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12 Kira Hutson

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • High School Metea Valley High School
  • Hometown Aurora, Illinois
  • Instagram kira.hutson

Biography

Florida Career Notables
  • 2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll 
2025 Season Highs Category Career Highs
8 vs. Pitt (8/24/25) Kills 14 vs. Penn State (8/25/2023)
.240 (8-2-25) Hitting % .290 vs. Penn State (8/25/2023)
2 vs. Stanford (8/22/25) Assists 2 vs. Stanford (8/22/25)
NA Aces NA
3.0 vs. Pitt (8/24/25) Blocks 3.0 vs. Pitt (8/24/25)
12 vs. Pitt (8/24/25) Digs 12 vs. Pitt (8/24/25)
9.5 vs. Pitt (8/24/25) Points 9.5 vs. Pitt (8/24/25)
As a Redshirt Freshman (2025)
  • Started in 2/2 matches
  • Tallied double-digit digs in one match
  • In her first match back in the Orange and Blue after missing two seasons due to two shoulder surgeries, she recorded five kills, five digs, two blocks and a career-high 2 assists for 6.5 points in Florida’s season-opener against No. 6 Stanford (Aug. 22)
As a Redshirt Freshman (2024) 
  • Declared Redshirt 
As a Freshman (2023) - Match-by-Match Statistics – Career Statistics
  • Following three matches into her freshman year, Hutson suffered a season-ending shoulder injury
  • Prior to her injury:
    • Saw action in three matches and 10 sets at the start of the 2023 season
    • Made her first collegiate start at Stanford on Aug. 29
    • Recorded a career-high 14 kills and 2.0 blocks to finish with 15.5 points in her Gator debut at Penn State on Aug. 25
  • Average per set: 2.60 kills, 0.30 digs, 0.40 blocks and 2.85 points
  • Finished the year with 28.5 points, 26 digs, 4,0 blocks and three digs
Hutson’s High School Accolades
  • 2021 First Team All-State
  • 2021 First Team All-Area
  • 2021 DVC All-Conference First Team
  • 2021 DVC MVP
  • 2021 First Team PrepVolleyball All-American
  • 2021 PrepVolleyball Athlete of the Month
  • 2021 NCTV Newcomer of the Year
  • 2021 State champions
  • 2021 season kills record holder (502)
Hutson’s Club Accolades
  • 2020 1st Nike Presidents’ Day Challenge 16 primer
  • 2021 1st Jva world challenge 18 primer
  • 2021, 2022 Two-time All-Tournament Team Nike Presidents’ Day Challenge
  • 2022 ranked #11 overall by PrepVolleyball
  • 2022 ranked #1 in Illinois 
Hutson’s USA High Performance Accolades
  • 2022 Gold medal at U19 Pan Am Cup
  • 2021-22 NTDP Invitee
Hutson’s Off-the-Court Accolades
  • 2021 Illinois Principal Association Outstanding Student & School Citizen
  • 2021 academic All-Conference
  • Apart of Captains Council, which works with sport within her school and bringing up school spirit while also reaching out to the community by talking to kids at the middle schools that feed in Metea Valley
  • Also participated in basketball, soccer and gymnastics
Why Hutson Chose Florida
  • “I chose Florida because of the amazing coaching staff and the winning culture they have built. Along with having a winning program it has rigorous academics that will set me up for success in the future.”

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2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2023Freshman

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    6'3"
    12
  • 12

    2024Redshirt Freshman

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    6'3"
    12
  • 12

    2025Redshirt Freshman

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    6'3"
    12

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