University of West Florida

AVCA All-American Honorable Mention
AVCA D2 All-South Region Team
2023 Second Team All-GSC
Colorado Premier Challenge All-Tournament Team
2023 GSC Fall Academic Honor Roll
 
2023 (Gr.): Named AVCA All-American Honorable Mention, AVCA D2 All-South Region, Second Team All-GSC for her play in her lone season as an Argonaut … Tallied 251 kills on 558 swings across 115 sets played for an average of 2.18 kills per set … Production was good for a .301 hitting percentage, the sixth best in the GSC … 11 matches with double-digit kills … Also tallied 93 total blocks, ninth best in the conference, and 75 digs as well as 15 aces and 13 assists … Season high of 15 kills and 17 points vs. eventual national champion Cal State-LA the same day she put up 13 and 16, respectively, vs. Central Missouri (9/8) on the way to placing on the Colorado Premier Challenge All-Tournament Team … Hit for season-best percentage of .700 vs. Christian Brothers (9/30) … Season highs of seven digs vs. Alabama Huntsville (10/6), six blocks vs. Montevallo (11/18) and three aces at West Georgia (10/25).

Graduate transfer from Nebraska-Kearney ... Earned a bachelors in Advertising and Public Relations with a minor in Marketing Management ... Joined UWF in January of 2023 ... Pursuing her MBA in Entrepreneurship ... 128 sets ... .327 pct. ... 1.8 kills, 0.6 blocks and 0.4 digs per set.

2022 (R-Sr. at UNK): AVCA All-American Honorable Mention … AVCA D2 All-Region Honorable Mention … First Team All-MIAA … Played in 116 of 124 sets … Racked up 323 kills on 729 attempts for a .311 hitting percentage, good for second best on the team and fifth in the conference … Had eighth most points in the conference with 407.5 total and 3.51 per set … Also totaled 110 digs, 103 total blocks and 27 aces … Her 0.89 blocks per set was eighth-best in the MIAA … Reached personal best marks of 22 kills and 23 total points at Central Missouri (9/24), 10 digs vs. Washburn (10/4), six blocks at Newman (10/15) and three aces vs. Central Missouri (10/21).

2021 (R-Jr. at UNK): Second-team All-MIAA ... Played in 112 of a possible 115 sets ... Came in at 1.9 kills, 0.6 blocks and 0.4 digs per set while hitting .336, ranking second on the team ... Five matches with a double digit kill total ... 11 kills in 5-set NCAA Regional loss to Concordia-St. Paul ... Hit .409 with 12 kills in a home sweep of Pitt State ... Combined for 31 kills in 3-match stretch against West Texas A&M, Emporia and Washburn ... Hit .404 during these matches in mid-September ... Had seven matches with at least three blocks ... 15 matches hitting at least .400.

Spring 2021 (COVID-So. at UNK): Helped the Lopers go 16-3 in the non-traditional spring season and win the MIAA Spring Tournament ... Match-high 20 kills and hit .500 with four blocks in a Blue/Gold fall scrimmage ... Had eight kills and four blocks in win vs. Fort Hays ... Collected three kills, three digs and two blocks at NW Missouri.

2019 (R-Fr. at UNK): Joined the program in January 2019 ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in nine matches with a start (16 sets) ... 20 kills, 10 blocks, six digs and a .255 hitting pct. ... Had four kills, three blocks and two digs in a sweep of York College while making her first collegiate start ... Had five kills on eight swings (.500 pct.) in home sweep of Emporia State ... Registered four kills in seven attempts (.571 pct.) in two sets vs. Sterling College ... Had two kills and two blocks in the National Championship match against Cal State San Bernardino (12/14/19).

2018 (Fr. at Northern Colorado): Redshirted at Northern Colorado.

PREP: Four-year volleyball letterwinner ... three-year letterman in track ... all-state, all-district all-region and all-league in volleyball ... helped the Bearcat volleyball team win conference twice and finish as Class A District runners up in back-to-back years ... participated in the USA Volleyball Young National Team Training Block ... during the spring was a three-time state track medalist ... 2018 state runner up in the high jump (5-6) ... effort helped KHS finish as the team runners up ... program was state champs in 2017 and runners up in 2016 ... also ran on the 2015 4x8 relay team that came in second at state

PERSONAL: Born June 20, 2000 ... Daughter of Shawn and Becky Sterling.

Why UWF? "I chose the University of West Florida because of the people. After having conversations with the coaching staff and the team, I was inspired by their philosophies both on and off the court. Although I will forever be grateful for my experience at UNK, I am looking forward to ending my career as an Argo and calling UWF my new home!"
 
Wolter's Comments: "Bailee comes from an extremely successful UN-Kearney program. She is extremely athletic and provides some offensive firepower and will fit in well to our blocking scheme."