Shepherd University Athletics

2022: Appeared in 24 matches (81 sets) with 21 starts ... recorded 152 kills, 70 blocks (six solos), 34 digs, 25 aces, and 11 assists.

2021:  Appeared in 29 matches (103 sets) with 26 starts ... recorded 211 kills, 102 blocks (14 solos), 92 digs, 11 assists, and three aces.

2020:  No season due to COVID-19.

2019:  Appeared in 11 games (27 sets) without any starts ... recorded 24 kills, 21 blocks (1 solo), 13 digs and one assist on the season.

Prior to Shepherd: A 2019 graduate of Indian Valley High School where she played volleyball for Tera Pryor ... a four-year letterwinner in volleyball and track ... also lettered two years in basketball ... recorded 829 kills with a  .431 attack percentage with 390 assists, 299 digs, and 99 aces.

Personal: The daughter of Richard Rakestraw and Angela Robbins ... majoring in social work ... her twin sister, Kiara, also plays volleyball for the Rams.

Kitanna Rakestraw
                                    Season High                                    Career High
Kills                  12 vs. Shaw (8-27-22)                      14 vs. FSU (9-21-21)    
Assists             1 vs. Mill (10-1-22)                             3 vs. WCU (10-8-21)
Points              15.5 vs. Shaw (8-27-22)                    18 vs. WCU (11-12-21)
Aces                0                                                          1 vs. KUTZ (10-2-21) 
Digs                 4 vs. KUTZ (9-24-22)                          9 vs. SHIP (9-24-21)
Blocks             7 vs. Shaw (8-27-22)                           8 vs. SHIP (9-24-21)