2012 VOLLEYBALL MEdiA GuidE - GoHofstra.com

PLAYER PROFILES
Nikki Kinnier
5-11, Junior (RS)
middle blocker/Outside Hitter
Elkton, MD
Saint Mark’s (DE) High School
Delaware Juniors Volleyball Club
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CAREER STATISTICS
Year MP SP K E TA PCT. A SA BS BA DG
2009 6 13 21 19 71 .028 1 0 0 3 6
2010 34 126 363 254 1056 .103 14 26 5 59 216
2011 31 114 366 230 1046 .130 18 28 1 52 221
Career 71 253 750 503 2173 .114 33 54 6 114 443
AT HOFSTRA
2011: Played in all 114 sets in all 31 matches…Led team with 366 kills…Added 221 digs, 53 blocks and 28 service aces…Posted a
.130 hitting percentage…Was in double-figure kills in 21 matches…Recorded a season-high 21 kills versus Manhattan…Had 19 kills
against Radford…Notched a career-best 16 digs to go along with 18 kills against Princeton…Tied career-high with five blocks versus
Towson and George Mason…Ranked sixth in the CAA in kills per set (3.21) and seventh in points per set (3.69)…CAA Offensive
Player of the Week on August 29…Named Most Valuable Player at the Asics Invitational…Received CAA Commissioner’s Academic
Award…2010: Played in 126 sets in all 34 matches…Led team with 363 kills and added 216 digs, 64 blocks and 26 service aces…
Recorded a .103 hitting percentage…Had double-digit kills in 21 matches…Had a career-best 25 kills at James Madison in Hofstra’s
season finale…Posted 17 kills at Fordham…Knocked down 12 kills and picked up a career-high 15 digs versus High Point…Had five
blocks at Marshall…Served three aces at Georgia State and George Mason…Ranked ninth in the CAA in kill average at 2.88 per set…
Was also ninth in points with an average of 3.36 per set… Received CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award…2009: Played 13 sets in
six matches before suffering a season-ending injury…Recorded 21 kills, six digs and three blocks on the season…Had eight kills, two
blocks and two digs versus Marshall…Had seven kills, two digs and a block against Binghamton…Received CAA Commissioner’s
Academic Award.
BACKGROUND: Played four years of volleyball at Saint Mark’s High School in
Wilmington, Delaware…Helped team to a state championship in 2006, a second
place finish in 2007 and a third place showing in 2008…Gatorade Player of the
Year in Delaware as a senior in 2008…named the 2008 Player of the Year by the
Delaware Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association…First team All-Delaware
selection as a senior and a second team pick as a junior…Two-time All-Catholic
Conference selection…Recorded 347 kills, 152 digs, a 1.3 blocks per set average
and a .440 hitting percentage as a senior…Led team in kills, hitting percentage and
blocks…Received the 2008 Senior Leadership Award.
PERSONAL: Has one sister…Given first name is Dominique…Hobbies include
swimming, beach volleyball and 4-wheeling…Lists David Beckham as her favorite
athlete…Plans to attend medical school…Community health major.
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 25 at James Madison (11-13-10)
Assists: 3, last vs. Seattle (9-17-11)
Blocks: 5, last at George Mason (10-15-11)
Aces: 3, last at UNCW (11-11-11)
Digs: 16 vs. Princeton (9-3-11)
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