17 Kara Koch
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Year:
- Senior
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- Hometown:
- West Salem, Ohio
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- High School:
- Northwestern
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- Position:
- OH
2011 - JUNIOR SEASON
Named to the All-Horizon League First Team...two-time Horizon
League Player of the Week (10/10 & 11/7)...named the Collegiate
Volleyball Update National Player of the Week (11/7)...earned a
spot on the all-tournament team following the Horizon League
Championship...named the Horizon League Scholar-Athlete for the
Month of November...finished the season ranked second in the league
averaging 4.20 kills per set and 10th in the league with 3.09 digs
per set...posted 13 double-doubles on the season...recorded
double-digit kills during 21 matches, including six matches with 20
or more kills...led the Viking offense with 428 kills on the
season, which ranks 10th all-time on the CSU season kills
list...set a Cleveland State match record with 35 kills against UIC
(11/4), while also tallying 13 digs and three blocks...recorded her
1,000th career kill with a 22-kill performance against Valparaiso
(11/ 5)...tied her career-high with 21 digs against the Crusaders
(10/8) while also adding 23 kills...set a Horizon League Tournament
record with 34 kills against Butler in the semifinals (11/19), also
recording 17 digs, three aces and three blocks...set a career-high
with five blocks along with 21 kills and 15 digs against Kent State
(9/6)...had a season-high .429 hitting percentage (14-2-28) against
Toledo (9/2).
2010 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
Ranked second in the league in kills (3.82), points (4.37) and aces
(0.33) to earn first team All-Horizon League accolades...tallied
409 kills, the most by a sophomore in CSU history...led squad with
35 aces and 11 double-doubles, while also ranking second with 274
digs...finished with 15 kills and career-high 21 digs in league
semifinal against Butler (11/20)...had 11 kills with career-high
six aces in first round league tournament win over UIC
(11/19)...hit .387 (17-5-31) at Youngstown State (10/29)...tallied
23 kills with 14 digs against Robert Morris (10/26)...amassed 15
kills, 14 digs and career-best four aces at Green Bay (10/22)...had
a string of five straight double-dobules from Oct. 5-15, averaging
15.0 kills and 12.8 digs during the stretch...hammered out 24 kills
on a career-high 72 swings, adding 15 digs against Milwaukee
(9/24)...opened season with seven straight matches of at least 12
kills, including career-high 25 kills at Marshall (9/4)...tallied
first career double-double with 14 kills and 10 digs at East
Carolina (8/28)...named MVP of East Carolina Invitational and
Marshall Invitational.
2009 - FRESHMAN SEASON
Selected to Horizon League All-Newcomer team after totaling 239
kills, 95 digs and 40 blocks in 103 sets...played in 30 matches,
drawing five starts...had 11 kills and hit .391 (11-2-23) in
regular season finale against Youngstown State (11/13)...hit .421
(10-2-19) with three blocks at Bowling Green (10/13)...totaled 12
kills and five digs at Butler (9/25)...finished with 14 kills,
eight digs and career-high three assists against Xavier
(9/18)...hit .478 (12-1-23) at Robert Morris (9/1)...had then
career-highs in kills (16) and digs (9), just missing a
double-double vs. Farleigh Dickinson (8/29), while hitting a then
career-best .500 (16-2-28).
HIGH SCHOOL
Selected to All-Ohio first team three times including freshman,
sophomore and junior seasons...collected first team all-league and
first team all-district honors in each of her four seasons...named
league MVP as both a junior and senior...led state of Ohio in kills
as a senior (614)...all-time Ohio High School leader with 2,196
kills, adding 977 digs, 146 aces and 281 blocks in her four-year
career...three-time District 4 Player of the Year, earning the
honor as a freshman, junior and senior...four-time selection to
Daily Record and Ashland Gazette first teams, including three
Gazette and two Record Player of the Year honors...earned four
letters as an outside/middle hitter at Northwestern High School
playing for coach Veronica Briggs...earned four letters each in
basketball and softball.
PERSONAL
Born April 17, 1991 in Wooster, Ohio...daughter of Bruce and Cheryl
Koch...has three brothers, Scott, Brice and Derek...member of
National Honor Society...participated in Club Wood and Young Life
with community service at Meals & More...earned CSU's Athletic
Academic Excellence Award in 2010 and 2011...accounting major.