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2014 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Kinsey Caldwell
- Position:
- Setter
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Waverly-Shell Rock
- Hometown:
- Waverly, Iowa
Enters her senior season ranked No. 8 on UNI's all-time assists list (2,549)
2014: Earned second-team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors for the second consecutive season ... led the squad in assists (1,259) ... ranked second on the team in digs (354) and service aces (27) ... notched 126 kills and a .251 hitting percentage ... led the team with 17 double-doubles ... was named to the Marcia E. Hamilton Classic All-Tournament team in St. Louis where she led UNI with 129 assists against Alabama, Saint Louis and Southeast Missouri State ... earned a spot on the MVC All-Tournament team after the Panthers placed second ... posted a season-best 52 assists and 28 digs in a five-set match vs. Iowa State (9/24) ... she had 16 matches of 40 or more assists ... recorded three 20-plus dig matches ... was named MVC Player of the Week after averaging 12.50 assists and 3.83 digs in a pair of wins over Evansville and Southern Illinois (10/13) ... made 32 starts and saw action all 122 sets as a junior.
2013: A second-team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection ... ranked No. 2 in the MVC in assists/set (10.84) ... led the Panthers in assists (1,290) and service aces (32) ... ranked third on the team with 365 digs (3.07/set) ... had 21 double-doubles ... credited with 116 kills and a .295 hitting percentage ... she posted 40 or more assists in 19 matches ... tallied a season-best 59 assists in a 3-2 win over Missouri State (9/28) ... named to the Utah Classic All-Tournament team as she averaged 43.7 assists/match over three matches ... notched a season-high four services aces vs. Utah State (8/31) ... had a season-high 21 digs in a 3-1 win over Illinois State (10/18) ... earned her first career triple-double with 39 assists, 14 digs and 10 kills vs. Bradley (11/22) ... saw action in all 31 games and 199 sets as a sophomore.
2012 (Freshman) at UNLV: Named the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year for the Runnin Rebels..named to the Mountain West Conference first team.. led UNLV in assists (1,116), aces (24) and double-doubles (14), while starting all 29 matches and playing in every set (108) ... amassed at least 22 assists in each match and topped out with a season-best 60 vs. Wyoming on Oct. 11 ... besides her offensive totals in assists and aces, she also contributed 87 kills and a .324 hitting efficiency ...defensively, she had 290 digs - the second most on the team - and 56 total blocks ... she was named the Mountain West's Volleyball Player of the Week (Oct. 29) after helping lead the Rebels to a 3-1 road victory at The Pit over New Mexico ... in the win, Caldwell recorded her 11th double-double of the season when she combined 41 assists and 10 digs for the feat ... she also chipped in five blocks (one solo), four kills and one ace.
High School: A 2012 graduate of Waverly-Shell Rock High School in Waverly, Iowa ... lettered all four years in volleyball for the Go-Hawks, who went 187-16 overall in that time frame ... led the squad to four consecutive Northeast Iowa Conference titles, two state championships (2009 and ‘11) and one state semifinalist finish (2010) ... selected in some capacity to the all-state team all four years: elite team in 2009 and first team in 2011, second team in ‘10 and honorable mention in ‘08 ... named to the all-conference first team all four years ... earned 3A All-Tournament honors as a sophomore, junior and senior ... chosen to participate in the Iowa Senior All-Star match and Tri-State All-Star matches ... maintained a 3.5 or greater GPA all four years of high school ... helped the Nike Six Pack club volleyball team to a first-place finish in the National Division at the 2010 USA Junior National Tournament after the team finished 11th overall in the Open Division a year earlier.
Personal: Born on March 10, 1994, in Ames, Iowa ... daughter of Rick and Kristi Caldwell ... has a brother, Cody, and a sister, Abby ... comes from a family with a background in college athletics ... father, Rick, wrestled at Buena Park University (1985-90) ... mother, Kristi, played volleyball at the University of Kansas (1984-88) ... brother, Cody, is a member of the UNI wrestling team ... sister, Abby, runs cross country and track at Iowa State ... majoring in exercise science.
CAREER HIGHS (at UNI)
Kills: 10 vs. Bradley (11/22/13)
Aces: 4 [2] vs. Loyola (9/20/14)
Blocks: 4 [5] at Loyola (11/22/14)
Digs: 28 vs Iowa State (9/24/14)
Assists: 59 vs. Missouri State (9/28/13)
Points: 13.0 vs. Bradley (11/22/13)
