Austin Peay State University Athletics

Honors & Awards
2022 & 2023 Stacheville Challenge All-Tournament Team
ASUN Conference Fall Winners for Life Team, 2022
CSC Academic All-District: 2022, 2023
OVC Academic Medal of Honor: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
Dean's List: F19, S20, F20, S21, F21, S22, F22
Athletics Director's Honor Roll: S23, F23, S24
Legends Award 2024

2023 | Austin Peay

• Played in each of the Govs’ 29 matches and appeared in 106 sets.
• Led the team with 776 assists, averaging 7.32 per set. 
• Season-high of 54 assists against Indiana St., Sept. 1. 
• Led the team with 276 digs with an average of 2.60 per set.
• First on the team with 28 service aces. 
• Had six service aces at Central Arkansas, Sept. 24. 

2022 | Austin Peay

• Appeared in 105 sets over 27 matches and notched her second-straight 600-assist season.
• Became the ninth APSU setter to record 2,000 career assists against Liberty (Nov. 4).
• Finished the season with 648 assists (6.17 per set) and 231 digs (2.20 per set).
• Set a career-high with 22 digs against Northern Kentucky (Sept. 9) while also dishing out 33 assists.
• Served up a career-best four aces in Govs’ three-set victory against Jacksonville (Sept. 30).
• Set a season-high with 34 assists against North Dakota State (Sept. 16).
• Matched her season-best of 34 assists at Lipscomb (Oct. 12) and notched 32 assists against the Bisons two days later.

2021 | Austin Peay

• Played in 114 sets across 32 matches
• Led the team with 618 assists (5.42 per set) and 35 service aces (.31 per set), ranking ninth and fourth in OVC, respectively.
• Recorded 20-plus assists in 18 matches, including a seven-match streak from Oct. 5-22.
• Reached double-figures in assists in 27 matches.
• Had a season-high 37 assists in the first match of conference play against Morehead State (Sept. 24) and matched the 37-assist mark in OVC Volleyball Championship semifinals against the Eagles (Nov. 19).
• Had a season-high 16 digs against Indiana State (Sept. 11).
• Tallied three service aces in six different matches, including in four matches during the conference slate.

2020-21 | Austin Peay

• Played in 46 sets while seeing action in all 14 matches, starting 10 contests.
• Led Govs with 291 assists (6.33 per set) while adding 78 digs (1.70 per set) and 15 service aces (0.33 per set).
• Recorded 20-plus assists eight times.
• Notched a 31-assist, 12-dig double-double at Southeast Missouri, March 15.
• Handed out a season-best 36 assists at Eastern Illinois, Feb. 28, helping Govs post a season-best .409 team attack percentage.

2019 | Austin Peay

• Played in 27 matches (92 sets).
• Finished season with 545 assists and 15 service aces.
• Posted her first 50-plus assist outing against Southeast Missouri, Oct. 4, recording 58 assists while also recording a season-best 16 digs for her third double-double of the season.
• Played in every match following the Southeast Missouri contest, posting double-digit assist totals in each of the 15 matches.
• Added two 40-assist outings during the closing stretch: Nov. 2 against SIUE (42) and Nov. 8 at UT Martin (41)
• Scored season-best four blocks and two service aces against UT Martin, Oct. 5, while also handing out 35 assists.
• Season’s first two double-doubles came in the season’s opening two weekends. Posted a 16-assist, 13-dig outing against Maryland, August 31, and then a 23-assist, 13-dig effort against Texas Tech, Sept. 7.

Prep Career

• Mead helped lead Lawton Chiles High School and head coach Kaitlin DiLuzio to the Florida Class 8A regional semifinals as a senior.
• Selected to play the 2018 Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Volleyball Classic and was named that event's "Most Valuable Player.”
• Twice named to American Volleyball Coaches Association's Phenom List (2016 and 2017).
• Finished prep career with 2,323 assists and 1,056 digs.
• Three-time First Team All-Conference selection as a setter.
• In addition, played beach volleyball for Chiles, and led that program to a runner-up finish in the Tallahassee city championship – the top level for beach volleyball in Florida.

Personal

• Kelsey Joan Mead is the daughter of Keith and Cindy Mead.
• Birthday is Nov. 26.
• Has an older brother, Chase.
• Majoring in Sports Communication.