Georgia Southern University Athletics

Honors and Awards
GS President’s List Spring 2023
2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
GS President's List Fall 2022
2021 first-team All-Sun Belt
2021-22 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
GS Dean’s List Fall 2021
GS President's List Spring 2022
2020-21 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
2019-20 Sun Belt Commissioner's List

Fifth Year (2022): Started all 26 matches she played in, averaging 1.18 kills and 0.83 blocks per set • Reached double-figure kills in six matches • Recorded five-plus blocks in six contests • Collected 318 career blocks at Georgia Southern, good for ninth on the school’s all-time list • Totaled a season-high 14 kills at Appalachian State (11/5) • Collected a season-high eight blocks vs. VCU (9/9).

Senior (2021): Ranked second in the Sun Belt in hitting percentage (.365) • One of two Eagles to play in all 107 sets •  Ranked second on the team with 2.40 kills per set and led the Eagles with 99 blocks • Reached double figures in kills in 11 contests, including a career-high 19 vs. Georgia State Oct. 9, which she matched against UTA in the Sun Belt Tournament (11/19) • Hit .361 and added seven blocks vs. the Mavs after collecting 13 kills and six blocks vs. ULM (11/18) in the Eagles’ opening match of the Sun Belt Tourney • Posted four-plus blocks in 17 contests • Totaled a season-high eight blocks to go along with 12 kills vs. Alabama State (9/17) • Became the first Eagle to earn first-team All-Sun Belt honors since Lauren Reichard in 2017.

Junior (2020): One of three Eagles to play in all 62 sets • Tallied 117 kills and 46 blocks, ranking third on the team in both categories • Reached double-figure kills twice and posted one double-double with season highs of 13 kills and 11 blocks in a Sun Belt Tourney win over Troy (11/18) • Also had 13 kills and hit .667 in a win over the Trojans in the final game of the regular season (11/13) • Named to the GS President's List in the fall and the Dean's List in the spring.

Sophomore (2019): Ranked seventh in the Sun Belt in hitting percentage (.299) • Her 15 blocks against Troy (10/4) was the highest single-match total by any player in the Sun Belt; it also broke the Georgia Southern record for blocks in a match • One of four Eagles to play in all 101 sets • Led the Eagles with 93 blocks • Totaled 161 kills, 49 digs and 10 aces • Reached double figures in kills in four contests • Had five-plus blocks in five matches • Notched a season-best 13 kills to go along with four blocks at South Alabama (10/25) • Posted 13 kills and eight blocks in the season finale at Georgia State (11/15) • Had 11 kills against ULM (10/17) and Appalachian State (11/8) • Named to GS President's List in the fall and spring.

Before Georgia Southern: Transfer from UNCW • Played in six matches as a freshman for the Seahawks • Recorded two kills and a block while hitting .667 in her collegiate debut vs. Norfolk State • Lettered four seasons for coach Ross Usie at West Orange High School • Ranked 28th nationally in the 2017 senior class • Named first-team all-area as a senior and ranked third in the state in assists • Recorded 776 assists, 139 digs, 44 blocks, 29 aces and 72 kills in her senior season.

Personal: Born Baylor Kay Bumford June 2, 2000, in Orlando, Fla. • The daughter of Dana and Merle Bumford • Has an older sister, Madison.

Major: Management.