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Jersey Number 13
Makenna Kirlin
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Setter
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- Loveland
- Major:
- Business
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Played at Loveland High School under head coach Tina Collins, where she is the program’s all-time assist leader, surpassing her sister Megan, who held the record before her.
- Named the Eastern Cincinnati Conference Offensive Player of the Year (2025)
- Four-time All-ECC First Team honoree
- Two-time Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association member (Division 2 Second Team, 2024; Division 1 First Team, 2025)
- Named a District 16 member three times, including back-to-back First Team selections her junior and senior years
- Participated in the Division 1 Cincinnati Enquirer All-Start Team
- Member of a team that made it to the state championship semifinals for the first time in program history during her senior year (2025).
- Favorite top athletic-related memory: “Reverse sweeping a private school in my area (St. Ursula Academy) in the tournament to make it to the state final four.”
- Also played club volleyball with Elevation 18-1
- Was a part of a number of academic honors during: National Honor Society, High Honors, Marine Corps Athlete Award
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Brad and Sarah Kirlin
- Two siblings, Ben and Megan
- Chose Lipscomb because of “the community and the high level of play. The program holds each other to a standard not only on the court but off the court as well.”
- Also recruited by Xavier, Wake Forest, Houston, East Tennessee State, Ohio, UMBC, Northern Illinois, Villanova and Campbell
- Favorite TV show: Grey’s Anatomy and The Gilmore Girls
- Favorite movie: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
- Favorite book: The Bible
- Favorite professional athlete: Joe Burrow
- Favorite professional sports team: Cincinnati Bengals
- Most admired person/hero: her Mom
- Says that she can do a back handspring and can hold long handstands as a hidden talent
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