Kathryn Dercher

Position:
Setter
Height:
5-9
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Park Hill
Hometown:
Weatherby Lake, Mo.

Junior Year (2004): Second on the team with 220 assists and 1.86 assists per game … Recorded three double-doubles during the season … Recorded a season-high three service aces versus Fairleigh Dickinson … Recorded a double-double with 24 assists and 16 digs against Manhattan, also had a season-high four kills … Had a season-high 47 assists against Radford … Posted a double-double with 22 assists and 10 digs against Albany … Recorded a double-double with 12 assists and a career-high 18 digs at Canisius ... Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester.

Sophomore Year (2003): Recorded a double-double with 17 assists and 12 digs against New Hampshire … Had a season-high 27 assists against Rhode Island … Recorded 25 assists, eight digs and a .667 hitting percentage on two kills and three attacks against Niagara … Had 22 assists, eight digs and two aces against Providence … Posted 26 assists and six digs against Robert Morris … Had 27 assists versus Pittsburgh … Had seven kills on eight attempts with just one error for a .750 hitting percentage during the last three matches of the season.

Freshman Year (2002): Finished third on the team with 284 assists … Posted assists in double-figures in 10 matches … Recorded a career-high 55 assists versus Marist … Dished out 44 assists against St. John’s … Had a career-high 18 digs versus Rutgers … Posted 13 assists and 10 digs against Wisconsin … Recorded 10 assists and 10 digs against Canisius … Posted a career-high five kills against Western Michigan and Marist College.

High School: Senior captain … Led Park Hill High School with 630 assists … Named first-team all-conference and all-district as a senior … Received honorable mention all-conference honors in 2000 … Four-year letterwinner … Led team to a 103-30-6 record during her four years … Helped Park Hill to three conference championships … Park Hill placed third in the Missouri state championship in 2000 … Finished career with 800 assists, 80 blocks and 135 kills … Played for the club team, Team KC, for four years.

Personal: Kathryn Anne Dercher … Born May 1984 … Daughter of Bruce and Margie Dercher … One brother and sister … Sister, Angie, played volleyball at Graceland University from 1996-1999 … Brother, Phil, played men’s volleyball at Graceland University from 2001-2003 … Majoring in communication and rhetorical studies and minoring in english and textual studies.