Sophomore Year (2008): Played and started all 29 matches … Named to the all-Patriot League first team … Ranked second on the team in kills with 2.25 … Ranked first on the team in blocks per game 0.68 … Ranked second on the team with a .290 hitting percentage ... Registered 10 double-digit kills performances, including five in her final eight matches … Posted a season-best 15 kills in the four-game victory at Binghamton on Sept. 16 … Tallied 12 kills and a .478 hitting percentage in a 3-0 win over Bucknell on Oct. 10 … Hit a career-best .692 with 10 kills against Lafayette on Nov. 14 … Picked up a career-best seven blocks against Bucknell on Oct. 10 … Had nine kills and three total blocks in Colgate’s Patriot League Tournament Semifinal victory over Army.
Freshman Year (2007): Played and started all 30 matches … Named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year … Ranked third on the team in kills with 2.41 … Ranked second on the team in blocks and first in the Patriot League among all rookies with 0.85 per game … Turned in the second most block assists by a freshman in Colgate history with 78 … Selected to the Penn State Volleyball Tournament all-Tournament Team … Ranked third on the team and among all freshmen in the Patriot League with a .253 hitting percentage … Named Patriot League Rookie of the Week twice … Registered 14 double-digit kills performances, including 10 in her final 13 matches … Posted a career-best 20 kills in the five-game victory at Navy on Oct. 6 to help earn her first weekly award … Tallied 17 kills in four games at Lehigh on Oct. 19 … Hit a season-best .600 with 14 kills and two errors against Holy Cross on Oct. 13 … Picked up a season-best five blocks four times … Had 12 kills and five total blocks in Colgate’s Patriot League Tournament Semifinal victory over Army … Registered a career-best four solo blocks at American on Oct. 5 … Posted at least one block in 28 of the 30 matches … Had at least one kills in all 30 matches.
Before Colgate: Ritt was a three-year letterwinner at St. Mary’s High School … Helped lead the Pirates to the 2004 and 2005 CHSAA Conference and regional titles … Team captain as a senior … Pirates finished second in the region her senior season and fifth in the Colorado State High School Volleyball Championships … Finished her career with 736 kills, 273 blocks, 74 aces, and 424 digs … Named to the Colorado Coaches of Girls’ Sports, the Colorado High School Coaches Association, and Rocky Mountain News all-state teams in 2006 … Voted to the Denver Post all-state second team … Selected as the Tri-Peaks League East Division Player of the Year in 2006 … Earned all-region, all-area, and all-conference honors in 2005 and 2006 … Named to the Colorado High School Activities Association Academic all-state first team as a senior and garnered honorable mention honors as a junior … Currently plays her club volleyball with Stellar Volleyball Club ... Helped guide Stellar to the National Junior Olympics in Minneapolis, Minn. after it captured the Rocky Mountain Region Qualifier … Named to the tournament’s all-star team … Also helped lead the team to 13th place of 145 teams at the Las Vegas Classic, ninth at the Big South Qualifier, and 13th at the Colorado Crossroads Qualifier in 2006-07 … Also was a member of the Colorado Springs Altitude Volleyball Club for three years … Was a member of the swimming and diving team … Holds the school record on the 1-meter board and in the 400-meter freestyle relay … Served as Vice President of the Latin Club and was the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper.
Personal: Casey Kathleen Ritt was born on May 31, 1989 in Colorado Springs, Colorado … Daughter of Daniel and Ellen Ritt … Has one brother … Major is political science.
