3 Kelsey Polhemus
Kelsey Polhemus
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Fy.
  • Hometown:
    San Francisco, CA
  • High School:
    Branson School
  • Position:
    MB
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna
  • m
    25
  • k/s
    1.48
  • h %
    .295
  • a/s
    0.11
  • b/s
    0.93
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.40

Bio



At CMS
2021 (First-Year)

SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25) ... Played in 25 matches as a middle, tallying 124 kills (1.48 per set) and 78 blocks (0.93 per set) ... Earned SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week honors after a 10-kill, 11-block performance in a win over No. 4 Hope at the Calvin Midwest Invitational, the highest block total for a CMS player under head coach Kurt Vlasich (10 years) ... Had six kills in 12 attempts with no errors in a 3-2 win over Wartburg in the NCAA Regional Finals ... Had six kills against both No. 1 Trinity and No. 2 Emory when the Athenas beat the top two teams in the country in the same day.  

Prior to CMS
Attended Branson School in Ross, California, where she was a member of the volleyball team ... Also competed for the Vision Volleyball Club, where she competed at Junior Nationals in the Open Division three consecutive years ... Helped Branson win three North Coast Section championships in 2016, 2018 and 2019, advancing into the state tournament each of her four years ... Earned all-conference honors and was elected team captain senior year. 

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna ... Father, Rick, played basketball at Pomona College ... Chose CMS " to compete at a high level on the court and for the tremendous academic program that will open my eyes to new experiences and allow me to explore and find my passions."

Kelsey Polhemus

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 6 Chapman W, 3-2
Nov 12 vs. Aurora W, 3-1
Nov 13 vs. Bethel (Minn.) W, 3-0
Nov 14 at Wartburg W, 3-2
Nov 18 vs. Berry W, 3-1
Nov 19 vs. Calvin L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 25 11
Sets 84 33
Kills 124 53
Kills per set 1.48 1.61
Errors 41 21
Total Attacks 281 113
Hitting Percentage .295 .283
Assists 9 2
Assists per set 0.11 0.06
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 2 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 8 4
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 34 15
Digs per set 0.40 0.45
Block Solo 4 1
Block Assist 74 22
Block Total 78 23
Blocks per set 0.93 0.70
Block Errors 8 6
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 165.0 65.0
Points per set 2.0 2.0
Matches started 19 9
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 3 UC Santa Cruz W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 St. Norbert W, 3-0 1 3 6 0 11 .545 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Sep 4 Eastern Nazarene W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 4 Wis.-Oshkosh W, 3-1 1 4 4 3 12 .083 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 5.5
Sep 10 vs. Washington (Mo.) W, 3-0 - 1 4 0 5 .800 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 11 vs. Trinity (Tex.) W, 3-1 1 4 6 1 13 .385 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 7 0 7 0 9.5
Sep 11 vs. Emory W, 3-1 1 4 6 3 16 .188 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Sep 21 Whittier W, 3-0 1 1 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 24 at La Verne W, 3-0 1 3 7 4 12 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 25 Cal Lutheran W, 3-0 1 3 6 1 10 .500 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6.5
Sep 28 at Caltech W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Redlands W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 at Occidental W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 Chapman W, 3-0 1 3 3 1 10 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 5.5
Oct 9 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 1 3 5 3 10 .200 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 6.5
Oct 12 La Verne W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Cal Lutheran W, 3-0 1 3 4 2 12 .167 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 16 Caltech W, 3-1 - 2 3 2 6 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Oct 19 at Redlands W, 3-0 - 3 3 3 8 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Oct 20 Occidental W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 vs. Hope W, 3-1 1 4 10 2 16 .500 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 0 11 0 15.5
Oct 22 at Calvin L, 3-1 1 4 5 0 14 .357 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 7 0 7 0 8.5
Oct 23 vs. Ohio Northern W, 3-0 1 3 7 2 11 .455 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 9.0
Oct 26 at Chapman W, 3-2 1 5 8 2 14 .429 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 1 6 0 11.0
Oct 29 Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 8 .625 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 6.5
Oct 30 at Whittier W, 3-1 1 4 9 3 21 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Nov 4 Cal Lutheran W, 3-1 1 4 7 2 15 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Nov 6 Chapman W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 vs. Aurora W, 3-1 - 4 2 1 6 .167 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 5 0 5.0
Nov 13 vs. Bethel (Minn.) W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 7 .286 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Nov 14 at Wartburg W, 3-2 - 5 6 0 12 .500 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 3 0 8.5
Nov 18 vs. Berry W, 3-1 - 4 1 2 12 -.083 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Nov 19 vs. Calvin L, 3-1 1 4 5 4 18 .056 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 7.0
  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
2021-22 25 84 124 1.48 41 281 .295 9 0.11 0 0.00 8 0 34 0.40 4 74 78 0.93 165.0 2.0
2022-23 15 41 61 1.49 20 136 .301 5 0.12 1 0.02 5 0 15 0.37 1 34 35 0.85 80.0 2.0
2023-24 12 38 63 1.66 21 143 .294 5 0.13 0 0.00 2 1 13 0.34 2 29 31 0.82 79.5 2.1
Total 52 163 248 1.52 82 560 .296 19 0.12 1 0.01 15 1 62 0.38 7 137 144 0.88 324.5 2.0
    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 84 124 1.48 41 281 .295 9 0.11 0 0.00 8 0 34 0.40 4 74 78 0.93 165.0 2.0
Conference 11 33 53 1.61 21 113 .283 2 0.06 0 0.00 4 0 15 0.45 1 22 23 0.70 65.0 2.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 8 23 34 1.48 9 74 .338 2 0.09 0 0.00 2 0 3 0.13 0 19 19 0.83 43.5 1.9
Away 8 30 47 1.57 17 103 .291 3 0.10 0 0.00 5 0 20 0.67 3 19 22 0.73 59.5 2.0
Neutral 9 31 43 1.39 15 104 .269 4 0.13 0 0.00 1 0 11 0.35 1 36 37 1.19 62.0 2.0
Result Wins 23 76 114 1.50 37 249 .309 8 0.11 0 0.00 6 0 30 0.39 4 63 67 0.88 149.5 2.0
Losses 2 8 10 1.25 4 32 .188 1 0.13 0 0.00 2 0 4 0.50 0 11 11 1.38 15.5 1.9
Month September 8 23 39 1.70 12 81 .333 3 0.13 0 0.00 2 0 6 0.26 0 17 17 0.74 47.5 2.1
October 11 37 62 1.68 20 130 .323 4 0.11 0 0.00 5 0 20 0.54 1 43 44 1.19 84.5 2.3
November 6 24 23 0.96 9 70 .200 2 0.08 0 0.00 1 0 8 0.33 3 14 17 0.71 33.0 1.4

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Season in Review: 2021 CMS Volleyball

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November 18, 2021

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CMS Volleyball Wins Thrilling Five-Setter over Wartburg for Regional Championship

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November 13, 2021

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November 12, 2021

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October 31, 2021

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October 27, 2021

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Kelsey Polhemus Becomes Fifth CMS Volleyball Player Honored by SCIAC

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Kelsey Polhemus was named the SCIAC Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week for matches through Sunday, Oct. 24, the league...

October 25, 2021

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CMS Volleyball Bounces Back from First Defeat With Dominant Win Over No. 14 Ohio Northern

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October 23, 2021

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October 22, 2021

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CMS Volleyball Moves to 19-0 with 3-0 Sweep of Redlands

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October 19, 2021

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September 24, 2021

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CMS Volleyball Closes Strong for 3-0 Win Over WashU

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CMS Volleyball Moves to 4-0 With Two More Wins at Pacific Coast Classic

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