Kendall Black

Kendall Black
21 Kendall Black
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Hometown:
    Defiance, OH
  • Position:
    MB
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • High School:
    Defiance
  • Major:
    Biology
  • m
    30
  • k/s
    1.61
  • h %
    .229
  • a/s
    0.04
  • b/s
    0.45
  • sa/s
    0.17
  • d/s
    0.46
Bio

Junior Season (2023):

Played in 30 matches... Starting 29 of them... Posted a season-best of 11.5 points with 9 kills, 1 service ace, and 2 blocks against #4 Calvin on 9/08/2023... Recorded a season-high of 10 kills against Albion on 9/09/2023... Posted a season-high of 5 digs against Marietta on 10/14/2023... Collected a season-high of 5 service aces against #9 Johns Hopkins on 9/02/2023... Finished the season with 171 kills and 1.61 kills per set... Totalled 449 attacks with a .229 hitting percentage... Assisted 4 tigers... Collected 18 service aces... Received 3 receptions... Recorded 49 digs with 0.46 digs per set... Blocked 48 opponents with 0.45 blocks per set... Earned 216.5 points for the tigers this season

 

College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

NCAC Academic Honor Roll

Sophomore Season (2022):

Played in 3 matches... Posted a season-best of 4 points with 3 kills and 2 block assists against Wilmington on 9/03/2022... Recorded her first service ace against Geneva on 9/17/2022... Finished the season with 4 kills... Totalled 12 attacks with a .333 hitting percentage... Recorded 1 service ace... Scored 6 points this season

Freshman Season (2021):

Played in 5 matches... Finished the season with 3 kills and 6 total attacks... Scoring 3 points this season

Why Wittenberg?

I chose Wittenberg because of the great volleyball program and because it felt like home and I felt welcomed right when I stepped on campus.

High School

Ohio All-Star Volleyball Team...selected for the Senior All-Star Game...2020 All-WBL First Team, 2020 All-District 8 First Team... Graduated from Defiance High School as Valedictorian.

Personal

Daughter of Coit Black and Carson Slade.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 30 7
Sets 106 23
Kills 171 35
Kills per set 1.61 1.52
Errors 68 13
Total Attacks 449 102
Total Attacks per set 4.24 4.43
Hitting Percentage .229 .216
Assists 4 1
Assists per set 0.04 0.04
Service Total Attempts 179 31
Service Aces 18 2
Service Errors 20 5
Service Aces per set 0.17 0.09
Receptions 3 0
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 49 13
Digs per set 0.46 0.57
Block Solo 7 2
Block Assist 41 12
Block Total 48 14
Blocks per set 0.45 0.61
Block Errors 4 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 216.5 45.0
Points per set 2.0 2.0
Matches started 28 7
Recent results
Recent Games
Date Opponent Result
Nov 4 at Heidelberg W, 3-0
Nov 4 at Ohio Northern W, 3-1
Nov 7 Denison W, 3-0
Nov 10 vs. Ohio Wesleyan W, 3-1
Nov 11 at DePauw W, 3-2
Nov 16 vs. Trinity (Tex.) L, 3-1
Game Log - Offense
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Sep 1 vs. Beloit W, 3-0 1 2 3 0 5 .600 0 4.5
Sep 2 vs. #1 Juniata L, 3-1 - 4 4 2 13 .154 0 5.0
Sep 2 at #9 Johns Hopkins L, 3-2 1 5 5 3 17 .118 0 10.5
Sep 8 #4 Calvin L, 3-1 1 4 9 5 22 .182 0 11.5
Sep 9 #3 Hope L, 3-0 - 3 6 1 11 .455 1 8.0
Sep 9 Albion W, 3-0 1 3 10 1 17 .529 1 10.0
Sep 15 vs. #14 Berry L, 3-0 1 3 6 2 10 .400 1 6.0
Sep 15 at Centre L, 3-2 1 5 7 3 18 .222 0 9.0
Sep 16 vs. Birmingham-Southern L, 3-1 1 4 8 4 15 .267 0 9.0
Sep 19 Otterbein L, 3-1 1 4 6 1 16 .313 0 7.0
Sep 23 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 3-2 1 5 3 6 24 -.125 1 6.0
Sep 27 at Transylvania L, 3-0 1 3 7 1 15 .400 0 8.0
Sep 30 Kenyon W, 3-0 1 2 6 1 10 .500 0 7.0
Oct 3 Earlham W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 12 .250 0 9.0
Oct 6 at Mount Union W, 3-0 1 3 9 3 16 .375 0 11.0
Oct 7 at Oberlin W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 10 .400 0 6.0
Oct 13 #15 Mount St. Joseph L, 3-1 1 4 5 4 22 .045 0 9.5
Oct 14 Carnegie Mellon L, 3-0 1 3 7 4 19 .158 0 7.5
Oct 14 Marietta W, 3-0 1 3 3 0 5 .600 0 4.0
Oct 19 DePauw L, 3-1 1 4 6 2 15 .267 0 8.5
Oct 21 Hiram W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 14 .214 0 5.0
Oct 24 at Wooster W, 3-0 1 3 4 2 20 .100 0 5.0
Oct 28 at Denison W, 3-0 1 3 7 0 9 .778 0 7.5
Nov 1 Muskingum W, 3-1 1 4 5 2 12 .250 0 7.5
Nov 4 at Heidelberg W, 3-0 1 3 1 5 11 -.364 0 1.0
Nov 4 at Ohio Northern W, 3-1 1 4 8 4 18 .222 0 9.0
Nov 7 Denison W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 11 .273 0 4.0
Nov 10 vs. Ohio Wesleyan W, 3-1 1 4 5 2 23 .130 0 5.0
Nov 11 at DePauw W, 3-2 1 5 5 4 14 .071 0 6.5
Nov 16 vs. Trinity (Tex.) L, 3-1 1 4 8 1 25 .280 0 9.0
Game Log - Defense
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Sep 1 vs. Beloit W, 3-0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0
Sep 2 vs. #1 Juniata L, 3-1 - 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 2 at #9 Johns Hopkins L, 3-2 1 5 1 0 1 1 1 0
Sep 8 #4 Calvin L, 3-1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 0
Sep 9 #3 Hope L, 3-0 - 3 1 0 2 0 2 0
Sep 9 Albion W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 15 vs. #14 Berry L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 15 at Centre L, 3-2 1 5 0 0 4 0 4 0
Sep 16 vs. Birmingham-Southern L, 3-1 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
Sep 19 Otterbein L, 3-1 1 4 3 0 2 0 2 1
Sep 23 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 3-2 1 5 4 0 6 0 6 0
Sep 27 at Transylvania L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 0
Sep 30 Kenyon W, 3-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 3 Earlham W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 6 at Mount Union W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 7 at Oberlin W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 13 #15 Mount St. Joseph L, 3-1 1 4 3 0 3 0 3 0
Oct 14 Carnegie Mellon L, 3-0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 14 Marietta W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 19 DePauw L, 3-1 1 4 4 1 1 0 2 0
Oct 21 Hiram W, 3-0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
Oct 24 at Wooster W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 28 at Denison W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0
Nov 1 Muskingum W, 3-1 1 4 2 2 1 0 3 0
Nov 4 at Heidelberg W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 4 at Ohio Northern W, 3-1 1 4 1 0 2 0 2 0
Nov 7 Denison W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 10 vs. Ohio Wesleyan W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0
Nov 11 at DePauw W, 3-2 1 5 2 0 1 0 1 0
Nov 16 vs. Trinity (Tex.) L, 3-1 1 4 3 0 2 0 2 0
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date Opponent Score ms s ta sa se r re
Sep 1 vs. Beloit W, 3-0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
Sep 2 vs. #1 Juniata L, 3-1 - 4 3 1 0 0 0
Sep 2 at #9 Johns Hopkins L, 3-2 1 5 21 5 1 1 0
Sep 8 #4 Calvin L, 3-1 1 4 6 1 0 0 0
Sep 9 #3 Hope L, 3-0 - 3 5 1 0 0 0
Sep 9 Albion W, 3-0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0
Sep 15 vs. #14 Berry L, 3-0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0
Sep 15 at Centre L, 3-2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 16 vs. Birmingham-Southern L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 19 Otterbein L, 3-1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0
Sep 23 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 3-2 1 5 11 0 2 0 0
Sep 27 at Transylvania L, 3-0 1 3 4 0 1 0 0
Sep 30 Kenyon W, 3-0 1 2 4 1 0 0 0
Oct 3 Earlham W, 3-0 1 3 11 3 0 2 0
Oct 6 at Mount Union W, 3-0 1 3 13 1 3 0 0
Oct 7 at Oberlin W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0
Oct 13 #15 Mount St. Joseph L, 3-1 1 4 16 3 1 0 0
Oct 14 Carnegie Mellon L, 3-0 1 3 6 0 1 0 0
Oct 14 Marietta W, 3-0 1 3 10 0 0 0 0
Oct 19 DePauw L, 3-1 1 4 12 1 1 0 0
Oct 21 Hiram W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 24 at Wooster W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 28 at Denison W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0
Nov 1 Muskingum W, 3-1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0
Nov 4 at Heidelberg W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 4 at Ohio Northern W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 7 Denison W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0
Nov 10 vs. Ohio Wesleyan W, 3-1 1 4 12 0 1 0 0
Nov 11 at DePauw W, 3-2 1 5 13 1 2 0 0
Nov 16 vs. Trinity (Tex.) L, 3-1 1 4 13 0 0 0 0
Career Stats - Offense
Statistic m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
2021-22 4 7 2 0.29 0 4 0.57 .500 0 0.00 2.0 0.3
2022-23 3 5 4 0.80 0 12 2.40 .333 0 0.00 6.0 1.2
2023-24 30 106 171 1.61 68 449 4.24 .229 4 0.04 216.5 2.0
2024-25 26 98 144 1.47 37 407 4.15 .263 4 0.04 181.5 1.9
Total 63 216 321 1.49 105 872 4.04 .248 8 0.04 406.0 1.9
Career Stats - Defense
Statistic m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
2021-22 4 7 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
2022-23 3 5 0 0.00 0 2 2 0.40
2023-24 30 106 49 0.46 7 41 48 0.45
2024-25 26 98 62 0.63 9 45 54 0.55
Total 63 216 111 0.51 16 88 104 0.48
Career Stats - Serve/Receive
Statistic m s ta sa sa/s se r re
2021-22 4 7 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
2022-23 3 5 1 1 0.20 0 0 0
2023-24 30 106 179 18 0.17 20 3 0
2024-25 26 98 120 6 0.06 26 8 1
Total 63 216 300 25 0.12 46 11 1
Split Stats - Offense
Statistic m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
Event
Total 30 106 171 1.61 68 449 4.24 .229 4 0.04 216.5 2.0
Conference 7 23 35 1.52 13 102 4.43 .216 1 0.04 45.0 2.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 13 43 76 1.77 25 186 4.33 .274 2 0.05 98.5 2.3
Away 11 42 61 1.45 32 172 4.10 .169 1 0.02 79.5 1.9
Neutral 6 21 34 1.62 11 91 4.33 .253 1 0.05 38.5 1.8
Result
Wins 16 51 84 1.65 29 207 4.06 .266 1 0.02 102.0 2.0
Losses 14 55 87 1.58 39 242 4.40 .198 3 0.05 114.5 2.1
Month
September 13 47 80 1.70 30 193 4.11 .259 4 0.09 101.5 2.2
October 10 32 55 1.72 19 142 4.44 .254 0 0.00 73.0 2.3
November 7 27 36 1.33 19 114 4.22 .149 0 0.00 42.0 1.6
Split Stats - Defense
Statistic m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event
Total 30 106 49 0.46 7 41 48 0.45
Conference 7 23 13 0.57 2 12 14 0.61
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 13 43 28 0.65 5 15 20 0.47
Away 11 42 14 0.33 0 23 23 0.55
Neutral 6 21 7 0.33 2 3 5 0.24
Result
Wins 16 51 23 0.45 4 16 20 0.39
Losses 14 55 26 0.47 3 25 28 0.51
Month
September 13 47 19 0.40 3 19 22 0.47
October 10 32 22 0.69 2 16 18 0.56
November 7 27 8 0.30 2 6 8 0.30
Split Stats - Serve/Receive
Statistic m s ta sa sa/s se r re
Event
Total 30 106 179 18 0.17 20 3 0
Conference 7 23 31 2 0.09 5 0 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 13 43 82 10 0.23 6 2 0
Away 11 42 66 7 0.17 11 1 0
Neutral 6 21 31 1 0.05 3 0 0
Result
Wins 16 51 76 6 0.12 11 2 0
Losses 14 55 103 12 0.22 9 1 0
Month
September 13 47 64 9 0.19 7 1 0
October 10 32 72 8 0.25 8 2 0
November 7 27 43 1 0.04 5 0 0
News mentions
Wittenberg Women's Volleyball Team
Tyler Linkhart and Head Coach Evelyn Miller celebrate a career milestone.
Tigers Win Fourth Straight As Linkhart Reaches Milestone

Wittenberg women's volleyball wins home finale 3-1 over Muskingum at Tyler Linkhart tops 1,000 career kills.

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