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1 Molly Kreklow

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Delano, Minn.
  • High School Delano

Biography

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • 2012 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll 
  • AVCA First Team All-American, Volleyball Magazine All-American
  • SEC Player of the Year (2013)
  • AVCA/Sports Imports National Player of the Week (Oct. 22, 2013)
  • SEC Player of the Week (Oct. 21, 2013)
  • Mizzou Classic Co-MVP
  • Rice Invitational MVP
  • SEC Player of the Week (Sept. 9, 2013)
  • Yale Invitational MVP (2013)
  • Tiger Invitational MVP (2013)
  • Preseason All-SEC (2013)
  • All-SEC Second Team (2012)
  • Two-Time All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (2010-11)
  • All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2010)
  • AVCA All-Central Region Honorable Mention (2010)
  • AVCA Central Region Freshman of the Year (2010)
  • Five-Time Big 12 Rookie of the Week
  • Big 12 Player of the Week (Aug. 29)
  • AVCA National Player of the Week (Aug. 30)
  • All-SEC Preseason Team (2012)
  • Tiger Invitational MVP (2010)
  • Pepperdine Asics Challenge All-Tournament
  • 2011 Tiger Invitational MVP
  • Blue Raider Bash All-Tournament Team
  • Denver Pioneer Classic All-Tournament Team
  • Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team (2012)
  • Lipscomb Invitational Tournament MVP
  • Morehead State Eagle Challenge All-Tournament Team
  • 2010, 2011 USAV Junior National Team Member
  • 2009 AVCA/Under Armour HS All-American
  • Two-Time AAU All-American (2008, 09)
  • Three-Time AAU National Champion (2007, 08, 09)
  • 2008 USA Volleyball Youth National Team Setter
  • No. 20 on Prepvolleyball.com's Senior Aces List
  • Junior Olympic All-Tournament Team (2007, 08)

2013
? First Team AVCA All-American and First Team Volleyball Magazine All-American
? Named SEC Player of the Year after finishing the season ranked first nationally in assists per set at 12.65 while guiding a Mizzou offense that led the nation in hitting, kills and assists.
? Anchored a Tiger offense that reset the school record for hitting percentage in a season (.356) and was the best single season mark in the NCAA since 2009 (Penn State).
? Graduates as one half of the winningest class in program history with 97 wins over her four seasons.
? Finished her career by starting every match in her career (134 matches and 472 sets) and finishes her career ranked second in school history with 5,366 assists.
? Was a first team All-SEC pick for the second consecutive season and guided Mizzou to .300 hitting or better in 30 of 36 matches, tops in the nation.
? Became just the second Tiger ever to surpass 5,000 career assists in Mizzou's win over No. 19 Kentucky.
? Led the team with 12 double-doubles.
? Spread 45 assists in just three sets while guiding Mizzou to .350 hitting a season-finale sweep of Arkansas.
? Spread 39 assists and guided Mizzou to .407 hitting in a sweep at No. 16 Kentucky.
? Added 39 assists against Mississippi State.
? Dished 33 assists to 10 different Tiger attackers and added a kill and three blocks in Mizzou's 3-0 sweep of South Carolina.
? Tallied seven kills on .600 hitting, including the match-clincher, and spread 32 assists with 10 digs in Mizzou's three-set sweep at No. 5 Florida.
? Spread 48 assists with three kills, eight digs and eight blocks in a four-set win at Alabama.
? Added 42 assists and 10 digs in a sweep of Auburn.
? Spread 39 assists and tallied five kills on .500 hitting in Mizzou's 3-0 sweep of No. 19 Kentucky while guiding Mizzou .350 hitting.
? Had another sensational effort with 41 assists and two kills while setting the Tiger offense to .389 hitting in a three-set win over Ole Miss.
? Tallied 48 assists in just three set (16.00 per frame) while guiding Mizzou to a sweep at Texas A&M.
? She set Mizzou to .347 hitting and 59 kills in the win, the most kills in a three-set match by an SEC team this season.
? Spread a season-best 54 assists in Mizzou's 3-1 win at LSU and pulled in a season-best 18 digs in the win as well, good for a double-double.
? Named SEC Player of the Week for the second time this season for her efforts against Georgia and No. 2 Florida.
? Dished 45 assists and guided Mizzou to a .303 attack percentage in a 3-1 win over No. 2 Florida as Mizzou became just the fourth team to hit above .300 vs. Florida this season.
? Dished a season-high 52 assists in a 3-1 win over Georgia.
? Dished out 49 assists in a 3-1 win over Alabama and had 43 in a three-set sweep of Tennessee.
? Spread 32 assists and collected 11 digs with three aces in Mizzou's sweep of Austin Peay.
? Matched her career-high with eight kills on just eight attacks with 32 assists and three digs in the Tigers' three-set win over Auburn.
? Had 47 assists with 10 digs and two kills in the Tigers' 3-1 win at Arkansas.
? Spread 35 assists and collected 11 digs, good for her fifth double-double of the season, while guiding Mizzou to its best ever hitting percentage vs. a conference opponent at .559 in its sweep of South Carolina.
? Was the Mizzou Classic Co-MVP after guiding Mizzou to .457 hitting and 14.75 kills per set as she averaged 12.33 assists per set
? Helped Mizzou hit a school-record .606 in its sweep of SEMO in the third match of the Mizzou Classic.
? Named Rice Invitational MVP.
? Averaged 12.78 assists per set and guided the Mizzou offense to .367 hitting and 15.67 kills en-route to being named Rice Invitational MVP.
? Also added eight kills on .467 hitting with 2.78 digs per set in the three-match tournament.
? Named SEC Player of the Week for the first time in her career after earning Yale Invite MVP honors.
? Averaged 12.38 assists per set at Yale and guided Mizzou to .351 hitting and 14.92 kills per set.
? Tiger Invitational MVP for the third time in her career.
? Guided Mizzou to a .406 attack percentage in the opening weekend, an SEC-best, while guiding the offense to a 15.69 kills per set average.
? She averaged a 13.31 assist per set clip and tallied an SEC-best 11 aces in the opening weekend of play with 10 kills on .450 hitting as well.
? Spread 30 assists at the annual Black & Gold scrimmage while pitching in three kills and six digs and a pair of blocks.

2012
? Named to the All-SEC second team in her first season in the conference and was a preseason All-Conference pick as well.
? Averaged 10.47 assists per set, fifth in the SEC, and averaged 0.25 service aces per set, ninth in the SEC.
? Was second in the SEC with 19 double-doubles last season with 13 coming in SEC play.
? Finished the 2013 campaign with 300 digs, ranking her 20th in the SEC and as the top digging setter in the conference.
? Her 47 assists in a three-set sweep of South Carolina (11/2) were the second-most in a three-set match in the SEC last season, guiding Mizzou to a .342 attack percentage in the win.
? Kreklow's setting helped Mizzou hit .261 as a team, the second-best mark in the SEC and the 21st overall clip nationally.
? Posted 32 assists and 11 digs with two aces in the Tigers' sweep at Mississippi State.
? Was sensational in the Tigers' sweep of LSU, spreading 41 assists with five kills on six errorless attacks with two aces and two blocks while guiding Mizzou to .374 hitting.
? Spread 35 assists and pulled in 12 digs in the Tigers' sweep of Arkansas State, good for her 16th double-double of the season while guiding Mizzou to .364 hitting.
? Spread 51 assists, her second-best total of the season and her best four-set total of the season, in the Tigers' four-set loss at Ole Miss (10/19).
? Also pulled in 11 digs and had five kills on 11 errorless attacks in that match with two blocks.
? Was two kills shy of a triple-double with eight kills, 42 assists and 10 digs in the Tigers' five-set win at Auburn (10/21); the eight kills are a career-best.
? Dished 29 assists and tallied three kills, a team-best 12 digs with an ace and three blocks in the Tigers' sweep of Mississippi State.
? Spread 48 assists in just four sets in a win over Alabama and added five kills (.364 hitting) and 12 digs in the win.
? Spread 42 assists over five sets and had seven kills on .357 hitting and 15 digs in the Tigers' five-set loss at Tennessee.
? Spread 47 assists (11.75 per set) and corralled 14 digs in the Tigers' four-set win at LSU, good for her seventh double-double of the season.
? Dished 40 assists in the Tigers' sweep of Ole Miss and guided the Tigers to .347 hitting in that match.
? Finished just a block shy of a triple-double with 52 assists, a season-best 16 digs and a career-best nine blocks in the Tigers' five-set comeback win over No. 17 Tennessee.
? Averaged 10.55 assists per set while averaging 1.18 kills per set on. 684 hitting with seven total blocks and an ace, earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team at the Morehead State Eagle Challenge.
? Named Tournament MVP at the Lipscomb Invitational after averaging 10.56 assists per set and guiding the team to a .275 attack percentage.
? Earned Tiger Invitational All-Tournament honors after finishing the week averaging 11.00 assists per set while finishing with two double-doubles.
? Quarterbacked the Tiger offense to the fifth-best attack percentage in program history (rally scoring era) at .477 with 41 assists in just three sets against Nicholls State.

2011
? Honorable Mention All-Big 12 for the second straight season.
? Tallied her team-leading 15th double-double with 32 assists and a team-high 17 digs in the Tigers' NCAA Tournament first round match with No. 17 Florida.
? Spread 45 assists and had seven digs and six blocks at Texas Tech in the regular season finale.
? Posted 37 assists and two aces against No. 9 Texas.
? Tallied her 14th double-double of the season with 31 assists and a team-best 14 digs in the Tigers' loss at Texas A&M.
? Posted her 13th double-double of the season with 40 assists and 18 digs in the Tigers' four-set loss to No. 13 Iowa State.
? Tallied her 12th double-double of the season with 46 assists and 13 digs in the Tigers' win over Baylor.
? Tallied four kills in that match as well.
? Posted another double-double with 51 assists and 15 digs in the Tigers' win at Kansas.
? Tallied her 10th double-double of the season with 42 assists and 11 digs in the Tigers' win over No. 21 Oklahoma.
? Posted 41 assists and eight digs in the Tigers' loss at Kansas State.
? Had 22 assists to go along with three kills and a dig in a loss a No. 10 Texas.
? Passed out 34 assists with two kills, two aces and four block assists in the Tigers' win over Central Arkansas.
? Dished 48 assists with four blocks and seven digs in the Tigers' four-set win over Texas Tech.
? Tallied her eighth double-double in nine matches by spreading 54 assists while collecting 10 digs in the Tigers' four-set win over Kansas.
? Posted another double-double with 52 assists and 14 digs to go along with five kills in the Tigers' five-set loss at Baylor.
? Had a season- and career-best 16 attacks in that match as well.
? Matched her career-high with seven kills and finished just shy of a triple-double with 42 assists and 12 digs at No. 22 Oklahoma.
? Dished 56 assists and pulled in 15 digs for her sixth double-double of the season in a losing effort against Kansas State.
? Tallied a then season-best 53 assists in the Tigers' win over Texas A&M while pulling in 11 digs, good for her fifth double-double.
? Added three kills and a solo block in the match as well.
? Spread 27 assists with five digs and a solo block and a kill at No. 16 Iowa State.
? Tallied three double-doubles including one 20-20 performance at the American Volleyball Classic last weekend.
? Tallied a career-best 22 digs in the Tigers' win over Villanova.
? Had 46 assists in the Tigers' win over American.
? Named to the Denver Pioneer Classic All-Tournament team after spreading 154 assists while tallying 15 kills, seven aces and 12 blocks.
? Set a new career-high with seven kills against UTSA and notched a new career-best 9.5 total points at Denver, including four aces.
? Named to the Blue Raider Bash All-Tournament team after leading the Tigers to four sweeps, averaging 11.67 assists per set Named Tiger Invitational MVP for her efforts.
? Dished 149 assists at the Tiger Invitational and had 13 kills on .571 hitting with five blocks and 16 digs.
? Dished a season-high 42 assists against Idaho State, a Big 12 three-set high this season.

2010
? Named AVCA Central Region Freshman of the Year, was honorable mention All-Big 12 and earned a spot on the All-Big 12 Freshman team after anchoring a potent Tiger offense from the setter position.
? Was the Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year and was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week a league-high five times in 2010.
? Also named Tiger Invitational MVP and to the Pepperdine Asics Challenge All-Tournament Team.
? Led the Tigers with 1,392 assists and finished the season ranked second in the Big 12 with 11.70 assists per set.
? Pulled in 276 digs on the season - good for fifth on the team.
? Led the team with 13 double-doubles on the season as well.
? Finished the year with 74 kills on .150 hitting but was a much improved attacker once she gained full use of her right hand back after recovering from a dislocated pinkie.
? Posted a season-high six kills on two separate occasions with the most recent of which coming at home against Texas Tech (11/10).
? Posted a season-best 62 assists in a five-set loss to Oklahoma (11/24).
? Served underhand for the Tigers' first six matches, but in her first match serving overhand, she aced Tennessee Tech a career-best five times.
? Tallied a career-best 18 digs in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Northern Iowa, helping the Tigers to a five-set victory.
? Had six matches with at least 50 assists and one with more than 60 in 2010.
? Was the second-best freshman nationally in assists per set last season, trailing only Oregon's Lauren Plum.

High School
? Ranked No. 20 on the Prepvolleyball.com `Senior Aces' list after playing at Delano and Blaine High Schools in Minnesota.
? Led Blaine to a third-place finish in the Minnesota State 3A bracket during her freshman season back in 2006 and helped the team earn sixth place in 2007.
? Led Delano to a sixth-place finish in Class 3A after switching schools in 2008.
? Led Delano to a Wright County Championship in 2009 and a 27-2 overall record heading into the State Championships later this month.
? Finished the regular season with 490 assists, 356 kills, 194 digs, 80 service aces and 28 total blocks.
? Minneapolis Star Tribune First Team All-Metro selection in 2009.
? All State honoree from the Minnesota Coaches Association in 2009 as well.
? Was a dubbed as a top-50 junior recruit in 2008 by Prepvolleyball.com.
? Wright County All- Conference, St. Paul Pioneer Press First Team All-State and Minneapolis Star Tribune Third-Team All Metro selection in 2008.
? Prepvolleyball.com ranked her as a Soph-79 member in 2007 and she was named Northwest Suburban All-Conference that season as well.
? Selected to the Frosh-59 list by Prepvolleyball.com in 2006 and was a Northwest Suburban All-Conference Honorable Mention honoree.

Club
? Was an AAU All-American in 2008 and 2009 while playing for head coach Adam Beamer and the Mizuno Northern Lights, based out of Burnsville, Minn.
? The team won three AAU National Championships during her tenure with the club in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
? She also led the team to a second-place finish at Junior Olympic Nationals in 2008 and a third-place finish in 2007.
? Was named to the Junior Olympic All-Tournament team in each of those years as well.
? Was one of two setters on the USA Youth National Team in the summer of 2008 and the winter of 2008.

Personal
? Daughter of Mike and Marcia Kreklow.
? Born February 17, 1992 in St. Louis Park, Minn.
? Father, Mike, played basketball for two years at Wisconsin-Madison before transferring to play at Drake University.
? Mother, Marcia, played volleyball at Drake University as well.
? Is the niece of Mizzou head volleyball coach Wayne Kreklow and is cousins with Rick Kreklow, a basketball player at Cal.
? Plans to major in accounting during her time at Mizzou.

Year MP/MS SP K E TA H% A SA D BS TB PTS
2010 33-33 119 74 42 214 .150 1,392 22 276 0 46 119.0
2011 34-34 127 86 36 245 .204 1,353 33 307 11 70 165.0
2012 31-31 109 119 28 246 .370 1,141 27 300 4 67 181.5
Career 98-98 355 279 106 705 .245 3,886 82 883 15 194 465.5


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