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2025 Women's Volleyball Roster

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Olivia Shaw '25
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Olivia Shaw '25
Olivia Shaw '25

18 Mackenzie Knofczynski

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • High School Willmar
  • Hometown Willmar, Minn.

Biography

Career Highs 
Kills -- 14 (Sept. 15, 2023 vs. WashU & Sept. 27, 2024 at Augsburg) 
Points -- 18 (Sept. 21, 2024 vs. Coe) 
Digs -- 18 (Sept. 2, 2022 vs. Berea) 
Total Blocks -- 9 (multiple times) 
Aces -- 5 (Sept. 21, 2024 vs. Coe) 
 
Conference Awards 
All-MIAC (2023, 2025) 
All-MIAC Honorable Mention (2024) 
 
Academic Awards 
CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024, 2025) 
Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee (2025) 
 Academic All-MIAC (2023, 2024, 2025) 
 
Other Athletic Awards 
CSB Rookie of the Year Finalist (2022-23) 
St. Cloud Orthopedics/CSB Athlete of the Week (Oct. 1, 2024) 
 
2025: Appeared in all 105 sets across all 28 matches, starting every match ... Led the team with 103 total blocks composed of 22 solo and 81 assisted, an average of 0.98 per set ... Finished third on the team in kills with 193, an average of 1.84 per set on a .234 attack percentage ... Recorded 59 digs, 36 assists and 18 aces ... Totaled 273.5 points, the second-most on the team, an average of 2.60 per set ... Posted season-highs of 11 kills (multiple times), four assists (multiple times), three aces (Oct. 11 vs. St. Catherine’s & Nov. 13 at Gustavus Adolphus), five digs (Sept. 6 at UMass Boston & Oct. 18 at Saint Mary’s), nine blocks (Sept. 6 at UMass Boston & Nov. 1 vs. Concordia Moorehead), and 16.5 points (Aug. 29 vs. Nebraska Wesleyan) ... Notched double-digit kills five times ...  
  
2024: Appeared in all 106 sets across all 27 matches, starting every match ... Led the team with 95 total blocks composed of 11 solo and 84 assisted, an average of 0.90 blocks per set ... Finished third on the team in kills with 239, an average of 2.25 per set on a .199 attack percentage ... Recorded 58 digs, 31 assists and 21 aces ... Totaled 313 points, the third-most on the team, averaging 2.95 per set ... Posted season-highs of 14 kills (Sept. 27 at Augsburg), three assists (Oct. 11 vs. Macalester & Oct. 26 vs. Gustavus Adolphus), five aces and 18 points (Sept. 21 vs. Coe), six digs (Oct. 25 vs. Hamline), nine blocks (Nov. 12 vs. Augsburg) ... Notched double-digit kills 10 times ... Recorded her first collegiate ace Sept. 7 against Minnesota-Morris ...  
  
2023: Appeared in 100 sets across all 27 matches, starting every match ... Led the team with 90 total blocks composed of 16 solo and 74 assisted, an average of 0.90 per set ... Finished third on the team in kills with 218, an average of 2.18 per set on a .218 attack percentage ... Recorded 26 digs and six assists ... Totaled 271 points, the third-most on the team, averaging 2.71 per set ... Posted season-highs of 15 kills (Sept. 15 vs. WashU), two assists (Sept. 23 at St. Catherine’s), four digs (Nov. 3 at St. Olaf), and 17.5 points and eight blocks (Sept. 8 vs. Simpson) ... Notched double-digit kill 10 times ...  
  
2022: Appeared in 99 sets across all 27 matches, starting in 26 ... Led the team with 63 blocks composed of 13 solo and 50 assisted, an average of 0.64 per set ... Finished third on the team in kills with 191, an average of 1.93 per set on a .247 attack percentage ... Recorded 46 digs and seven assists ... Totaled 229 points, the third-most on the team, an average of 2.31 per set ... Posted season-highs of 13 kills and 15 points (Sept. 14 at Minnesota-Morris), two assists (Sept. 9 vs. Sewanee), 18 digs (Sept. 2 vs. Berea), and seven blocks (Sept. 3 at WashU) ... Notched double-digit kills seven times ... Totaled double-digit digs once ... Made her collegiate debut Sept. 2 against Berea, recording her first career kill, dig, and block ... Notched her first collegiate assist Sept. 9 vs. Sewanee ...  
  
High School: Attended Willmar High School … Member of the volleyball team and one-year member of the golf team ... All-Conference in her senior year …   
 
Personal: Majoring in nursing ... Daughter of Michelle Kvamso and Jeff Knofczynski ... 

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2022First Year

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    18
  • 18

    2023Sophomore

    MB
    6'0"
    18
  • 18

    2024Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    18
  • 18

    2025Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    18
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