Krista Buchholz

Position:
MH
Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Waupin, Wis.
High School:
Waupun

Junior Season -- Set a UNC season record for block assists with 142 ... Tied for first in Carolina career blocking average with 1.20 per game ... Her 1.29 blocks per game ranks third overall in UNC season bests ... Led the ACC in blocks, averaging 1.27 per game ... Set career highs in games played (122), kills (335), kills per game (2.75), attempts (822), digs (31), block solos (14) and block assists (142) ... Saw action in all 34 matches, appearing in 122 games ... Posted career highs of 24 kills and 11 block assists vs. Georgia Tech on Nov. 11 ... earned Dean's List honors for Fall of 2000 ... Named Wachovia Women of the Week on April 1, 2000 ... Awarded the UNC Volleyball Carol & J. Hawley Oakes Award for Excellence

Sophomore Season -- Played in 14 matches and 34 games for Carolina in 1999 ... Had a career high of eight kills two times during the season ... Had a career high 22 attempts September 11 against Dayton ... Had a career high six total blocks against Virginia with five block assists and one solo block ... Also tied career high with a .500 hitting percentage against UNCC on September 21.

Freshman Season -- Played in five matches and eight games for the Tar Heels ... Had a career high seven kills on 14 attempts Sept. 15 against Appalachian State ... Also had five total blocks against Appalachian with two block solos and three block assists ... Finished with a hitting percentage of .400 or better three times ... Finished the season third on the team with a .321 hitting percentage.

High School -- Led Waupun High School to three consecutive state championships in 95, 96 and 97 ... Two-time all-state and all-conference selection ... Co-MVP of high school team in 96 and 97 ... Co-Captain in 97 ... Holds Wisconsin state tournament records in spike kills, block kills and total kills ... Holds school records in career block kills, season block kills and season total kills.

Personal -- Born Krista Kay Buchholz on Jan. 30, 1980, in Fondu Lac, Wis. ... Majoring in communications ... Daughter of Steven and Sandra Buchholz.

Buchholz's Career Statistics
YEAR	GP	K	K/G	PCT	A	DG	BS	BA
1998	8	11	1.38	.321	9	1	2	9
1999	35	68	1.94	.223	1	4	5	26
2000	122	335	2.75	.264	7	31	14	142
Totals	165	414	2.51	.259	17	36	21	177

Buchholz's Career Highs
Kills: 24, at Georgia Tech 11/11/00
Attempts: 55, at Georgia Tech 11/11/00
Hitting Pct.: 1.000, vs. Maryland 10/22/00
Service Aces: 1, vs. George Mason 9/18/96
Digs: 5, vs. Hofstra 9/2/00
Block Assists: 11, at Georgia Tech 11/11/00
Block Solos: 2, vs. App. State 9/15/98 and at Georgia Tech 11/11/00