Kentucky Wildcats women's volleyball

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Kentucky Wildcats women's volleyball
Kentucky Wildcats logo.svg
University University of Kentucky
Head coach Craig Skinner (21st season)
Conference SEC
Location Lexington, Kentucky
Home arena Memorial Coliseum (capacity: 6,250)
Nickname Kentucky Wildcats
ColorsBlue and white [1]
   
AIAW/NCAA Tournament champion
2020*
AIAW/NCAA Tournament semifinal
2020*
AIAW/NCAA Regional Final
1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2020*, 2022, 2023, 2024
AIAW/NCAA regional semifinal
1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020*, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
AIAW/NCAA Tournament appearance
1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020*, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference tournament champion
SEC
1979, 1980, 1983, 1987
Conference regular season champion
SEC
1979, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
* Tournament played in spring 2021; season officially labeled "2020–21" by the NCAA

The Kentucky Wildcats women's volleyball team represents The University of Kentucky in NCAA Division I intercollegiate women's volleyball competition. Kentucky is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Wildcats have been led by Craig Skinner since 2005.

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The program became an official varsity sport in 1977 and has won the SEC regular season 14 times and won the NCAA championship in 2020.

Program record and history

The University of Kentucky first fielded a women's volleyball team in the fall of 1977. Since then the Wildcats hav been to the NCAA Tournament 26 times, and won the won the SEC regular season 14 times. [2]

YearHead CoachOverall
Record		Conference
Record		Conference
Standing		Postseason
(Kentucky Women's Intercollegiate Conference)(1977–1980)
1977Delphine Nemeth19–14––
1978Delphine Nemeth32–226–3–AIAW Region II Champions
1979Delphine Nemeth35–18–16–2––
1980Delphine Nemeth39–88–0––
(SEC)(1981–present)
1981Delphine Nemeth20–124–0–
1982 Mary Jo Peppler 21–143–19th–
1983Mary Jo Peppler44–75–01st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1984 Kathy Deboer 21–86–02nd–
1985Kathy Deboer14–232–46th–
1986Kathy Deboer22–124–23rd–
1987Kathy Deboer31–27–01st NCAA Elite Eight
1988Kathy Deboer26–77–01st NCAA Elite Eight
1989Kathy Deboer24–116–23rd–
1990Kathy Deboer22–127–12nd NCAA Elite Eight
1991Kathy Deboer24–138–64th–
1992 Fran Flory 25–910–43rd–
1993Fran Flory29–412–23rd NCAA Second Round
1994Fran Flory13–218–63rd–
1995Fran Flory10–187–73rd East–
1996Fran Flory12–208–63rd East–
1997Fran Flory14–174–105th East–
1998Jona Braden16–147–95th East–
1999Jona Braden16–156–84th East–
2000Jona Braden6–213–115th East–
2001Jona Braden13–156–87th–
2002Jona Braden13–186–108th–
2003Jona Braden14–186–108th–
2004Jona Braden12–183–1310th–
2005 Craig Skinner 17–1210–65th–
2006Craig Skinner19–1211–94th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2007Craig Skinner22–1013–74th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2008Craig Skinner26–617–32nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2009Craig Skinner29–517–31st NCAA Elite Eight
2010Craig Skinner17–1411–95th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2011Craig Skinner28–517–32nd NCAA Elite Eight
2012Craig Skinner22–1114–64th NCAA Elite Eight
2013Craig Skinner22–913–53rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2014Craig Skinner27–615–32nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2015Craig Skinner21–1014–43rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2016Craig Skinner23–815–33rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2017Craig Skinner29–417–11st NCAA Elite Eight
2018Craig Skinner26–518–01st NCAA Elite Eight
2019Craig Skinner25–716–2T-1st NCAA Elite Eight
2020Craig Skinner24–119–11st NCAA National Champions
2021Craig Skinner25–517–11st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2022Craig Skinner22–815–31st NCAA Elite Eight
2023Craig Skinner21–817–11st NCAA Elite Eight
2024Craig Skinner23–814–21st NCAA Elite Eight
Total1055–535–1455–207

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Primary Color Palette". University of Kentucky Athletics Brand Identity Guidelines (PDF). February 5, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2025 UK Volleyball factbook" (PDF). University of Kentucky. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
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