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Sophie Kuehl

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    Volleyball (2013)
SPU: Three-year letter winner, four years with the program. ... SPU Most Inspirational in 2016. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

SPU Senior (2017): Played in all 28 matches with 7 starts, totaling 105 of the 114 games. ... Had a single-season best 223 digs, an average of 2.12 per game. That included a career-high 24 against Cal State East Bay on Sept. 8 at the D2 West Region Challenge. ... That was the first of her nine double-digit dig matches for the season. ... Came up with her 500th career dig on Sept. 8 vs. Fresno Pacific, and her 600th on Oct. 14 at Western Washington. ... Finished career with 668 digs. ... Led the Falcons with 24 service aces, delivering a season-high 4 against Cal State San Marcos on Sept. 9 at the West Region Challenge. ... Was credited with two kills in that same match.

SPU Junior (2016): Played in all 28 matches as a defensive and serving specialist, with 5 starts, totaling 103 of the 106 games. ... Tied career high with 16 digs at Northwest Nazarene on Sept. 29. ... Served up a career-high 5 aces at Alaska Fairbanks on Sept. 15. ... Led the team with 26 aces for the year. ... Had double-digit digs in 12 of the 28 matches, including 9 of the last 12 in the season. ... Topped 200 digs in a season for the first time, finishing with 204. That included the 300th and 400th of her career.

SPU Sophomore (2015): Played in all 28 matches, starting 10, and saw action in 95 of the 96 total games. ... Came up with 199 digs, the fourth-highest total on the team, and delivered 19 service aces, the second-best Falcon total. ... Had a career-high 16 digs at home against Northwest Nazarene on Oct. 17. ... Put down her first collegiate kill on Sept. 17 at Simon Fraser.

2014 (at SPU): Redshirted.

Freshman (2013 at University of San Francisco): Played in 42 games, coming up with 42 digs.Transferred to Seattle Pacific University. 

Columbia River High School: Earned All-Greater St. Helen's League 1st team, All-Region 1st team, and All-State 2nd Team honors as a senior in 2012, her only season as a Chieftain. ... Had a 75-dig match as a senior and set the school's single-season digs record. Team Most Inspirational Award winner. ... Washington Interscholastic Activities Association All-Academic. ... Columbia River academic honor roll.

King's Way Christian: Three-time Trico 1A All-League 1st team. ... All-State 2nd team as a sophomore and junior. ... Three-time team MVP. ... Three-time WIAA All-Academic. ... King's Way academic honor roll all three years.


At USF: 2013 Indoor:  In her first collegiate season with the Dons, played in 42 sets as a defensive specialist … had a season-high 12 digs against Northeastern on Sept. 13 … ended the season with a total of 42 digs … averaged overall one dig per set.

Prep/Club career: Earned All-League First Team, All Region First Team, and All-State Second Team honors as a senior at Columbia River High School ... set the highest single-season digs total, including a 75-dig game, during her senior season ... voted Most Inspirational in her one season as a Chieftain ... played three years of varsity volleyball at King's Way Christian School ... three-time First-Team All-League selection   ... Second Team All-State honors as a sophomore and junior ... names Seattle Times Player of the Week during her junior season ... three-time team MVP ... played club volleyball for seven years ... four-year WIAA all-academic honoree ... placed on the honor roll throughout her entire prep career ... graduated Cum Laude.

Personal: Majoring in Communications ... daughter of Kerry and Shanon Kuehl ... sister, Lauren, played three years of college volleyball at Westmont College ... contemplating pursuing sports reporting ... enjoys singing, traveling, going to the beach and shopping ... born August 18, 1995, in Portland, OR, raised in Vancouver, WA. In 10 years, wants to be working as a sideline reporter and anchor for a major sports network, preferably somewhere on the West Coast. ... Enjoys singing, traveling, shopping, and going to the beach.
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