Kelli Jo Burgess Season 2026

Personal

• Parents are Chris and Lesa Burgess
• Dad, Chris, played basketball at Duke and Utah; is now an assistant coach for the BYU men's basketball team
• Mom, Lesa, played soccer at Utah
• Has four younger siblings
• Sister, Zoey, is also a middle blocker and plays at Arizona State

Before BYU

• Played two seasons at Oklahoma before transferring to BYU
• 2025 AVCA All-Central Region Honorable Mention
• 2025 All-SEC Second Team
• Recorded 195 kills, hitting .411 in 2025
• Also had 136 total blocks (including 18 solo), with a career-high 11 blocks against Kentucky
• Spent two seasons at Utah prior to her time at OU, redshirting in 2023
• 2022 AVCA Pacific South Region Freshman of the Year
• 2022 All-Pac-12 Freshman Team
• Led all Pac-12 freshman in hitting percentage (.376) and blocks per set (1.20)
• Three-time state champion at Lone Peak High School
• 2021 Second Team AVCA High School All-American
• 2021 Deseret News 6A Player of the Year
• Two-time First Team All-State (2020-21)