Kat Nelson
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- Height:
- 5-7
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- Hometown:
- Sioux Falls, S.D.
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- Year:
- Junior
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- High School:
- Roosevelt High School
Bio
2023: Played in 4 exhibition matches paired with Calla Shotwell. Finished the season 3-1.
2022: Went 1-1 in exhibition matches with Alanis Mendez as her partner.
High School: Member of the Roosevelt High School volleyball and track & field teams. Recorded 492 digs, 66 aces and 14 kills as a member of the Rough Riders varsity volleyball team in 146 sets played. Was the team captain of the Roosevelt track & field squad. Helped lead the Rough Riders to three straight top-ten finishes at the state championships, the highest finish being fourth in the 2020-21 season
PERSONAL: Daughter of Robin Burnley. Member of the National Honor Society, the Science National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society. Intends to major in Pre-Optometry
News mentions
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Five beach volleyball athletes have been named CSC Academic All-District selections in Kat Nelson, Paige Halcrow, Sierra Still, Mckenna Hall, and Truth Hafey.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Five beach volleyball athletes have been named CSC Academic All-District selections in Kat Nelson, Paige Halcrow, Sierra Still, Mckenna Hall, and Truth Hafey.
Carson-Newman beach volleyball concluded their 2024 season in Tavare, Fla on Sunday morning after a 3-0 loss to Palm Beach Atlantic and a 3-1 loss to Tusculum.
Carson-Newman concluded their second day at the AVCA Small Beach Championship 1-1, with a 2-2 overall tournament record before they take on bracket play on Sunday morning.
The Eagles went 1-1 on opening day at the AVCA Small Beach Championships in Tavares, Fla.
The Carson-Newman beach squad fell twice to the Tusculum Pioneers this Tuesday. The first match finished 3-2, and the second 4-1, in favor of the Pioneers.
Carson-Newman finished their weekend in Chattanooga 1-3 after dropping matches against Austin Peay and UTC on day two of the competition.
After their opening day at the UTC invitational, the Eagles finished with one win and one loss.
Despite heavy winds across Mossy Creek, the Carson-Newman Beach team sent their seniors out in style, completing back-to-back 5-0 victories over the Liberty Flames.
After poor weather postponed Friday's match with Mercer to Saturday, the Eagles faced a stacked day with three matches on the agenda. To begin the morning, C-N completed the postponed match against Mercer, then followed with a match against LaGrange and closed with another against Mercer.
At day one of Mercer's Invitational, the Eagles completed a sweeping victory over LaGrange College but were unable to play their match against Mercer scheduled at 3 pm due to weather complications.
After a Friday and Saturday spent in Florence, Alabama, Carson-Newman beach closed the weekend out with a 0-4 record.
Carson-Newman beach volleyball finished 0-2 after day one of the UNA Invitational. They went 1-4 against North Alabama, the hosts of the weekend, and also 1-4 against Austin Peay.
The Carson-Newman sand Eagles go 4-0 after a weekend spent on the banks of Mossy Creek, and record their 10th and 11th straight wins of the season
On a rainy Mossy Creek Friday, Carson-Newman beach secured their eighth and ninth straight wins of the season after home matches against Catawba and Erskine.
The Eagles add two more sweeps to the record this season after their second day in Laurinburg, NC.