2024 Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 12
Kelly Kaufmann
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- High School:
- Athens Drive
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- Major:
- Exercise Science
Bio
PHOTO GALLERY
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Kills:Â 16Â vs. Bellarmine (09/16/23)
Points: 18.5 vs. Temple (9/15/2024)
Aces:Â 3Â vs. Providence (09/04/21)
Digs:Â 7Â vs. Holy Cross (09/10/21)
Blocks: 9, 2x, MR vs. Temple (09/15/24)
UNH CAREER RANK (as of end of 2024 season)
2024Â SEASON
2023 SEASON
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COLLEGIATE ACCOLADES
- 3x College Sporst Communicators Academic All-District Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 2x America East Elite 18 Award (2022, 2024)
- 3x America East Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
- 3x America East All-Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 4x America East All-Conference Second Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- 2022 America East All-Tournament Team
- America East Defensive Player of the Week (10/8/24)Â
- America East Player of the Week (9/6/23)
- 2x National College Athlete Honor Society (2023, 2024)
Points: 18.5 vs. Temple (9/15/2024)
Aces:Â 3Â vs. Providence (09/04/21)
Digs:Â 7Â vs. Holy Cross (09/10/21)
Blocks: 9, 2x, MR vs. Temple (09/15/24)
UNH CAREER RANK (as of end of 2024 season)
- Blocks: 2nd (416)
UNH SINGLE-SEASON RECORD BOOK (as of end of 2024 season)
- Blocks: tie 2nd (137 in 2024)
2024Â SEASON
- Started all 28 matches and was one of three Wildcats to play all 106 sets
- In the national rankings, tied for 34th in blocks per set (1.29)
- On the America East conference leaderboard, tied for first in blocks per set and ranked No. 2 in hitting percentage (.336)
- Led UNH in hitting percentage and tied for the lead in both blocks (137) and blocks per set
- Fourth in kills (186), points (259) and points per set (2.44)
- Fifth in kills per set (1.75)
- Recorded her 400th career block at UMBC (10/20)
- Recorded a career high of nine blocks in consecutive matches vs. Texas A&M (9/14) and Temple (9/15)
- Season highs of 14 kills and 18.5 points vs. Temple (9/15)
- Recorded 13 kills with zero attack errors on 20 attempts for a .650 hitting percentage vs. High Point (10/9)
- Recorded 5+ blocks in 15 of 28 matches
- In the America East tournament, recorded six blocks in the semifinals vs. UMBC and seven in the championship match vs. UAlbany
- Recorded 10+ points in 12 matches
- Played and started in all 27Â matches
- Ranked second on the team in total blocks with (97.0)
- Ranked second on the team in points (248.5) and kills (195)
- Recorded 15Â digs this season
- In the America East, ranks 3rd in hitting percentage (.295), fifth in total blocks (97), and sixth in blocks per set (0.97)
2022 SEASON
- Played 24 of 29 matches (started in 22)
- Ranked fifth on the team with 151 kills
- Ranked second on the team with 82 blocks
- Recorded a career-high in blocks (7) vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (8/26/22), vs. Villanova (9/03/22) and vs. Bryant (10/30/22)
- Season-high in kills (14) vs. UAlbany (11/11/22)
- Ranked 2nd in hitting % for America East (.331)
2021 SEASON
- Ranked first on the team with 80 blocks
- Ranked second on the team with 186Â kills
2020 SEASON
- Started in five of eight matches, playing in 24 of 33 sets.
- Ranked sixth on the team with 39 kills and 1.63 kills per frame.
- Ranked fifth among AE players with a .304 hitting percentage and was sixth with 0.83 blocks per set.
- Totaled a career-high 11 kills against UMBC on March 21.
- Notched multiple block efforts in six of eight contests, including a career-high five blocks vs. UMBC on March 21.
BEFORE UNH
Kaufmann, a 6-foot-2 middle blocker from at Athens Drive High School, was named most valuable player as a junior and senior and broke the North Carolina state record for single-season blocks as a sophomore. Kaufmann was named to the All-Conference Team and led the conference in blocks all three of those years. As a senior, Kaufmann ranked first in the conference in blocks (94), second in kills (287), third in service aces (46) and fourth in hitting percentage (.380), and she finished with 100 digs.
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Kaufmann was named a 2019 AAU Academic All-American. She is a four-time Academic All-Conference Team honoree and has made the Athens Drive H.S. Honor Roll every year.
UNH Volleyball vs. Northeastern Highlights 8-30-2025
Sunday, August 31
UNH Volleyball vs Saint Peter's Highlights 8-30-25
Saturday, August 30
UNH Volleyball vs Holy Cross Highlights 8-29-25
Saturday, August 30
UNH Volleyball vs UMBC Highlights 11-17-24
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