ST. AUGUSTINE – Katie (Beale) Versaggi '10, Sara Davis '18, and Dick and Kathi Keller were inducted as the 20
th class of the Flagler College Athletics Hall of Fame Thursday night (May 15) at a banquet sponsored by Carrabba's Italian Grill at the Virginia Room in the Ringhaver Student Center. The event is part of the College's annual Alumni Weekend (May 15-18).
The Flagler College Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 2004 to honor student-athletes and administrators who made a major contribution to the intercollegiate sports program while at Flagler, as well as a significant impact in their community after graduating and since then 75 people, and one team, have been inducted, including this year's class.
Versaggi played volleyball for the Saints from 2006-09. She was a member of the first Flagler volleyball team to advance to the NCAA Division II National Tournament, in 2009, where they won their first match vs. Dowling in a sweep before falling in the final four in four sets. Versaggi was the first player to earn AVCA Division II All-America honors as an honorable mention. In her four-year career, she played in 151 matches and played in 483 sets. Versaggi recorded 1,259 kills, 1,523 digs, 96.0 total blocks, and had 142 service aces. Her name is all over the record book. She is third in kills in a season (524 in 2009), seventh in digs (520 in 2009), sixth in career kills, fifth in digs, and sixth in aces. Versaggi was the first player in the NCAA Division II era to record 250 or more digs in a season. In the D2-era record book, she is third in kills in a season, second in attack attempts (1,370 in 2009), and fourth in points (583.5 in 2009). Versaggi is fifth in kills in a career, fourth in attack attempts (3,697), fourth in service aces, fifth in digs, and fourth in points (1,456.0). She earned AVCA All-Southeast Region honors in 2009 and was a first team Daktronics All-Southeast Region selection. Versaggi was a first team All-Peach Belt Conference selection in 2009 and was selected as the PBC Player of the Week on Sept. 28, 2009.
Davis also played volleyball for Flagler, but from 2014-17. She was a two-time AVCA All-American earning third team honors in 2016 and second team accolades in 2017. Davis was a three-time AVCA All-Southeast Region honoree and was the AVCA Southeast Region Freshman of the Year in 2014. She was a four-time All-PBC pick and was the league's player of the year in 2017 as well as its freshman of the year in 2014. Davis helped lead the Saints to its third NCAA National Tournament appearance in the program's history in 2017. She played in 124 matches with 473 sets played in her career. She recorded 1,532 kills, hit .345, had 128 services aces, and 411 total blocks. Davis holds the program record for best hitting percentage in a season (.404 in 2017) and is ninth in block assists (91 in 2014). She is third all-time in kills, second in hitting percentage, ninth in service aces, sixth in solo blocks (68), second in block assists (343), and second in total blocks. Davis was a three-time D2CCA All-Southeast Region and was the player of the year in 2017.
The Kellers are longtime supports of Flagler Athletics. Dick Keller has served on the Saints Club Advisory Board for 12 years and also served as President for four of those years. While the Kellers have been supporters of Flagler's entire athletics program, they have been particularly avid Flagler basketball supporters during that entire time. They are season ticket holders who also travel to many away games every season to support the teams. They have donated extremely generously to the Flagler Athletics program, contributing to many facility improvements and establishing numerous scholarships for Flagler students. They have built strong relationships with Flagler student-athletes and athletics staff members as Flagler Athletics has been an extremely important part of their lives. Their love for Flagler Athletics has been proven by their dedication, loyalty, generosity, and support for many years and they would be outstanding additions to this elite society.
If you would like to nominate someone for future induction into the Hall of Fame please fill out and submit the nomination by going to flaglerathletics.com, go to "Inside Athletics" and select "Hall of Fame."
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