3 Kelsey Polhemus
Kelsey Polhemus
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    San Francisco, CA
  • High School:
    Branson School
  • Position:
    MB
  • Major:
    Economics
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna
  • m
    12
  • k/s
    1.66
  • h %
    .294
  • a/s
    0.13
  • b/s
    0.82
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.34

Bio



At CMS
2023 (Junior)
Played in 12 matches for the Athenas, for a total of 38 sets ... Had 63 kills on the year, hitting .294, while also adding 31 blocks ... Had a season-high eight kills at Redlands in 13 attempts ... Was 7-for-11 with no errors in a win over Chapman and 7-for-14 hitting with no errors in a win over Pomona-Pitzer ... Had four blocks in a match five times (Southwestern, Trinity, Chicago, Chapman and Pomona-Pitzer).  

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
Nov 11 La Verne W, 3-0
Nov 16 vs. Mass.-Dartmouth W, 3-0
Nov 17 vs. Salisbury W, 3-0
Nov 18 at MIT W, 3-0
Nov 29 at Wis.-Oshkosh W, 3-0
Nov 30 at Hope L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 12 8
Sets 38 25
Kills 63 48
Kills per set 1.66 1.92
Errors 21 11
Total Attacks 143 99
Total Attacks per set 3.76 3.96
Hitting Percentage .294 .374
Assists 5 5
Assists per set 0.13 0.20
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 2 0
Reception Errors 1 0
Digs 13 11
Digs per set 0.34 0.44
Block Solo 2 2
Block Assist 29 16
Block Total 31 18
Blocks per set 0.82 0.72
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 79.5 58.0
Points per set 2.1 2.3
Matches started 10 7
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 Carthage W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 9 .333 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 2 Wis.-Eau Claire W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 2 Southwestern (Tex.) W, 3-2 - 3 3 0 7 .429 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 5.0
Sep 8 Washington (Mo.) L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 Trinity (Tex.) W, 3-1 1 4 4 6 17 -.118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 6.0
Sep 9 Johns Hopkins L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 15 vs. Chicago W, 3-0 1 3 3 2 11 .091 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 5.0
Sep 15 vs. Texas-Dallas W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 vs. Juniata L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 22 Chapman W, 3-0 1 3 7 0 11 .636 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 9.5
Sep 23 at Occidental W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 Redlands W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 - 3 7 0 14 .500 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 4 0 9.5
Oct 3 La Verne W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 at Cal Lutheran W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 12 .333 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 7 Whittier W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 at Caltech W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 20 at Redlands W, 3-0 1 3 8 2 13 .462 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Oct 21 Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 1 3 6 0 9 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Oct 24 at La Verne L, 3-1 1 4 6 4 14 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Oct 27 Cal Lutheran W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Whittier L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 12 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 5.0
Oct 31 Caltech W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 at Chapman W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Occidental W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 14 .214 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Nov 9 Whittier W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 La Verne W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 vs. Mass.-Dartmouth W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 17 vs. Salisbury W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 at MIT W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 29 at Wis.-Oshkosh W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 30 at Hope L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  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
2024-25 1 4 4 1.00 2 13 .154 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 2 0.50 5.0 1.3
Total 53 167 252 1.51 84 573 .293 19 0.11 1 0.01 15 1 62 0.37 7 139 146 0.87 329.5 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 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
Conference 8 25 48 1.92 11 99 .374 5 0.20 0 0.00 0 0 11 0.44 2 16 18 0.72 58.0 2.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 19 30 1.58 10 67 .299 2 0.11 0 0.00 2 1 2 0.11 1 16 17 0.89 39.0 2.1
Away 5 16 30 1.88 9 65 .323 3 0.19 0 0.00 0 0 11 0.69 1 9 10 0.63 35.5 2.2
Neutral 1 3 3 1.00 2 11 .091 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 4 4 1.33 5.0 1.7
Result Wins 10 31 53 1.71 15 117 .325 5 0.16 0 0.00 2 1 13 0.42 2 24 26 0.84 67.0 2.2
Losses 2 7 10 1.43 6 26 .154 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 5 5 0.71 12.5 1.8
Month September 6 19 29 1.53 10 69 .275 2 0.11 0 0.00 2 1 7 0.37 2 19 21 1.11 40.5 2.1
October 5 16 29 1.81 9 60 .333 1 0.06 0 0.00 0 0 6 0.38 0 9 9 0.56 33.5 2.1
November 1 3 5 1.67 2 14 .214 2 0.67 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.33 5.5 1.8

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