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Kendal Kemp Season 2023

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Kendal Kemp Season 2023

PositionMB
Height6-6
ClassSophomore
HometownEagan, Minn.

HONORS & AWARDS
AVCA South Region Honorable Mention
SEC All-Freshman Team
SEC Defensive Player of the Week
2x SEC Freshman of the Week


2023
Started in all 27 matches she played in... Led the Tigers in total blocks (131.0) and blocks per set (1.26) for the second straight year... Her 1.26 blocks per set and 131.0 total blocks was the fifth-best mark in the Southeastern Conference... Recorded a career-high 13 kills on Sept. 8 against Charleston Southern... Tied her career best (twice) with 10 blocks versus UAB and at Mississippi State... Has now reached double-digit block totals four times in her career... Her 131.0 blocks was the third most in a single season in Auburn history... Became just the eighth tiger in program history to eclipse the 300 block mark... With 309 total blocks, Kemp now ranks eighth all-time on the Plains... Her 1.39 career blocks per set average is still the No. 1 spot in program history.

2022
Played and started in all 31 matches at middle blocker... Recorded 204 kills on .321 hitting on the season, averaging 1.67 kills per set... Totaled a school record 180 total blocks... The 180 blocks were the fourth-most in the nation and second-most in the conference... Also broke the Auburn record, averaging 1.48 blocks per set... The 1.48 bocks per set ranked 11th in the country and No. 2 in the SEC... Her 26 solo blocks and 154 block assists were also a program record... Notched her first career double-double at South Carolina (11/23/22) with 12 kills and 10 blocks... Her 12 kills against the Gamecocks were also a career-high... Reached a double digit block total three separate times throughout the season... Won her first SEC Freshman of the Week honor after stacking up 14 kills on .250 hitting with 23 blocks at the Panther Invitational... Earned the honor a second time after piling up 18 kills and 12 blocks across back-to-back wins over Texas A&M... Named to the SEC All-Freshmen Team... Awarded AVCA South Regional Honorable Mention.

HIGH SCHOOL
Named the fourth overall recruit and top middle blocker in the state of Minnesota by PrepDig.com … 2021 AVCA High School All-Region Team selection … Pioneer Press 2021 Co-Player of the Year … tabbed South Suburban Conference Honorable mention … South Suburban Conference All-Conference honoree … selected as an All-State honorable mention … earned Mississippi 8 All-Conference Award and an All-Academic Award winner while competing for Rogers High School ... also played softball and competed on the swim team. 

PERSONAL
Born June 30, 2004 in St. Louis Park, Minn. ... daughter of Kelly and Doug Kemp ... has one brother, Kevin ... majoring in communications with a minor in sports coaching.