9 Kate Salembier
Kate Salembier
  • Height:
    5'10"
  • Year:
    2024
  • Hometown:
    Sierra Madre, Calif.
  • High School:
    Polytechnic
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Media Arts & Sciences
  • Pronunciation:
    KATE Suh-LAHM-bee-ay
  • m
    25
  • k/s
    1.77
  • h %
    .086
  • a/s
    0.06
  • b/s
    0.26
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.45

Bio

Collegiate Career Honors:
  • 2023 NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team
  • 3x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021, 2022, 2023)
2023:
  • Competed in all 25 matches as a senior
  • Recorded 152 kills with 22 total blocks
  • Registered 11 kills against Salve Regina (Sept. 19) and WPI (Oct. 31)
2022:
  • Played in all 25 matches for the Blue as a junior 
  • Led the Blue with 234 kills and 37 service aces, in addition to 215 digs
  • Had career high 17 kills in a 3-2 win over Keene State on Sept. 22
  • Had at least 10 digs and 10 kills in seven different games
2021:
  • Competed in 17 matches as a sophomore
  • Made collegiate debut on Sept. 4 against Rivier
  • Totaled 56 kills, 38 digs, and 14 total blocks
  • Had a season high eight kills in a 3-1 win over Suffolk on Oct. 9
2020:

  • Did not participate due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Before Wellesley:
  • Attended Polytechnic School, graduated in 2020
  • Was a one sport athlete in volleyball, played on the varsity team for four years
  • Helped guide the Polytechnic team to the CIF Division 4 Finals in 2018, and Division 3 Semi-Finals in 2019
  • Was captain of the volleyball team during junior and senior season
  • Voted Most Valuable Player junior and senior season
  • Was awarded first team all league senior season
Personal:
  • Daughter of Hunt Salembier and Lyn Beecher
  • Born in Sierra Madre, Calif.
  • Has one sister, Grace
Why Wellesley?
  • Chose to attend Wellesley because of the incredible academics and competitive volleyball program

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 86 43
Kills 152 79
Kills per set 1.77 1.84
Errors 111 53
Total Attacks 475 239
Hitting Percentage .086 .109
Assists 5 1
Assists per set 0.06 0.02
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 1 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 10 5
Reception Errors 4 2
Digs 39 16
Digs per set 0.45 0.37
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 22 11
Block Total 22 11
Blocks per set 0.26 0.26
Block Errors 2 1
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 163.0 84.5
Points per set 1.9 2.0
Matches started 12 5
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 - 2 4 4 17 .000 1 0 0 4 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 2 vs. Regis (Mass.) L, 3-0 - 2 4 3 13 .077 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 2 vs. Colby-Sawyer W, 3-0 - 3 5 3 15 .133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 6 Fisher W, 3-0 - 1 3 3 8 .000 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 9 U. of New England W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 20 .400 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Sep 14 at New England Col. W, 3-0 - 3 4 6 21 -.095 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 16 at Gordon W, 3-1 - 1 0 2 3 -.667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Sep 16 vs. Maine Maritime W, 3-2 - 5 3 1 11 .182 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Sep 19 Salve Regina W, 3-2 - 5 11 5 24 .250 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Sep 23 Wheaton W, 3-0 - 3 9 7 25 .080 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Sep 26 at Babson L, 3-2 1 5 4 4 24 .000 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 29 Smith L, 3-1 - 4 6 7 21 -.048 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Sep 30 at Eastern Nazarene L, 3-2 1 5 9 9 27 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 9.5
Oct 3 at Coast Guard L, 3-1 - 2 3 1 7 .286 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 10 MIT L, 3-0 1 3 5 3 17 .118 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Oct 12 at Regis (Mass.) L, 3-2 1 2 2 3 10 -.100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 14 at Clark L, 3-1 - 4 7 2 18 .278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 17 Springfield L, 3-1 - 4 8 5 18 .167 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Oct 21 vs. Southern Me. W, 3-0 1 3 9 4 19 .263 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Oct 21 at Keene St. W, 3-0 1 3 6 1 18 .278 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Oct 24 at Emerson L, 3-2 1 5 9 7 31 .065 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 9.0
Oct 26 Plymouth St. W, 3-2 1 5 8 8 22 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Oct 31 at WPI L, 3-2 1 5 11 6 31 .161 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 12.5
Nov 2 Brandeis W, 3-2 1 5 7 10 32 -.094 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Nov 4 Mount Holyoke W, 3-0 1 3 6 6 23 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
  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
2021-22 17 52 56 1.08 57 237 -.004 5 0.10 1 0.02 95 15 38 0.73 1 13 14 0.27 64.5 1.2
2022-23 25 91 234 2.57 118 727 .160 12 0.13 37 0.41 347 54 214 2.35 2 11 13 0.14 278.5 3.1
2023-24 25 86 152 1.77 111 475 .086 5 0.06 0 0.00 10 4 39 0.45 0 22 22 0.26 163.0 1.9
Total 67 229 442 1.93 286 1439 .108 22 0.10 38 0.17 452 73 291 1.27 3 46 49 0.21 506.0 2.2
    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 86 152 1.77 111 475 .086 5 0.06 0 0.00 10 4 39 0.45 0 22 22 0.26 163.0 1.9
Conference 11 43 79 1.84 53 239 .109 1 0.02 0 0.00 5 2 16 0.37 0 11 11 0.26 84.5 2.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 11 38 76 2.00 59 227 .075 1 0.03 0 0.00 6 2 21 0.55 0 10 10 0.26 81.0 2.1
Away 10 35 55 1.57 41 190 .074 3 0.09 0 0.00 4 2 13 0.37 0 8 8 0.23 59.0 1.7
Neutral 4 13 21 1.62 11 58 .172 1 0.08 0 0.00 0 0 5 0.38 0 4 4 0.31 23.0 1.8
Result Wins 13 43 80 1.86 57 241 .095 2 0.05 0 0.00 1 1 17 0.40 0 12 12 0.28 86.0 2.0
Losses 12 43 72 1.67 54 234 .077 3 0.07 0 0.00 9 3 22 0.51 0 10 10 0.23 77.0 1.8
Month September 13 42 71 1.69 55 229 .070 4 0.10 0 0.00 6 3 23 0.55 0 8 8 0.19 75.0 1.8
October 10 36 68 1.89 40 191 .147 1 0.03 0 0.00 4 1 13 0.36 0 11 11 0.31 73.5 2.0
November 2 8 13 1.63 16 55 -.055 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.38 0 3 3 0.38 14.5 1.8