Kelly Hunter
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NCAA Champion (2015, 2017) 
Biography
Hunter comes from a volleyball family. Her mom played for the University of Nebraska and her sister played for Missouri. Her aunts and cousins played the sport collegiately as well. Hunter is a volunteer assistant coach at Nebraska. In her free time, she enjoys finding new restaurants, trying new things, and being outdoors.
Hunter played with Turkey’s Beylikdüzü during the 2018-19 season before returning to the U.S. to coach. The team finished fifth in the league.
- Finished career with a 16-1 record in the NCAA Tournament - the most wins and highest postseason winning percentage by a starting setter in Husker history
- NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team (2015, 2017)
- All-Big Ten Team (2016, 2017)
- AVCA All-North Region First Team (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Nebraska Best Female Athlete (2017-18, All Sports)
- Lexington Regional All-Tournament Team (2015, 2017)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017; Beach-2016, 2017, 2018)
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017; Spring 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2016, 2017)
- Big Ten Setter of the Week (eight times)
- NCAA Tournament Champion (2017)
- Big Ten Setter of the Year (2017)
- AVCA All-America First Team (2017)
- PrepVolleyball.com National Player of the Year (2017)
- PrepVolleyball.com All-America First Team (2017)
- VolleyMob.com National Player of the Year (2017)
- VolleyMob.com All-America First Team (2017)
- AVCA North Region Player of the Year (2017)
- NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player (2017)
- Omaha Challenge All-Tournament Team (2017)
- Senior CLASS Award Semifinalist (2017)
- AAU Sullivan Award Finalist (2017)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2017)
- AVCA All-America Second Team (2016)
- Lincoln Regional All-Tournament Team (2016)
- Nebraska Invite All-Tournament Team (2016)
- Lobo Classic All-Tournament Team (2016)
- AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2015)
- VERT Challenge All-Tournament Team (2015)
- Nebraska Invite MVP (2015)
Career Stats
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