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Nikki Hess

4 Nikki Hess

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Scottsdale, Ariz.
  • High School:
    Horizon High School
  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Major:
    Communication
m 29
k/s 3.48
h % .198
a/s 0.17
b/s 0.39
sa/s 0.26
d/s 2.75

CAREER RANKS UPON GRADUATION:

1,518 Kills – 3rd overall – 1st among players that played only in rally-scoring era

3.48 Kills/Set – 5th overall – 3rd among players that played only in rally-scoring era

4,325 Attack Attempts – 2nd overall – 1st among players that played only in rally-scoring era

SENIOR (2016): First Team All-WCC … Cal Classic MVP … 4x all-tournament team selection (USC Baden Invitational, Active Ankle Challenge, Cal Classic, Boise State Invitational) … started 29 matches and played in 107 sets … finished the season with 372 kills (3.48/set) to lead the team in that mark for the fourth straight year … had a team-high 12 double-doubles … ranked 2nd on the Broncos in digs (294 - 2.75/set), aces (28 - 0.26/set) and block solos (nine) … had 33 block assists and 42 total blocks … posted a season-high .462 hitting percentage with 13 kills vs. UC Irvine (Aug. 26) … notched a 13-kill, 16-dig double-double and added three blocks at No. 7 USC (Aug. 27) … the Trojans are the highest-ranked team the Broncos have defeated in regular season play in program history … hit .348 with eight kills and did not commit an attack error vs. Grand Canyon (Sept. 9) … finished with a 10-kill, 16-dig double-double and added a season-best four aces alongside three blocks at Cal (Sept. 10) … hit .214 with a season-high 22 kills vs. Pacific (Sept. 27) … had 19 kills and a season-high 20 digs at Portland (Oct. 27) … hit .242 with 12 kills and 13 digs in her final match as a Bronco vs. Saint Mary’s (Nov. 22).

JUNIOR (2015): AVCA Honorable Mention All-American First Team AVCA All-Pacific North Region First Team All-WCC … started all 31 matches and played in 112 of the team’s 114 sets … had 450 kills, 42 assists, 23 aces, 299 digs and 75 total blocks … ranked fifth in the WCC with 4.02 kills/set … finished the year with 13 double-doubles … opened the season with an 18-kill, 11-dig effort and hit .325 vs. Weber State (Aug. 28) … posted consecutive double-doubles with a stat line of 12 kills and 11 digs at New Mexico (Sept. 4) and vs. SMU (Sept. 5) … hit .429 with 10 kills and four blocks Sept. 5 vs. Cal State Fullerton … had 18 kills and 11 digs at UTSA (Sept. 10) … hit .522 with 13 kills, 11 digs and six total blocks vs. Kent State (Sept. 18) … posted season highs of 20 kills and 14 digs alongside five total blocks at Sacramento State (Sept. 19) … named MVP of the Sacramento State Invitational … notched 17 kills and three block solos vs. San Diego (Sept. 24) … matched a season best effort with 20 kills vs. No. 10 BYU (Sept. 26) … notched season-high efforts of 22 kills and 17 digs vs. Portland (Oct. 1) … had 19 kills and 14 digs at LMU (Oct. 17) … added 19 kills and 13 digs vs. Pacific (Oct. 22) … posted a 15-kill, 17-dig double-double at Portland (Oct. 31) … hit .455 with 19 kills vs. Pepperdine (Nov. 14) … matched season-highs with 22 kills and six total blocks at San Diego (Nov. 21).

SOPHOMORE (2014): First-Team All-WCC … played in 31 matches … led the team with 405 kills, averaging 3.68 kpg … tallied 17 assists … recorded 27 aces … finished third on the team with 242 digs, averaging 2.20 dpg … earned 40 total blocks … vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Aug. 29) she picked up 8 kills, hitting .538 with 5 digs … at Hofstra (Aug. 30) started and hit .406 with 16 kills, 2 aces and 6 digs … at Army (Sept. 2) she totaled 12 kills with 2 aces and 5 digs … vs. Central Conn. St. (Sept. 5) she hit .533 with 9 kills and 4 digs … at Harvard (Sept. 5) she picked up 9 kills and 9 digs … earned 7 kills vs. Delaware (Sept. 6) … 12 kills, while hitting .579 with 7 digs vs. Penn (Sept. 12) … vs. No. 20 Duke (Sept. 13) she collected up 8 kills and 6 digs … at No. 1 Stanford (Sept. 13) had 5 kills and 7 digs … picked up 9 kills and 5 digs at UCSB (Sept. 19) … vs. NIU (Sept. 20) earned 15 kills and 7 digs … at Cal Poly (Sept. 20) had 15 kills, 2 aces and 11 digs … at San Francisco (Sept. 26) earned 11 kills and 5 digs … had 10 kills and 10 digs vs. Pacific (Sept. 30) … at No. 24 San Diego (Oct. 2) picked up 21 kills and 9 digs … at No. 10 BYU (Oct. 4) had 11 kills and 5 digs … had 7 kills and 14 digs vs. Portland (Oct. 9) … started, with 19 kills and 10 digs vs. Gonzaga (Oct. 10) … had 15 kills and 15 digs at Pepperdine (Oct. 16) … at No. 24 LMU (Oct. 18) hit .372 with 19 kills and 3 digs ... picked up match-high 22 kills, 3 aces and 14 digs at Saint Mary’s (Oct. 23) … at Pacific (Oct. 25) she earned 10 kills and 6 digs ... had 18 kills and 7 digs vs. No. 11 BYU (Oct. 30) ... picked up 18 kills and 11 digs vs. No. 24 USD (Nov. 1) ... had 14 kills and 11 digs at Gonzaga (Nov. 6) ... earned 13 kills, 4 aces and 4 digs at Portland (Nov. 8) ... hit .343 with 15 kills and 11 digs vs. No. 24 LMU (Nov. 13) … recorded a team-high 22 kills to go along with 11 digs against Pepperdine (Nov. 15) … hit .344 with 14 kills and 5 digs in 3-0 victory against USF (Nov. 20) … led the squad with 14 kills and 3 service aces against Saint Mary’s (Nov. 24) … recorded 7 kills,10 digs, and 1 assist at No. 13 Oregon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 5).

FRESHMAN (2013): WCC All-Freshman Team … played a team-high 107 sets and started every match while leading team with 291 kills and was third with 2.72 kpg, hitting .191 with 25 sa, 248 digs and averaged 2.32 dpg … had 183 kills in WCC play and averaged 2.47 kpg, hitting .173 with 19 sa, 167 digs and averaged 2.26 dpg … had six kills and three digs vs. CSU Northridge (Aug. 30) … hit. .250, had 10 kills, two sa, 10 digs and four blocks at Fresno State (Aug. 31) … picked up 14 kills, hit .235 and had nine digs vs. Rice (Aug. 31) … had 11 kills and 13 digs vs. UCLA (Sept. 5) … collected a season-high 19 kills with eight digs at Hawaii (Sept. 6) … vs. New Mexico State (Sept. 7) had 16 kills and eight digs … hit. .348 with 11 kills and 14 digs vs. Kansas State (Sept. 12) … had nine kills and nine digs at Cal (Sept. 13) … had 12 kills, hit .478 and picked up seven digs vs. Cal Poly (Sept. 14) … hit .351 with 15 kills and 14 digs at Pepperdine (Sept. 19) … had 11 kills at LMU (Sept. 21) … picked up 15 digs and had 11 kills vs. San Francisco (Sept. 26) … collected 11 kills vs. Portland (Oct. 3) … had 13 digs and 12 kills vs. Gonzaga (Oct. 5) … at San Diego (Oct. 12) had nine kills … collected a season-high 19 digs and had 10 kills at BYU (Oct. 10) … picked up 13 digs and seven kills vs. Pacific (Oct. 17) … had 12 kills and nine digs vs. Saint Mary’s (Oct. 19) … had eight kills and six digs at San Francisco (Oct. 25) … at Gonzaga (Oct. 31) had seven kills … at Portland (Nov. 2) picked up 12 kills, hit .308 and had eight digs … collected 10 digs vs. San Diego (Nov. 7) … 11 kills and 10 digs vs. BYU (Nov. 9) … five kills and five digs at Saint Mary’s (Nov. 14) … at Pacific (Nov. 16) had 17 kills, hit .273 and added 15 digs … collected nine kills and eight digs vs. LMU (Nov. 21) … had 11 kills and seven digs vs. Pepperdine (Nov. 23).

PRIOR TO SCU: Three-time Arizona state champions at Horizon High School ... one year runner-up ... two-time All A2 All-State ... Scottsdale Player of the Year ... Region Player of the Year ... All-American Honorable Mention ... placed third at Nationals in 2012. 

PERSONAL: Daughter of Steve and Mary ... has seven siblings, Karl, Steven, Jennifer, Brett, Melissa, Matthew and Jake ... Jennifer played volleyball at Great Falls University ... Melissa plays volleyball at Colorado Mesa University ... involved in Horizon Across Africa, Younglife and March of Dimes ... outside of volleyball she enjoys photogrpahy ... major is communication.

Recent Games
Nov 4 San Francisco W, 3-0
Nov 10 at Pepperdine L, 3-1
Nov 12 at Loyola Marymount W, 3-1
Nov 17 No. 11 San Diego L, 3-0
Nov 19 No. 10 BYU L, 3-1
Nov 22 Saint Mary's W, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 29 17
Sets 107 61
Kills 372 212
Kills per set 3.48 3.48
Errors 133 84
Total Attacks 1208 688
Hitting Percentage .198 .186
Assists 18 7
Assists per set 0.17 0.11
Service Aces 28 13
Service Errors 22 14
Service Aces per set 0.26 0.21
Receptions 486 243
Reception Errors 28 14
Digs 294 170
Digs per set 2.75 2.79
Block Solo 9 6
Block Assist 33 24
Block Total 42 30
Blocks per set 0.39 0.49
Block Errors 8 4
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 425.5 243.0
Points per set 4.0 4.0
Matches started 29 17
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 vs. UC Irvine W, 3-0 1 3 13 1 26 .462 1 0 0 13 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Aug 27 at No. 7 USC W, 3-1 1 4 13 3 46 .217 2 1 1 25 1 16 1 2 0 3 0 16.0
Aug 27 vs. Marquette W, 3-1 1 4 14 4 50 .200 0 1 1 16 1 15 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Sep 2 at No. 21 Louisville W, 3-1 1 4 9 4 43 .116 2 2 1 28 4 11 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 3 vs. Auburn W, 3-1 1 4 18 5 60 .217 1 1 1 14 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 19.0
Sep 3 vs. Stony Brook W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 26 .231 1 1 0 12 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 8.0
Sep 9 vs. Grand Canyon W, 3-0 1 3 8 0 23 .348 0 1 1 16 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 10.0
Sep 10 vs. West Virginia W, 3-1 1 4 16 5 61 .180 1 1 1 27 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 17.0
Sep 10 at California W, 3-1 1 4 10 6 30 .133 1 4 0 25 2 16 0 3 1 3 0 15.5
Sep 16 vs. Arizona State L, 3-2 1 5 20 6 52 .269 0 1 1 20 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 21.0
Sep 16 at Boise State L, 3-1 1 4 16 6 54 .185 1 1 1 17 1 11 1 0 1 1 0 18.0
Sep 17 vs. UC Davis L, 3-1 1 4 16 8 49 .163 1 1 0 30 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 18.0
Sep 22 at No. 13 BYU L, 3-0 1 3 8 4 32 .125 0 0 0 12 0 7 0 3 1 3 0 9.5
Sep 24 at No. 7 San Diego L, 3-0 1 3 6 4 30 .067 0 0 0 14 2 7 1 2 0 3 0 8.0
Sep 27 Pacific L, 3-2 1 5 22 7 70 .214 0 1 2 14 1 9 0 4 1 4 0 25.0
Sep 29 at Gonzaga L, 3-0 1 3 11 3 33 .242 0 2 0 26 1 9 0 0 1 0 0 13.0
Oct 1 at Portland W, 3-2 1 5 13 8 53 .094 0 0 1 4 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Oct 7 at San Francisco W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 26 .308 1 0 0 14 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
Oct 13 Loyola Marymount L, 3-0 1 3 7 1 22 .273 0 0 0 9 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 15 Pepperdine W, 3-1 1 4 19 3 48 .333 0 0 0 10 1 9 0 1 0 1 0 19.5
Oct 20 at Pacific L, 3-0 1 3 10 6 30 .133 2 2 1 14 0 12 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Oct 22 at Saint Mary's L, 3-0 1 3 9 6 30 .100 0 3 1 11 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Oct 27 Portland L, 3-1 1 4 19 10 63 .143 1 1 1 10 0 20 1 0 0 1 0 21.0
Oct 29 Gonzaga W, 3-1 1 4 19 4 61 .246 0 1 1 12 0 11 0 2 1 2 0 21.0
Nov 4 San Francisco W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 at Pepperdine L, 3-1 1 4 14 6 47 .170 0 1 3 23 3 15 0 3 0 3 0 16.5
Nov 12 at Loyola Marymount W, 3-1 1 4 11 5 40 .150 0 1 2 15 3 7 1 1 0 2 0 13.5
Nov 17 No. 11 San Diego L, 3-0 1 3 9 4 22 .227 0 1 0 14 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Nov 19 No. 10 BYU L, 3-1 1 4 13 7 48 .125 1 0 1 26 0 10 1 2 0 3 0 15.0
Nov 22 Saint Mary's W, 3-0 1 3 12 4 33 .242 2 0 1 15 1 13 1 0 0 1 0 13.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2013-14 27 107 290 2.71 135 818 .189 21 0.20 25 0.23 501 29 248 2.32 7 37 44 0.41 340.5 3.2
2014-15 31 110 405 3.68 162 1078 .225 17 0.15 27 0.25 527 16 242 2.20 11 30 41 0.37 458.0 4.2
2015-16 31 112 450 4.02 182 1221 .219 42 0.38 23 0.21 521 26 299 2.67 14 61 75 0.67 517.5 4.6
2016-17 29 107 372 3.48 133 1208 .198 18 0.17 28 0.26 486 28 294 2.75 9 33 42 0.39 425.5 4.0
Total 118 436 1517 3.48 612 4325 .209 98 0.22 103 0.24 2035 99 1083 2.48 41 161 202 0.46 1741.5 4.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 29 107 372 3.48 133 1208 .198 18 0.17 28 0.26 486 28 294 2.75 9 33 42 0.39 425.5 4.0
Conference 17 61 212 3.48 84 688 .186 7 0.11 13 0.21 243 14 170 2.79 6 24 30 0.49 243.0 4.0
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Home 8 30 120 4.00 40 367 .218 4 0.13 4 0.13 110 5 88 2.93 3 9 12 0.40 131.5 4.4
Away 13 47 140 2.98 63 494 .156 9 0.19 17 0.36 228 17 136 2.89 5 21 26 0.55 172.5 3.7
Neutral 8 30 112 3.73 30 347 .236 5 0.17 7 0.23 148 6 70 2.33 1 3 4 0.13 121.5 4.0
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Wins 15 56 192 3.43 55 626 .219 12 0.21 14 0.25 246 16 158 2.82 5 13 18 0.32 217.5 3.9
Losses 14 51 180 3.53 78 582 .175 6 0.12 14 0.27 240 12 136 2.67 4 20 24 0.47 208.0 4.1
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August 3 11 40 3.64 8 122 .262 3 0.27 2 0.18 54 3 37 3.36 1 3 4 0.36 44.5 4.0
September 13 49 167 3.41 59 563 .192 8 0.16 16 0.33 255 15 119 2.43 3 15 18 0.37 193.5 3.9
October 8 29 106 3.66 40 333 .198 4 0.14 7 0.24 84 2 85 2.93 2 9 11 0.38 119.5 4.1
November 5 18 59 3.28 26 190 .174 3 0.17 3 0.17 93 8 53 2.94 3 6 9 0.50 68.0 3.8