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Cortland Red Dragons

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2025 Women's Volleyball Roster

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11 Kira Pirrera

  • Position Outside Hitter/Right Side
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Hauppauge
  • High School Smithtown West
  • Major Early Childhood Education

Biography

2025: Kira was an honorable mention All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)...Earned first team all-region honors from the AVCA...Selected as the SUNYAC Player of the Year and a first team All-SUNYAC honoree...Chosen to the Div. III Women's Volleyball Academic All-District team by College Sports Communicators for the second consecutive year...Saw action in 114 sets across 32 matches for Cortland...Registered 435 kills on a .226 attack percentage, 338 digs, 54.0 blocks, 54 service aces, and 12 assists for the year...Recorded 10 or more kills in 24-of-32 matches, including 20 or more kills four times...Posted 10 or more digs in 17 matches...Provided 21 kills and a season-high 28 digs against Ithaca...Had a 22-kill, 14-dig double-double in a five-set home victory over Bowdoin...Totaled 22 kills, nine digs, and two aces in a four-set victory over Gettysburg...Finished with 21 kills on a .294 attack percentage against Salisbury...Registered 19 kills, 13 digs, and two aces in a four-set victory over Middlebury...Recorded 14 kills and 14 digs in a four-set victory over UMass Boston...Finished with 13 kills and 17 digs against Swarthmore...Ended with 17 kills and 11 digs in a four-set home victory over Muhlenberg...Chipped in 14 kills and 10 digs in a three-set home sweep over Misericordia...Provided 16 kills on a .444 attack percentage and 10 digs in a three-set home sweep over Hartwick...Tallied 13 kills and 17 digs in a three-set sweep at home against Rochester...Had 13 kills and 18 digs at Scranton...Logged 16 kills, 18 digs, and two aces in a three-set home sweep over Fredonia...Totaled 19 kills and 11 digs in a three-set sweep at Oneonta...Notched 17 kills, 10 digs, and three aces in a four-set victory over Brandeis...Recorded 13 kills and 13 digs against Christopher Newport in the first round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Was chosen as the SUNYAC Offensive Athlete of the Week four times during the season, on Sept. 8, Sept. 22, Sept. 29, and Oct. 14.

2024: Kira was a Div. III Women's Volleyball Academic All-District selection by College Sports Communicators...Played in all 32 matches and saw action in 95 sets...Finished with 187 kills, 66 digs, 47 blocks, and nine assists...Recorded a season-high 14 kills against Saint Benedict...Registered 11 kills on a .733 hitting percentage and had three blocks in a win at Potsdam...Totaled nine kills and three blocks in a win at Clarkson...Chipped in eight kills against Gettysburg...Had eight kills, two digs, and two blocks in a win over Eastern...Finished with five kills on a .444 attack percentage, and had three blocks and two digs, in a win over Buffalo State in the SUNYAC Finals...Chipped in seven kills each in wins over Texas Lutheran, Williams, Mary Washington, at Buffalo State, and at Ithaca.

2023: Was named SUNYAC Rookie of the Year and a third team All-SUNYAC selection...Played in 79 sets across 26 matches...Registered 156 kills, 49 digs, 30 blocks, and six assists...Reached double figures in kills four times...Recorded season-highs with 13 kills and six blocks, and had a hitting percentage of .542 in a win over New Paltz...Tallied 11 kills in a win at Hamilton and against Eastern...Recorded 10 kills and four blocks in a win against Stevens...Had eight kills on 12 attempts with a .583 hitting percentage in a win over Brockport. 

High School: Kira graduated from Smithtown West in 2023...Scholar Athlete...Member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society...Business Olympics finalist...DECA Regional winner...Three-year starter in volleyball...Named Rookie of the Year and team MVP...Named to the Elite 8...Earned all-county, all-class and all-state honors...Garnered first team All-Long Island accolades...Team won back-to-back county titles...Three-year starter in basketball...Named an all-county academic...Four-year starter in badminton...Team MVP.

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2023Freshman

    Right Side
    5'10"
    11
  • 11

    2024Sophomore

    Right Side
    5'10"
    11
  • 11

    2025Junior

    Outside Hitter/Right Side
    5'10"
    11