#12 - Kristi Krom
Position: L
Year: Senior
Hometown: Strasburg, Colo.
High School: Strasburg H.S.
College: Morningside
Height: 5-6


Became 17th member of UNC 1,000 dig club despite playing only two seasons in a UNC uniform ... first libero in UNC volleyball history ... played in all 235 games during two years at UNC ... crowd favorite for outstanding defense.

2003: Played in all 114 games ... second-team CoSIDA Academic All-American ... Division I Independent Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21 & Nov. 4) twice during the season ... Division I Independent Regular Season Honorable Mention selection ... led UNC team and ranked in the top 20 in the country in digs/game (4.88) ... finished career with 1,011 digs which ranked 17th in UNC history ... recorded a career-high 29 digs in 3-1 victory over Utah Valley State (Nov. 7) ... had double digit digs in 30 of 34 matches ... had nine matches of 20 or more digs and five of 25 or more digs ... also had 19 set assists ... repeated as UNC Female Sportmanship award winner ... also won Mary Behling Female Scholar Athlete award, which goes to graduating senior with the highest G.P.A.


2002: One of the top liberos in Division II last season and a crowd favorite ... played in all 121 games ... third on the team with 455 digs (3.76/game) ... had double figure digs in all but eight matches in her junior season ... recorded a season-high 25 digs in second match of season against Cal-Poly Pomona (Aug. 30) ... won UNC Female Sportsmanship Award.

Before UNC: Played at Morningside College (Iowa). Appeared in 87 games ... had 21 service aces and 210 digs for the Mustangs ... made collegiate debut in 2000 against South Dakota ... had a season high 4 digs in the contest ... named teams Most Improved Player.

Prep: 2000 graduate of Strasburg High School ... two-time all state selection ... helped team to 29-2 record and runner-up finish at state tournament as senior ... tabbed to all-state tournament team ... earned second-team Class 2A all-state honors from the Rocky Mountain News ... had 717 assists as senior for the sixth highest single season total in Colorado prep history ... set Colorado single season record record with 819 assists in junior year ... helped teammate Erin Deffenbaugh set Colorado state record for kills in a season ... varsity letterwinner in track and basketball as well ... state championship medley relay team member and 1600-meter relay team that placed thrd at state ... all-state point guard in basketball ... led team to state championship as a senior ... high school coach was Larry Deffenbaugh.

Personal: Born on Sept. 8, 1981 ... daughter of Tom and Tudy Krom ... majoring in kinesiology ...UNC Scholar Athlete.

Career Highs

Kills:    1, done 6 times, last vs. Lees-McRae (Oct. 18, 2003)
Attacks:  3 vs. Northern State (Sept. 13, 2002)
Aces:     n/a
Digs:     29 vs. Utah Valley State (Nov. 7, 2003)
Blocks:   1 vs. Tampa (Dec. 5, 2002)

Krom's Career Statistics at UNC

YearsGP   K    E    TA   Pct.  Ast  SA  D    BS  BA   K/G    A/G    D/G   B/G
2002121  3    2    13   .077  11   0   455  0   1    0.02   0.09   3.76  0.01
2003114  3    0    12   .250  19   0   556  0   0    0.03   0.17   4.88  0.00
Totals235  6    2    25   .160  30   0   1011 0   1    0.03   0.13   4.30  0.00




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