18 Nicole Kerkhof
Nicole Kerkhof
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    SR
  • Hometown:
    Palos Verdes, CA
  • High School:
    Peninsula
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Economics-Accounting and Psychology
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna
  • m
    25
  • k/s
    3.50
  • h %
    .240
  • a/s
    0.08
  • b/s
    0.35
  • sa/s
    0.22
  • d/s
    3.71

Bio

2015: 1st Team All-SCIAC...1st Team All-West Region...3rd Team All-American...led team with 375 kills (3.44/set)...2nd on team with 450 digs (4.13/set)... season high of 22 kills vs. Cal Lu 10/23...Posada Royale Invitational, Emory National Invitational, NCAA West-Regional All-Tournament Teams

2014: 2nd Team All-SCIAC...second on team for kills per set (3.04) and digs per set (3.63)...season high of 33 digs against Wisconson-Stevens Point

2013: SCIAC Freshman of the Year...1st Team All-SCIAC...Atlanta Regional All-Tournament Team 2013...18th nationally in total kills (482)...third in SCIAC with 4.27/set...second on team for both service aces (30) and digs (365)

Favorite Athlete: Misty May Treanor

Favorite Activities Outside of Volleyball: Reading and listening to music, putting salt on almost all food

High School Achievements: 2012: Athlete of the Year, Varsity Team Captain, MVP award, All-Bay League Div. 1A First Team, North High Invitational All-Tournament team...2011: Varsity Team Captain, MVP award, All-Bay League Div. 1A First Team, North High Invitational All-Tournament team...2010 and 2009: Varsity Girls Volleyball Panther Character Award, Won North High Invitational Tournament, made CIF

Club Achievements: Sunshine Volleyball Club - 2013: Captain, 3rd at 2013 Junior National Championships, All Tournament Team for 2013 Junior National Championships National...2012: 3rd at Pacific Northwest Qualifier, Captain, tied for 27th at 2012 Junior National Championships...2011: Won Northeast Qualifier, Captain, Finished 17th at the 2011 Junior National Championships...2010: Got 5th at 2010 Junior National Championships, Captain

Favorite Quote: "If no one comes from the future to stop you from doing it, then how bad of a decision can it really be?" - Unknown

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 25 Caltech W, 3-0
Oct 28 at Whittier W, 3-0
Oct 29 Redlands W, 3-0
Nov 3 La Verne W, 3-1
Nov 5 at Cal Lutheran L, 3-0
Nov 11 vs. Colorado College L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 25 14
Sets 86 47
Kills 301 147
Kills per set 3.50 3.13
Errors 84 41
Total Attacks 904 441
Hitting Percentage .240 .240
Assists 7 3
Assists per set 0.08 0.06
Service Aces 19 11
Service Errors 10 5
Service Aces per set 0.22 0.23
Receptions 378 271
Reception Errors 22 8
Digs 319 164
Digs per set 3.71 3.49
Block Solo 3 0
Block Assist 27 19
Block Total 30 19
Blocks per set 0.35 0.40
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 336.5 167.5
Points per set 3.9 3.6
Matches started 21 14
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 2 Union (N.Y.) W, 3-0 1 3 14 4 35 .286 1 1 1 14 1 12 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Sep 2 Minn.-Morris W, 3-1 1 4 13 2 50 .220 1 1 0 19 1 14 1 1 0 2 0 15.5
Sep 3 Hendrix W, 3-0 1 3 11 2 34 .265 0 1 0 24 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Sep 3 Trinity (Tex.) W, 3-1 1 4 17 6 58 .190 0 0 1 - 0 24 1 0 0 1 0 18.0
Sep 9 vs. East Tex. Baptist W, 3-0 - 3 12 2 27 .370 0 2 1 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Sep 9 vs. Emory W, 3-1 - 4 14 8 51 .118 0 0 0 0 3 17 1 1 0 2 0 15.5
Sep 10 vs. Wheaton (Ill.) W, 3-1 - 4 17 5 50 .240 1 2 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 19.0
Sep 10 vs. Washington (Mo.) W, 3-0 - 3 16 2 40 .350 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 16.5
Sep 16 at Chapman W, 3-0 1 3 12 4 33 .242 0 1 1 23 1 13 0 1 0 1 1 13.5
Sep 20 Occidental W, 3-0 1 3 11 2 21 .429 0 3 0 14 0 12 0 2 0 2 0 15.0
Sep 23 at La Verne W, 3-0 1 3 11 4 33 .212 0 1 0 22 1 8 0 3 0 3 0 13.5
Sep 24 Cal Lutheran W, 3-1 1 4 15 7 39 .205 0 0 0 42 1 21 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Sep 30 at Caltech W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Whittier W, 3-1 1 4 11 3 39 .205 0 2 0 23 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Oct 4 at Redlands W, 3-1 1 4 10 4 27 .222 0 0 0 24 2 10 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Oct 8 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 1 3 4 2 19 .105 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Oct 11 Chapman W, 3-0 1 3 8 2 28 .214 0 0 2 11 0 9 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Oct 15 at Occidental W, 3-0 1 3 10 3 27 .259 0 0 0 19 1 13 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Oct 18 La Verne L, 3-2 1 5 16 5 59 .186 2 1 0 35 0 18 0 2 0 2 0 18.0
Oct 21 at Cal Lutheran L, 3-0 1 3 2 3 25 -.040 1 0 0 25 1 12 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Oct 22 Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 1 3 16 0 41 .390 0 1 1 10 0 18 0 1 0 1 0 17.5
Oct 25 Caltech W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Whittier W, 3-0 1 3 13 1 32 .375 0 1 1 16 1 10 0 2 0 2 0 15.0
Oct 29 Redlands W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 18 .389 0 1 0 7 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Nov 3 La Verne W, 3-1 1 4 12 2 42 .238 0 1 0 20 1 14 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Nov 5 at Cal Lutheran L, 3-0 1 3 10 5 33 .152 0 0 0 28 2 11 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Nov 11 vs. Colorado College L, 3-1 1 4 18 5 43 .302 0 0 1 2 2 19 0 0 0 0 0 18.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2013-14 32 113 482 4.27 176 1308 .234 17 0.15 30 0.27 230 24 365 3.23 9 18 27 0.24 530.0 4.7
2014-15 28 94 286 3.04 99 901 .208 12 0.13 9 0.10 264 14 343 3.65 3 36 39 0.41 316.0 3.4
2015-16 32 109 375 3.44 104 1070 .253 22 0.20 16 0.15 407 14 450 4.13 5 27 32 0.29 409.5 3.8
2016-17 25 86 301 3.50 84 904 .240 7 0.08 19 0.22 378 22 319 3.71 3 27 30 0.35 336.5 3.9
Total 117 402 1444 3.59 463 4183 .235 58 0.14 74 0.18 1279 74 1477 3.67 20 108 128 0.32 1592.0 4.0
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 25 86 301 3.50 84 904 .240 7 0.08 19 0.22 378 22 319 3.71 3 27 30 0.35 336.5 3.9
Conference 14 47 147 3.13 41 441 .240 3 0.06 11 0.23 271 8 164 3.49 0 19 19 0.40 167.5 3.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 12 43 152 3.53 36 464 .250 4 0.09 12 0.28 219 6 172 4.00 2 14 16 0.37 173.0 4.0
Away 8 25 72 2.88 26 229 .201 1 0.04 3 0.12 157 9 85 3.40 0 10 10 0.40 80.0 3.2
Neutral 5 18 77 4.28 22 211 .261 2 0.11 4 0.22 2 7 62 3.44 1 3 4 0.22 83.5 4.6
Result Wins 21 71 255 3.59 66 744 .254 4 0.06 18 0.25 288 17 259 3.65 3 23 26 0.37 287.5 4.0
Losses 4 15 46 3.07 18 160 .175 3 0.20 1 0.07 90 5 60 4.00 0 4 4 0.27 49.0 3.3
Month September 12 41 163 3.98 48 471 .244 4 0.10 12 0.29 158 12 165 4.02 3 12 15 0.37 184.0 4.5
October 10 34 98 2.88 24 315 .235 3 0.09 6 0.18 170 5 110 3.24 0 12 12 0.35 110.0 3.2
November 3 11 40 3.64 12 118 .237 0 0.00 1 0.09 50 5 44 4.00 0 3 3 0.27 42.5 3.9

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November 10, 2016

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Kerkhof, Stein and Werner represent CMS on AVCA All-Region Team

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November 10, 2016

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Blocking gives Regals SCIAC Tournament Final

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November 5, 2016

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November 3, 2016

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Semifinal success for Athenas

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November 3, 2016

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Kerkhof, Madsen, Stein and Werner named All-SCIAC

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November 1, 2016

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Fourth regular season championship for Athenas in three set win

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October 29, 2016

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Regular season sweep of Sagehens

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October 22, 2016

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Top-5 battle goes to CLU on Friday night

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October 21, 2016

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Five set loss to Leos breaks streak

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October 18, 2016

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Usual suspects take care of business for volleyball

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October 15, 2016

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Volleyball owns Sixth Street with straight set win

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October 8, 2016

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Madsen serves No. 2 Athenas to victory

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October 1, 2016

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Team win for Athenas in thriller vs. Cal Lu

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September 24, 2016

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Straight set win for No. 2 Athenas over Oxy

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Top-10 takedown for CMS Volleyball

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Kerkhof breaks kills record in Athenas’ tournament sweep

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September 3, 2016

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Pacific Coast Classic Tournament Homepage

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Photos

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  • La Verne vs. Claremont-M-S
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  • La Verne vs. Claremont-M-S
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  • La Verne vs. Claremont-M-S
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  • Union (N.Y.) vs. Claremont-M-S
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  • Union (N.Y.) vs. Claremont-M-S
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Mariah Rigg & Nicole Kerkhof

  • Union (N.Y.) vs. Claremont-M-S
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  • Whittier vs. Claremont-M-S
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  • Whittier vs. Claremont-M-S
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  • Whittier vs. Claremont-M-S
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  • Claremont-M-S vs. Pomona-Pitzer
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  • Claremont-M-S vs. Pomona-Pitzer
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  • Cal Lutheran vs. Claremont-M-S