Columbia University Athletics

When you think of the best all-around volleyball players in Columbia Lions history, Katie Beauregard Sheehy ’03CC, ’06LAW  is right at the top of the list.
 
Beauregard arrived at Columbia for the fall of 1999 and made an immediate impact. In her first season, she led the team in both kills and digs, posting 225 kills and 281 digs to help the Lions to a 15-12 record, marking their first winning season since 1992 and their most wins at the time in the program’s modern era. As a sophomore, Beauregard became a team captain for the first time – a role she would hold for three years – and put together a spectacular campaign. The future legend recorded 398 digs – the program record at the time and the sixth-highest mark to date – to go with 267 kills and 35 aces. To top it off, Columbia won 16 matches to set the program’s modern record – a mark which stands to this day.
 
A trying start to the 2001 season began with Beauregard and the team captains making the decision to cancel that year’s Columbia Classic in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. However, once the Lions got back on the court, they rolled off seven straight victories and put together one of the best seasons in program history. With Beauregard as the backbone, Columbia went 14-9 with an 8-6 mark in Ivy League play to post their first winning Ivy League record in program history. The season included a league-opening victory over Cornell, along with a four-match winning streak in October before the Lions won their final three matches over Yale, Dartmouth and Harvard.  Beauregard led Columbia through the season with a team-best 309 digs and 28 aces, ranking fourth in the Ivy League in aces.
 
Beauregard went out with 260 digs, 197 kills and 27 aces as a senior, including leading the Lions to back-to-back victories over Dartmouth and Harvard to close out her collegiate career. That season, she went on to be named an Academic All-American after earning Academic All-Ivy League honors four years running.
 
Beauregard’s name can be found all over the Columbia volleyball record books. She still holds the career record in aces with 117 and is the only Lion in program history who has totaled more than 100. Beauregard is No. 3 all-time in digs with 1,248 – the program record when she graduated – and was the first player in program history to eclipse 1,000. Her 398 digs from her junior year ranks sixth in single-season history. The all-around volleyball player is also No. 5 all-time in kills with 864.