University of Albany

2022
Finished the season top five in the America East in service aces per set … led the Great Danes with 34 service aces … finished second on the team with 1.97 digs per set … started three of 26 matches played … notched a season-high 16 digs (11/11) … added a three-set season-high with 10 digs (10/2) and a four-set season-high with 13 digs (10/23) … tallied a season-high four service aces in four different four-set matches (9/10, 9/13, & 9/27) … overall totaled 189 digs, 34 aces, 18 assists, 10 kills, and 44.0 points.

Quick Facts: A mid-year transfer from the University of Hartford, Fitzgerald served as the sole non-starter to compete in all 84 sets with the Hawks. In her early high school years in Wisconsin, she was a two-time WIAA All-Conference selection and earned WIAA All-State honors as a sophomore. After moving to Massachusetts, Fitzgerald became a two-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic Athlete and Boston Globe All-Scholastic selection. Through the MIAA, she was named an All-Star, All-Conference, and All-State selection for both years of competition (2019-20). Fitzgerald closed out her high school career as the 2020 Middlesex League MVP.

Pickard on Fitzgerald: “Kaleigh hit the ground running when she joined us in January. She has experience in the America East and knows what it takes to be successful there. Kaleigh is an extremely hard worker who has already grown so much since she has been with us and we are very excited to see where she can go.”