2024 Volleyball Roster
Bumpers, Skyler
Jersey Number 13
Skyler Bumpers
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- MB
- Hometown:
- Mobile, Ala.
- High School:
- McGill-Toolen HS
Bio
AWARDS/ACCOLADES
- All-Southern Conference award (2023)
- Southern Conference Player of the Week (Oct. 16, 2023)
- Record holder for single-season hitting percentage
AS A JUNIOR (2023)
- Played in 28 matches (103 sets)
- Registered 235 kills (2.28/set), 47 digs, nine assists, nine service aces and finished with a team-high 93 blocks
- Notched double-digit kills 11 times, including a season-high 15 kills against The Citadel, ETSU and Chattanooga
- Recorded multiple blocks 22 times, including a season-best 10 blocks against Middle Tennessee
- Turned in a season-high six digs against Furman
AS A SOPHOMORE AT TULANE (2022)
- Played in 26 matches (25 starts), and logged playing time in 90 sets
- Hit .205 at the net with 109 kills (1.21/set) and five assists
- Also tallied a team-best 64 blocks (17 solo) and 16 digs
- Registered a season-best 10 kills against both Fresno State and Wichita State
- Turned in multiple blocks in 18 contests, including a season-best five blocks against four opponents
AS A FRESHMAN AT TULANE (2021)
- Played in seven matches (2 starts), while grabbing playing time in 11 sets
- Turned in 15 kills, a pair of digs and two block assists
HIGH SCHOOL
- Lettered three times for McGill-Toolen Catholic High School and coach Kate Wood
- Collected more than 1,000 career kills for the Yellowjackets
- Named to all-tournament team at the 2018 and 2019 state tournaments, including MVP nod in 2018
- Named MaxPreps and AVCA State Player of the Week
- Also earned all-star team recognition following junior campaign
- Played club volleyball for Lower Alabama Volleyball organization
- Maintained a 4.1 cumulative grade point average at McGill-Toolen Catholic High School
PERSONAL
- The daughter of Melissa and Brian Bumpers
- Has a younger sister, Lily
- A psychology major at Mercer
GET TO KNOW SKYLER
- Plays the guitar
- Hobbies include shopping, drawing and going out to restaurants
- Usually refuses to share brie
- If she owned a yacht, she would name it "Sassy Girl"
- Has a fear of whales
- Names her father as her hero
- Favorite food is sushi and her favorite dessert is tru fru
- Favorite color is green
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