Kendall Pierce

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Russ Rose Then (2013): “One of Kendall’s greatest strengths is that she is a terrific teammate. She also has a great skill set to play as a passer and a back row player and she has a good serve and played well during her rookie campaign.”

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.” 

2013 Stats Leaders 

2013 Season (Sophomore): Highlights and Awards: 2013 National Champion.

Season Recap: Played in 35 of 36 matches and 83 of 127 sets during the 2013 season, recording 7 aces and 21 digs … recorded an ace against Syracuse (8/31) … tallied 1 ace and 2 digs at FGCU (9/14) … picked up her 4th ace of the season against Albany (9/20) … recorded 3 digs against Yale (9/21) … notched two digs against No. 15 Michigan State (9/27) … recorded a service ace and 1 dig against No. 11 Minnesota (10/9) … recorded 1 ace and two digs at No. 14 Wisconsin (11/15) … totaled 3 digs at Ohio State (11/27).

NCAA Tournament: Totaled 3 digs against LIU Brooklyn (12/6) … played in the NCAA title match against No. 12 Wisconsin (12/19).

2015 Season (Senior)

2014 Season (Junior)

2012 Season (Freshman)

2013 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 0 12/21/2013 Wisconsin
Assists 1 10/18/2013 Illinois
Points 1 11/15/2013 Wisconsin
Aces 1 11/15/2013 Wisconsin
Digs 3 12/06/2013 LIU
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
2013 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
08/31/2013 vs Syracuse W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
08/31/2013 vs Louisville W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/07/2013 at Texas L 2 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/08/2013 vs Florida W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/13/2013 at Marquette W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/14/2013 vs Central Ark. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/14/2013 at FGCU W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/20/2013 vs UAlbany W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/21/2013 vs Eastern Ky. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/21/2013 vs Yale W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/27/2013 vs Michigan St. L 2 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/2013 vs Michigan W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/03/2013 at Indiana W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/05/2013 at Purdue W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/09/2013 vs Minnesota W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/12/2013 vs Wisconsin W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/18/2013 at Illinois W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/23/2013 vs Ohio St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/26/2013 vs Iowa W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/01/2013 at Michigan W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/02/2013 at Michigan St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/08/2013 vs Purdue W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/09/2013 vs Indiana W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/15/2013 at Wisconsin W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
11/16/2013 at Minnesota W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/22/2013 vs Northwestern W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/23/2013 vs Illinois W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/27/2013 at Ohio St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/30/2013 at Nebraska W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/06/2013 vs LIU W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/07/2013 vs Utah W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/13/2013 vs Michigan St. W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/14/2013 vs Stanford W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/21/2013 vs Wisconsin W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals: 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 9 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 7
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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