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2019 Volleyball Roster

8 Nikki Kennedy

8 Nikki Kennedy

  • Height:
    6-4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Legend HS
  • Hometown:
    Parker, Colo.

Summary

Biography

Career Notes
2-year letterwinner
2019 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
2019 All-RMAC First Team
2019 NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship All-Tournament Team
2019 NCAA South Central Region Championship All-Tournament Team
2019 RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll
2019 RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (9/16/19)
2019 RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (9/9/19)
2019 Colorado Premier Challenge All-Tournament Team
2019 Seawolf Invitational Most Outstanding Player (MOP)
2018 D2SIDA All-South Central Region Second Team
2018 AVCA All-America Third Team
2018 AVCA All-South Central Region First Team
2018 All-RMAC First Team
2018 Academic All-RMAC Honor Roll
RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (10/8/18)
RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/24/18)
2018 Colorado Premier Challenge All-Tournament Team
2018 West Florida Invitational All-Tournament Team
2018 RMAC Preseason Player of the Year
2018 RMAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
2018 Preseason All-RMAC Team
2017 AVCA All-America First Team
2017 D2CCA All-America Third Team
2017 D2CCA All-South Central Region First Team
2017 AVCA All-South Central Region
2017 RMAC Player of the Year
2017 RMAC Defensive Player of the Year
2017 NCAA South Central Regional Tournament Team
2017 RMAC All-Tournament MVP
2017 Oredigger Classic All-Tournament Team
RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (10/23/17)
RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (10/2/17)
RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (9/4/17)

All-Time Rankings
Attack Percentage: 1st (.359)
Blocks per Set: 3rd (1.33)
Points per Set: 12th (3.84)
Block Assists: 14th (266)
Kills per Set: 15th (3.04)
Total Blocks: 15th (313)
Block Solos: 19th (47)

Season Rankings
Attack pct: 6th (.360 in 2017)
Attack pct: 7th (.358 in 2018)
Block assists: 6th (140 in 2017)
Total blocks: 10th (170 in 2017)
Blocks per set: 11th (1.36 in 2017)
Block assists: 12th (126 in 2018)
Total blocks: 19th (143 in 2018)
Block solos: t-25th (30 in 2017)

Career Match-Highs
Kills– 18 (three times in 2018)
Total Attacks – 42 (at Colorado Mesa, 9/28/18)
Blocks – 13 (vs. New Mexico Highlands, 10/21/17)
Hitting Percentage – .857 (vs. CSU Pueblo, 10/20/17)

2018 | Junior
Started in and played all 29 matches as a junior... led the team with 143 total blocks, which ranked second in the conference and 13th in all of Division II... 1.29 blocks per set average was second in the RMAC and 14th in the country... had 352 kills leading to a 3.17 kills per set average and a team-high .358 attack percentage (4th in the RMAC)... in addition to her kills she recorded a 3.97 points per set which led the team, ranked fifth in the conference and 87th in the country... she also registered 30 digs, nine service aces and four assists on the season... recorded a season-high 18 kills on three occasions in 2018... had a season-high eight blocks on four occasions... also posted four service aces against Western Washington on August 25.

2017 | Sophomore
Kennedy had a major impact on the squad in 2017 as she was named the RMAC Player of the Year and RMAC Defensive Player of the Year... she became the youngest All-America First Team selection in the history of Regis Volleyball... started all 35 matches... played in a team-high 125 sets... led the team and ranked second in the nation with 170 total blocks... ranked third on the team and eighth in the conference with 365 kills to go along with a 2.92 kills per set average... ranked second on the team with a .360 attack percentage... her 1.36 blocks per set average was the highest in the conference and the seventh best in all of Division II... produced a season-high 16 kills, twice, against Western New Mexico on September 1 and then against New Mexico Highlands on October 21... set career-high and program record with 13 total blocks, all block assists, against New Mexico Highlands on October 21... smashed at a .857 clip with 12 kills in 14 attempts against CSU Pueblo on October 20.

University of Denver
Played one season at the University of Denver.

High School
A 2014 graduate of Legend High School in Parker, Colo. ... two-time Continental League All-Conference First Team ... captain and MVP of the team her senior year ... helped the team to a state tournament appearance in 2012 ... played two years for the Front Range Volleyball Club helping the team achieve 13th at Junior Nationals ... set school record in 800 meter run in 2010.

Personal
Daughter of Thomas and Joan Kennedy ... has two siblings, Patrick and Lexi ... her grandfather, Tom Kennedy, was a College Catholic Basketball All-American and a 1962 NBA draftee ... her uncles Robert Kennedy and Eric Kennedy are in the Hall of Fame at Creighton for baseball as members of the 1991 College World Series team ... her cousin, Kennedy Phillips, is currently a member of the Ranger baseball team.
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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2017Sophomore

    MH
    6'4"
    8
  • 8

    2018Junior

    MH
    6'4"
    8
  • 8

    2019Senior

    MB
    6'4"
    8