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Jersey Number 10
Kenzie Crawford
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Grand Rapids, Mich.
- High School:
- Northview
Bio
Awards & Honors
2013-14 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2015-16 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2015-16 Dean’s List
2016-17 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2017 True Blue Award
2017: Senior at Creighton
• Split time as Creighton’s setter in 2015 before moving to the defensive specialist role full-time in 2016 and 2017.
• Saw playing time diminish late in the season due to the play of Alexa Roumeliotis, instead moving into a serving specialist role.
• Had kills in each of CU’s first two matches in 2017 after zero kills in 2016.
• Registered 11 digs in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26).
• Collected season-high 14 digs at Wichita State (9/15).
• Saw action at setter for the first time since 2015 against No. 19 Iowa State (9/16), finishing with eight assists and nine digs.
• Started on Senior Day vs. DePaul (11/5), finishing with four digs.
2016: Junior at Creighton
• Played in all 36 matches, including 17 starts, as a defensive specialist.
• Averaged 1.85 digs per set and served three aces.
• One of four team captains on Creighton’s 2016 squad, along with Lydia Dimke, Lauren Smith and Jess Bird.
• Owned six digs and an assist in season-opener vs. Wichita State (Aug. 27).
• Made first start of the season at Iowa State on Aug. 28, finishing with four digs in team’s first win of the year.
• Collected 10 digs vs. No. 4 Kansas (Sept. 8).
• Powered up nine digs in starts vs. No. 1 Nebraska (Sept. 17) and DePaul (Sept. 25).
• Finished with 12 digs in a win at Marquette (Oct. 22).
• Served her first ace of 2016 versus Butler (Nov. 4).
• Dug 11 balls in 3-2 win over Villanova to close the regular-season (Nov. 20).
• Started and had five digs as Creighton swept Xavier in the BIG EAST Championship title match (Nov. 26).
• Dug a career-high 17 balls in NCAA Tournament win over Northern Iowa (Dec. 1).
• Owned 12 digs in win at No. 4 Kansas (Dec. 2), clinching a return trip to the Sweet 16.
• Dug 13 attacks in Sweet 16 victory over No. 17 Michigan (Dec. 9).
• Produced six digs and an ace at No. 5 Texas (Dec. 10) in the Elite Eight.
2015: Sophomore at Creighton
• Was Creighton’s starting setter the first five matches of the season, and 11 times overall, with the team going 6-5 in those contests.
• Crawford averaged 8.80 assists per set, an impressive figure considering the playing time in her final five appearances came when running a 6-2 offense along with Ashley Jansen.
• Also contributed 39 kills, 114 digs and 18 blocks.
• First Creighton player with a triple-double in one of her first three starts, when she had 51 assists, 11 digs and 10 kills vs. Louisville (Aug. 29).
• Also produced double-doubles in 2015 against 2014 NCAA Tournament teams CSU Bakersfield (Sept. 12) and Seton Hall (Sept. 25).
• Finished with 19 assists and nine digs in a 3-0 victory at Seton Hall (Oct. 31).
• Tied for 11th nationally in triple-doubles.
2014: Freshman at Creighton
• Appeared in 17 matches, including a start as a defensive specialist vs. No. 6 Southern Cal on Sept. 6.
• Owned 63 digs and two kills.
• Is a setter by trade but saw much of her playing time as a defensive specialist.
• Collected a season-high nine assists against Providence on Oct. 19, seeing extensive time in the second and third sets.
• Dug seven balls vs. Utah Valley on Aug. 29 in her college debut.
• Picked up kills against Northern Iowa (Sept. 5) and Providence (Oct. 19).
• Had an assist and three digs in road win at Providence (Nov. 14).
• Dug a season-best 11 digs, all in the final four sets, to spark CU’s 3-2 comeback victory over Northern Iowa (Sept. 5).
2013: Redshirted at Creighton
• Redshirted for Creighton’s 23-9 team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Was able to practice and travel with the team, but did not participate in any matches.
• Only action of the fall came in Blue-White scrimmage (Aug. 23), where she finished with 42 assists, 12 digs, two blocks and an ace.
Northview High School
• Honored with Northview Senior Athlete Award and as Detroit Free Press Senior Athlete of the Year and Ottawa-Kent Conference Female Athlete of the Year.
• Named First Team All Ottawa-Kent Conference in volleyball twice and basketball once.
• Named volleyball team MVP as a junior.
• Played in Champions of Character basketball All-Star Game as a senior.
• Earned three varsity letters each in volleyball and basketball.
• High school team won 41 matches in her three years on varsity.
• Club team, MVA, finished 15th in the open division of AAU Nationals in 2012, and was coached by Mayme Vliestra.
• Creighton’s only volleyball player from Michigan since restarting the program in 1994.
Personal
• Born on February 21, 1995.
• Daughter of Donald and Kara Crawford.
• Has a brother, Conner (20) and a sister, Kali (19).
• Is an exercise science and psychology major.
• Favorite vacation spot is Boca Raton, Fla.
• Best volleyball memory is beating Kansas to make it to the Sweet 16.
• Gameday superstition is to braid her hair the same way.
• Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant.
• Favorite professor at Creighton is Dr. Eckerson.
• Favorite social media outlet is Snapchat.
• Favorite movie is Law Abiding Citizen.
• Favorite color is purple.
• Celebrity crush is Ian Somerhalder.
• Favorite road trip with the team is to New York.
• Dream dinner guests would be Beyonce and Jay-Z.
2013-14 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2015-16 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2015-16 Dean’s List
2016-17 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2017 True Blue Award
2017: Senior at Creighton
• Split time as Creighton’s setter in 2015 before moving to the defensive specialist role full-time in 2016 and 2017.
• Saw playing time diminish late in the season due to the play of Alexa Roumeliotis, instead moving into a serving specialist role.
• Had kills in each of CU’s first two matches in 2017 after zero kills in 2016.
• Registered 11 digs in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26).
• Collected season-high 14 digs at Wichita State (9/15).
• Saw action at setter for the first time since 2015 against No. 19 Iowa State (9/16), finishing with eight assists and nine digs.
• Started on Senior Day vs. DePaul (11/5), finishing with four digs.
2016: Junior at Creighton
• Played in all 36 matches, including 17 starts, as a defensive specialist.
• Averaged 1.85 digs per set and served three aces.
• One of four team captains on Creighton’s 2016 squad, along with Lydia Dimke, Lauren Smith and Jess Bird.
• Owned six digs and an assist in season-opener vs. Wichita State (Aug. 27).
• Made first start of the season at Iowa State on Aug. 28, finishing with four digs in team’s first win of the year.
• Collected 10 digs vs. No. 4 Kansas (Sept. 8).
• Powered up nine digs in starts vs. No. 1 Nebraska (Sept. 17) and DePaul (Sept. 25).
• Finished with 12 digs in a win at Marquette (Oct. 22).
• Served her first ace of 2016 versus Butler (Nov. 4).
• Dug 11 balls in 3-2 win over Villanova to close the regular-season (Nov. 20).
• Started and had five digs as Creighton swept Xavier in the BIG EAST Championship title match (Nov. 26).
• Dug a career-high 17 balls in NCAA Tournament win over Northern Iowa (Dec. 1).
• Owned 12 digs in win at No. 4 Kansas (Dec. 2), clinching a return trip to the Sweet 16.
• Dug 13 attacks in Sweet 16 victory over No. 17 Michigan (Dec. 9).
• Produced six digs and an ace at No. 5 Texas (Dec. 10) in the Elite Eight.
2015: Sophomore at Creighton
• Was Creighton’s starting setter the first five matches of the season, and 11 times overall, with the team going 6-5 in those contests.
• Crawford averaged 8.80 assists per set, an impressive figure considering the playing time in her final five appearances came when running a 6-2 offense along with Ashley Jansen.
• Also contributed 39 kills, 114 digs and 18 blocks.
• First Creighton player with a triple-double in one of her first three starts, when she had 51 assists, 11 digs and 10 kills vs. Louisville (Aug. 29).
• Also produced double-doubles in 2015 against 2014 NCAA Tournament teams CSU Bakersfield (Sept. 12) and Seton Hall (Sept. 25).
• Finished with 19 assists and nine digs in a 3-0 victory at Seton Hall (Oct. 31).
• Tied for 11th nationally in triple-doubles.
2014: Freshman at Creighton
• Appeared in 17 matches, including a start as a defensive specialist vs. No. 6 Southern Cal on Sept. 6.
• Owned 63 digs and two kills.
• Is a setter by trade but saw much of her playing time as a defensive specialist.
• Collected a season-high nine assists against Providence on Oct. 19, seeing extensive time in the second and third sets.
• Dug seven balls vs. Utah Valley on Aug. 29 in her college debut.
• Picked up kills against Northern Iowa (Sept. 5) and Providence (Oct. 19).
• Had an assist and three digs in road win at Providence (Nov. 14).
• Dug a season-best 11 digs, all in the final four sets, to spark CU’s 3-2 comeback victory over Northern Iowa (Sept. 5).
2013: Redshirted at Creighton
• Redshirted for Creighton’s 23-9 team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Was able to practice and travel with the team, but did not participate in any matches.
• Only action of the fall came in Blue-White scrimmage (Aug. 23), where she finished with 42 assists, 12 digs, two blocks and an ace.
Northview High School
• Honored with Northview Senior Athlete Award and as Detroit Free Press Senior Athlete of the Year and Ottawa-Kent Conference Female Athlete of the Year.
• Named First Team All Ottawa-Kent Conference in volleyball twice and basketball once.
• Named volleyball team MVP as a junior.
• Played in Champions of Character basketball All-Star Game as a senior.
• Earned three varsity letters each in volleyball and basketball.
• High school team won 41 matches in her three years on varsity.
• Club team, MVA, finished 15th in the open division of AAU Nationals in 2012, and was coached by Mayme Vliestra.
• Creighton’s only volleyball player from Michigan since restarting the program in 1994.
Personal
• Born on February 21, 1995.
• Daughter of Donald and Kara Crawford.
• Has a brother, Conner (20) and a sister, Kali (19).
• Is an exercise science and psychology major.
• Favorite vacation spot is Boca Raton, Fla.
• Best volleyball memory is beating Kansas to make it to the Sweet 16.
• Gameday superstition is to braid her hair the same way.
• Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant.
• Favorite professor at Creighton is Dr. Eckerson.
• Favorite social media outlet is Snapchat.
• Favorite movie is Law Abiding Citizen.
• Favorite color is purple.
• Celebrity crush is Ian Somerhalder.
• Favorite road trip with the team is to New York.
• Dream dinner guests would be Beyonce and Jay-Z.
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