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Kelley Kolinske:
 
Kelley Larsen Kolinske
United States  
 
Vital Statistics
 

Photo: Ken Delgado
Birth Date May 3, 1992 (31 years old)
Home Town San Diego, CA
Resides Jamul, CA
Height 6'2"
College Pepperdine
  Best Finish Winnings
United States 1st (5 times) $177,475
   AVP 1st (5 times) $172,975
   p1440 5th $4,500
International 1st (3 times) $119,005
   FIVB 1st (3 times) $119,005
   FIVB AGWC 5th $0
Pan American 5th $0
   PAN AM 5th $0
NORCECA 1st $5,000
   NORCECA 1st $5,000
Other 9th $500
   Other 9th $500
Overall 1st (9 times) $301,980
 
Bio Bits

Beach Bits:
• Became the youngest team to win an AVP event in September 2015 when she and Betsi Flint won all five matches in claiming the title in Cincinnati. The duo was a combined 46 years, 4 months, 27 days (record was then surpassed in September 2017). En route to the title Kolinske and Flint upset the tournament's teams seeded second, third, fourth and sixth.

2020: Kolinske and Stockman placed fifth twice before taking a third in the final AVP event, extending her streak to six consecutive seasons reaching at least one AVP semifinal. On the FIVB Tour Kolinske and Stockman played one time, advancing from the qualifier to place fifth in a three-star event.
2019: Kolinske and Stockman played in five AVP events together, winning in Seattle to go with a third in New York City. She ended the year ranked fifth on the Tour in blocks (1.30 per set) and had a .438 hitting percentage (11th). The duo played 13 times on the FIVB Tour, with a best of a silver medal in a four-star event. Kolinske and Stockman also had three fifth-place finishes.
2018: Kolinske began a partnership with Emily Stockman, and the duo played four AVP tournaments together. The pair's best finish was a third, to go with three fifth-place finishes. Seven of their eight losses on the year were to teams seeded third or better. Kolinske ended the season ranked fourth in blocks (1.13 per set) and fifth in hitting percentage (.476). On the FIVB Tour Larsen began the season playing with Betsi Flint, with a best of a bronze medal in a one-star event in their four tournaments together. Kolinske then played nine events with Stockman, with a best of a bronze in a three-star event.
2017: Kolinske and Flint played seven AVP events, winning in San Francisco and finishing second two other times. Kolinske ended the year ranked first in hitting percentage (.500) and fifth in blocks (1.03 per set). On the FIVB Tour Kolinske and Flint did not lose a single set in winning a two-star and a one-star event.
2016: Kolinske and Flint played in five AVP events, with a best of second in the season ender in Chicago. She ended the year ninth in blocks (0.74 per set) and ninth in hitting percentage (.459). The duo competed in three FIVB events, with a best of 25th.
2015: Kolinske and Flint played six AVP tournaments, beginning the year with a loss in the qualifier. In Cincinnati they went undefeated, all against teams seeded 10th or better, and won the title. Kolinske ended the year ninth in kills (6.54 per set). Internationally, she and Flint played one FIVB event, losing in the qualifier, and finished fifth in the Pan American Games.
2014: Kolinske made her pro beach debut in Salt Lake City with Betsi Flint. Seeded 24th in the qualifier, they defeated three top 10 qualifier seeds to advance to the main draw, finishing ninth. Kolinske and Flint finished fifth in the FIVB Under 23 World Championships.

College: Kolinske left Pepperdine as the sand program's all-time winningest player with 101 victories. She was a two-time AVCA Sand Volleyball All-American and won the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Team Championship in 2014 with Kellie Woolever. Kolinske also played three seasons indoors for Pepperdine.

Personal: Formerly Kelley Larsen, she has two brothers, Derek and Jake. In 2020 she married fellow AVP pro beach volleyball Billy Kolinske, who proposed on stadium court in Chicago in August 2019.
 
 
Career Summary
 
United States
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 19th 21st 25th 33rd 41st CQ
2014 AVP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $1,250.00 150.0 77th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 AVP 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 $17,000.00 1,255.0 12th 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 AVP 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 $14,500.00 1,030.0 18th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 AVP 7 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 $26,512.50 2,006.0 3rd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 AVP 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 $14,912.50 1,431.0 15th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 p1440 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $4,500.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 AVP 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 $22,850.00 1,950.0 15th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 AVP 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 $10,000.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 AVP 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 $4,500.00 378.0 43rd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 AVP 7 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 $38,850.00 6,750.5 25th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 19th 21st 25th 33rd 41st CQ
2023 AVP 7 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 $22,600.00 6,416.5 14th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  47
(172nd)
5
(46th)
4 9 0 14 6 8 $177,475.00
(43rd)
21,367.0   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
International
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 19th 21st 25th 33rd 41st CQ
2014 FIVB AGWC 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $0.00 84.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 FIVB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 20.0 283rd 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2016 FIVB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,000.00 160.0 157th 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
2017 FIVB 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000.00 300.0 104th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 FIVB 13 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 $25,755.00 2,260.0 31st 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
2019 FIVB 13 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 $39,000.00 2,940.0 21st 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
2020 FIVB 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $1,500.00 180.0 77th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 FIVB 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 $14,500.00 1,360.0 22nd 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
2022 FIVB 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 $26,750.00 2,170.0 62nd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 FIVB 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 $5,500.00 1,410.0 88th 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  54
(243rd)
3
(70th)
1 2 3 9 0 16 $119,005.00
(181st)
10,884.0   1 7 1 2 3 3 1 2
 
 
Pan American
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 19th 21st 25th 33rd 41st CQ
2015 PAN AM 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $0.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  1
(35th)
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $0.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
NORCECA
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 19th 21st 25th 33rd 41st CQ
2016 NORCECA 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 $3,725.00 280.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 NORCECA 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 $525.00 110.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 NORCECA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 $500.00 240.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 NORCECA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 $250.00 240.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 NORCECA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  9
(100th)
1
(54th)
3 4 1 0 0 0 $5,000.00
(48th)
870.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Overall
Total
(Rank)
  112
(160th)
9
(71st)
8 15 4 24 6 25 $301,980.00
(104th)
33,121.0   1 8 1 2 3 3 1 2
 
Red denotes ranked 1st
 
Victory List
 
Victory Date Assoc Location Partner Seed Winnings
1 9/6/2015 AVP Mason Betsi Flint 7 $7,500
2 4/24/2016 NORCECA Grand Cayman Betsi Flint 8 $1,500
3 6/18/2017 FIVB Tangshan Jiangning Betsi Flint 15 $3,000
4 7/9/2017 AVP San Francisco Betsi Flint 1 $7,500
5 7/22/2017 FIVB Ulsan Betsi Flint 3 $1,000
6 6/23/2019 AVP Seattle Emily Stockman 2 $7,500
7 4/17/2022 FIVB Itapema Sara Hughes 5 $5,000
8 8/21/2022 AVP Manhattan Beach Sara Hughes 2 $15,000
9 7/2/2023 AVP Denver Hailey Harward 1 $1,900
 

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