• Kessy has been ranked in the AVP's top 10 in four of the five seasons from 2004-2008.
• Kessy ended the 2008 AVP season with a win in the individual event and the FIVB season with a pair of victories.
• In her last five tournaments of 2008, Kessy collected a total of $101,000 in prize money.

2008: Kessy and Ross were in the semifinals in all but one AVP event, including five championship matches, ending as the third-ranked team on Tour. In the season-ending Best of the Beach competition, Kessy won her first title in the individual format tournament, playing with Kerri Walsh in the finals. That tournament pushed her into the top 10 in domestic earnings all-time. Internationally, Kessy and Ross just missed qualifying for the Beijing Olympics, finishing seventh in the world rankings but as the third American team. Kessy and Ross ended the FIVB season with a second place finish followed by victories on consecutive weekends.
2007: Kicked off her new partnership with April Ross with a second-place finish in the season opener in Miami. The pair advanced to five additional semifinals, including another championship match. In Hermosa Beach they defeated Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh in the winner's bracket, marking just the third time that duo had lost on the AVP Tour prior to the semifinals. On the FIVB Tour, their first event ended with a loss in the country qualifier. The next week, in the Stavanger Grand Slam, they became the lowest seeded team (29th) to win an FIVB event. After winning their country quota match and a pair of qualifier matches, they overcame two early pool play losses and won six straight matches to capture the title.
2006: Played for the first time with Nancy Mason domestically, and the duo reached the championship match in their first two events. In the next eight events they advanced to the semifinals three times, and Boss teamed with Rachel Wacholder for the remainder of the season. In five tournaments with Wacholder, they had four semifinal appearances including two finals. Kessy ended sixth in hitting percentage (.438) and eighth in blocks per game (.81). Internationally, Kessy had a best of 13th in eight events with the two different partners.
2005: Began playing with Holly McPeak, and the duo reached the semifinals in 11 of 13 events including two championship matches, ending as the third-ranked team on the AVP Tour. In the Goddess of the Beach event, Kessy was chosen by Rachel Wacholder as a partner in the finals. Kessy ended the year ranked second on the Tour in blocks per game (1.03). Internationally, Kessy and McPeak played in four events, with a best of seventh in the Klagenfurt Grand Slam despite suffering a first-round defeat. Kessy and Nancy Mason competed four times on the FIVB Tour, with three fifth-place finishes and a semifinal appearance in Acapulco after advancing from the qualifier.
2004: Playing with Fontana, advanced to four semifinals, including her first championship match (in Huntington Beach). Additionally, her five fifth-place finishes helped her to a top-10 ranking and the Most Improved Player award. Ranked third on the Tour in blocks per game (.99).
2003: Played most of the season with Jenny Pavley before partnering with Barbra Fontana. In seven events, she finished lower than her previous career best, ninth, just once. On the year she lost just one match to a team seeded lower, while logging three upset victories en route to her first top 20 season in terms of points.
2002: Equaled her career best of ninth domestically two times in six AVP events.
2001: Again played five domestic events, with three ninths, and twice played overseas, winning an FIVB Challenger event in Thailand with Heather Lowe.
2000: Began her pro beach career with five domestic events, with a best of ninth, and three international tournaments. 

Hot Winter Nights: Played in seven events in 2008, winning in Norfolk and placing second in Portland. In 2009 she played in five HWN events, winning in her final one in Salt Lake City.

College: Kessy graduated from USC with a degree in history and was a member of the volleyball team for all four years (1995-1998). She was named All-District in 1997, All-American in 1998 and earned All-PAC 10 selection 1995-1998. Kessy was also a member of the U.S. Junior National Team. She played indoors professionally for the Chicago Thunder in 2002 and in Puerto Rico in 2003.

Personal: Kessy was born and raised in Orange County alongside her brothers Ryan and Travis.