in Boise 21-16, 21-15, as well as two three-set wins over Colorado Mesa (April 13) 21-17, 14-21, 15-12 and Utah (April 13) 21-18, 20-22, 15-12...helped team record the first winning season in the program’s six seasons of existence.

2018 | FRESHMAN SEASON

Played in all 14 matches competing on the three lower courts...spent time playing next to Kenna Hanses (0-4) and Maya Watkins (1-9)...first action as a Bronco came in the season opener versus Tulane (March 9) next to Hanses falling 21-16, 21-17...took Portland’s (March 29) tandem of Lauren Naatz and Kassidy Naone to three sets before getting edged 21-19, 16-21, 15-13…went three sets paired with Watkins at Sacramento State (April 11) against Macey Hayden and Skyler Takeda 17-21, 21-10, 21-19…went 2-2 overall in the Bronco Exhibition Pairs Tournament (April 19)...picked up a victory over Washington’s (April 20) No. 5 pair of Samantha Drechsel and Natalie Robinson 26-24, 21-14.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER

HONORS: Second-team all-conference (indoor)...four-time academic all-district and three-time academic all-state...team defensive MVP as a senior...two-year member of the National Honor Society and graduated in the top-10 percent of her class.
HIGHLIGHTS: Comes to Boise State from New Braunfels, Texas, where she is a 2017 graduate of Canyon High School...the 5-foot-7 libero/defensive specialist was a two-year starter and four-year member of the Cougars’ varsity indoor volleyball team that was coached by Heather Sanders...during four-year prep career helped CHS to a combined record of 143-50 and a 52-4 conference mark as the Cougars won three conference titles and placed second once...she led the district in digs as a senior tallying 564 and finished with 1,070 in her career.

CLUB CAREER

Played club ball for the Texas Volleyball Tour in Austin, Texas, coached by Tim Wooliver...team reached the Junior Olympics and the AAU National Championships for both indoor and beach volleyball all four years of her prep career...team placed third at the BVCA Championship.