East Texas Baptist University Athletics

Awards

• All-ASC honorable mention (2013)

Career Highs

• Attacks: 30 vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (10/5/13)
• Kills: 13 vs. Southwestern (8/30/14)
• Assists: 6 at Centenary (10/1/13)
• Aces: none
• Digs: 7, 2 times; last vs. Texas-Dallas (10/11/13)
• Blocks: 7 at Texas Dallas (9/9/14)

2014 (sophomore)

• Played in 17 matches, making nine starts, 45 total sets
• Totaled 53 kills, seventh on team, with a season high 13 against Southwestern
• Assisted on 25 blocks, with a season high seven at Texas Dallas, sixth best on the team
• Totalled 21 digs, with a season high five against Southwestern

2013 (freshman)

• Played in 151 sets and 43 matches
• Earned all-ASC honorable mention honors
• Member of 75-block club, had 89 on the season
• Made six kills, two digs and had two blocks in first career game vs. Southwestern (TX) (8/30/13)
• Had career high seven digs to go with two kills vs. Rhodes College (9/7/13)
• Picked up first two career assists to go with six kills, three digs and a career high five blocks at Rhodes College (9/14/13)
• Tied career high with five blocks and added seven kills, one assist and two digs vs. Maryville College (9/15/13)
• Had 10 kills with one assist and four digs vs. Hardin-Simmons (9/20/13)
• Made career high six assists with seven kills, six digs and three blocks at Centenary (10/1/13)
• Set career high with 12 kills vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (10/5/13)
• Tied career high with seven digs and added seven kills and three blocks vs. Texas-Dallas (10/11/13)
• Tied career high with five blocks to go with three kills in first round ASC Tournament win over Concordia (TX) (11/7/13)
• Tied career high for fourth time with five blocks and had seven kills and two digs in ASC Tournament loss to Mary Hardin-Baylor (11/7/13)
• Blocked five attacks for a fifth time and added nine kills and three digs in ASC Tournament semifinal win vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (11/9/13)
• Finished the season with 204 kills, 18 assists, 111 digs and 89 blocks

Club

• Played for Impact Volleyball Club under Nancy Faison
• Helped lead her team to first place at Athletic Performance Tournament and second place finish at the Volleyball Showcase of Texas

Bandera High School

• Lettered three years in volleyball
• Played for Dee Heiner
• Three-time all-district honoree
• Named to the all-tournament team at Devine Arabian tournament in 2011 and 2012
• Knocked down 311 kills and registered 33 blocks and 61 aces as a senior (2012)
• Recorded 297 kills, 46 blocks and 56 aces during her junior season
• Also lettered in softball
• Served as her school’s yearbook editor and was a member of her school’s chapter of the National Honor Society
• Graduated in 2013

Personal

• Daughter of Kelly & Deadra Kinsel
• Born on October 13, 1994
• Majoring in Sports Management/Marketing
• Father Todd Nelson played baseball at Incarnate Word (1994-96); Aunt Jenny Carnes played basketball and tennis at Incarnate Word (1995-99)

Favorites

• Hobbies: Volleyball, soccer, softball, football, reading, photography, watching movies
• Foods: Spaghetti, catfish, tilapia, crab, chicken
• Book: The Host
• Person: God
• Sports Experience: Hitting home runs in back-to-back at-bats and making an over-the-fence catch in Bandera’s area-round victory over Pleasanton in the 2011 Class 3A softball playoffs
• Prized Possession: Her pillow
• Influential Person in Her Life: Grandmother
• Sports Movie: Miracle, Remember the Titans