Kansas State University Athletics
2020-21 Volleyball Roster
Kuck, Dru
Jersey Number 16
Dru Kuck
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Libero
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Sheboygan North
- Hometown:
- Sheboygan, Wis.
Bio
Honors
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21, 2019)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2020)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2021)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2020)
2020 (Sophomore)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection ... Played in 15 of 21 matches (59 sets) with seven starts ... Totaled 120 digs (2.03 per set) and nine aces ... Season-high 15 digs in a five-set win over Texas Tech on November 7 ... Reached double-digit digs five times ... Served up a season-best two aces against Iowa State on September 26 ... In league play, registered 109 digs (2.10 per set) and eight aces.
2019 (Freshman)
Named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 21 following a season-high 36 digs in a five-set loss at Oklahoma (Oct. 16) ... Appeared in 89 sets (21 matches) and led the team with 326 digs (3.66 per set) ... Played 73 sets as the K-State libero ... Her 36-dig performance at OU tied the third-highest total in program history during the rally-scoring era and marked the first 30-dig outing by a Wildcat since 2015 (Kersten Kober) ... Turned in six matches with 20 or more digs, including five straight matches from Sept. 6-13 to become the first Wildcat to do that in the rally-scoring era ... First K-State freshman to be named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week since the award began in 2007 ... 16 matches with at least 10 digs and led or tied for the team lead 12 times ... Picked up 17 aces and 55 assists ... Three times served multiple aces, with a season-high three coming against Clemson on Sept. 5 ... In Big 12 play, totaled 106 digs (3.12 per set) in 34 sets (9 matches) with five aces.
High School
Four-year letterwinner at Sheboygan North High School in Sheboygan, Wisconsin ... Ended her career as Sheboygan North's all-time leader in career digs with 2,097 ... Her 694 digs as a senior set a single-season program record and was fourth highest in the state of Wisconsin in 2019 ... Named Fox River Classic Conference (FRCC) Co-Player of the Year her senior year ... Three-time all-state selection, including being tabbed second team all-state her junior and senior seasons ... Listed as the No. 2 recruit in Wisconsin for the class of 2019, according to PrepDig.com ... Four-time FRCC first team selection and led the conference in digs her senior year with 694 - 151 more than her nearest competitor ... Played her club ball for Milwaukee Sting and was named an all-American on the club circuit ... Participated in the USAV Junior Girls Championship.
Club
Milwaukee Sting
Personal
Born on February 3, 2001 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin ... Daughter of Chad and Stacie Kuck ... Has one older brother, Sean, and one younger brother, Kyle ... Social Sciences major.
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21, 2019)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2020)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2021)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2020)
2020 (Sophomore)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection ... Played in 15 of 21 matches (59 sets) with seven starts ... Totaled 120 digs (2.03 per set) and nine aces ... Season-high 15 digs in a five-set win over Texas Tech on November 7 ... Reached double-digit digs five times ... Served up a season-best two aces against Iowa State on September 26 ... In league play, registered 109 digs (2.10 per set) and eight aces.
2019 (Freshman)
Named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 21 following a season-high 36 digs in a five-set loss at Oklahoma (Oct. 16) ... Appeared in 89 sets (21 matches) and led the team with 326 digs (3.66 per set) ... Played 73 sets as the K-State libero ... Her 36-dig performance at OU tied the third-highest total in program history during the rally-scoring era and marked the first 30-dig outing by a Wildcat since 2015 (Kersten Kober) ... Turned in six matches with 20 or more digs, including five straight matches from Sept. 6-13 to become the first Wildcat to do that in the rally-scoring era ... First K-State freshman to be named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week since the award began in 2007 ... 16 matches with at least 10 digs and led or tied for the team lead 12 times ... Picked up 17 aces and 55 assists ... Three times served multiple aces, with a season-high three coming against Clemson on Sept. 5 ... In Big 12 play, totaled 106 digs (3.12 per set) in 34 sets (9 matches) with five aces.
High School
Four-year letterwinner at Sheboygan North High School in Sheboygan, Wisconsin ... Ended her career as Sheboygan North's all-time leader in career digs with 2,097 ... Her 694 digs as a senior set a single-season program record and was fourth highest in the state of Wisconsin in 2019 ... Named Fox River Classic Conference (FRCC) Co-Player of the Year her senior year ... Three-time all-state selection, including being tabbed second team all-state her junior and senior seasons ... Listed as the No. 2 recruit in Wisconsin for the class of 2019, according to PrepDig.com ... Four-time FRCC first team selection and led the conference in digs her senior year with 694 - 151 more than her nearest competitor ... Played her club ball for Milwaukee Sting and was named an all-American on the club circuit ... Participated in the USAV Junior Girls Championship.
Club
Milwaukee Sting
Personal
Born on February 3, 2001 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin ... Daughter of Chad and Stacie Kuck ... Has one older brother, Sean, and one younger brother, Kyle ... Social Sciences major.
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