2013: Captained team tofourth straight Ivy League Championship...Won third Ivy LeaguePlayer of the Year for the third time - first-ever three-timewinner of the award...Earned winningest four-year record in IvyLeague history with a 51-5 mark...Needs four assists to move intothird all-time in assists at Yale...Named Ivy League Player of theWeek on Oct. 29...Named to Yale Invite All-Tournament Team...Rankedamong Ivy League leaders in conference-only matches - 1st inassists per set (10.59), 9th in digs per set (3.10) (only one ofthree non-liberos in the top 10) and 10th in aces (0.29)...Ranked24th in the nation in assists per set...Recorded double-doubles inseven of 14 Ivy matches..Set offense to 24th best team hitting percentage inthe nation and 30th in kills per set...Posted atriple-double against eventual-SEC Champion-and nationally-rankedMissouri (22 assists, 19 digs and 10 kills) on Sept. 6...Producedseason-high 22 digs at Columbia on Oct. 19...Had 49 assists in theNCAA Tournament match against Pac-12''s Utah.
2012: Earned second-straight Ivy LeaguePlayer of the Year Honor....Named All-Ivy First Team for thirdstraight season...Led Bulldogs with 7.43 assists per set as teamranked fourth nationally with 13.90 average...Named Ivy LeaguePlayer of the Week Twice (Sept. 4 and 25)...Named to all-tournamentteam of Yale Classic...Had 34 assists, 13 digs and three killsagainst Bowling Green in NCAA Tournament match...Played in all 84sets during regular season...Finished third on team with in digs(313) and kills (186)...Ranked in Ivy top-10 in assists (5th) anddigs (9th)...Opened season with triple-double (17 kills, 18 assistsand 15 digs) against Texas A&M, the eventual SEC WesternDivision Champs...Produced seven triple-doubles...Served up IvyLeague season-high seven service aces in three-set victory overDartmouth on Nov. 10...Had 8 matches with 10 or more kills.
2011: Named AVCA Honorable MentionAll-America...Named Ivy League Player of the Year…Earned IvyLeague Player of the Week twice…Named MVP of YaleInvitational…Earned All-Tournament honors at YaleInvitational…Led Ivy League in conference matches with 11.27assists per set...Ranked 6th in Ivy League (conference matchesonly) in service aces per set (0.29) and 9th in Ivy League(conference matches only) in digs per set (3.84)…Totaled 19assists, nine digs, three kills and a service ace in NCAATournament Match at USC…Collected at least 10 digs in 18 of24 matches…Recorded ninth-highest single-season assist perset total in Yale history (10.84)…Posted at least 32 assistsin 22 of 24 matches…Tallied a second-highest Ivy Leaguefour-set assist total (57) in a win over Princeton on Nov.5…Delivered 21 digs twice this season – in wins overColumbia on Oct. 28 and Penn on Nov. 4…Posted 50 or moreassists four times this season.
2010: Named Ivy League Rookie of the Year andselected First Team All-Ivy...Appeared in 94 sets...Selected IvyLeague Rookie of the Week a conference-best five times...Led theteam and finished fourth in the Ivy League in assists per set(9.02)...Averaged 3.43 digs per set and 1.78 kills per set...Postedhighest assist total in a three-set match among all Ivy Leagueplayers during 2010 season – 47 vs. Rhode Island, Sept.4...Named to Yale Invitational, Blackbird Invitational (Long IslandUniversity) and Fullerton Classic (Cal-State Fullerton)All-Tournament Teams...Tallied a triple-double (34 assists, 17kills and 10 digs) against Albany on Sept. 25...Posted 40-plusassists four times...Had a personal season-high 23 digs in a win atColumbia on Nov. 12.
Before Yale: Played for La Costa Canyon HighSchool, the No. 1 ranked team in the nation in 2008… HelpedLa Costa to three CIF Division I titles and a California statechampionship… Named a PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace…Earned the Avocado League Most Valuable Player award as ajunior… Plays for the nationally prominent Encinitas Waveclub program… Won a Gold Medal with the Wave in the 16 OpenDivision in 2008… Twice earned all-tournament honors at theJunior Olympics.
Appleman on Polan: “It’sexciting to find a player with Kendall’s ability that iscommitted to an Ivy League education in addition to playingDivision I volleyball. She can play anywhere on the court, and Iexpect her to make an immediate impact on ourprogram.”
Four Questions for Kendall:
1. Why Yale? Amazingteam, incomparable education, great atmosphere.
2. Best food in NewHaven? Pepe’s.
3. Favorite class sofar? Masculinity and Femininity with Alfred Guy
4. Team Jacob, Team Edward, orTeam Couldn’t Care Less? EDWARD
