Temple University Athletics
2016 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Overton, Kirsten
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Jersey Number 11
Kirsten Overton
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- MB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Hometown:
- Royersford, Pa.
- High School:
- Spring-Ford
Bio
Honors:  2015 First-team All-American Athletic Conference... 2014 Second-team All-American Athletic Conference... American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week (9/28/15)... American Weekly Honor Roll (9/21/15)... Under Armour/OwlSports.com Athlete of the Week (11/10/14; 9/28/15)... 2014 and 2015 Big 5 All-Tournament... 2014 Syracuse Invitational MVP... Named to Temple's 2014 and 2015 Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.0.
2015: Was one of two players to start in all 32 matches for the Owls, also tying a team-high of 115 sets played… led Temple and The American in hitting with a .402 attack… also ranked 22nd in Division I in hitting… tallied 285 total kills in 2015… recorded a team-best 100 blocks… one of two Temple players to garner American Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors… hit .400 or better in 16 matches in 2015… reached double figures in kills in 13 different matches… had a season-high 13 kills in four different matches in 2015…  hit over .500 in nine different matches… recorded a season-high .750 hitting percentage in three matches (Navy, Montana, La Salle)… had five or more blocks in seven different matches, including a season-high eight at Tulsa.
2014: Played in a team-best 118 sets... led the Owls with 108 total blocks, including 15 solo... was tops on the team and third in The American with a .394 hitting percentage... finished third on the team with 272 total kills... averaged 2.31 kills per set and 0.92 blocks per set... recorded five matches with at least 10 kills and a .650 hitting percentage... logged a season-best attack of .769 with 10 kills at Tulane... recorded a season high with 15 kills in three different matches (Boston College, Syracuse, Tulsa)... recorded a season-best nine blocks in two separate matches (SMU, LIU Brooklyn).
2013: Played in 19 matches, starting in 18 of those as a freshman ... recorded 81 total kills (1.27 kills per set) ... fourth on the team with 45 blocks (0.70 blocks per set) ... sidelined during the early part of the season due to injury ... knocked down a season-high nine kills in a four-set win vs. Houston, hitting .571 for the match ... hit .600 in a sweep of Memphis with seven kills and only a single error in 10 attempts ... tallied a season-best six blocks in a win vs. SMU.
High School: Broke four school records in her career at Spring-Ford HS ... two-time first-team All-League selection as well as an All-State honoree as a senior ... team went 23-6-2 in 2012 ... earned team MVP honors for a second year in a row as a senior ... school records included 212 career blocks and 602 career kills ... as a junior, was Spring-Ford's first-ever All-League selection ... as a member of Coach Rich Johnson's Synergy Volleyball club team, based out of Philadelphia, won the 2012 USAV Junior National Championship, marking the first time an East Coast club team had ever won the national title ... also lettered twice in track and field, placing second in the high jump in the conference as a sophomore, and seventh in the district.
Major:Â Media studies and production.
2015: Was one of two players to start in all 32 matches for the Owls, also tying a team-high of 115 sets played… led Temple and The American in hitting with a .402 attack… also ranked 22nd in Division I in hitting… tallied 285 total kills in 2015… recorded a team-best 100 blocks… one of two Temple players to garner American Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors… hit .400 or better in 16 matches in 2015… reached double figures in kills in 13 different matches… had a season-high 13 kills in four different matches in 2015…  hit over .500 in nine different matches… recorded a season-high .750 hitting percentage in three matches (Navy, Montana, La Salle)… had five or more blocks in seven different matches, including a season-high eight at Tulsa.
2014: Played in a team-best 118 sets... led the Owls with 108 total blocks, including 15 solo... was tops on the team and third in The American with a .394 hitting percentage... finished third on the team with 272 total kills... averaged 2.31 kills per set and 0.92 blocks per set... recorded five matches with at least 10 kills and a .650 hitting percentage... logged a season-best attack of .769 with 10 kills at Tulane... recorded a season high with 15 kills in three different matches (Boston College, Syracuse, Tulsa)... recorded a season-best nine blocks in two separate matches (SMU, LIU Brooklyn).
2013: Played in 19 matches, starting in 18 of those as a freshman ... recorded 81 total kills (1.27 kills per set) ... fourth on the team with 45 blocks (0.70 blocks per set) ... sidelined during the early part of the season due to injury ... knocked down a season-high nine kills in a four-set win vs. Houston, hitting .571 for the match ... hit .600 in a sweep of Memphis with seven kills and only a single error in 10 attempts ... tallied a season-best six blocks in a win vs. SMU.
High School: Broke four school records in her career at Spring-Ford HS ... two-time first-team All-League selection as well as an All-State honoree as a senior ... team went 23-6-2 in 2012 ... earned team MVP honors for a second year in a row as a senior ... school records included 212 career blocks and 602 career kills ... as a junior, was Spring-Ford's first-ever All-League selection ... as a member of Coach Rich Johnson's Synergy Volleyball club team, based out of Philadelphia, won the 2012 USAV Junior National Championship, marking the first time an East Coast club team had ever won the national title ... also lettered twice in track and field, placing second in the high jump in the conference as a sophomore, and seventh in the district.
Major:Â Media studies and production.
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