Leading up to the 2025 Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame and Golf Outing on Monday, June 9, GoHofstra.com will feature one of the six individuals being inducted in the Class of 2025. Today, former Hofstra volleyball student-athlete Kelsie Wills is featured.

The Class of 2025 includes: Kimberly Hillier (women's lacrosse), Robert McKeon (extraordinary service to Hofstra athletics), Mike Miller (baseball), Michael Todd (men's soccer), Kelsie Wills (volleyball), and Colonel E. David Woycik, Jr. (extraordinary service to Hofstra athletics).

The Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame and Golf Outing will take place at The Seawane Club in Hewlett Harbor, New York. You can contact the Athletic Development Office at (516) 463-4919 or prideclub@hofstra.edu for more information. 

A volleyball student-athlete from 2011 to 2014, Kelsie Wills is one of two All-Americans in program history. She was named an AVCA All-American to cap off a tremendous senior season that also saw her claim CAA Player of the Year honors after leading the conference and ranking 25th in the nation with 506 kills. Wills helped Hofstra to a CAA championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance for the second time in her storied career that season, matching the Pride's 2012 accomplishments. A three-time All-CAA First Team honoree and CAA All-Rookie selection in 2011, Wills ranks first all-time at Hofstra and third all-time in CAA history in kills with 1,942. She is the only player in program history to record three 500-kill seasons and also stands 14th all-time at Hofstra in digs with 1,226. Wills was the 2012 CAA Volleyball Championship Most Outstanding Player and was a member of the All-CAA Championship Team in 2014.

Following graduation, Wills played professionally in Paris. She also represented her native New Zealand in beach volleyball, with partner Shaunna Polley, at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. They were the nation's first women's beach volleyball team to compete at the Games. The pair also won a bronze medal at the Ulsan Open in South Korea on the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. Wills left volleyball to play rugby in 2019 and has represented New Zealand in international competition and played professionally for the Chiefs Manawa squad.