Kendall Pierce

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Kendall Pierce #3 DS/L 5’6″

Russ Rose Then (2015): “Kendall does a variety of things for us. She’s one of our captains this year and I know she cares a lot about the program. She’s improved each year, as far as what role she’s capable of playing and contributed and she’ll certainly be in the mix at the libero spot.”

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.” 

2015 Stats Leaders

2015 Cumulative Team Stats

2015 Season (Senior): Highlights and Awards: Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree … Co-president of Athletes Take Action, an anti-bullying program for middle school students … Senior CLASS Award Candidate.

Season Recap: Played in 33 of 34 matches on the year, making 7 starts at libero, and 100 of 115 sets … had 2 digs in her first collegiate start at libero against Buffalo (8/28) … had 1 ace and 5 digs against Villanova (8/29) … matched a season-high mark with 5 digs against No. 16 Wisconsin (9/23) … logged a career-high 10 digs at No. 13 Illinois (10/9) … registered 1 ace and 8 digs against Indiana (10/16) … tallied 8 digs at No. 23 Michigan (10/21) … tied for 3rd on the team with 9 digs at Michigan State (10/24) … logged 5 digs at No. 11 Ohio State (10/28) … recorded 8 digs against No. 11 Ohio State (10/30) … posted 6 digs against Michigan (11/18) … recorded a career-high 12 digs at libero against Maryland (11/21) … matched a career-high mark with a team-high 12 digs against Northwestern (11/25) … started her 3rd straight match at libero at No. 5 Nebraska (11/28).

NCAA Tournament: Posted 7 digs in the NCAA 1st round match against Howard (12/4) … logged a then-career high 13 digs against Dayton (12/5) … set a new career-high mark with 14 digs in the NCAA regional semifinal match against Hawaii (12/11).

2014 Season (Junior)

2013 Season (Sophomore)

2012 Season (Freshman)

2015 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 0 12/11/2015 Hawaii
Assists 3 12/05/2015 Dayton
Points 2 12/11/2015 Hawaii
Aces 2 12/11/2015 Hawaii
Digs 14 12/11/2015 Hawaii
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
2015 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
08/28/2015 vs Buffalo W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/29/2015 vs Stony Brook W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/29/2015 vs Villanova W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/04/2015 vs Colorado W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/05/2015 vs Stanford W 3 – 0 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/11/2015 vs Eastern Ky. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/12/2015 at Notre Dame W 3 – 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/12/2015 at Mississippi St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/18/2015 at Auburn W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/2015 vs St. John’s (NY) W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
09/19/2015 at South Fla. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/2015 vs Wisconsin W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/26/2015 vs Minnesota W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/02/2015 vs Nebraska L 2 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/03/2015 vs Iowa W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/09/2015 at Illinois W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2
10/10/2015 at Northwestern L 2 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/16/2015 vs Indiana W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/17/2015 vs Purdue W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/21/2015 at Michigan W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/24/2015 at Michigan St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/28/2015 at Ohio St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/30/2015 vs Ohio St. W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/05/2015 at Maryland W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/06/2015 at Rutgers W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
11/11/2015 at Iowa W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/14/2015 at Minnesota L 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/18/2015 vs Michigan L 1 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/21/2015 vs Maryland W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1
11/25/2015 vs Northwestern W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/28/2015 at Nebraska L 0 – 3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/04/2015 vs Howard W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/05/2015 vs Dayton W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 0
12/11/2015 vs Hawaii L 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals: 0 2 3 -0.667 19 2 10 4 13 165 0 0 0 0 1 10
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.