2019 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

Kendra Koelsch
Photo by: John Fajardo
Kendra Koelsch
Photo by: John Fajardo
Kendra Koelsch
Jersey Number 2

Kendra Koelsch

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • High School:
    Huntington Beach HS
  • Prev School:
    Hawai'i
2017 (at Hawaii): Appeared in all 28 matches while starting in 26 matches during the indoor season … Fourth on the team with a career-high 151 kills (1.57 kills per set) ... Posted career-highs with 73 digs, 54 total blocks, and three service aces … Recorded a career-high 14 kills at Cal Poly (10/27) … Posted two double-digit kill matches against UCLA (8/27) and at Cal Poly (10/27) … Recorded a season-high 5.0 total blocks versus UC Santa Barbara (10/6) … Appeared in a total of 112 matches with 193 kills, 407 assists, 151 digs, and 118 total blocks during her indoor career.

2016 (at Hawaii): Appeared in 25 matches with one start against Wisconsin (8/26) in the indoor season… Played both as outside hitter and setter … Notched a career-high eight kills and season-high three blocks against Kansas State (8/27) … Recorded a career-high two aces against Northern Illinois (9/9) … Earned All-Big West Scholar-Athlete and UH Scholar-Athlete honors. 

2015 (at Hawaii):  Appeared in all 31 matches with five starts during the indoor season … Posted career-highs on the season with 315 assists, 23 kills, 54 digs and 51 blocks overall … Averaged 3.62 assists … Second on the team in assists and fourth on the team averaging 0.54 blocks per set ... Helped spark UH’s five-set win against then-No. 2 Florida (9/11), coming in relief with 27 assists, two kills, three digs and two blocks … Had a career-match against Long Beach State (10/11) in which she recorded several career-highs, including 41 assists, 13 digs, and nine blocks … Notched her first career double-double with 41 assists and 13 digs and was one block short of a triple-double against LBSU (10/11).

2014 (at Hawaii): Saw action in 28 matches at setter during the indoor season … Totaled seven kills in addition to 49 assists, 13 digs and eight blocks … Turned in a career-high eight assists at UC Santa Barbara (11/21) and two blocks versus Northern Arizona (9/19) … Had a career-high two kills at CSUN (10/10) and two digs at Cal State Fullerton (11/1).

High School: Lettered three seasons in indoor, two seasons in sand volleyball and one in surfing ... First Team All-League selection her senior year during the indoor season ... Named team MVP and HBHS's Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Earned Orange County All-Star honors ... Four-time academic all-league selection ... Played two years for the Laguna Beach Volleyball Club ... Named a Top 5 Most Distinguished Oiler Award at Huntington Beach High School … 2014 Scholar with Honors … Member of the league all-academic scholar athlete team from 2011-14 ... Earned Star Specialized Training/Talent Achievement Survey Certificate in visual arts in 2014 ... Leader in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in 2014.
Personal: Daughter of Michael and Liane Koelsch … Pursuing a Master’s Degree in kinesiology.
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs UCLA
Tuesday, September 02
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs Oregon State
Monday, September 01
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs Stanford
Saturday, August 30
Men's Volleyball Weekly Press Conference
Monday, May 05