Career: Skyler Day will graduate Fairfield University ranked fifth all-time in kills (1,305) and eighth in points (1,433.5) in just three seasons of action. She was the first back-to-back MAAC Player of the Year in program history.
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2017: MAAC Player of the Year…First Team All-MAAC…MAAC Championship MVP…MAAC Preseason Player of the Year…Preseason All-MAAC…Fairfield University Female Athlete of the Year…Two-time MAAC Player of the Week…Skyler Day appeared in 103 sets for the Stags, racking up 3.77 kills on .205 hitting and 2.74 digs per set…She had a career-best 30 kills in the Oct. 1 win at Niagara to highlight 22 matches in double-digit kills, including five 20-plus kill efforts…Day also notched double-digit digs on 13 occasions en route to 10 double-doubles…Day posted 4.50 kills and 3.50 digs per set in the MAAC Championship to earn MVP honors.
2016: MAAC Player of the Year…First Team All-MAAC…MAAC All-Championship Team…ECAC First Team All-Star…MAAC Preseason Player of the Year…A three-time MAAC Player of the Week…Led the MAAC with 4.28 kills and 4.70 points per set…497 total kills and 4.28 kills per set both rank fifth in program history…Her 1,324 attempts mark a program record…Also contributed 284 digs (2.45 per set), 31 blocks, a team-high 30 service aces and 25 assists…Hit .223 on the outside…Recorded double-digit kills in her first 12 matches of the fall, a streak broken when she did not take a swing in a sweep at Saint Peter’s…Totaled double-digit kills in 30 matches, including six contests with 20 finishers…Had a career-high 24 kills in a five-set win at Niagara on Nov. 6 and in the MAAC Championship Semifinal win over Siena on Nov. 19…Hit over .300 in seven matches, including a .425 day with 22 kills (22-5-40) in a sweep at Quinnipiac on Oct. 8 and a .341 mark (18-4-41) in the MAAC Championship Match…Averaged 6.00 kills per set in the MAAC postseason…Reached double-digit digs on 12 occasions, including 11 double-doubles…Attained her season best of 16 digs in three matches.
2015: First Team All-MAAC…MAAC All-Championship Team…Ranked third in the MAAC with a team-leading 3.59 kills per set…Had a conference-high 420 total kills…Hit .199 from the outside…Had double-digit kills in 26 of 31 matches, including 20 kills in a five-set loss at Iona on Oct. 18…Had 10 or more kills in 19 straight matches spanning through the MAAC Championship…Contributed 2.94 dig per frame, notching 10 or more digs in 20 contests…Had back-to-back 20-dig performances with 20 in a four-set win over Iona to cap the regular season and a career-high 22 in the five-set MAAC Championship Semifinal win over Manhattan…Recorded a team-leading 18 double-doubles…Posted nine straight double-doubles from the end of the regular season through the MAAC Championship…Added 32 service aces, 30 blocks and 25 assists.
2014 (at Buffalo):Â Day averaged 1.75 kills and 2.04 digs per set in her freshman season at the University at Buffalo. She recorded three double-doubles for the Bulls, including back-to-back performances in a Mid-American Conference weekend in which she totaled 28 kills and 24 digs in wins over Akron and Toledo. Day rounded out her 57 sets of action in 2014 with 12 blocks, nine service aces and five assists.
High School: A three-time All-Southwest Prairie Conference honoree and two-time Morris Daily Herald Player of the Year.
Personal:Â Daughter of Tammy Day...Majoring in Psychology.