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2012 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Krista DeGeest
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Spencer
- Hometown:
- Spencer, Iowa
2012: Begins the season with a .320 career hitting percentage, which ranks No. 2 all-time in UNI's history.
2011: Started all 35 matches ... played in all 125 sets for the Panthers ... first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference pick for the second straight year ... earned honorable mention AVCA All-America honors ... AVCA All-Central region honoree ... MVC All-Tournament team pick ... led the team with a .325 hitting percentage ... her 320 kills ranked second on the team ... ranked first in the Missouri Valley Conference in total blocks (165) ... earned all-tournament team honors at the NIU Invite as UNI picked up wins over IUPUI, Cincinnati and Northern Illinois ... two-time MVC Player of the Week selection ... tallied 14 double-figure kill efforts ... posted a season-high 18 kills in a 3-2 win vs. Florida State (9/2) ... credited with a double-double in the MVC Tournament semifinal win over Illinois State with 10 kills and 12 blocks ... posted 13 kills in the NCAA Tournament second round match vs. Florida (12/3) ... became the 19th player in UNI history to record a perfect 1.000 reception percentage on the season ... DeGeest's 52 service reception is the most of the 19 players on the Panther list for perfect serve reception in a season (Shannon Aschoff held the previous high with 48 receptions in 2007).
2010: Started all 33 matches and played in all 119 sets for UNI ... earned first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors ... only Panther to notch 100 kills and 100 blocks in 2010 ... averaged 1.08 blocks per set, ranking second in the MVC ... ) ... finished the season with a .346 attack percentage ... averaged 2.50 kills per set ... recorded double-digit kills in 13 matches ... tallied a career-high nine blocks at Purdue (Aug. 28) ... set career high in kills against Drake (Sept. 25), matched that mark against Indiana State (Oct. 15) and Drake (Oct. 22).
2009: Named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman team after registering 192 kills including 1.60 kills per set along with a team-high 133 total blocks including 20 solo blocks, ranking her fifth in the Valley for blocks...recorded a career-best .714 attack percentage against South Dakota State (10/28)...hit better than .500 in six matches...recorded a season-best 12 kills against Wichita State (10/16)...registered eight blocks against Wichita State in the conference tournament championship game.
2008: Redshirted.
High School: Two-time first-team all-state selection at Spencer High School ... twice named first-team all-conference, including unanimous selection as a senior ... named to 2007 All-State Elite Team ... racked up 1,048 kills and 295 blocks during her career, with a .424 career hitting percentage ... team captain as a senior ... team qualified for state her junior year ... named to Prepvolleyball.com Senior Aces List in 2007, as one of top 250 recruits in the nation ... also was on state qualifying basketball team her senior year ... honor roll and Presidential Scholar all four years ... played club volleyball for University of Okoboji 18U.
Personal: Daughter of Scott and Nancy DeGeest ... full name is Krista Marie DeGeest ... has three sisters, Kayla, Britta and Tessa ... majoring in financial management... lists her older sister, Kayla, as the biggest influence in her life ... best lesson she's learned in life so far is, "Believe in yourself, even if others don't." ... born January 10, 1990 in Spencer, Iowa.
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 18 vs. Florida State (9/2/11)
Aces: 2 vs. Wichita State [2] (9/29/12)
Blocks: 12 vs. Illinois State (11/25/11)
Digs: 8 vs. Wichita State (9/29/12)
Assists: 2 at Drake [2] (10/6/12)
Points: 22.5 vs. Florida State (9/2/11)
