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Honors & Awards:
•Academic All-NSIC (2023)
•Academic All-NSIC (2022)
2023: Academic All-NSIC ... appeared in 91 sets in 27 matches with 22 starts as a junior ... collected 209 kills ... posted a team-best 35 service aces ... totaled 68 digs ... added 48 blocks ... career-high 16 kills against Minnesota Crookston (10/21) ... season-high five blocks against Winona State (10/14).
2022: Academic All-NSIC ... appeared in 38 sets and 12 matches with five starts as a sophomore ...
collected 82 kills ... totaled 20 digs ... added nine blocks … season-high 13 kills against St. Cloud State (11/11) ... season-high two blocks against Winona State (11/5).
2021: Appeared in 54 sets and 20 matches with 13 starts as a freshman ... collected 51 kills ... totaled 25 digs ... added 22 blocks … season-high seven kills against Minot State (10/8) and Upper Iowa (10/16) ... season-high five blocks against Wayne State (10/30).
High School: 2021 graduate of Aberdeen Central HS ... played for coach Jackie Bindenagel ... three-time team captain ... earned both all-conference and all-state honors in her career ... helped lead the Golden Eagles to the 2020 Class AA state tournament ... recorded 19 kills and 14 digs in Aberdeen's SoDak 16 match versus Mitchell in 2020 ... four-year letter winner and Midco Player of the Year finalist ... amassed a hitting percentage of .342 with 386 kills and more than 250 digs as a senior ... AVCA Under Armour All-American ... recorded more than 1,150 career kills and 900 career digs ... also a standout in basketball and track & field, earning all-conference and all-state honors in both sports.
Personal: Born Sept. 28, 2002 ... daughter of Jay and Connie Kusler ... pre-optometry and business major.
