7 Karoline Shelton
Karoline Shelton
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Jr
  • Hometown:
    Shawnee, KS
  • High School:
    Shawnee Mission South
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    35
  • k/s
    3.69
  • h %
    .266
  • a/s
    0.19
  • b/s
    0.47
  • sa/s
    0.17
  • d/s
    4.60

Bio

2020-21: Had an unforgettable season that puts her among the elite players in Division II, earning G-MAC Player of the Year and first-team All-G-MAC honors...improved her hitting percentage by nearly 80 full points, from .220 as a sophomore to .308 as a junior, while maintaining her power to lead the Chargers in kills (213) and finish second in the G-MAC in both kills (3.80) and points (4.36) per set...all-around player was also second on the team in digs (199) and service aces (18), proving herself an asset in every phase of the game...had double-digit kills in 10 of the Chargers' 17 matches and double-doubles in nine of them...became just the third player in program history to earn AVCA Division II Player of the Week honors after a 21 kill, 19 dig performance in a critical road win over G-MAC rival Walsh on Jan. 30...had a stellar G-MAC tournament to help the Chargers take the crown, posting 56 kills and 46 digs across three matches, including a career-high 22 kills and 16 digs in a five-set thriller over Cedarville in a G-MAC semifinal...named G-MAC Offensive Player of the Week three times in the spring of 2021.

2019: Enjoyed an outstanding all-around season, being named First-Team All-Conference and Second-Team All-Region…Joined the rare club of players who had 300-plus kills and 400-plus digs in the same season…Had five matches of 20 or more digs, all of them coming after Oct. 25…Posted back-to-back 20-dig matches in the regional quarterfinal and semifinal, while picking up a total of 31 kills in those two wins…Put up a career-high 19 kills in a five-set home win over Palm Beach Atlantic Sept. 14…Had 16 double-doubles (kills and digs) on the season…In six postseason matches, she had a total of 254 attack attempts and committed just 10 errors, an incredibly high level of efficiency.

2018: Talented outside hitter who should see an expanded role in the offense in 2019…Had two matches of double digit kills, with a high of 11 in a decisive win at Kentucky Wesleyan Oct. 27…Registered an outstanding weekend in wins over Alderson Broaddus and Davis & Elkins at home, where across those two matches she had 18 kills and 1 error…Piled up a season-high 10 digs in her second collegiate match, a win over Winona State Aug. 25…Very athletic defensive player who is effective all the way around the court…Had a season-high 3 service aces in key home win over Findlay Oct. 30 that clinched the G-MAC regular season title.

High School: Powerful and efficient outside hitter at Shawnee Mission South High School in Kansas…Had a .348 hitting percentage as a senior…Three-time First-Team All-League player and was selected to play in the KCMO Metro All-Star Game…Also earned honorable mention All-League honors in basketball three times…Played club volleyball for MAVS…Member of the National Honor Society and made the honor roll all four years…Born February 21, 2000…Parents are Steve Shelton and Kathy Bates.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 19 Trevecca Nazarene W, 3-0
Nov 20 Ashland W, 3-1
Dec 2 vs. Grand Valley St. W, 3-0
Dec 3 vs. Michigan Tech W, 3-2
Dec 4 at Ferris St. W, 3-1
Dec 9 vs. Gannon L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 35 16
Sets 111 46
Kills 410 174
Kills per set 3.69 3.78
Errors 99 30
Total Attacks 1169 473
Hitting Percentage .266 .304
Assists 21 9
Assists per set 0.19 0.20
Service Aces 19 5
Service Errors 19 7
Service Aces per set 0.17 0.11
Receptions 418 187
Reception Errors 15 6
Digs 511 215
Digs per set 4.60 4.67
Block Solo 12 5
Block Assist 40 18
Block Total 52 23
Blocks per set 0.47 0.50
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 461.0 193.0
Points per set 4.2 4.2
Matches started 20 8
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 3 vs. Mo.-St. Louis W, 3-2 1 5 18 7 50 .220 0 3 1 14 2 21 1 1 0 2 0 22.5
Sep 3 vs. Saint Leo W, 3-0 1 2 5 1 16 .250 0 0 0 3 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 6.0
Sep 4 vs. Winona St. L, 3-1 1 4 16 4 49 .245 3 0 0 18 0 17 0 1 0 1 0 16.5
Sep 4 vs. Okla. Baptist L, 3-1 - 3 8 5 26 .115 0 0 0 7 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 10 vs. Lenoir-Rhyne W, 3-0 - 3 11 0 26 .423 0 1 2 13 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 10 vs. Emmanuel (Ga.) W, 3-0 - 2 3 1 16 .125 1 3 1 7 1 5 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Sep 11 vs. American Int'l W, 3-0 1 3 14 2 31 .387 1 1 0 4 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Sep 11 at Palm Beach Atl. W, 3-0 - 3 13 2 21 .524 0 0 0 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Sep 17 Malone W, 3-1 - 3 15 3 37 .324 0 0 2 17 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Sep 18 Walsh W, 3-1 - 4 17 2 44 .341 1 1 0 21 0 24 2 1 0 3 0 20.5
Sep 24 at Ky. Wesleyan W, 3-1 - 4 17 2 36 .417 0 0 0 7 1 10 0 3 0 3 0 18.5
Sep 25 at Trevecca Nazarene W, 3-1 1 4 15 3 44 .273 1 1 2 9 1 9 1 3 0 4 0 18.5
Sep 28 at Findlay W, 3-0 1 3 14 0 47 .298 0 1 1 11 0 16 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Oct 1 at Lake Erie W, 3-0 1 1 2 0 4 .500 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 2 at Ursuline W, 3-0 - 3 12 2 28 .357 1 0 1 12 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Oct 5 at Davenport W, 3-2 1 5 17 5 53 .226 2 1 2 23 0 14 0 3 0 3 0 19.5
Oct 8 Cedarville W, 3-0 - 3 9 3 21 .286 1 0 1 6 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Oct 9 Ohio Dominican W, 3-0 - 3 10 2 32 .250 0 0 0 7 0 19 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Oct 15 vs. Indianapolis W, 3-0 - 3 15 4 31 .355 0 1 1 10 0 6 0 4 0 4 0 18.0
Oct 15 vs. Lewis W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 32 .188 0 0 1 8 0 26 1 1 0 2 0 8.5
Oct 16 vs. Michigan Tech L, 3-0 1 3 10 5 35 .143 0 0 0 14 0 15 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Oct 22 Ashland W, 3-0 - 3 12 2 39 .256 0 0 0 20 0 23 0 3 0 3 0 13.5
Oct 23 Tiffin W, 3-0 - 3 9 5 29 .138 2 1 0 15 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Oct 26 Ferris St. L, 3-0 - 3 9 4 43 .116 2 0 0 15 1 16 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Oct 29 at Malone W, 3-0 1 2 3 0 12 .250 0 0 0 8 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 30 at Walsh W, 3-0 1 3 12 1 35 .314 0 0 0 14 0 20 1 0 0 1 0 13.0
Nov 5 Findlay W, 3-0 1 3 14 4 32 .313 1 1 0 16 1 10 1 2 0 3 0 17.0
Nov 12 Lake Erie W, 3-0 1 1 5 0 10 .500 1 0 0 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Nov 13 Ursuline W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 23 .304 1 0 0 13 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Nov 19 Trevecca Nazarene W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 26 .308 0 0 0 12 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Nov 20 Ashland W, 3-1 1 4 19 4 48 .313 0 0 0 8 0 28 0 1 0 1 0 19.5
Dec 2 vs. Grand Valley St. W, 3-0 - 3 13 5 33 .242 0 2 0 9 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Dec 3 vs. Michigan Tech W, 3-2 1 5 14 8 51 .118 2 0 0 19 1 26 3 1 0 4 0 17.5
Dec 4 at Ferris St. W, 3-1 1 4 17 3 49 .286 1 2 1 24 0 22 1 1 0 2 0 20.5
Dec 9 vs. Gannon L, 3-1 1 4 17 6 60 .183 0 0 3 21 0 21 0 2 0 2 1 18.0
  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
2018-19 29 78 125 1.60 40 368 .231 6 0.08 12 0.15 113 11 99 1.27 5 21 26 0.33 152.5 2.0
2019-20 32 117 339 2.90 90 1130 .220 20 0.17 25 0.21 425 15 402 3.44 7 44 51 0.44 393.0 3.4
2020-21 17 56 213 3.80 38 569 .308 15 0.27 18 0.32 239 16 199 3.55 4 18 22 0.39 244.0 4.4
2021-22 35 111 410 3.69 99 1169 .266 21 0.19 19 0.17 418 15 511 4.60 12 40 52 0.47 461.0 4.2
2022-23 33 124 433 3.49 125 1314 .234 26 0.21 15 0.12 558 17 423 3.41 9 51 60 0.48 482.5 3.9
Total 146 486 1520 3.13 392 4550 .248 88 0.18 89 0.18 1753 74 1634 3.36 37 174 211 0.43 1733.0 3.6
    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 35 111 410 3.69 99 1169 .266 21 0.19 19 0.17 418 15 511 4.60 12 40 52 0.47 461.0 4.2
Conference 16 46 174 3.78 30 473 .304 9 0.20 5 0.11 187 6 215 4.67 5 18 23 0.50 193.0 4.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 12 36 137 3.81 32 384 .273 9 0.25 3 0.08 156 5 189 5.25 3 12 15 0.42 149.0 4.1
Away 10 32 122 3.81 18 329 .316 5 0.16 5 0.16 115 4 132 4.13 3 12 15 0.47 136.0 4.3
Neutral 13 43 151 3.51 49 456 .224 7 0.16 11 0.26 147 6 190 4.42 6 16 22 0.51 176.0 4.1
Result Wins 30 94 350 3.72 75 956 .288 16 0.17 19 0.20 343 13 433 4.61 12 35 47 0.50 398.5 4.2
Losses 5 17 60 3.53 24 213 .169 5 0.29 0 0.00 75 2 78 4.59 0 5 5 0.29 62.5 3.7
Month September 13 43 166 3.86 32 443 .302 7 0.16 11 0.26 133 6 171 3.98 5 15 20 0.47 189.5 4.4
October 13 38 127 3.34 34 394 .236 8 0.21 3 0.08 157 4 192 5.05 2 16 18 0.47 140.0 3.7
November 5 14 56 4.00 11 139 .324 3 0.21 1 0.07 55 3 65 4.64 1 5 6 0.43 60.5 4.3
December 4 16 61 3.81 22 193 .202 3 0.19 4 0.25 73 2 83 5.19 4 4 8 0.50 71.0 4.4

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