3 Kelsey Polhemus
Kelsey Polhemus
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    San Francisco, CA
  • High School:
    Branson School
  • Position:
    MB
  • Major:
    Economics
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna
  • m
    15
  • k/s
    1.49
  • h %
    .301
  • a/s
    0.12
  • b/s
    0.85
  • sa/s
    0.02
  • d/s
    0.37

Bio



At CMS
2022 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 15 matches for the Athenas, totaling 41 sets ... Had 61 kills in 136 attempts, hitting .301 ... Added 35 blocks ... Had a season-high 11 kills in only 14 attempts in a win over Cal Lutheran ... Tallied a season-high six blocks in the NCAA Regional finals against Trinity ... Had seven kills in nine attempts in a win over Whittier.  

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, where she majors in economics ... 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 posed shot

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 29 La Verne W, 3-0
Nov 3 La Verne W, 3-0
Nov 5 Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0
Nov 10 Fontbonne W, 3-0
Nov 11 Texas-Dallas W, 3-0
Nov 12 Trinity (Tex.) L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 15 9
Sets 41 23
Kills 61 48
Kills per set 1.49 2.09
Errors 20 12
Total Attacks 136 91
Hitting Percentage .301 .396
Assists 5 1
Assists per set 0.12 0.04
Service Aces 1 1
Service Errors 4 4
Service Aces per set 0.02 0.04
Receptions 5 5
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 15 11
Digs per set 0.37 0.48
Block Solo 1 0
Block Assist 34 15
Block Total 35 15
Blocks per set 0.85 0.65
Block Errors 2 1
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 80.0 56.5
Points per set 2.0 2.5
Matches started 13 8
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 2 UC Santa Cruz W, 3-0 1 3 2 1 6 .167 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 3.0
Sep 2 Babson W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 New York U. W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 Millikin W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 vs. Johns Hopkins W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 vs. Trinity (Tex.) W, 3-1 1 4 4 3 12 .083 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 5.5
Sep 10 at Emory W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 vs. UC Santa Cruz W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 3.0
Sep 16 vs. Endicott W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 vs. Colorado College W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Whittier W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 9 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Sep 23 Occidental W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at La Verne W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 Redlands W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 12 .250 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Sep 30 at Cal Lutheran W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Chapman W, 3-0 1 3 3 3 10 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 4.5
Oct 7 at Caltech W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Oct 8 Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Redlands W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 11 .455 1 1 1 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Oct 14 Cal Lutheran W, 3-0 1 3 11 1 14 .714 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Oct 18 at Chapman W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 17 .235 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 8.5
Oct 21 Caltech W, 3-0 1 1 4 0 5 .800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Oct 22 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Whittier W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 12 .250 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Oct 28 at Occidental W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 La Verne W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 La Verne W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 10 .300 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 5.5
Nov 5 Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 Fontbonne W, 3-0 1 2 3 1 7 .286 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Nov 11 Texas-Dallas W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Trinity (Tex.) L, 3-2 1 3 0 2 6 -.333 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 6 0 3.0
  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 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
Conference 9 23 48 2.09 12 91 .396 1 0.04 1 0.04 5 0 11 0.48 0 15 15 0.65 56.5 2.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 24 37 1.54 13 82 .293 2 0.08 0 0.00 5 0 6 0.25 0 21 21 0.88 47.5 2.0
Away 4 10 20 2.00 4 38 .421 1 0.10 1 0.10 0 0 9 0.90 0 6 6 0.60 24.0 2.4
Neutral 2 7 4 0.57 3 16 .063 2 0.29 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 1 7 8 1.14 8.5 1.2
Result Wins 14 38 61 1.61 18 130 .331 5 0.13 1 0.03 5 0 14 0.37 1 28 29 0.76 77.0 2.0
Losses 1 3 0 0.00 2 6 -.333 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.33 0 6 6 2.00 3.0 1.0
Month September 5 16 18 1.13 7 43 .256 4 0.25 0 0.00 2 0 1 0.06 1 12 13 0.81 25.0 1.6
October 7 17 36 2.12 9 70 .386 1 0.06 1 0.06 3 0 11 0.65 0 12 12 0.71 43.0 2.5
November 3 8 7 0.88 4 23 .130 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.38 0 10 10 1.25 12.0 1.5

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Top-Ranked CMS Volleyball Fights Off Whittier for 3-0 Sweep in SCIAC Opener

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Photos

Kelsey Polhemus action photo 1
  • Redlands vs. Claremont-M-S
Kelsey Polhemus action photo 2
  • Chapman vs. Claremont-M-S
Kelsey Polhemus action photo 3
  • Chapman vs. Claremont-M-S