Kersten Kober

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Southlake Carroll

Honors
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 5, 2015)
Saluki Invitational Best Libero (2014)
Saluki Invitational All-Tournament Team (2014)
UNLV Invitational All-Tournament Team (2013)
Big 12 Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2015)
Two-time Academic All-District 7 First Team (2015-16)
Three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2014-16)
Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team (2013-14)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2016 - 4.0 GPA)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2016)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2015)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2015)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2014)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2014)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2013)

Career
Finished career fourth in K-State history with 1,554 career digs
3.66 digs/set is fourth-best average in K-State history

2016 (Senior)
CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Led team for third straight season in digs with 428 to bring her career total to 1,554, ranking fourth all-time in K-State history … Finished eighth in the Big 12 with 3.79 digs/set ... Posted 26 double-digit dig matches, including four with at least 20 ... Season-high 26 digs in five-set victory over Georgia Tech on September 3 ... Matched her career high with eight assists vs. Georgia Tech ... 19 matches with multiple assists ... 18 service aces, matching career-high three vs. Oklahoma on Nov. 16 ... Four times with multiple service aces ... Led or tied for team lead in digs in 18 matches ... Three straight matches with 20+ digs from Sept. 2-9 ... Set career highs in Big 12-only matches with three aces vs. Oklahoma (Nov. 16) and five assists vs. Baylor (Oct. 29) ... Averaged a team-best 3.57 digs/set during Big 12 play ... 10 aces in conference matches ... Recorded 14 digs in three-set sweep of Lipscomb in first round of NCAA Tournament.

2015 (Junior)
Big 12 Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year … CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (10/5) … Career-high 500 digs along with 12 aces and 66 assists … Started all 107 sets … Led K-State in digs for the second straight season … In overall matches, Kober was fourth in the Big 12 with 4.67 digs/set … In Big 12-only matches, she finished third in the conference averaging 5.16 digs … Highest digs/set average in Big 12 matches by a Wildcat since 2002 (Laura Downey-Wallace, 5.83) … First Wildcat to average more than 5.0 digs/set in Big 12-only matches since 2007 (Angie Lastra, 5.08) … 500 digs were the seventh-most ever by a Wildcat in a single-season … Just the fourth different Wildcat to total 500 digs in a campaign … 20+ digs in 9 matches, the fourth-most by a Wildcat in school history … 30+ digs in 2 matches, tied for the second-most in program history … 37 digs on 10/3 at TCU (five sets) were the most by a Wildcat since 2009 and most by a Wildcat in a road match since 1987 … The 37 digs vs. the Horned Frogs were also the second-most ever by a Wildcat in a five-set match and third-most in all matches … Set the K-State record for most digs in a four-set home match (32) on November 25 vs. No. 9 KU … The 32 digs against the Jayhawks were also the second-most in any four-set match in program history … 6.0 digs/set in NCAA Tournament was the fifth-best average by any player through the first and second rounds … Had 24 digs in first round matchup against Wichita State (4 sets) … Double-digit digs in 27 of the 29 matches … 20+ digs in 4 of the last 8 matches of the season … Averaged 5.8 digs over the last 8 contests … 2+ aces in 2 different matches (Last: 11/18 vs. Iowa State) … First K-State volleyball student-athlete to earn the Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year award ... Her 1,126 career digs are the third-most by a Wildcat through the first three seasons of a career.

2014 (Sophomore)
413 digs and 20 aces in 111 sets played ... First Wildcat with 400+ digs since 2011 ... Sixth in digs/set among Big 12 players in overall matches ... In conference-only matches, she finished fifth in digs/set (3.76) ... Had 21 matches with 10+ digs, including in 12 of her 15 Big 12 matches played ... 20+ digs in 3 matches (Last: Oct. 1 at Kansas) ... Season-high 31 digs on Sept. 19 vs. Eastern Michigan are tied for the 10th-most by a Wildcat in program history ... Had an ace in 5 straight matches from Oct. 4-22 ... Season-high 3 aces on Aug. 30 vs. South Dakota ... Saluki Invitational All-Tournament Team and Best Libero Award winner after averaging 4.64 digs/set (51d/11s).

2013 (Freshman)
213 digs (2.27 per set) and 9 aces in 94 sets (26 matches) ... First K-State freshman defensive specialist/libero to have 200 digs in a season since 2004 ... 19th freshman Wildcat overall to have 200 digs in a season ... Named to UNLV Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Averaged 2.33 digs per set (35 digs, 15 sets) in the tournament's three matches ... Also had three aces (0.2 aces per set) ... Season-high 18 digs against Cal State Fullerton on Aug. 31, her second career match ... 6 matches with 10+ digs ... 22 matches with 5+ digs ... 9 digs in upset of #23 Cal in Berkeley on Sept. 14 ... 12 digs in sweep of West Virginia on Nov. 9 in Manhattan ... 15 digs at Oklahoma on Oct. 12, her season-high for a Big 12 match.

High School
Attended Southlake Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas ... Lettered three years in volleyball, playing for head coach Arthur Stanfield ... Helped her team capture District 7-5A championships during her sophomore, junior and senior years ... All-District Honorable Mention during her senior year ... Was brought up from the junior varsity team during her freshman year to help the varsity squad reach regional quarterfinals ... Became the first freshman at Southlake Carroll High School to play in a varsity volleyball playoff match ... Earned Academic All-District honors in her four years in high school ... Also earned Academic All-State honors ... Earned the All-District First Team distinction as a shortstop in softball during her freshman year (2009) ... Also competed in track from 2010-11.

Personal
Daughter of John and Norma Kober ... Father attended Kansas State and mother attended the University of Kansas ... Has one brother, Colin ... Major is accounting... Her career ambition is to become an attorney and have her CPA.