2025 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 2
Emily Kern
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Belgrade, Minn.
- High School:
- Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
CAREER NOTES
Academic:
National
2x D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award (2024-25, 2025-26)
Conference
3x NSIC All-Academic (2023, 2024, 2025)
2025 | SENIOR SEASON
One of two players to play in all 35 matches and 124 sets...also made 13 starts...tallied 237 digs and 24 assists...averaged 1.91 digs and 0.19 assists/set...tied her career-high in digs, with 16 against Concordia-St. Paul on Dec. 6...tied her career-best in assists, with three twice - vs. Central Washington at Sept. 6 and at Nebraska Kearney on Dec. 5...tallied 10+ digs in five matches...
2024 | JUNIOR SEASON
Played in 96 sets across 30 matches, making 25 starts...recorded 190 digs, 15 assists and 11 aces...averaged 1.98 digs/set...tallied a career-high four aces at Cal State San Bernardino on Sept. 6...posted a career-high three assists vs. Findlay (Ohio) on Sept. 13...
2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Appeared in 15 sets across 12 matches...
2022 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Stepped into a big role in her true freshman season as the Huskies’ top defensive specialist and backup libero…appeared in 30 matches with four starts, playing 88 sets and producing 107 digs, 26 aces and nine assists…averaged 1.22 digs/set and 0.30 aces/set…ranked No. 20 in the NSIC in total aces…aced 9.25% of her serves, third-best among teammates with at least 100 chances…played a key role in the SCSU serve receive, committing just four reception error and receiving a .946, second-best on the team…helped anchor the NSIC’s No. 3 defense in opponent kills and No. 5 hitting percentage defense, holding opponents to 11.11 and .180 respectively…recorded double-digit digs three times…scored multiple aces six times…
Prep: 2022 graduate of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa...four-year letterwinner and two-year captain…earned 2021 MNVCA Class A First Team All-State honors after being named an Honorable Mention All-State selection as a junior…guided BBE to a Central Minnesota Conference Championship and a berth in the Section 6A Finals while being named CMC Co-Player of the Year, producing 495 digs and 62 aces…led the Jaguars to MSHSL Class A State Tournament appearances in 2018 and 2019 four-time West Central Tribune All-Area Team selection…four-time All-Central Minnesota Conference selection…four-time BBE Defensive Player of the Year…closed her prep career as BBE’s all-time leader in digs and aces while owning the top three spots in the program’s single-season digs list, headlined by 600 as a sophomore…2022 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Valedictorian…earned Academic All-State honors…student council treasurer…National Honor Society treasurer…honor roll member…
Personal: The daughter of Ron and Jean Kern…radiologic technology and management double major…enjoys waterskiing…
Academic:
National
2x D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award (2024-25, 2025-26)
Conference
3x NSIC All-Academic (2023, 2024, 2025)
2025 | SENIOR SEASON
One of two players to play in all 35 matches and 124 sets...also made 13 starts...tallied 237 digs and 24 assists...averaged 1.91 digs and 0.19 assists/set...tied her career-high in digs, with 16 against Concordia-St. Paul on Dec. 6...tied her career-best in assists, with three twice - vs. Central Washington at Sept. 6 and at Nebraska Kearney on Dec. 5...tallied 10+ digs in five matches...
2024 | JUNIOR SEASON
Played in 96 sets across 30 matches, making 25 starts...recorded 190 digs, 15 assists and 11 aces...averaged 1.98 digs/set...tallied a career-high four aces at Cal State San Bernardino on Sept. 6...posted a career-high three assists vs. Findlay (Ohio) on Sept. 13...
2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Appeared in 15 sets across 12 matches...
2022 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Stepped into a big role in her true freshman season as the Huskies’ top defensive specialist and backup libero…appeared in 30 matches with four starts, playing 88 sets and producing 107 digs, 26 aces and nine assists…averaged 1.22 digs/set and 0.30 aces/set…ranked No. 20 in the NSIC in total aces…aced 9.25% of her serves, third-best among teammates with at least 100 chances…played a key role in the SCSU serve receive, committing just four reception error and receiving a .946, second-best on the team…helped anchor the NSIC’s No. 3 defense in opponent kills and No. 5 hitting percentage defense, holding opponents to 11.11 and .180 respectively…recorded double-digit digs three times…scored multiple aces six times…
Prep: 2022 graduate of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa...four-year letterwinner and two-year captain…earned 2021 MNVCA Class A First Team All-State honors after being named an Honorable Mention All-State selection as a junior…guided BBE to a Central Minnesota Conference Championship and a berth in the Section 6A Finals while being named CMC Co-Player of the Year, producing 495 digs and 62 aces…led the Jaguars to MSHSL Class A State Tournament appearances in 2018 and 2019 four-time West Central Tribune All-Area Team selection…four-time All-Central Minnesota Conference selection…four-time BBE Defensive Player of the Year…closed her prep career as BBE’s all-time leader in digs and aces while owning the top three spots in the program’s single-season digs list, headlined by 600 as a sophomore…2022 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Valedictorian…earned Academic All-State honors…student council treasurer…National Honor Society treasurer…honor roll member…
Personal: The daughter of Ron and Jean Kern…radiologic technology and management double major…enjoys waterskiing…
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