Kristin Kruse – 5’11 – OH – Huntingtown, MD

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Senior Season -Named AVCA District III team … earned first-team All-ACC honors … average 4.11 kills per game first on the team (second in the conference) … played in 33 matches and 118 games … had 31 kills vs. Maryland (10/6) … had 485 kills for the year first on the team and 350 digs second on the team … hit .246 for the year … had 28 aces and 59 blocks for the season … took 1216 attempts … was named the team’s MVP.

Junior Season - Named Second-Team All-ACC … also earned third-team All-South Region … led the Tar Heels with 4.07 kills per game, including 4.63 versus ACC opponents … school record 36 kills versus Clemson on Oct. 22 … also in that match hit .407 (36-6-74), had 14 digs and 7 blocks …reached the 1,000 kill mark on Nov. 8 versus Duke … tallied 22 kills in the Nov. 8 match against Duke … had double figures in kills in 21 of the 27 matches including a string of 12 straight matches … had 27 kills and 13 digs against Florida State …named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll … was named the team’s MVP.

Sophomore Season - team leader with 3.47 kills per game … second among outside hitters in hitting percentage … against ACC foes average 3.57 kills per game … third on the team with 3.01 digs per game … registered double-figures in kills 21 of the 30 matches … had 24 kills, 21 digs versus the Yellow Jackets on 10/15 … had 26 digs (a career high) and 21 kills versus Clemson on 10/30.

Freshman Season - Named to the ACC All-Freshman team and voted Carolina’s Rookie of the year … second on the team with 2.87 kills per game … averaged 3.70 kills and 2.30 digs per game against ACC schools … registered double-digits in kills in 13 matches, including a season high 24 versus Maryland … also collected 22 digs in that same match … named ACC Honor Roll for the year of 1992-93.

High School - Listed among Volleyball Monthly’s “Fab 50” recruits for 1992 … named All-Metropolitan Player of the Year by The Washington Post … four-time All-Southern Maryland Athletic Conference Selection who was and All-Metro player as a junior … Most Outstanding Athlete at Northern HS in 1991 and 1992 … team finished second at the state … selected to the USVBA Junior Elite team in the summer of 1991 … played for the Capital Volleyball Club in Virginia …also played three years of basketball … honor roll student and member of the national honor society …

Personal - majored in Art History … born 9/6/74.

CAREER STATS
Year GP K E TA Pct A SA D BS BA TB
1992 95 273 149 718 .173 25 13 172 1 21 22
1993 110 382 188 1061 .183 21 21 331 14 36 50
1994 100 407 161 1026 .240 51 24 257 7 58 65
1995 118 485 186 1216 .246 44 28 350 4 55 59
Total 423 1547 684 4021 .215 141 86 1110 26 170 196

ACC TOURNAMENT STATS
Year GP K E TA Pct A SA D BS BA TB
1992 7 20 16 54 .074 2 0 7 0 0 0
1993 3 10 7 45 .067 0 1 13 0 3 3
1994 5 21 6 62 .226 1 1 12 0 1 1
1995 7 41 14 98 .276 1 3 29 0 5 5
Total 22 92 43 259 .189 4 5 61 0 9 9

NCAA TOURNAMENT STATS
Year GP K E TA Pct A SA D BS BA TB
1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0