Kellie Woolever
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Kellie Woolever

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Long Beach, Calif.

High School:
Woodrow Wilson HS

Height:
6-0

Experience:
1V

05/04/2013

Long Beach State Stuns Waves in AVCA National Championship Final

Frederick, Hill, Dykstra and Caitlin Racich earn AVCA All-American honors, Matthies voted Coach of the Year.

05/04/2013

Waves Advance to AVCA National Championship Title Match

Pepperdine bounces back from an 0-2 deficit to beat Florida State 3-2 and move on to the national championship match.

05/03/2013

Waves Top USC 4-1 in AVCA National Championship Quarterfinals

Pepperdine fights off the Trojans to advance to the semifinals of the AVCA National Championship.

05/01/2013

Pepperdine Opens AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship on Friday

The Waves play either North Florida and USC in the quarterfinals on Friday morning.

04/21/2013

Frederick, Hill Win Gold Bracket Championship at USAV Beach Collegiate Challenge

Waves win two of the three brackets today in Hermosa Beach.

05/09/2013

2013 AVCA National Championship - Saturday vs. Long Beach State

Pepperdine falls to Long Beach State 3-2 in the national championship finals. Photos by Eric Bouscher

05/08/2013

2013 AVCA National Championship - Saturday vs. Florida State

Pepperdine def. Florida State 3-2 in the semifinals of the AVCA National Championship

05/03/2013

2013 AVCA National Championship - Friday vs. USC

Waves def. USC 4-1 in the quarterfinals of the AVCA National Championship. Photos by Eric Bouscher

CAREER: Through three seasons, has played in 92 matches and 335 sets ... Averaging 11.23 assists, 2.94 digs and 1.12 kills ... Has dished 3,761 assists which currently ranks fifth on Pepperdine's all-time list ... Career hitting percentage of .347 ranks third in Pepperdine's career record book ... Just the third Wave to receive AVCA All-American accolades more than once ... Won the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Team Championship in the spring of 2012 while playing in the No. 4 spot in the lineup alongside Victoria Adelhelm.

INDOOR 2012: AVCA All-America third team selection as a junior ... All-AVCA Pacific Region first team ... All-WCC first team ... Named WCC Player of the Week on November 5 ... Ranked first in the conference and 20th in the NCAA with an 11.32 assists average ... Ranked second on the team and 12th in the WCC with a 3.21 digs average ... Dished 11.58 assists/set in league matches ... Registered a triple double on Oct. 3 vs. UC Santa Barbara with 12 kills, 41 assists and 18 digs ... Earned the 12 kills against the Gauchos with a career-best .750 (12-0-16) hitting percentage ... Dished a career-best 63 assists in a four-set win vs. Saint Mary's (11/1) ... Surpassed the double-digit mark in digs on 21 occasions and reached the 20+ dig plateau twice ... Set a season high of 25 digs vs. Arizona (9/1) ... Open the season with 125 consecutive service attempts without an error ... Concluded the season with just 10 service errors on 482 attempts for a team-high .979 percentage ... Tallied a season-best five blocks against LMU (10/25) ... Totaled 138 kills, 1,347 assists, 14 aces, 382 digs and 49 blocks ...Season assists total ranks second in the Pepperdine rally scoring era record book ... Voted to the all-tournament teams at the Dayton Flyer Classic, Rams Volleyball Classic & Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup.

SAND 2012: Partnered with Victoria Adelhelm ... Went 21-5 overall, including 15-1 in dual play ... Saw action from the No. 3-5 spots in the lineup ... Played primarily at No. 4, where the pair went 11-0 ... Reached the semifinals of the pairs competition at the USC Tournament, before suffering a loss to teammates Caitlin Racich and Summer Ross ... Opened the season on an eight-match win streak ... Went 2-0 at the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Team Championship ... Went 8-3 in three-set matches and 8-2 in two-set matches ... Tagged down 21 kills versus Kendall Bateman and Eve Ettinger during the USC vs. Pepperdine dual on April 7 ... Picked up 24 digs against Elizabeth Blake and Ginger Long of Hawaii during the USA Volleyball Beach Collegiate Challenge.

INDOOR 2011: Awarded AVCA All-American honorable mention honors as a sophomore ... Was also named AVCA All-Pacific Region honorable mention and to the All-WCC first team ... Ranked 26th in the NCAA and first in the WCC with 11.22 assists/set ... Averaged 3.11 digs/set ... Contributed 1.18 kills/set earned on a .299 hitting percentage ... Nailed down a career-best nine kills on 13 errorless swings for a .692 clip at San Francisco (10/15) ... Collected a career-high 26 digs vs. USC (12/10) ... Posted a career-high six blocks at Portland (9/22) ... Averaged 0.65 blocks/set and totaled 77 ... Recorded three service aces and 25 digs vs. Michigan (9/10) ... Awarded WCC Player of the Week honors on Oct. 10 ... Down 21-24 vs. BYU (10/8), came up with three blocks to lift Pepperdine to a 27-25 fourth-set win to clinch the match ... Reached double digits in digs during 19 matches this season, and met the 20-dig mark on three occasions ... Averaged 3.79 digs/set at the NCAA Tournament ... Recorded a .487 (21-2-39) hitting percentage during the postseason ... Nailed down six kills on seven swings and no errors at Saint Mary's (11/12) ... Totaled 1,335 assists to lead the Waves to a .253 hitting percentage.

PEPPERDINE 2010: Selected to the WCC All-Freshman Team ... Also honored as an All-WCC honorable mention ... Started in all 28 matches and 97 sets ... Concluded the season ranked second in the WCC and 28th in the NCAA with 11.12 assists/set ... Assists average also ranks eighth in the Pepperdine single season record book ... Finished her freshman campaign with 1,079 assists ... Season-high assists total achieved versus Missouri (9/4) with 57 ... Tagged down a season-high eight kills on a .636 (8-1-11) hitting average at UNLV (9/11) ... Other season-bests include three aces (San Francisco, 10/30), 17 digs (Loyola Marymount, 10/9), five blocks (San Francisco, 9/30) and 9.5 points (UNLV, 9/) ... Reached 10 or more digs on 11 occasions including the final five matches of the season ... Was the only freshman to appear in every set of the season ... Averaged 11.39 assists/set against league opponents ... During spring 2011, tied for fifth place in the "gold" bracket of the USA Volleyball Collegiate Challenge, a sand event, with Lilla Frederick.

USA VOLLEYBALL: Member of the USA Volleyball High Performance Youth Division team in 2007.

CLUB: Played for the Cal Juniors Volleyball Club from 2003-05 before playing for the Long Beach Mizuno Volleyball Club from 2006-10 ... Team won a gold medal at the 2009 Junior Olympics in the 17 open division ... Team placed first at the 2009 Las Vegas Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, located in Los Angeles, Calif., in 2010 ... Played four years on the varsity squad ... A Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection and ranked #38 on prepvolleyball.com's "Senior Aces" list ... All-CIF Southern Section Division I First Team selection in 2009 ... Was named All-Moore League Player of the Year as a junior and a senior ... Team won the Moore League Championship in 2006, 08 and 09 ... Three-time team MVP ... Co-captained the team during her junior and senior campaigns ... Graduated with honors and as a Distinguished Scholar.

PERSONAL: Born in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Daughter of Margie and Darrick Woolever ... Has one younger brother, Jake ... Majoring in international business ... Grandmother Diane Woolever also attended Pepperdine ... Chose Pepperdine for its "campus and coaching staff."

FAVORITES: Enjoys listening to music and wakeboarding ... Favorite pro sports team is the Los Angeles Lakers ... Favorite musical artist is Usher ... Enjoys Mexican food ... Favorite pro volleyball player is Misty May-Treanor because "she has accomplished so much and still continues to get better."

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Head Coach Nina Matthies

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