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
Total Attacks per set 10.51 9.38
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 11, 2016

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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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September 20, 2016

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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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  • 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