Marshall University Athletics
Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2018
- Class:
- 2007
Immediately upon joining the Marshall volleyball team from Trincity, Trinidad, Kelly-Anne Billingy began re-writing the Thundering Herd record book. By the time she graduated, having led her team to unprecedented success, she was Marshall's all-time leader in kills with 2,481, the program's leader in kills per set (5.15) and is second in service aces (192) and hitting percentage (.338). She was a four-time American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American and was a four-time winner of AVCA All-Midwest Region honors as well. She also garnered AVCA All-Midwest Region Freshman of the Year in 2004 and National Player of the Week acclaim in 2005.
In 2006, Billingy led the nation in kills per game (6.61). In Conference USA, she was the three-time Player of the Year (2005-06-07), three-time all-conference, as well as earning honors for the All-C-USA Tournament team in all three of those years as well, which included tournament MVP honors in 2005. She was also on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll in both 2006 and 2007. The Herd was in the Mid-American Conference in 2004 and she was first-team All-MAC, the MAC Freshman of the Year, earned a spot on the All-MAC Freshman team and captured All-MAC Tournament honors as well. She helped lead the program to C-USA regular season and tournament titles in 2005 and a regular season title in 2007. Following her collegiate career, Billingy continued to play for the Trinidad and Tobago national team. She was inducted into the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 2018.
