Rylee Fay

Position:
Setter
Height:
5-9
Class:
Junior
High School:
Liberty HS
Prev School:
New Mexico State
Hometown:
Iowa City, Iowa

PRIOR TO OKLAHOMA
Came to Oklahoma after a season at New Mexico State (2021-22) and starting off her collegiate career at Missouri State (2020-21) … Western Athletic Conference (WAC) leader in aces (53) and aces per set (.52) during the 2022 season … No. 13 in the nation in aces per set … ranked third in program history for aces in a single season … only player in NCAA Division I with seven aces in two four-set matches in 2022 … during her freshman campaign at Missouri State, saw action in 12 matches and 39 sets as a setter and serving specialist … accumulated 70 assists, 35 digs and eight service aces during the 2021 season … recorded a double-double with season highs of 20 assists and 15 digs at Indiana State (March 27, 2021) … tallied 16 assists and nine digs in a home victory against Bradley (March 22, 2021) … named to the honor roll at New Mexico State for three semesters (Spring 2022, Fall ’22, Spring ’23) … part of the NMSU National Society of Leadership and Success in 2023 … named to Missouri State’s Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in 2020.

HIGH SCHOOL
A highly decorated athlete at Liberty High School … earned first-team All-Mississippi Valley Conference honors in 2018 and ’19 … named to the AVCA Phenom List the last three years of high school (2017, ’18, ’19) … earned a spot on the 2019 Under Armour All-America Watch List … also received four awards from Prep Sports, including volleyball player of the year and best all-around player in 2019, most versatile player and all-area team member in 2018 … named to the 2019 Gazette All-Area Volleyball Team … 2019 Iowa Girls High School Volleyball Region champion … part of the 2019 Iowa Girls Association All-Star Game … a two sport athlete that was also a golfer for Liberty High School … won the Iowa PGA Pro Junior and earned honorable mention All-Mississippi Valley Conference honors.

CLUB
Played for Xtreme … earned All-America, All-State and All-District honors while playing for the USA Volleyball U17 national division champions in 2019 … landed a spot on the 2019 Des Moines Register’s All-Iowa Honorable Mention Team … bronze medalist on the 2019 Iowa High Performance Youth International Team … played for a pair of top-five national finishers on the Iowa HP Select Team in 2016 (fifth place) and 2017 (second place).

PERSONAL
Daughter of University of Iowa graduates Mark and Karla Fay … father, Mark, played baseball in community college at Kirkwood and North Iowa Area … mother, Karla, was a volleyball and basketball player at Southwest Virginia Community College … older sister, Maddie, was a volleyball player at South Dakota State from 2017-21 … plans to major in early childhood education.