Player of the Week

Last Week’s Action:

• Kattai closed her season as the NJCAA’s top scorer of the last two years. Colby missed qualifying for this week’s NJCAA Championship finals.
• Kattai led all NJCAA hitters over her freshman and sophomore seasons in kills per set (4.02), points per set (4.67) and total points (991).
• She was also Colby’s top receiver and its leader in ace serves.
• Colby ended at 24-7 this fall, 14-2 in the Kansas Jayhawk Conference.
• Both league losses were to NJCAA finals qualifier Barton, including the district championship match. The teams split two earlier five-set duels.
• Kattai led Colby last season to third place in the NJCAA Championship with a 29-5 mark. It was the best year in the Trojans’ team history.
• Kattai was the nation’s top passer-hitter in 2024 among junior college freshmen. She was the Kansas Jayhawk Freshman of the Year.
• In Estonia, Kattai has competed for the national team at the women’s and junior levels. As a beach player she led Estonia’s junior rankings.
• Kattai trained daily as a student-athlete at Audentes Sport School, a boarding school in Tallinn for athletes from throughout Estonia.

Excerpt from 2023 AVSR Global report:

“A robust, powerful athlete. … Ready to play six rotations at LH/RH in upper/mid-Division I. … Can play beach volleyball at the top collegiate level. … President of her school’s student body since junior year.”