Position: Outside Hitter
Height: 6'4"
Year: Senior
Hometown: Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
High School: La Costa Canyon HS
Karsta Lowe Biography:
Lowe, who was named AVCA First Team All-America, AVCA First Team All-Pacific South Region and All-Pac-12 First Team, led the Bruins, the Pac-12 and the nation in kills (5.96) and points (6.60) per set to go with a team-best 33 aces ... also second on the squad with a .304 hitting percentage, third with 2.04 digs per set and fourth with 0.66 blocks per set ... ranked sixth among Pac-12 players in service aces per set (0.28) and seventh nationally in attacks per set (12.61) ...
her kills, kills per set, attacks and points totals were all the second-best, single-season marks in UCLA history, while her points per set count was tied for second ... posted 32 double-figure kills contests, four with at least 30 and 21 with over 20 ... added eight double-figure digs matches for a team-leading eight double-doubles ... recorded three aces on three occasions ... had 22 kills, four digs, three blocks and a .354 hitting percentage in the Regional Semifinal against #4 Penn State on Dec. 12, and was named to the All-Louisville Regional Team ... posted 24 kills, a .365 hitting percentage and nine digs against #15 Long Beach State (Dec. 6) ... had 11 kills, eight digs, three blocks and two aces versus LIU Brooklyn (Dec. 5) ...
went for 32 kills and 13 digs for a double-double against USC on Nov. 28, adding four blocks and an ace ... also had a double-double at #22 Arizona State with 24 kills and 13 digs with three blocks ... was named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the fifth time this season on Nov. 24 ... had a double-double at Oregon State on Nov. 22 with 20 kills and 10 digs, adding three blocks and three aces, which tied a career high ... tallied 22 kills, eight digs and two aces at #14 Oregon (Nov. 21) ...
posted 15 kills, a .367 percentage, five digs and an ace against California on Nov. 16 ... had 21 kills, nine digs and an ace versus #1 Stanford (Nov. 13) ... had 17 kills and four digs at Utah on Nov. 9 and 18 kills, nine digs and an ace at #21 Colorado on Nov. 6 ... posted her third 30-kill match of the year when she had 31 against Washington State on Nov. 2, adding 11 digs for a double-double to go with five blocks and two aces ... had 11 kills against #2 Washington (Oct. 31) ... had 23 kills and eight digs at California on Oct. 26 ... recorded 26 kills, eight digs and three blocks at #1 Stanford (Oct. 24) to go with three aces, which tied a career high ...
named Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week on Oct. 21 and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the fourth time this season on Oct. 20 ... had 21 kills and seven digs against Oregon State on Oct. 17 ... set a UCLA rally-scoring record with a career-best 33 kills against #10 Oregon, hitting .473 with five digs and an ace ... had 21 kills, five blocks and an ace against Colorado on Oct. 12 ... had 30 kills, hitting .404 and adding five blocks and five digs against Utah on Oct. 10 ... had 13 kills, nine digs and three blocks at Washington State (Oct. 5) ...
registered a double-double at #4 Washington on Oct. 3, totaling a career-high 16 digs to go with 28 kills and a personal-best three aces ... named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the third time on Sept. 29 after totaling 49 kills in two matches against #9 USC (Sept. 23) and #18 Arizona (Sept. 26) ... produced 27 kills, a .426 hitting percentage and an ace versus the Wildcats, adding 10 digs for the double-double ... had 22 kills, a .357 percentage, six digs and two blocks against the Trojans ... had 17 kills in a pair of matches on Sept. 20, adding 10 digs with two aces versus Yale to record a double-double ...
named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 15, her second straight weekly conference honor to become the first ever Bruin to accomplish the feat ... was named Most Valuable Player at the Outrigger Resorts Volleyball Challenge ... had 22 kills, nine digs, two blocks and an ace against Utah State on Sept. 13 ... posted 17 kills, six digs and two blocks at #22 Hawai’i (Sept. 12) ... tallied 16 kills, a .520 hitting percentage, four digs and three blocks versus San Francisco on Sept. 11 ...
named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 8 after her play at the Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge, at which she was named to the All-Tournament Team ... had 29 kills against #9 Illinois (Sept. 5), hitting .426 ... added 10 digs for a double-double to go with two aces and three blocks ... had 20 kills, three digs and two aces versus #1 Penn State on Sept. 6 ... was also named to the All-Tournament Team at the Concourse Hotel at LAX Classic ... had 24 kills, a .439 hitting percentage, four blocks, three digs and an ace at Loyola Marymount on Aug. 30 ... produced 18 kills, a .452 hitting percentage, seven digs and five blocks versus LIU Brooklyn on Aug. 30 ...
posted eight kills and two errors in 10 attempts (.600) in two sets on Aug. 29 against Binghamton, adding four digs, two blocks and an ace ... earned Capital One Academic All-America Third Team and Academic All-District First Team honors, as well as Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention accolades.
Height: 6'4"
Year: Senior
Hometown: Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
High School: La Costa Canyon HS
Karsta Lowe Biography:Lowe, who was named AVCA First Team All-America, AVCA First Team All-Pacific South Region and All-Pac-12 First Team, led the Bruins, the Pac-12 and the nation in kills (5.96) and points (6.60) per set to go with a team-best 33 aces ... also second on the squad with a .304 hitting percentage, third with 2.04 digs per set and fourth with 0.66 blocks per set ... ranked sixth among Pac-12 players in service aces per set (0.28) and seventh nationally in attacks per set (12.61) ...
her kills, kills per set, attacks and points totals were all the second-best, single-season marks in UCLA history, while her points per set count was tied for second ... posted 32 double-figure kills contests, four with at least 30 and 21 with over 20 ... added eight double-figure digs matches for a team-leading eight double-doubles ... recorded three aces on three occasions ... had 22 kills, four digs, three blocks and a .354 hitting percentage in the Regional Semifinal against #4 Penn State on Dec. 12, and was named to the All-Louisville Regional Team ... posted 24 kills, a .365 hitting percentage and nine digs against #15 Long Beach State (Dec. 6) ... had 11 kills, eight digs, three blocks and two aces versus LIU Brooklyn (Dec. 5) ...
went for 32 kills and 13 digs for a double-double against USC on Nov. 28, adding four blocks and an ace ... also had a double-double at #22 Arizona State with 24 kills and 13 digs with three blocks ... was named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the fifth time this season on Nov. 24 ... had a double-double at Oregon State on Nov. 22 with 20 kills and 10 digs, adding three blocks and three aces, which tied a career high ... tallied 22 kills, eight digs and two aces at #14 Oregon (Nov. 21) ...
posted 15 kills, a .367 percentage, five digs and an ace against California on Nov. 16 ... had 21 kills, nine digs and an ace versus #1 Stanford (Nov. 13) ... had 17 kills and four digs at Utah on Nov. 9 and 18 kills, nine digs and an ace at #21 Colorado on Nov. 6 ... posted her third 30-kill match of the year when she had 31 against Washington State on Nov. 2, adding 11 digs for a double-double to go with five blocks and two aces ... had 11 kills against #2 Washington (Oct. 31) ... had 23 kills and eight digs at California on Oct. 26 ... recorded 26 kills, eight digs and three blocks at #1 Stanford (Oct. 24) to go with three aces, which tied a career high ...
named Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week on Oct. 21 and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the fourth time this season on Oct. 20 ... had 21 kills and seven digs against Oregon State on Oct. 17 ... set a UCLA rally-scoring record with a career-best 33 kills against #10 Oregon, hitting .473 with five digs and an ace ... had 21 kills, five blocks and an ace against Colorado on Oct. 12 ... had 30 kills, hitting .404 and adding five blocks and five digs against Utah on Oct. 10 ... had 13 kills, nine digs and three blocks at Washington State (Oct. 5) ...
registered a double-double at #4 Washington on Oct. 3, totaling a career-high 16 digs to go with 28 kills and a personal-best three aces ... named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the third time on Sept. 29 after totaling 49 kills in two matches against #9 USC (Sept. 23) and #18 Arizona (Sept. 26) ... produced 27 kills, a .426 hitting percentage and an ace versus the Wildcats, adding 10 digs for the double-double ... had 22 kills, a .357 percentage, six digs and two blocks against the Trojans ... had 17 kills in a pair of matches on Sept. 20, adding 10 digs with two aces versus Yale to record a double-double ...
named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 15, her second straight weekly conference honor to become the first ever Bruin to accomplish the feat ... was named Most Valuable Player at the Outrigger Resorts Volleyball Challenge ... had 22 kills, nine digs, two blocks and an ace against Utah State on Sept. 13 ... posted 17 kills, six digs and two blocks at #22 Hawai’i (Sept. 12) ... tallied 16 kills, a .520 hitting percentage, four digs and three blocks versus San Francisco on Sept. 11 ...
named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 8 after her play at the Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge, at which she was named to the All-Tournament Team ... had 29 kills against #9 Illinois (Sept. 5), hitting .426 ... added 10 digs for a double-double to go with two aces and three blocks ... had 20 kills, three digs and two aces versus #1 Penn State on Sept. 6 ... was also named to the All-Tournament Team at the Concourse Hotel at LAX Classic ... had 24 kills, a .439 hitting percentage, four blocks, three digs and an ace at Loyola Marymount on Aug. 30 ... produced 18 kills, a .452 hitting percentage, seven digs and five blocks versus LIU Brooklyn on Aug. 30 ...posted eight kills and two errors in 10 attempts (.600) in two sets on Aug. 29 against Binghamton, adding four digs, two blocks and an ace ... earned Capital One Academic All-America Third Team and Academic All-District First Team honors, as well as Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention accolades.
You could play freely and try different things, not having a coach breathing down your neck. I loved it.” And when there wasn’t a game, she’d head out to the field alone, lugging a bag of collected balls.
“I’d always see her by herself kicking balls at the field.” While he is primarily a golfer, he played soccer in high school and continues to train with her to this day.
