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Caroline Bien
Position
Outside Hitter/Libero
Height
6'0"
Class
Junior
Hometown
Overland Park, Kan.
High School
Saint Thomas Aquinas HS
NIL Opportunities
Contact
AWARDS & HONORS
- 2021 Big 12 Freshman of the Year
- 2021 All-Big 12 First Team
- 2021 All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- 2021 Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year
- Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Sept. 13, 2021)
- Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Sept. 21, 2021)
- Rock Chalk Choice Awards Female Athlete of the Year 2022
2022 (SOPHOMORE)
- Played in 107 of 111 possible sets this season
- Second on the team with 274 kills and 305.0 points
- Recorded a team-high 12 kills in the first round of the NCAA Tournament versus Miami (FL) on Dec. 1st
- Third on the team with 244 digs
2021 (FRESHMAN)
- Started and played in all 30 matches
- Career-high 21 kills against Creighton (Dec. 3) and Texas (Oct. 9)
- Led the team with 336 kills, an average of 2.95 per set.
- Also totaled 276 digs and 33 blocks
PRIOR TO KANSAS
- Played for Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, lettering in volleyball, diving, bowling and track & field (9 letters)
- PrepVolleyball.com No. 14 recruit in the country
- 2020 AVCA Under Armour All-America First Team and one of 11 preselected to first team
- 2018 Swimming and Diving State Champion, and 2019, 2020 Volleyball State Champions
- 2017-2020 Sub-State Champions and three-time Eastern Kansas League Champions (2017, 2018, 2020).
- Tallied over 1,300 career digs, 1,000 career kills and finished her career third in program history in kills
- 2020 Eastern Kansas League MVP and 2019 EKL Defensive Player of Year
- 2017-20 First Team All-Kansas, Kansas State All-Tournament Team, First Team All-Eastern Kansas League
- 2018 Saint Thomas Aquinas Bowling Team MVP
- 2017-19 PrepVolleyball National Freshman, Sophomore and Junior of the Year Finalist
- 2019-20 Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year nominee