Jessica Kemp/Kendall Murr

2020 BULLDOGS | STUDENT-ATHLETES

JESSICA KEMP GR. | MB/RS | 6-3 FORT MILL, S.C. NATION FORD HS (NC STATE) 5

2019 (Redshirt Junior - NC State)

Season: Appeared in all 30 matches, including 24 starts for the Wolfpack…Played in 121 of team’s 123 sets…Finished No. 2 on the team with 87 blocks and 312 kills on a .272 hitting percentage…Put up five or more blocks nine times, including four matches with a season-high six blocks…Opened the season with eight kills against Kansas State (Aug. 30) on a .571 hitting percentage with no errors…Recorded double-digit kills for the first time in her career against UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 6) with 11…Had a season-high nine digs against East Carolina (Sept. 10)…Posted a season-high hitting percentage of .667 against North Carolina (Oct. 2) with 14 kills on 18 attempts and two errors…Tallied a season-high 22 kills against Virginia Tech (Oct. 4) on a .395 hitting percentage.

2018 (Redshirt Sophomore - NC State)

Season: Appeared in two matches.

2017 (Sophomore - NC State)

Season: Redshirt season.

2016 (Freshman - NC State)

Season: Appeared in 17 matches as a freshman with the Wolfpack with 13 starts…Played 55 sets…Named ACC Freshman of the Week on Nov. 28…Selected to ACC Academic Honor Roll... Finished the season with 56 kills and 35 blocks… Tallied six kills without an error against Wake Forest (No. 23) and 12 kills against Duke (Nov. 26) to earn ACC Freshman of the Week honors on Nov. 28…Registered a season-high seven blocks at Clemson (Nov. 13). SR. | DS | 5-8 YORKTOWN, IND.

2019 (Junior)

Season: Missed season due to injury.

2018 (Sophomore)

Season: Appeared in 31 matches, notching 30 starts…Saw action in 109 sets…Led the squad with 413 digs…Tied for No. 2 on the team with 15 service aces…Led the team in digs on 21 occasions…Tallied double-digit digs in 24 matches, 20-plus digs in three matches and 30-plus in two matches…Collected 30-plus digs in back-to-back matches with 31 against Clemson (Aug. 31) and a season-best 34 digs versus Davidson (Sept. 1)…Picked up 21 digs versus Georgia State (Aug. 25)…Notched a season-high four service aces against Auburn (Sept. 26)…Tallied a season-best four assists on six occasions.

2017 (Freshman - Jacksonville)

Season: Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team…Saw action in 28 matches and played 95 sets…Ranked No. 4 on the team with 219 digs…Tied for No. 3 on the team and finished No. 20 in the ASUN with 10 service aces.

Prior to College

High School: Lettered at Nation Ford High School under head coach Carrie Christian…Set NFHS career records for kills (1,136) and blocks (341)…Tabbed a third-team Under Armour High School All-American and Esmark High School All-American following her senior season…Candidate for South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year following senior campaign…Selected to South Carolina all-state team…Named as one of two finalists in South Carolina for Wendy’s High School Heisman Award as a senior…Earned spot on the S.C. Upstate All-Star team…Named the 4A-3 Conference Player of the Year as a senior…Tabbed all-state as a junior, and earned allregion honors from Rock Hill Herald (first team) and Charlotte Observer (second team)…Named to American Volleyball Coaches Association National Phenom List during her junior campaign.

Club: Played for Carolina Juniors Volleyball.

Personal

Born Jessica Maclaurin Kemp in Fort Mill, South Carolina…Daughter of Mike and Wendy Kemp…

KENDALL MURR YORKTOWN HS (JACKSONVILLE)

Has one brother, Jonathan...Working towards masters degree in kinesiology. 6

Prior to College

High School: Prepped at Yorktown High School under head coach Stephanie Blum…Led team to a pair of Delaware County and Hoosier Heritage Conference championships in 2015 and 2016…Tiger were ranked No. 11 nationally at one point by MaxPreps…Earned All-Delaware County and All-HHC honors three times in her prep career…Helped the Tigers capture the 3A Indiana State Championship with a 37-1 record in her final prep season…First-team all-state selection as a senior…Named a team co-captain her senior season…Off the court, served as a member of Dance Marathon executive team and the Yorktown High School Student Council… Co-President of Project Us, a club that works with students who have special needs.

Club: Played for coach Mike Lingenfelter and the Munciana Volleyball Club.

Personal

Born Kendall Rae Murr on October 21, 1998, in Muncie, Indiana…Daughter of Rhonda Wilson and Scott Murr…Has one sister, Kylie…Father, Scott, played baseball at Ball State (1989-93)… Mother, Rhonda, played volleyball at Ball State (1991-95)…Majoring in human development and family sciences.