University of Toledo Athletics

Kate Bean McCauley dominates the Toledo volleyball record book, ranking first in career attacks (4,522), second in career kills (1,515) and career service aces (173), third in career kills per set (3.40) and fifth in career digs (1,401). She also ranks fourth for most kills in a season with 435 and her 39 digs vs. Ball State as a senior are the most ever by a Rocket in a match. A native of Louisville, Kate made the MAC All-Tournament team in 2005 as she led the Rockets to the semifinals for the first time in school history. She is the only Rocket volleyball player  to be named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team, earning those honors in both 2005 and 2006, and is one of only two Rockets in any sport to be a member of the first team on more than one occasion. Kate was also a three-time Academic All-MAC team selection and a three-time Academic All-District pick. Kate graduated from Toledo with a 3.978 grade point average in community health. She then entered an accelerated  nursing program at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. She is currently an assistant nurse manager in a neonatal intensive care unit in Louisville where she lives with her husband and two children.