5 Allison Kantor
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- Hometown:
- Mission Viejo, Calif.
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- High School:
- Trabuco Hills High School
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- Major:
- Communication
FRESHMAN (2017): Played 14 matches at No. 1 alongside Nikki Hess and one match at No. 3 alongside Erin Reineking in her first season with the team … went 2-13 in duals and 6-28 in sets … Kantor/Reineking defeated Sacramento State’s Kennedy Kurtz/Sarah Davis in the Bronco home opener (March 8) … Hess/Kantor defeated Pacific’s top pairing of Lexi Elman/Andie Shelton as part of the sixth-seeded Broncos upsetting the fourth-seeded Tigers en route to a fourth-place finish at the WCC Championship (April 21).
PRIOR TO SCU: Played volleyball and soccer, ran track and field at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo, Calif. … played for volleyball coaches Craig Moothart and Dave Hollaway … First Team All-Sea View League 2015 … Mustang volleyball lost just two sets in five matches en route to the 2015 CIFSS Division 1A championship … Sea View League Champions in 2015 … upset second-seeded Cathedral Catholic and third-seeded Mater Dei in the 2015 CIF Division 1 State Volleyball Tournament … volleyball Team MVP 2013-15 … SLO Mid-State Tournament All-Tournament Team 2014 … soccer Team MVP 2012-14 … track and field long jump Sea View League Champion 2015 … track and field Top Newcomer Award 2013.
PERSONAL: Born in Laguna Beach, Calif. … parents are Robert and Ida Kantor … has an older sister, Jessica … career goals include becoming a veterinarian … hobbies include going to the beach, playing volleyball with friends and riding horses … scholar athlete all four years of high school.
WHY KANTOR CHOSE SANTA CLARA: “Great school academically … great volleyball program … in a very good location, being that it is in the Silicon Valley … not too far from home but far enough.”
HEAD COACH JON WALLACE ON KANTOR: "Allison is a highly-skilled and explosive athlete that we see making an immediate and big impact on our program."
