19 Blayne Koster
![Blayne Koster](/sports/wvball/2023-24/photos/0001/hs_blayne_koster.jpg?max_width=510&max_height=600)
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- Height:
- 5-8
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- St. Ansgar, Iowa
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- High School:
- St. Ansgar
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- Position:
- OH
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- m
- 19
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- k/s
- 1.93
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- h %
- .111
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- a/s
- 0.00
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- b/s
- 0.15
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- sa/s
- 0.05
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- d/s
- 0.80
Bio
Honors & Awards
- Two-time American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team (2022, 23)
- Best Teammate Award (2023)
- Three-time letterwinner (2021, 22, 23)
2023 | junior
- Voted to the All-A-R-C Academic Team
- Named Best Teammate
- Appeared in 19 matches and 40 sets
- Recorded 77 kills for 1.93 per set
- Added 32 digs, six blocks, and two aces
2022 | sophomore
- Recorded 14 kills in 13 sets for 1.08/set
- Added one ace and eight digs
2021 | freshman
- Played in 23 matches
- Recorded 73 kills in 78 sets (0.94/set)
- Ranked fourth on the team in digs (106) and aces (15)
- Added nine assists and three blocks
- Reached double-digit digs on three occasions including a season-high 17 against Central on Sept. 29
- Knocked down a season-high 13 kills against Westminster on Oct. 16
- Served up three aces two times
High School
- A 2021 graduate of St. Ansgar High School
- Named second team all-conference three times and honorable mention once
- Earned four letters
- Member of National Honor Society and student council
Personal
- Daughter of Kevin and Delores Koster
- Has three siblings, Logan, Amelia and Kyndall
- Majoring in physical education with a minor in special education
Player Profile
Overall | Conf | |||
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Matches | 19 | 6 | ||
Sets | 40 | 15 | ||
Kills | 77 | 35 | ||
Kills per set | 1.93 | 2.33 | ||
Errors | 52 | 19 | ||
Total Attacks | 226 | 96 | ||
Total Attacks per set | 5.65 | 6.40 | ||
Hitting Percentage | .111 | .167 | ||
Assists | 0 | 0 | ||
Assists per set | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Service Aces | 2 | 0 | ||
Service Errors | 6 | 1 | ||
Service Aces per set | 0.05 | 0.00 | ||
Receptions | 101 | 58 | ||
Reception Errors | 15 | 9 | ||
Digs | 32 | 13 | ||
Digs per set | 0.80 | 0.87 | ||
Block Solo | 2 | 2 | ||
Block Assist | 4 | 0 | ||
Block Total | 6 | 2 | ||
Blocks per set | 0.15 | 0.13 | ||
Block Errors | 2 | 2 | ||
Ball Handling Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
Points | 83.0 | 37.0 | ||
Points per set | 2.1 | 2.5 | ||
Matches started | 7 | 2 |
Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | r | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
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Sep 1 | vs. Concordia (Tex.) | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 |
Sep 1 | at Mary Hardin-Baylor | L, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | -.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sep 2 | vs. Schreiner | W, 3-2 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sep 2 | vs. Concordia-M'head | L, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
Sep 8 | vs. Saint Benedict | L, 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 8 | at Wis.-River Falls | L, 3-0 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Sep 9 | vs. Martin Luther | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 9 | vs. St. Olaf | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 15 | vs. Macalester | L, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 15 | at Wis.-La Crosse | L, 3-2 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
Sep 16 | vs. Minn.-Morris | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 16 | vs. Augsburg | L, 3-1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 23 | .304 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.5 |
Sep 22 | vs. North Central (Ill.) | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 22 | at Aurora | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 23 | vs. Ripon | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 23 | at Wis.-Stevens Point | L, 3-0 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | .308 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
Sep 27 | Neb. Wesleyan | L, 3-0 | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
Sep 29 | at Cornell College | L, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Oct 6 | Loras | W, 3-1 | - | 3 | 9 | 1 | 16 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 |
Oct 7 | Dubuque | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 41 | .122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 |
Oct 11 | Central (Iowa) | W, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 34 | .059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 |
Oct 13 | vs. No. 2 Wis.-Oshkosh | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | -.118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
Oct 14 | at No. 12 Washington (Mo.) | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 23 | -.087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 |
Oct 14 | vs. DePauw | W, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | .176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 |
Oct 18 | at Buena Vista | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 19 | Grinnell | L, 3-1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
Oct 27 | at Coe | L, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Oct 28 | at Wartburg | L, 3-1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Nov 1 | at Luther | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nov 7 | Central (Iowa) | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nov 9 | at Dubuque | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 | |
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2021-22 | 23 | 78 | 73 | 0.94 | 56 | 300 | .057 | 9 | 0.12 | 15 | 0.19 | 141 | 17 | 106 | 1.36 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.04 | 89.5 | 1.1 |
2022-23 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 1.08 | 15 | 62 | -.016 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.08 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 15.0 | 1.2 |
2023-24 | 19 | 40 | 77 | 1.93 | 52 | 226 | .111 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.05 | 101 | 15 | 32 | 0.80 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.15 | 83.0 | 2.1 |
2024-25 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 1.27 | 22 | 81 | -.037 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.13 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0.40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.13 | 22.0 | 1.5 |
Total | 55 | 146 | 183 | 1.25 | 145 | 669 | .057 | 9 | 0.06 | 20 | 0.14 | 285 | 39 | 152 | 1.04 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.08 | 209.5 | 1.4 |
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 | ||
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Event | Total | 19 | 40 | 77 | 1.93 | 52 | 226 | .111 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.05 | 101 | 15 | 32 | 0.80 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.15 | 83.0 | 2.1 |
Conference | 6 | 15 | 35 | 2.33 | 19 | 96 | .167 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 58 | 9 | 13 | 0.87 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.13 | 37.0 | 2.5 | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | 5 | 14 | 37 | 2.64 | 19 | 102 | .176 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 57 | 8 | 11 | 0.79 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.14 | 39.0 | 2.8 |
Away | 8 | 12 | 15 | 1.25 | 16 | 53 | -.019 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.08 | 24 | 4 | 13 | 1.08 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 16.5 | 1.4 | |
Neutral | 6 | 14 | 25 | 1.79 | 17 | 71 | .113 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.07 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0.57 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.21 | 27.5 | 2.0 | |
Result | Wins | 5 | 15 | 29 | 1.93 | 16 | 70 | .186 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 45 | 7 | 10 | 0.67 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.20 | 31.0 | 2.1 |
Losses | 14 | 25 | 48 | 1.92 | 36 | 156 | .077 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.08 | 56 | 8 | 22 | 0.88 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.12 | 52.0 | 2.1 | |
Month | September | 10 | 14 | 28 | 2.00 | 17 | 70 | .157 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.14 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 0.79 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.14 | 31.0 | 2.2 |
October | 9 | 26 | 49 | 1.88 | 35 | 156 | .090 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 81 | 11 | 21 | 0.81 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.15 | 52.0 | 2.0 |
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