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Kealy Kiviniemi

11 Kealy Kiviniemi

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Bellevue, Neb.
  • Position:
    RS
  • Previous School(s):
    Washburn/Bellevue West HS
m 36
k/s 3.02
h % .287
a/s 0.06
b/s 0.54
sa/s 0.00
d/s 0.70

Honors and Awards:

2023 Season (Sophomore): Earned first-team all-NSAA and all-North Central Region honors during her first season with the Bruins ... Led the Bruins with 380 kills and was second with a .287 attacking efficiency ... Fourth on the team with 68 total blocks ... Named the NSAA Attacker of the Week on two occasions (Sept. 25, Oct. 30) ... Recorded double-figure kill totals in 25 matches, including 16 straight from Sept. 20 through Nov. 10 ... Recorded a season-high 16 kills in BU's five-set loss to fifth-ranked Viterbo on Sept. 20. 

At Washburn: Played in all 32 matches and made 14 starts ... earned All-MIAA second team honors and was named to the MIAA All-Tournament Team ... finished her freshman campaign third on the team in kills with 247 (2.27 kills per set) and made 66 blocks ... had eight double-figure kill matches with a season-high 20 kills coming in the five-set victory at Pittsburg State (Oct. 1) where she finished the contest with a sizzling .500 attacking percentage.

High School: Team captain and four-year letterwinner under coach Christina Krajicek at Bellevue West High School ... Let Bellevue West in hitting percentage and kills in three of her four varsity seasons ... Finished her high school career with 1,137 kills, 753 digs, 215 blocks, and 123 aces ... Played club volleyball at Premier Nebraska, where her teams qualified for Nationals all eight years. 

Personal: Daughter of Don and Kristy Kiviniemi ... Father, Don, was a member of Bellevue University's 1995 National Championship baseball team ... Born on Feb. 19, 2004 ... Majoring in Elementary Education. 

Recent Games
Nov 9 vs. Waldorf W, 3-0
Nov 10 vs. (RV) Valley City State W, 3-1
Nov 11 vs. #5 Viterbo L, 3-0
Nov 18 (RV) Indiana East W, 3-1
Nov 30 vs. St. Ambrose W, 3-2
Dec 1 vs. #1 Northwestern L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 36 12
Sets 126 43
Kills 380 147
Kills per set 3.02 3.42
Errors 106 39
Total Attacks 954 350
Hitting Percentage .287 .309
Assists 7 2
Assists per set 0.06 0.05
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 13 5
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 88 28
Digs per set 0.70 0.65
Block Solo 8 0
Block Assist 60 20
Block Total 68 20
Blocks per set 0.54 0.47
Block Errors 4 2
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 418.0 157.0
Points per set 3.3 3.7
Matches started 29 12
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 17 at Our Lady of the Lake W, 3-1 - 4 6 4 25 .080 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 0 9.5
Aug 18 vs. #23 Texas Wesleyan W, 3-1 - 4 14 3 33 .333 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 16.0
Aug 18 vs. Loyola W, 3-0 - 3 8 4 17 .235 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 10.0
Aug 19 vs. #1 Jamestown W, 3-0 - 3 6 3 20 .150 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 8.0
Aug 25 at St. Francis (Ill.) W, 3-0 - 3 5 2 14 .214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Aug 26 vs. Cumberlands (Ky.) W, 3-0 1 3 6 1 14 .357 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Aug 26 vs. (RV) Indiana Tech L, 3-2 1 5 8 3 27 .185 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 10.0
Aug 31 Doane W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 23 .174 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 1 Missouri Valley W, 3-0 1 3 7 0 16 .438 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 2 0 8.0
Sep 1 #18 Central Methodist W, 3-1 1 4 13 2 28 .393 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 4 0 15.0
Sep 2 (RV) IU Kokomo W, 3-0 1 3 8 0 24 .333 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Sep 7 at McPherson W, 3-0 1 3 11 2 22 .409 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 12.0
Sep 13 Dakota State W, 3-1 1 4 15 3 43 .279 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 16.5
Sep 15 vs. Hastings W, 3-0 1 3 12 1 29 .379 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 16 vs. Kansas Wesleyan L, 3-1 1 4 14 6 37 .216 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 15.0
Sep 16 vs. (RV) MidAmerica Nazarene L, 3-0 1 3 8 4 23 .174 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Sep 20 #6 Viterbo L, 3-2 1 5 16 5 34 .324 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 17.0
Sep 22 Waldorf W, 3-0 1 3 13 3 26 .385 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 13.5
Sep 29 at Mayville State W, 3-2 1 5 11 8 34 .088 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 12.0
Oct 5 Dickinson State W, 3-0 1 3 12 3 22 .409 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Oct 6 (RV) Valley City State L, 3-0 1 3 14 2 26 .462 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 15.0
Oct 10 at Dakota State L, 3-1 1 4 12 6 35 .171 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Oct 13 #21 Ottawa W, 3-0 1 3 11 3 25 .320 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 13 #10 Montana Tech L, 3-1 1 4 10 4 30 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Oct 14 Grand View W, 3-0 1 3 13 1 20 .600 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Oct 19 at Waldorf W, 3-0 1 3 10 1 23 .391 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Oct 20 at #5 Viterbo L, 3-1 1 4 11 3 43 .186 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Oct 27 at Dickinson State W, 3-0 1 3 10 1 19 .474 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Oct 28 at (RV) Valley City State W, 3-0 1 3 11 1 20 .500 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Nov 3 Mayville State W, 3-0 1 3 12 3 25 .360 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Nov 9 vs. Waldorf W, 3-0 1 3 12 1 17 .647 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 13.0
Nov 10 vs. (RV) Valley City State W, 3-1 1 4 12 3 51 .176 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 14.0
Nov 11 vs. #5 Viterbo L, 3-0 - 3 5 3 20 .100 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Nov 18 (RV) Indiana East W, 3-1 1 4 13 3 29 .345 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Nov 30 vs. St. Ambrose W, 3-2 1 5 12 4 30 .267 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 13.5
Dec 1 vs. #1 Northwestern L, 3-0 - 3 12 7 30 .167 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 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
2023-24 36 126 380 3.02 106 954 .287 7 0.06 0 0.00 13 0 88 0.70 8 60 68 0.54 418.0 3.3
Total 36 126 380 3.02 106 954 .287 7 0.06 0 0.00 13 0 88 0.70 8 60 68 0.54 418.0 3.3
  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 36 126 380 3.02 106 954 .287 7 0.06 0 0.00 13 0 88 0.70 8 60 68 0.54 418.0 3.3
Conference 12 43 147 3.42 39 350 .309 2 0.05 0 0.00 5 0 28 0.65 0 20 20 0.47 157.0 3.7
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Home 14 48 164 3.42 35 371 .348 1 0.02 0 0.00 5 0 37 0.77 0 20 20 0.42 174.0 3.6
Away 9 32 87 2.72 28 235 .251 2 0.06 0 0.00 2 0 20 0.63 2 18 20 0.63 98.0 3.1
Neutral 13 46 129 2.80 43 348 .247 4 0.09 0 0.00 6 0 31 0.67 6 22 28 0.61 146.0 3.2
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Wins 26 88 270 3.07 63 649 .319 5 0.06 0 0.00 8 0 65 0.74 6 46 52 0.59 299.0 3.4
Losses 10 38 110 2.89 43 305 .220 2 0.05 0 0.00 5 0 23 0.61 2 14 16 0.42 119.0 3.1
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August 8 28 60 2.14 23 173 .214 3 0.11 0 0.00 3 0 9 0.32 6 15 21 0.75 73.5 2.6
September 11 40 128 3.20 34 316 .297 1 0.03 0 0.00 3 0 38 0.95 1 21 22 0.55 139.5 3.5
October 10 33 114 3.45 25 263 .338 2 0.06 0 0.00 3 0 24 0.73 0 13 13 0.39 120.5 3.7
November 6 22 66 3.00 17 172 .285 1 0.05 0 0.00 4 0 16 0.73 1 9 10 0.45 71.5 3.3
December 1 3 12 4.00 7 30 .167 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.33 0 2 2 0.67 13.0 4.3
Kealy Kiviniemi action photo 1 Sophomore Kealy Kiviniemi led the Bruins with 14 kills and three blocks.
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    Viterbo vs. Bellevue (NE)
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    Viterbo vs. Bellevue (NE)
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    Indiana East vs. Bellevue (NE)
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    Indiana East vs. Bellevue (NE)
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    Indiana East vs. Bellevue (NE)

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