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2019 Women's Volleyball

8 Kindler Norman

  • Height 5-9
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • High School Upper St. Clair
  • Position S
  • Major Physics and Physical Education

Biography

  • Two-year letter winner who has played in 63 matches and 229 sets during her first two seasons with the Royals
  • Ranks sixth in program history with 2,146 career assists
  • Also has 519 digs, 190 kills, 87 blocks, and 76 services aces
  • Is a two-time All-Landmark Conference honoree and was the Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year in 2017

Junior Year (2019)

  • Played in 31 matches, appearing in 111 sets during her junior season
  • Led the team with 863 assists
  • Had 138 kills on the season with a .254 hitting percentage
  • Racked up 259 digs, averaging 2.33 digs per set
  • Served 39 aces on the year
  • Had 43 total blocks, 9 being solo and 34 being assists
  • Season high 51 assists in a five-set loss to Hunter on Oct. 26
  • Had 10 kills in three games
  • Picked up season high 15 digs in a four-set loss to Swarthmore on Oct. 12

Sophomore Year (2018)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Appeared in 28 matches while playing in 102 sets during the season on her way to earning Second Team All-Landmark Conference honors
  • Led the Royals with 900 assists, the 12th most in a single season in program history
  • Contributed 77 kills on 183 total attacks for a team-leading .322 hitting percentage
  • Also totaled 221 digs, 37 blocks, and 34 service aces
  • Posted eight double-doubles on the season
  • Had a career-high 65 assists in a five-set loss to Catholic on Oct. 27
  • Picked up a career-high 21 digs in a four-set win over RIT on Aug. 31
  • Totaled 30 or more assists in 17 matches
  • Became just the seventh player in Scranton to reach 2,000 career assists in a win over Lebanon Valley on a career-high 64 assists.

Freshman Year (2017)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Played in 35 matches and appeared in 127 sets during rookie season with the Royals
  • Garnered Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year and All-Landmark Conference First Team accolades
  • Led the team with 1,222 assists, the fifth best single-season total in program history, to average 9.62 assists per set
  • Dished out a season-best 61 assists in a five-set victory over Susquehanna in the Landmark Conference semifinals on November 1
  • Recorded 13 double-doubles on the season
  • Ranked second on the team with 42 service aces
  • Picked up 298 digs while averaging 2.35 digs per set and logging a season-high 19 digs in four different matches
  • Posted a .265 hitting percentage while putting down 113 kills in the fall, including a season-best seven kills on four seperate occasions
  • Totaled 50 blocks on the year including six solo blocks

Awards/Honors

  • Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year (2017)
  • All-Landmark Conference (First Team, 2017; Second Team, 2018)
  • Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week (Sept. 3, 2019)
  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Sept. 25, 2017)
  • 2018 Arcadia Knights Invitational All-Tournament Team
  • 2017 Kean Cougar Classic All-Tournament Team
  • Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll (2018)

High School/Personal

  • Prepped at Upper St. Clair High School in Pittsburgh, where she earned three letters as a member of the volleyball team
  • Helped team record a 45-15 record over three seasons
  • Volleyball squad was a quarterfinalist in the 2015 PIAA Tournament and also finished third in the WPIAL that same season
  • Was part of a team that won three straight section championships (2014, 2015, 2016)
  • Individually, she was named All-WPIAL twice ('15, '16) and All-Section three-times ('14, '15, '16)
  • Was also named the Max-Preps PA Player of the Week during both the 2014 and 2015 seasons
  • Finished her career at Upper St. Clair with 1939 assists, 92 aces, 357 digs, and 187 kills
  • The daughter of Ed and Hayden Norman
  • Her mother, Hayden, graduated from the University of Georgia
  • Has an older sister, Kaitlin (24), who attended Piedmont College, where she also played volleyball

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    S
    5'9"
    8
  • 8

    2018Sophomore

    S
    5'9"
    8
  • 8
    C

    2019Junior

    S
    5'9"
    8
    C
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