John Kerr Season 2023

CAREER
Named EIVA Offensive Player of the Week one time...Earned one Big Ten Distinguished Scholar award, three Academic All-Big Ten honors and three EIVA All-Academic accolades.

2023 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Received one EIVA Offensive Player of the Week award (1/24)...Earned Academic All-Big Ten and EIVA All-Academic honors.

Season: Played in 67 sets over 26 matches, including eight as a starter...Hit .302 with 123 kills (1.84/set), 40 digs, 22 blocks and nine aces...Started the first eight matches of the season and helped Penn State go 7-1 with wins ranked wins over Ohio State, Pepperdine, Stanford, and USC...Totaled double-digit kills five times, including a season-high 21 on .545 hitting in a four-set win at No. 13 Ohio State (1/7).
 
at No. 13 Ohio State (1/7): Hit .545 with a season-high 21 kills and added five blocks in a four-set win. vs. No. 5 Pepperdine (1/20): Reached 20 kills on .421 hitting in a 3-1 win. vs. No. 8 Stanford (1/21): Finished with 15 kills and eight digs in a four-set win. No. 3 Long Beach State (1/25): Hit .382 with 17 kills, six digs and two blocks. Saint Francis (2/11): Racked up 15 kills on .360 hitting. 

2022 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten and EIVA All-Academic honors.

Season: Played in 50 sets in 19 different matches primarily as a blocking substitution…Finished season with three blocks and six kills.
 
George Mason (2/5): Had one of his two blocks and a kill in the match late in the third set to come back and win match-clinching third set. at Saint Francis (4/2): Stuffed an attack to help Nittany Lions clinch regular season EIVA title.

2021 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten Honors...Named to EIVA All-Academic Team. 

Season: Played in 14 matches and 32 sets primarily as a blocking substitution...Had seven total blocks along with 12 kills. 

at No. 14 Ohio State (1/23): Scored three kills and a block in collegiate debut. At Sacred Heart (2/20): Put down two kills without an error. at No. 11 NJIT (3/19-20): Recorded two blocks against 2020 EIVA Co-Player of the Year Alvaro Gimeno over weekend series at critical points in match to seal two road wins. 

2020 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Did not see action...Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.

BEFORE PENN STATE
Selected team captain for senior season at Derry Area High School…Named to WPIAL first team twice in 2018 and 2019 as an outside hitter…Chosen to WPIAL third team in 2017…Garnered three all-section awards 2017-19…Amassed 1,012 kills, 111 blocks, 330 digs and 33 aces as a Trojan…Named to basketball All-Section first team as a senior in 2019…Set career (204) and single-season (106, 2019) school basketball records for blocked shots…Averaged 16.9 points, 11.9 rebounds and 5.6 blocks per game his senior season…Selected for membership in the National Business Honors Society. 

PERSONAL
Parents are Matt and Amy Kerr…Has one brother, Ryan…Majoring in accounting.