Kendall Pierce

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Kendall Pierce #3 DS 5’6″

Russ Rose Then (2014): “Kendall is a person who cares a great deal about the team and works hard. I’m very appreciative of her team-first attitude and I think she has the ability to make great contributions as a server and as a defender, just like she did last year.”

Russ Rose Now (2025): “Kendall’s father played for the men’s team and her mother ran track-and-field, so you know she and her siblings were destined to come to Penn State. Her dad was a very successful coach and player so she came in with a lot of knowledge about how she could help the team. She was an experienced player who knew how to play the game. She was a good passer, a good server, a good defensive player, and she was always dependable. I always had confidence in Kendall when it was time to put her into a match where we wanted to change things up. In 2014, in the National Semifinal match against Stanford, she went in and had a career high in digs.” 

2014 Stats Leaders

2014 Cumulative Team Stats

2014 Season (Junior) Highlights and Awards: 2014 National Champion … 2014-15 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten.

Season Recap: Saw action in 37 of the team’s 39 matches, totaling 47 digs and four aces … played in all 3 matches in a 3-0 opening weekend, highlighting the weekend with 2 digs against William & Mary (8/30) … had 2 digs against UCLA (9/6) … set a new season-high mark with 3 digs against Yale (9/13) … notched 1 kill and 1 ace at No. 16 Minnesota (9/27) … had 2 digs at No. 14 Purdue (10/17), at Indiana (10/18) and at Northwestern (11/26).

NCAA Tournament: Posted 2 aces and 3 digs in the NCAA second round match against Dayton (12/6) … logged 3 digs in the NCAA Regional Final match against Wisconsin (12/13) … had a career-high 5 digs in the NCAA National Semifinal match against Stanford (12/18) … recorded 2 digs in the NCAA National Championship match against BYU (12/20).

2015 Season (Senior)

2013 Season (Sophomore)

2012 Season (Freshman)

2014 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 1 09/27/2014 Minnesota
Assists 1 12/13/2014 Wisconsin
Points 2 12/06/2014 Dayton
Aces 2 12/06/2014 Dayton
Digs 5 12/18/2014 Stanford
Career Offensive Statistics
Season Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2012-13 Penn St. 29 18 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 2 0.069 9 0.310 6
2013-14 Penn St. 83 34 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 1 0.012 7 0.084 9
2014-15 Penn St. 79 37 1 0.013 0 2 0.500 2 0.025 4 0.051 9
2015-16 Penn St. 100 34 0 0.000 2 3 -0.667 19 0.19 10 0.100 4
Totals: 291 123 1 0.003 2 5 -0.200 24 0.082 30 0.103 28
Career Defensive Statistics
Season Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2012-13 Penn St. 7 0.241 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 9 0.310
2013-14 Penn St. 21 0.253 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 7 0.084
2014-15 Penn St. 47 0.595 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 5 0.063
2015-16 Penn St. 165 1.650 13 0 0 0 0.000 0 1 10 0.100
Totals: 240 0.825 17 0 0 0 0.000 0 1 31 0.107
2014 Match Stats Attack Set Serve Defense Block
Date Opponent Score K E TA % AST E SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE TB BHE PTS
08/29/2014 vs TCU W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/30/2014 vs Iona W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/30/2014 vs William & Mary W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/05/2014 at Stanford L 2 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/06/2014 vs UCLA W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/12/2014 vs American W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/12/2014 at Villanova W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/13/2014 vs Kansas W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/13/2014 at Yale W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/2014 vs Eastern Ill. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/2014 vs DePaul W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/2014 vs East Carolina W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/2014 vs UIC W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/24/2014 at Wisconsin W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/27/2014 at Minnesota W 3 – 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
10/03/2014 at Nebraska L 1 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/04/2014 at Iowa W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/17/2014 at Purdue W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/18/2014 at Indiana W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/24/2014 vs Michigan W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/25/2014 vs Michigan St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/28/2014 vs Ohio St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/31/2014 at Ohio St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/07/2014 vs Rutgers W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/08/2014 vs Maryland W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/12/2014 vs Iowa W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/15/2014 vs Minnesota W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/19/2014 at Michigan W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/22/2014 at Maryland W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/26/2014 at Northwestern W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/29/2014 vs Nebraska W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/05/2014 vs Siena W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/06/2014 vs Dayton W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
12/12/2014 vs UCLA W 3 – 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/13/2014 at Wisconsin W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
12/18/2014 at Stanford W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/20/2014 vs BYU W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals: 1 0 2 0.5 2 0 4 9 4 47 0 0 0 0 0 5
Before Penn State: Three-year letterwinner and 2-year team captain at Eden Junior-Senior High School in Eden, N.Y. … led her team to ECIC and Sectional Championships 4 times and the State Championship 3 times … was a 2-time All-WNY First Team honoree … named MVP at State Championship and Eden MVP during her senior year … also lettered in track & field … 2-time second place finisher in pentathlon at sectionals … 6-time Student of the Month … President of the National Honor Society and the Student Council.

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