Kelly Hunter

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)