Will Kuhns Season 2023

CAREER
Received the 2023 NCAA Elite 90 Award...Earned two Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors...Made Academic All-Big Ten twice (2022, 23) and EIVA All-Academic twice (2022, 23).

2023 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Received the NCAA Elite 90 Award as the player with the highest GPA among the teams that participated in the National Collegiate Tournament...Earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award...Made Academic All-Big Ten and EIVA All-Academic Team.

Season: Played in 39 sets over 18 matches...Hit .257 while totaling 17 kills, five aces, seven digs and five blocks...Season-high of seven kills came while playing in two sets in a season-opening win over Central State (1/6).
 
vs. Central State (1/6): Totaled season-high seven kills while playing two sets of a 3-1 win. Merrimack (1/14): Contributed four kills and two blocks.

2022 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award...Made Academic All-Big Ten and EIVA All-Academic Team.

Season: Saw action in eight sets across six matches…Finished season with one kill.
 
Princeton (2/4): Scored first career kill on match point to close match for Nittany Lions.

2021 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Did not see action.

BEFORE PENN STATE
Selected team captain and team MVP junior season (2019) as an outside hitter at Hempfield Area High School…Named second team All-WPIAL twice (2018-19)…Tabbed first team all section twice (2018 and 2019) and second team all-section once (2017)… Senior season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic…Played club volleyball with the Steel City Volleyball Club…Was a member of National Honors Society.

PERSONAL
Parents are Kathy Wotus and Jim Kuhns…Has two sisters, Gabby and Sadie…Mother, Kathy, was a volleyball player at Gannon University 1989-1992 and was elected to the university’s Hall of Fame in 2011…Majoring in nutrition.