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2014 Women's Volleyball

9 Kirea Mazzolini

9 Kirea Mazzolini

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Phoenix Country Day School
  • Hometown:
    Phoenix, AZ

Summary

Biography

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed her senior season as a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Volleyball team, where she was a middle blocker...Ranks second in school history in blocks (224) and block assists (199) despite missing most of her sophomore season with an injury. 

2014: Capital One Academic All-District second team selection...SCIAC All-Academic team...Appeared in 28 matches (89 sets)...Finished with 77 blocks and 86 kills...Had a season high of eight blocks against Texas-Tyler and added seven against Widener...Had a season-high seven kills against Redlands...Had six kills in eight attempts in a 3-0 sweep of La Verne on her Senior Day.

2013: SCIAC All-Academic team...Played in 26 matches (94 sets)...Had 97 blocks, the fourth-highest single-season total in school history (13 of which were solo)...Added 78 kills and 24 service aces...Had nine blocks in a home win over CMS and seven blocks in a match four times...Had three solo blocks in a home win over Chapman...Tallied season-high nine kills in a road loss to Chapman...Started the year with six kills in eight attempts against Franklin...Nominated for Academic All-America honors.

2012: Missed most of the season with an injury...Appeared in five matches...Had 15 kills in 64 attempts on the year...Also had six digs and five blocks.

2011: Tallied 92 kills in 65 sets (1.42 per set) and added 45 blocks...Had season-high 12 kills against Whittier and added 11 against La Verne...Had six blocks against Chapman.

High School: Attended Phoenix Country Day School, where she was twice named to the all-metro region team in volleyball...Also played on the PCD soccer team...Was the 2008 Most Improved Player and the 2010 MVP of the volleyball team...Earned honorable mention all-state honors in volleyball and soccer in 2010-11...Helped PCD earn an appearance in the 2010-11 state tournament for volleyball and soccer...Was a three-time Desert Classic All-Tournament team selection...Tore her ACL as a junior in 2009 while getting the match-winning kill in the biggest match of the season for the Eagles...Was class valedictorian, as well as a cum laude inductee, a Southwest Association for Education in Biomedical Research 2009 essay contest winner, a 2009 TGen Helios scholar, an AP scholar and a National Merit finalist...Also played for AZ Sky club volleyball team, which was regional champions in 2008 and an Arizona High Performance team that took fifth in a national competition.

Personal: Attending Pomona College, where she majors in chemistry (concentrating in biochemistry)...Lists "Radicals, Revolutionaries and Terrorists" as the most interesting course she has taken at Pomona...Both parents are teachers...Spent the summer (2014) doing research at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona working with mouse models of asthma...Hobbies include reading and creative writing...Lists Larry Fitzgerald, Foluke Akinradewo, Abby Wambach, Steve Nash and Shawn Johnson as her favorite athletes...Favorite movies include Remember the Titans, Step Brothers, Anchorman, and Brides Maids...Favorite books include the Harry Potter series...Hopes to attend medical school after graduation...Chose Pomona because "I love the small, liberal-arts college environment as well as the balance between academics and extracurriculars it affords me. It's nice to be able to have fun while not having to sacrifice academics!"

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Historical Player Information

  • 06

    2011Freshman

    MH
    6'1"
    06
  • 9

    2012Sophomore

    MH
    6'2"
    9
  • 9

    2013Junior

    MH
    6'2"
    9
  • 9

    2014Senior

    MH
    6'1"
    9