2018 Women's Volleyball Roster
Kuchmaner, Makenzie
vs
South Carolina
Sep 10 (Wed)
6pm
Pack Volleyball Then and Now. Advice for a First Year Head Coach
Thursday, August 28
Pack Volleyball Then & Now, Player Recruiting
Tuesday, August 12
Pack Volleyball Then & Now, Recruiting for Coaches
Monday, August 11
Meet Volleyball Head Coach Megan Wargo-Kearney
Monday, January 27
Jersey Number 9
Makenzie Kuchmaner
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Waxhaw, N.C.
- High School:
- Marvin Ridge
- Height:
- 5-8
Bio
2018 - Redshirt Junior Season
2017 - Redshirt Sophomore Season
High School / Prep Career
- Saw action in all 28 matches and 110 sets
- Led the ACC with 4.83 digs/set against conference opponents and ranked second with a season average of 4.69 digs/set
- Had a team-best 516 total digs on the season and ranked third with 17 service aces
- Recorded a personal-best 32 digs in a pair of wins over Notre Dame
- Notched 10 or more digs in 24 of 28 matches played in, including 12 with 20 or more digs
- Dished out a career-high nine assists and three service aces against Wright State
- Recorded a kill against Pitt
2017 - Redshirt Sophomore Season
- Appeared in 25 matches, starting nine of those contests
- Played a total of 79 sets
- Collected 195 digs, averaging 2.47 digs per set
- Tallied a career-best 26 digs in the Puerto Rico Clasico versus Auburn
- Also logged 20 or more digs versus No. 8 Kansas and Oregon State in the Wolfpack’s first-ever NCAA Tournament victory
- Handed out 35 assists on the year with a season-high six against Auburn and Missouri State
- Charted three service aces with two in NC State’s 3-0 win against Cincinnati
- Recorded a kill at Wake Forest
- Redshirted the season and did not see action
- Joined the softball team as a dual-sport athlete in January
- Appeared in 27 matches in her freshman season for the Wolfpack, earning the start in five of those contests
- Played in 74 of the team’s 119 sets on the year
- Finished the season with 107 digs, an average of 1.45 per set
- Also collected 17 assists and six service aces
- Started the first match of her NC State career in the season opener against NC Central
- Tallied a season-high 10 digs against the Eagles in her first action of the season
- Charted two service aces in the Wolfpack’s 3-1 win against Jacksonville
High School / Prep Career
- Attended Marvin Ridge High School and played for head coach Brook Hammers
- Member of the Carolina Juniors Volleyball Club where she competed for head coach Brian Rosen
- Named the Union County Player of the Year and conference MVP as a senior in 2014
- Collected all-conference honors as a senior, junior and sophomore
- Selected to the all-county super team in 2013 and 2014
- Tabbed a First Team All-Charlotte Observer selection as a senior and junior
- Earned defensive player of the year accolades in each of her four seasons at Marvin Ridge
- Claimed MVP honors at the Capitol Hill Classic held in Washington, D.C. in 2013
- Also a standout student, collecting AAU Academic All-America honors as well as numerous academic bars
- Member of the National Honors Society, Interact Club and Spirit Club
- Comes from an athletic family as her father Vic played collegiate baseball, mother Susan ran track in college, brother Zach is an outfielder at UNCG and brother Jake is a pitcher at East Carolina
- Her brother Victor also attends NC State