2025 Women's Volleyball Roster
Reid, Rylen
Jersey Number 21
Rylen Reid
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Fremd
- Hometown:
- Rolling Meadows, Ill.
- Prev School:
- Florida Gulf Coast
- Major:
- Learning & Organizational Change
Bio
Awards:
2025: Recorded ten kills in her 2025 debut, helping the ‘Cats to a win over New Mexico State (8/29)... fell one shy of her career high with 18 kills in the victory over UC San Diego, also recording eight digs and seven blocks (8/31)... named to the UC San Diego Invitational All-Tournament Team after logging a team-best 31 kills across three matches (8/29-31).
2024: Appeared in 100 sets and played in all 28 matches… tied for second on team in kills with 200… ranked second on team in kills per set with 2.00… her 243 points were the third-most on squad… set career highs in single-season kills, digs, assists, blocks and points… tallied six kills against Pacific during opening weekend, also collecting six total digs and two assists (8/30-31)... matched that kill total against Long Beach State (9/5)... reached a career mark with four blocks in the rematch with the Beach (9/7)... led the team with a career-high nine kills against Notre Dame (9/12)... reached double-digit kills for the first time in her career with a team-high 12 in the rematch with the Irish (9/14)... registered five kills on a season-high .333 hitting percentage in the home victory over NIU (9/18)... fell just one kill shy of her second double-digit performance of the season, logging nine to go along with a career-high six digs against UCLA (10/20)... set a career high with seven digs and tied her career mark with 12 kills against No. 3 Penn State (11/8)... one-upped that at Iowa, totaling eight digs and matching her career mark with four blocks in the win (11/10)... contributed in all categories in the road match at Oregon, chipping in with six kills, seven digs, three blocks and an ace (11/15)... set a career high with 19 kills against Rutgers to lead the Wildcat attack (11/23)... made it back-to-back games in double figures with ten kills at Michigan State (11/27)... logged her third straight game with 10+ kills with 13 at Michigan (11/29).
2023: Saw action in 10 matches during her first season at Northwestern, appearing in 21 sets ... Finished year with 18 kills (0.86 k/s) and 8 digs (0.38 d/s) ... Pelted four kills in Wildcat debut vs. Hawai'i (Aug. 24) ... Hit .400 in home-opening sweep of Illinois State (Sept. 1), finishing with four kills ... Recorded two blocks in three-set win at Fairfield (Sept. 10) ... Added four kills in Big Ten matchups with No. 2 Nebraska (Oct. 18) and Michigan (Oct. 21).
2022 (at Florida Gulf Coast): Appeared in 26 matches ... Totaled 23 service aces (0.23 as/s) ... Made collegiate debut against Arkansas (Sept. 3) ... Put up four kills and six digs in win over St. Francis Brooklyn (Sept. 17) ... Notched another four-kill effort in victory against Stetson (Oct. 19) ... Served up a season-best three aces in five-set road win over Jacksonville State (Oct. 28) ... Notched five digs in NCAA Tournament First Round matchup with Iowa State (Dec. 2).
High School: Led Fremd High School under the direction of head coach Curt Pinley to a 37-3 overall record this past fall where she had 403 kills which ranked as the 16th most in Illinois as a senior … For her career, she tallied 901 kills and 105 aces in three full seasons … A two-time All-Illinois selection … As a senior, was the West Co-Player of the Year, and All-Area honoree, and an all-conference selection … As a sophomore in 2019, named the West Player of the Year and was an all-conference and all-area pick … In 2019 and 2021, named to the PrepVB Top 150 players in the nation … In 2021, was honored as one of the top 10 players in Illinois by PrepDig … Also played for Adversity Volleyball Club on the Adidas 18 squad coached by Melissa Masterson … Mother, Maura, played volleyball at Eastern Illinois.
- UC San Diego Invitational All-Tournament Team (2025)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2025)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2024)
2025: Recorded ten kills in her 2025 debut, helping the ‘Cats to a win over New Mexico State (8/29)... fell one shy of her career high with 18 kills in the victory over UC San Diego, also recording eight digs and seven blocks (8/31)... named to the UC San Diego Invitational All-Tournament Team after logging a team-best 31 kills across three matches (8/29-31).
2024: Appeared in 100 sets and played in all 28 matches… tied for second on team in kills with 200… ranked second on team in kills per set with 2.00… her 243 points were the third-most on squad… set career highs in single-season kills, digs, assists, blocks and points… tallied six kills against Pacific during opening weekend, also collecting six total digs and two assists (8/30-31)... matched that kill total against Long Beach State (9/5)... reached a career mark with four blocks in the rematch with the Beach (9/7)... led the team with a career-high nine kills against Notre Dame (9/12)... reached double-digit kills for the first time in her career with a team-high 12 in the rematch with the Irish (9/14)... registered five kills on a season-high .333 hitting percentage in the home victory over NIU (9/18)... fell just one kill shy of her second double-digit performance of the season, logging nine to go along with a career-high six digs against UCLA (10/20)... set a career high with seven digs and tied her career mark with 12 kills against No. 3 Penn State (11/8)... one-upped that at Iowa, totaling eight digs and matching her career mark with four blocks in the win (11/10)... contributed in all categories in the road match at Oregon, chipping in with six kills, seven digs, three blocks and an ace (11/15)... set a career high with 19 kills against Rutgers to lead the Wildcat attack (11/23)... made it back-to-back games in double figures with ten kills at Michigan State (11/27)... logged her third straight game with 10+ kills with 13 at Michigan (11/29).
2023: Saw action in 10 matches during her first season at Northwestern, appearing in 21 sets ... Finished year with 18 kills (0.86 k/s) and 8 digs (0.38 d/s) ... Pelted four kills in Wildcat debut vs. Hawai'i (Aug. 24) ... Hit .400 in home-opening sweep of Illinois State (Sept. 1), finishing with four kills ... Recorded two blocks in three-set win at Fairfield (Sept. 10) ... Added four kills in Big Ten matchups with No. 2 Nebraska (Oct. 18) and Michigan (Oct. 21).
2022 (at Florida Gulf Coast): Appeared in 26 matches ... Totaled 23 service aces (0.23 as/s) ... Made collegiate debut against Arkansas (Sept. 3) ... Put up four kills and six digs in win over St. Francis Brooklyn (Sept. 17) ... Notched another four-kill effort in victory against Stetson (Oct. 19) ... Served up a season-best three aces in five-set road win over Jacksonville State (Oct. 28) ... Notched five digs in NCAA Tournament First Round matchup with Iowa State (Dec. 2).
High School: Led Fremd High School under the direction of head coach Curt Pinley to a 37-3 overall record this past fall where she had 403 kills which ranked as the 16th most in Illinois as a senior … For her career, she tallied 901 kills and 105 aces in three full seasons … A two-time All-Illinois selection … As a senior, was the West Co-Player of the Year, and All-Area honoree, and an all-conference selection … As a sophomore in 2019, named the West Player of the Year and was an all-conference and all-area pick … In 2019 and 2021, named to the PrepVB Top 150 players in the nation … In 2021, was honored as one of the top 10 players in Illinois by PrepDig … Also played for Adversity Volleyball Club on the Adidas 18 squad coached by Melissa Masterson … Mother, Maura, played volleyball at Eastern Illinois.
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