Coastal Volleyball Club

2009: Named to the All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Second Team … Team’s primary setter, ranked seventh in the MEAC with 7.30 assists per set … Named the team’s Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row … Competed in all 31 matches with a team-leading 27 starts … Appeared in 105 sets, totaling 767 assists … Also finished fourth on the team with 130 kills, averaging 1.24 per set while hitting a team-leading .276 … Also ranked second on the team with 1.84 digs per set (193 total) and 22 service aces … Totaled 20 blocks … Reached 30 or more assists eight times … Had a season and career high with 50 assists at South Carolina State Oct. 28 with 11 digs and six kills … One of five double-doubles on the year … Had 43 assists and a career-high 15 digs against Bethune-Cookman Nov. 1 along with seven kills and four service aces … Tied her career high in service aces with four the very next match Nov. 8 against Winston-Salem State … Reached a new career high in kills with 10 against North Carolina A&T Oct. 9 to go along with 24 assists … Also had double-doubles with assists and digs on two other occasions … Nearly missed out on a triple-double with 23 assists, 11 digs and nine kills Oct. 13 at James Madison.

2008: Named the team’s Most Valuable Player … Played in 27 matches and started 15 … Led the team in hitting percentage (.240) and assists (518) … Had 65 kills, 16 aces, 148 digs and eight total blocks on the season … Ranked ninth in the MEAC with 5.82 assists per set … Had a career-high 46 assists in the 3-1 win over Hampton Nov. 5 … Had a double-double of 43 assists and 11 digs in the Sept. 9 win over Hampton … Had 11 matches where she passed out 20 or more assists, including four of 30 or more … Had a career-high six kills on two occasions, first against Youngstown State Sept. 5 and then against Maryland Eastern Shore in the first round of the MEAC Tournament on Nov. 14 … Had a season-best 14 digs and added 28 assists, five kills and two aces in the 3-1 win over Winston-Salem State Oct. 19 … Posted three double-doubles in assists and digs for the season … Held a positive hitting percentage in 25 of the 27 matches in which she played.

High School: Played two years of varsity volleyball for coach Brandon Blevins … Named to the All-Baseline Conference First Team as a junior and senior … Tallied 910 assists, 205 digs, 102 kills, 24 aces and 30 blocks (11 solo) her senior year … Had 707 assists, 158 digs, 95 kills, 36 blocks (14 solo) and 17 aces as a junior … Was also a scholar athlete at RCHS … Named to the Ayala and Los Osos High School all-tournament teams her junior and senior years.

Personal: Full name is Nicole Marie Kessner … Born on Dec. 28, 1989 … Daughter of Janice and David Kessner … Has four younger siblings: Chelsea, Eli, Matt and Aubrey … Majoring in pre-med biology with a minor in kinesiology.