23 Kaija Kunze-Hoeg
Kaija Kunze-Hoeg
  • Height:
    5'9''
  • Year:
    2026
  • Hometown:
    Eagan, Minn.
  • High School:
    Mounds Park Academy
  • Position:
    L
  • Major:
    International Relations-Economics International Relations-Economics & Spanish
  • Pronunciation:
    KAI-uh koon-SEE-HOE-g
  • m
    25
  • k/s
    0.07
  • h %
    .100
  • a/s
    1.08
  • b/s
    0.00
  • sa/s
    0.40
  • d/s
    5.05

Bio

Collegiate Career Honors:
  • 2023 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
  • 2023 AVCA All-Region First Team
  • 2023 CSC Academic All-District
  • 2023 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team
  • NEWMAC Defensive Athlete of the Week (9/24/23)
2023:
  • Competed in all 25 games as a first year
  • Led the team with 495 digs (5.05 per set), in addition to 39 service aces and 106 assists
  • Had a season-high 30 digs against Brandeis on Nov. 2
  • Recorded double-digit digs in every game
2022:
  • Appeared in all 25 contests as a first year for the Blue
  • Led the Blue with 412 digs (4th in NEWMAC), avergaing 4.53 digs per set 
  • Recorded 54 kills, 24 service aces, and 63 assists
  • Had season high 32 digs against Salve Regina on Oct. 20
  • Had double-digit digs in 21 games
  • Made collegiate debut on Sept. 2 against Suffolk
Before Wellesley:
  • Attended Mounds Park Academy graduated in 2022
  • Varsity Volleyball six-time letter recipient
  • Helped guide the MPA volleyball program to two state appearances
  • Played club volleyball for Mizuno Northern Lights
  • 2x All-Conference Honorable Mention, 4x All-Conference Team, 1x Conference Player of the Year
  • Breakdown Section 2AA All-Section team, Class AA All-State Team, Class AA All-State Tournament Team
  • Athena Award Winner 
Personal:
  • Born in St. Paul, Minn.
  • Daughter of Kari and Jeff Kunze-Hoeg
  • Has one younger sister, Else
Why Wellesley?
  • Chose to attend Wellesley because she loves the strength of the academic programs as well as the location

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 21 at Keene St. W, 3-0
Oct 24 at Emerson L, 3-2
Oct 26 Plymouth St. W, 3-2
Oct 31 at WPI L, 3-2
Nov 2 Brandeis W, 3-2
Nov 4 Mount Holyoke W, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 25 11
Sets 98 45
Kills 7 3
Kills per set 0.07 0.07
Errors 3 0
Total Attacks 40 19
Hitting Percentage .100 .158
Assists 106 52
Assists per set 1.08 1.16
Service Aces 39 17
Service Errors 30 7
Service Aces per set 0.40 0.38
Receptions 591 296
Reception Errors 23 11
Digs 495 223
Digs per set 5.05 4.96
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 46.0 20.0
Points per set 0.5 0.4
Matches started - -
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 Mass.-Dartmouth L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 4 1 0 21 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 2 vs. Regis (Mass.) L, 3-0 - 3 1 1 2 .000 4 2 2 14 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 2 vs. Colby-Sawyer W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 3 .000 1 6 4 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 6 Fisher W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 3 1 19 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 9 U. of New England W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 6 1 2 23 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 14 at New England Col. W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 3 1 1 26 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 16 at Gordon W, 3-1 - 4 0 2 2 -1.000 2 1 1 25 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 16 vs. Maine Maritime W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 1 2 2 32 2 22 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 19 Salve Regina W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 3 2 1 37 3 20 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 23 Wheaton W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 1 1.000 2 2 1 13 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 26 at Babson L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 5 0 1 39 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 29 Smith L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 4 4 0 32 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 30 at Eastern Nazarene L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 5 0 0 36 6 27 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 3 at Coast Guard L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 5 .000 6 0 0 33 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 10 MIT L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 3 1 0 22 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 12 at Regis (Mass.) L, 3-2 - 5 2 0 5 .400 5 0 3 16 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 14 at Clark L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 2 1 0 27 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 17 Springfield L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 8 1 2 21 1 27 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 21 vs. Southern Me. W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 1 3 9 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 21 at Keene St. W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 5 1 1 - 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 24 at Emerson L, 3-2 - 5 1 0 1 1.000 9 4 1 30 2 23 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 26 Plymouth St. W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 2 .000 8 0 1 24 1 28 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 31 at WPI L, 3-2 - 5 1 0 3 .333 4 2 0 25 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Nov 2 Brandeis W, 3-2 - 5 1 0 2 .500 5 3 2 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Nov 4 Mount Holyoke W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 4 .000 6 0 1 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  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
2022-23 25 91 54 0.59 26 180 .156 63 0.69 24 0.26 533 30 411 4.52 0 4 4 0.04 80.0 0.9
2023-24 25 98 7 0.07 3 40 .100 106 1.08 39 0.40 591 23 495 5.05 0 0 0 0.00 46.0 0.5
Total 50 189 61 0.32 29 220 .145 169 0.89 63 0.33 1124 53 906 4.79 0 4 4 0.02 126.0 0.7
    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
Event Total 25 98 7 0.07 3 40 .100 106 1.08 39 0.40 591 23 495 5.05 0 0 0 0.00 46.0 0.5
Conference 11 45 3 0.07 0 19 .158 52 1.16 17 0.38 296 11 223 4.96 0 0 0 0.00 20.0 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 11 41 2 0.05 0 13 .154 52 1.27 18 0.44 259 9 228 5.56 0 0 0 0.00 20.0 0.5
Away 10 43 4 0.09 2 21 .095 46 1.07 10 0.23 257 11 197 4.58 0 0 0 0.00 14.0 0.3
Neutral 4 14 1 0.07 1 6 .000 8 0.57 11 0.79 75 3 70 5.00 0 0 0 0.00 12.0 0.9
Result Wins 13 48 2 0.04 2 17 .000 47 0.98 23 0.48 275 7 243 5.06 0 0 0 0.00 25.0 0.5
Losses 12 50 5 0.10 1 23 .174 59 1.18 16 0.32 316 16 252 5.04 0 0 0 0.00 21.0 0.4
Month September 13 49 2 0.04 3 14 -.071 43 0.88 25 0.51 337 15 251 5.12 0 0 0 0.00 27.0 0.6
October 10 41 4 0.10 0 20 .200 52 1.27 11 0.27 207 8 197 4.80 0 0 0 0.00 15.0 0.4
November 2 8 1 0.13 0 6 .167 11 1.38 3 0.38 47 0 47 5.88 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.5