Fairfield University Athletics

2021 (Fall): MAAC All-Academic Team…Appeared primarily in the back row for 81 sets over 27 matches…Averaged 1.79 digs per set and chipped into the scoring effort with eight aces, nine kills and a block…Reached double-digit digs in three matches led by 15 in the five-set win over Niagara on Oct. 23.

2021 (Spring): MAAC All-Academic Team…Played in 17 sets over five matches…Totaled 14 kills and averaged 1.94 digs per set playing primarily in the back row…Also served up four aces and got a piece of two blocks…Registered five kills on 13 errorless swings (.385) and notched a season-best 12 digs in a win at Niagara on March 18.

2019: MAAC All-Academic Team…Appeared in 100 sets on the outside…Averaged 1.09 kills and 2.14 digs per set…Recorded three double-doubles, highlighted by 14 kills and 22 digs at Canisius on Nov. 16…Reached double-digit kills in four matches and had double-digit digs on six occasions…Also landed 15 aces with 11 blocks.

2018: MAAC Academic Honor Roll...Appeared in 96 sets over 29 matches…Averaged 1.57 kills and 2.26 digs per set…Posted double-digit kills in six matches, including 19 in the Nov. 3 win over Siena…Had seven matches with 10 or more digs…Recorded three double-doubles…Also shared the team high of 21 service aces…Rounded out her statline with 12 assists and 17 blocks.

An outside hitter from San Diego, Julia Kallen was a four-year letterwinner and two-year captain for Kara Hanes at Rancho Bernardo High School. She was an All-State and First Team All-Palomar League honoree after setting a school record with 585 kills to go along with a team-best 380 digs. Kallen led her squad to both the CIF Division IV State Championship Match and the CIF San Diego Section Division II Championship Semifinals in 2017. For her efforts, she was selected as the team MVP as a senior and earned the team's Best Offensive Player award in three consecutive seasons. Academically, Kallen received the four-year Silver Star Award at Rancho Bernardo for her 4.0 grade-point average.

Personal: Daughter of Ross and Wendy Kallen...Older brother Nate is a defenseman on the men's ice hockey team at Ferris State.