North Carolina State University Athletics
2023 Women's Volleyball Roster
Beyond the Howl - NC State Volleyball
Wednesday, April 22
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Wednesday, April 22
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Wednesday, April 22
Pack Volleyball Then and Now. How the Game is Played
Wednesday, April 22
Jersey Number 5
Kristen McDaniel
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Mililani, Hawaii
- High School:
- 'Iolani
- Height:
- 5-10
Honors / Awards
Ranks sixth in the program’s rally scoring era with 1,641 assists
Ranks eighth in the program’s rally scoring era with 6.56 assists/set
K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team
2023 -- Graduate Season
2022 -- Senior Season
2021 - Junior Season
2020 - Sophomore Season
2019 - Freshman Season
High School/Prep Career
Ranks sixth in the program’s rally scoring era with 1,641 assists
Ranks eighth in the program’s rally scoring era with 6.56 assists/set
K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team
2023 -- Graduate Season
- Started all 29 matches and 109 sets
- Finished the season with 689 assists to average 6.32 per set
- Tallied a career, season high 35 service aces
- Recorded a career high four aces against Syracuse (11/5/23)
- Finished the season with 225 digs, 42.5 points, seven kills, and one block
2022 -- Senior Season
- Played in all 29 matches and appeared in 100 sets
- Finished the season with 546 assists to average 5.46 per set
- Marked 2000 assists on her career against Boston College (10/16/22)
- Ended the season with 10 kills and 195 digs
2021 - Junior Season
- Played in 26 matches despite a midseason injury
- Led the team in assists (811) and service aces (22)
- Finished second on the team in digs (246) and digs/set (2.70)
- Was ninth in the ACC in assists/set with 8.91
- Helped the team average 12.83 assists/set, good enough for third in the ACC
- Posted 40 or more assists in six matches
- Paced the team with 10 double-doubles on the season
- Racked up a career-high 60 assists and 11 digs in the win against Notre Dame (11/7)
- Recorded three services aces against Texas Tech (8/28), Duke (10/24) and Notre Dame (11/7)
- Tallied a career-high 22 digs against Texas Tech (8/28)
- Had 10 or more digs in 11 matches
2020 - Sophomore Season
- Took over the primary setter position for NC State, starting all 17 matches and ranking fourth in the ACC with 602 assists
- Averaged 9.87 assists per set, which ranked fifth in the ACC and top-75 nationally
- Opened the season with five-straight matches were she bested her career-high assists, ultimately recording a personal-best 50 against Virginia (10/23)
- Tied her personal-best of 50 assists at Wake Forest (3/14)
- Also set a career-high digs against Duke (9/26) with 21
- Ranked second among the team with 178 digs, 2.92 per set
- Had a career-high three blocks on three separate occasions
- Registered a personal-best four kills in four different appearances
2019 - Freshman Season
- Finished the season second on the team with 228 assists
- Also played as a defensive specialist, tallying 128 digs
- Opened her collegiate career with 22 assists against Kansas State, the most assists for an NC State setter in their collegiate debut since Aug. 24, 2007
- Had a career-high 13 digs against Georgia Tech (11/3)
High School/Prep Career
- Led 'Iolani to a 28-6 overall record and a state championship this season, tallying 931 assists, averaging 10 assists per set to go along with 217 digs and 87 kills
- Named an Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) First Team All-Conference selection as a senior and a second team selection as a junior
- Named Max Preps/AVCA Player of the Week as a junior
- Selected to the Hawaii All-Tournament Team at the stat championship in 2018 and 2017
- Tabbed the Spectrum OC16 ILH Impact Player of the Year as a senior and secured the Quarterfinals Impact Player Award as a junior
- Named to the Fab 15 list by Hawaii Prep World, as one of the top recruits in the state
- Older brother, Matthew, played college baseball at San Diego State and Quincy University