2 Giovanna Kuntze
Giovanna Kuntze
  • Height:
    5'9
  • Year:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  • High School:
    Colegio Sao Vicente de Paulo
  • Position:
    S
  • m
    35
  • k/s
    1.06
  • h %
    .337
  • a/s
    10.80
  • b/s
    0.43
  • sa/s
    0.44
  • d/s
    2.72

Bio

First Team NJCAA All-American

First Team All-KJCCC

KJCCC Most Valuable Player

Jayhawk West Setter of the Week (August 27-September 3, September 3 - September 12, September 12 - September 17, September 25 - October 1, October 9 - October 15, October 16 - October 22)

NMMI Kick-Off Classic All-Tournament Team

Athletic Director Honor Roll

Freshman (2016)

Appeared in 31 matches for the Lady Saints, while playing in 78 sets...Fall Athletic Directors Honor Roll...Fall KJCCC All-Academic...third highest percentage on the team of successful attacks (.320)...sixth on the team in digs (183)...second on the team in assists (484)...had 10+ assists in 26 matches, including 8 straight...career high 42 assists vs San Jacinto College-Central (Oct. 1)...career high 16 digs at Butler (Oct. 5).

High School

Kuntze makes the journey to Liberal in 2016 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she played for Colegio Sao Vicente de Paulo. As a senior, Kuntze racked up 570 assists, 215 digs, and 20 aces at the service line.  She has two brothers, Igor (24) and Raphael (12). 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 21 at Butler Community College W, 3-0
Oct 25 Colby Community College W, 3-1
Oct 28 Hutchinson Community College W, 3-1
Oct 31 Pratt Community College W, 3-0
Nov 5 Colby Community College W, 3-1
Nov 5 Hutchinson Community College L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 35 16
Sets 115 49
Kills 122 59
Kills per set 1.06 1.20
Errors 27 11
Total Attacks 282 139
Hitting Percentage .337 .345
Assists 1242 567
Assists per set 10.80 11.57
Service Aces 51 16
Service Errors 39 17
Service Aces per set 0.44 0.33
Receptions 10 1
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 313 135
Digs per set 2.72 2.76
Block Solo 11 4
Block Assist 38 16
Block Total 49 20
Blocks per set 0.43 0.41
Block Errors 9 2
Ball Handling Errors 30 19
Points 203.0 87.0
Points per set 1.8 1.8
Matches started 35 16
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 12 vs. Trinidad State Junior College W, 2-0 1 1 0 1 2 -.500 5 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Aug 12 at Oklahoma Panhandle State W, 2-0 1 2 3 0 3 1.000 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Aug 16 Oklahoma Panhandle State W, 3-0 1 2 3 0 4 .750 13 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Aug 25 vs. Odessa College W, 3-2 1 5 3 3 11 .000 52 6 1 3 0 14 1 2 0 3 0 11.0
Aug 25 vs. Pima Community College W, 3-0 1 2 2 1 3 .333 15 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 3 0 5.5
Aug 26 vs. Eastern Arizona College W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 6 .667 27 0 1 1 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Aug 26 vs. South Mountain Community College W, 3-1 1 4 3 2 6 .167 39 2 1 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Aug 28 at Barton Community College W, 3-1 1 4 6 2 11 .364 53 2 1 0 0 10 1 4 0 5 2 11.0
Sep 6 Garden City Community College W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 12 .167 37 1 1 0 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Sep 8 at Odessa College W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 9 .444 29 3 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 2 7.0
Sep 8 vs. Temple College W, 3-0 1 1 0 1 3 -.333 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 9 vs. Richland College W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 6 .333 26 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 9 vs. Western Texas College W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 9 .444 37 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 11 at Cloud County Community College W, 3-0 1 3 4 3 9 .111 36 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 10.0
Sep 13 Dodge City Community College W, 3-0 1 2 2 0 6 .333 16 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 15 vs. Snow College W, 3-1 1 4 3 1 9 .222 54 0 2 0 0 17 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Sep 15 vs. New Mexico Military Institute W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 4 .250 27 2 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 16 vs. Salt Lake Community College L, 3-2 1 5 5 1 11 .364 48 1 2 0 0 17 2 2 1 4 0 9.0
Sep 16 vs. Utah State Eastern W, 3-1 1 4 3 1 5 .400 42 2 1 0 0 8 1 2 1 3 0 7.0
Sep 20 Butler Community College W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 8 .500 37 0 1 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 1 4.5
Sep 23 at Colby Community College W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 3 .333 31 1 1 0 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 3.0
Sep 27 at Hutchinson Community College W, 3-1 1 4 3 0 12 .250 44 0 2 0 0 12 0 1 0 1 5 3.5
Sep 29 vs. Wharton County Junior College W, 3-1 1 4 5 0 7 .714 40 1 2 0 0 7 0 1 2 1 1 6.5
Sep 29 vs. Navarro College W, 3-2 1 5 4 1 10 .300 46 3 1 1 0 14 1 1 0 2 4 8.5
Sep 30 vs. Hill College W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 8 .625 25 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 9.0
Sep 30 at Tyler Junior College W, 3-1 1 4 2 1 6 .167 39 4 0 0 0 12 0 2 1 2 1 7.0
Oct 4 at Pratt Community College W, 3-0 1 2 6 0 10 .600 27 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.0
Oct 7 at Garden City Community College W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 11 .182 36 1 1 0 0 12 1 0 0 1 1 4.0
Oct 9 at Dodge City Community College W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 10 .400 39 0 1 0 0 9 1 0 1 1 2 6.0
Oct 11 Cloud County Community College W, 3-0 1 2 3 0 5 .600 17 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 4.5
Oct 14 Pratt Community College W, 3-0 1 2 3 1 6 .333 22 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 18 Barton Community College W, 3-1 1 4 3 2 11 .091 38 0 2 0 0 9 1 2 1 3 1 5.0
Oct 21 at Butler Community College W, 3-0 1 3 10 0 11 .909 27 0 0 0 0 17 0 2 0 2 1 11.0
Oct 25 Colby Community College W, 3-1 1 4 3 1 8 .250 53 1 3 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Oct 28 Hutchinson Community College W, 3-1 1 4 2 1 6 .167 54 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 3.0
Oct 31 Pratt Community College W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 12 .333 30 1 1 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 1 6.5
Nov 5 Colby Community College W, 3-1 1 4 4 0 7 .571 44 2 2 0 0 9 0 3 0 3 1 7.5
Nov 5 Hutchinson Community College L, 3-0 1 3 3 2 11 .091 44 0 1 0 0 19 0 1 1 1 0 3.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2016-17 31 78 36 0.46 5 97 .320 484 6.21 16 0.21 0 0 183 2.35 2 10 12 0.15 59.0 0.8
2017-18 35 115 122 1.06 27 282 .337 1242 10.80 51 0.44 10 0 313 2.72 11 38 49 0.43 203.0 1.8
Total 66 193 158 0.82 32 379 .332 1726 8.94 67 0.35 10 0 496 2.57 13 48 61 0.32 262.0 1.4
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 35 115 122 1.06 27 282 .337 1242 10.80 51 0.44 10 0 313 2.72 11 38 49 0.43 203.0 1.8
Conference 16 49 59 1.20 11 139 .345 567 11.57 16 0.33 1 0 135 2.76 4 16 20 0.41 87.0 1.8
Exhibition 3 5 6 1.20 1 9 .556 32 6.40 3 0.60 1 0 11 2.20 0 2 2 0.40 10.0 2.0
Location Home 11 34 34 1.00 8 92 .283 392 11.53 10 0.29 1 0 99 2.91 1 10 11 0.32 50.0 1.5
Away 10 32 43 1.34 7 92 .391 361 11.28 16 0.50 0 0 99 3.09 3 13 16 0.50 68.5 2.1
Neutral 14 49 45 0.92 12 98 .337 489 9.98 25 0.51 9 0 115 2.35 7 15 22 0.45 84.5 1.7
Result Wins 33 107 114 1.07 24 260 .346 1150 10.75 50 0.47 10 0 277 2.59 9 35 44 0.41 190.5 1.8
Losses 2 8 8 1.00 3 22 .227 92 11.50 1 0.13 0 0 36 4.50 2 3 5 0.63 12.5 1.6
Month August 5 18 19 1.06 9 37 .270 186 10.33 11 0.61 6 0 43 2.39 4 9 13 0.72 38.5 2.1
September 18 60 54 0.90 9 137 .328 625 10.42 31 0.52 3 0 159 2.65 4 19 23 0.38 98.5 1.6
October 10 30 42 1.40 7 90 .389 343 11.43 7 0.23 1 0 83 2.77 3 6 9 0.30 55.0 1.8
November 2 7 7 1.00 2 18 .278 88 12.57 2 0.29 0 0 28 4.00 0 4 4 0.57 11.0 1.6

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