Kenna Wollard returns to Purdue volleyball. What will her function be?
WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue volleyball‘s sorrow of a three-set loss to No. 6 Wisconsin on Sunday, Sept. 27 at Mackey Arena was brightened by the presence of an All-American outside hitter.
Senior Kenna Wollard, who in August introduced on social media in August she is “at present coping with an sudden well being problem that can preserve me away for a short while” and needs to not share additional particulars at the moment, was on the sideline for the second time this common season.
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And it might be a recurring theme.
“Kenna is again with us. She goes to journey with us if we let her to Oregon (Oct. 2) and Washington (Oct. 4),” Purdue volleyball coach Dave Shondell mentioned. “It will probably be good to have her with us. Hopefully she may give us an emotional carry somewhat bit.”
Wollard beforehand returned to Mackey Arena for Purdue’s match in opposition to Georgia on Sept. 2 however left earlier than Purdue completed off a five-set victory.
Purdue Boilermakers outdoors hitter Kenna Wollard (4) high-fives Purdue Boilermakers defensive specialist Ryan McAleer (3) on Sunday, April 19, 2026, in the course of the sport on the Fishers Event Center in Fishers.
Last season, Wollard was a unanimous All-Big Ten Selection, Midwest Region Player of the Year and a second-team All-American after serving to Purdue go 27-7 and attain the Elite Eight in a 12 months she led the Boilermakers with 4.4 kills per set. Wollard entered 2026 as a preseason All-Big Ten choice and on the National Player of the Year watch listing.
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Shondell doesn’t anticipate Wollard returning to competitors this season.
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“She feels actually good proper now and he or she needs to be again. She thinks that is going to be actually good for her to be again and be round her individuals,” Shondell mentioned. “She needs to journey with us and medical doctors say she is completely able to go and journey with us. She’s getting a lot of therapy. Sometimes that therapy goes easy and generally it would not, nevertheless it’s going very easy to this point, so we’re completely happy about that.”
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