Kari Zumach

Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Buffalo, Minn.
Position:
Outside/Right Side Hitter
Height:
6-3

2021 (SENIOR): Secured 107 kills and 41 blocks in 2021…played in 26 matches for the Hoosiers…recorded four blocks and two kills vs. UIC…tallied eight kills vs. Bowling Green…also put up five total blocks against Bowling Green…saw five blocks and three kills in the win at Butler…was named to the Top Dawg Challenge All-Tournament team…saw nine kills and three blocks at Western Michigan…had another nine kills and three blocks in the victory over Purdue Fort Wayne…tallied three kills against Southeast Missouri State…helped in the victory over Michigan State with six kills and a block…had four kills and a solo block vs. Purdue…recorded seven kills and a solo block at Ohio State…put up a block and two kills against Penn State…aided in the victory at Rutgers with three kills and two blocks, including the game-sealing solo block…recorded three kills at Maryland…notched five kills and two blocks at Nebraska…had seven kills at Minnesota and also put a up a block…tallied three kills at home against Michigan… recorded five kills at Northwestern…saw four kills and a block against Nebraska…led the team in kills with eight against Iowa on Senior Day…had five kills and a block at Purdue.

2020 (JUNIOR): Did not play in the season due to injury.

2019 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 13 matches for the Hoosiers in the 2019 season…49 kills, 23 blocks and 21 digs for the season…season-high nine kills in the Hoosiers win over Stetson…also tallied season-high five blocks in the victory over Stetson.

2018 (FRESHMAN)—at Creighton: True freshman who was part of Creighton’s 10th-ranked recruiting class…averaged 1.84 kills and 0.89 blocks per set on .308 hitting in CU’s last 14 matches…named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Oct. 24 after hitting .448 and averaging 1.88 kills, 0.88 blocks and 0.50 digs per set in victories over Xavier and Butler…earned second BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honor on Nov. 5…made her debut with eight kills and three blocks in a 3-2 win over No. 5 Kentucky (Aug. 24)…provided a spark off the bench in win vs. Iowa State with seven kills and three blocks (Sept. 7), and again with six kills on .385 hitting in five-set win at Butler (Sept. 28)…had eight kills and five blocks in 3-1 win vs. Wichita State (Sept. 9)…Posted five kills and a block in 3-0 win over DePaul (Sept. 21)...had nine kills on .471 hitting, adding four blocks in 3-2 win over Xavier (Oct. 18) in her first start in more than a month…hit .417 and had six kills and three blocks in sweep over Butler (Oct. 20)…notched season-best 10 kills in win at No. 18 Marquette (Oct. 26)…owned seven kills and season-high six blocks at St. John’s (Nov. 2)…had eight kills and hit .583 in 3-0 win at Seton Hall (Nov. 3)…hit .400 with seven kills and season-high five digs in BIG EAST Championship semifinal win vs. Villanova (Nov. 23)…had eight kills and tied season-high with six blocks on .389 hitting in BIG EAST Championship match victory over No. 16 Marquette (Nov. 24).

PREP AND PERSONAL: Three-time Mississippi 8 All-Conference pick…hit .300 with 461 kills as a senior, when she was named First Team All-State by the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association and Second Team All-Metro by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune…owned a pair of matches with 30+ kills, including 37 in a 3-2 win at Waconia where she also hit .408 and had 25 digs with four aces…was a JVA All-National Team pick in the summer of 2018…as a junior, recorded 420 kills, 285 digs and 50 blocks…also considered Colorado State and Kansas State before committing to Creighton in the summer before her senior year…sister Kylee plays for Kansas State and is a redshirt senior with the Wildcat volleyball program. Kylee earned AVCA All-America Honorable Mention and Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors in 2014…Daughter of Darin and Lauri Zumach…has one sister, Kylee (22).