Biography
2023: CSC Academic All-District honoree ... PBC all-conference selection … Played in every set … Led the team with 542 digs … Added 108 assists and six kills … Tabbed PBC Specialist of the Week on Sept. 5 … Notched 18 digs to go along with four assists and a kill in the win over Mount Olive … Posted 21 digs and had four assists in the sweep of Converse … Garnered 32 digs to go along with five assists and a kill at Lenoir-Rhyne … Totaled 15 digs and seven assists to go along with a kill in the sweep of Belmont Abbey … Notched 22 digs in the sweep of Lenoir-Rhyne … Garnered 23 digs and five assists in the win over North Greenville … Registered her 2,000th career dig in the sweep of Carson-Newman with 18 digs … Rattled off 24 digs, six assists and two aces in the win over Montevallo … Posted 20 digs, 11 assists and four aces in the victory over Mississippi College … Tallied 22 digs and three assists to go along with a kill in the win over Valdosta State … Posted a match-high 23 digs to go along with one ace at Lander … Recorded 10 digs against the Bearcats … Totaled 13 digs and an ace at Flagler … Registered 24 digs and three assists to go along with an ace in the win over Flagler … Recorded 15 digs, four assists and three aces in the win over Georgia College & State … Led the way with a match-high 18 digs to go along with four assists and two aces in the sweep of Francis Marion … Posted 17 digs against Georgia College & State … Notched 22 digs in the sweep of Carson-Newman … Garnered a match-high 26 digs in the sweep of Emmanuel … Totaled 18 digs and six assists against Augusta … Accounted for 27 digs, three assists and two digs against Lander … Recorded nine digs, four assists, one ace and a kill in the sweep of Flagler … Notched 18 digs and two aces at Augusta … Had a match-high 24 digs against the Jaguars … Tallied 23 digs to go along with seven assists and two aces in the sweep of Georgia College & State … Recorded 23 digs, three assists and two aces in the PBC Semifinals against Lander … Tallied a team-high 15 digs to go along with six assists and four aces in the NCAA Tournament against Anderson.
2022: CSC Third-Team Academic All-American ... D2CCA First-Team all-region honoree … Second-team all-conference team … PBC all-academic team selection ... PBC Specialist of the Week on Aug. 30 … Played in all 33 matches, totaling 128 sets … Notched 666 digs on the year to lead the PBC … Posted a match-high 17 digs to go along with two aces and a kill in the sweep of Barton … Set the school record with 49 digs in the win over Catawba … Tallied 22 digs, three aces and two assists in the win over Converse … Garnered 20 digs in the win sweep of Lenoir-Rhyne … Notched a match-high 32 digs to go along with five assists in the win over Mount Olive … Tallied a match-high 19 digs against Carson-Newman … Registered 34 digs in the win over Francis Marion … Picked up 19 digs and three assists in the win over North Greenville … Had 12 digs against Montevallo … Posted a match-high 25 digs in the win over Valdosta State … Totaled 19 digs and seven assists in the win at West Georgia … Garnered 12 digs at Georgia College … Accounted for 20 digs and an ace against Lander … Notched 31 digs and six assists in the victory over the Bearcats … Garnered 23 digs and three aces at Augusta … Registered 22 digs and five assists against the Jaguars … Accounted for 15 digs and a kill in the win at Young Harris … Totaled six digs and three assists in the sweep of the Mountain Lions … Tallied 27 digs against the Bobcats … Notched 13 digs and three aces in the win at GCSU … Posted 19 digs and had two aces at Lander … Accounted for 13 digs against Flagler … Had 28 digs and two assists against the Saints … Posted 17 digs at Lincoln Memorial … Accounted for 14 digs and six assists in the win over Mars Hill … Totaled 13 digs, four assists and two aces in the victory over Tusculum … Registered 22 digs and two aces against Augusta … Garnered 12 digs in the win over YHC … Registered 13 digs and an assist in the win at Flagler … Had 13 digs and an ace in the win over Georgia College & State First Round of the PBC Tournament … Posted a match-high 24 digs to go along with nine assists in the PBC Tournament Semifinal victory over Augusta … Tallied 27 digs, seven assists and two aces against Flagler in the PBC Championship … Accounted for 14 digs and two aces in the NCAA Tournament against No. 1 Wingate.
2021: D2CCA Third-Team All-American ... D2CCA First-Team all-region selection ... PBC Libero of the Year … Second-team all-conference honoree … Preseason all-PBC … PBC all-academic team selection ... PBC Specialist of the Week on Sept. 14 … Started all 27 matches … Recorded 26 digs and two assists in the win over Converse … Tallied 22 digs, eight assists and two aces in the victory over Carson-Newman … Tallied 23 digs and four aces in the win over UNC Pembroke … Recorded a match-high 18 digs and two aces in the victory over North Greenville … Garnered the seventh-most digs in a four-set match with 34 in the win over Limestone … Had 21 digs and eight assists in the victory over Coker … Recorded a match-high 27 digs in the win over Francis Marion … Totaled 23 digs and two aces in the victory over Belmont Abbey … Accounted for 21 digs and three aces in the win over Montevallo … Notched 23 digs and four aces in the win over West Alabama … Totaled 24 digs and four assists against Valdosta State … Recorded a match-high 24 digs to go along with four assists and an ace in the victory at Lander … Tallied a match-high 23 digs to go along with three assists in the win at Georgia College …Posted 17 digs and an ace against Augusta … Accounted for six digs and an ace at Young Harris … Garnered 36 digs and three assists against Flagler … Registered 26 digs and four assists in the victory over Lander … Posted 25 digs and six assists in the win over Lincoln Memorial … Had 33 digs and three assists against Carson-Newman … Had 22 digs and seven assists against Mars Hill … Tallied 35 digs and three assists against Lenoir-Rhyne … Garnered 16 digs and an ace in the win over Georgia College … Posted 28 digs, five assists and an ace at Augusta … Garnered 10 digs and a kill in the sweep of Young Harris … Tallied 16 digs, four assists and two aces at Flagler … Totaled seven digs, two assists, an ace and a kill in the PBC Tournament win over Young Harris … Recorded 19 digs and two assists in the PBC semifinal at Augusta.
2020: PBC Libero of the Year ... Second-team all-PBC selection ...PBC all-academic team selection ... Picked up PBC Specialist of the Week honors on March 31 and Apr. 7 … Led the PBC with 313 digs (6.26 digs/set) … Accounted for 15 aces and had four kills ... Recorded 12 digs and two assists in the season opener at Flagler … Had 13 digs in the win at Francis Marion ... Registered 25 digs, seven assists and two aces in the win at UNC Pembroke … Accounted for a career-high 29 digs to go along with three assists at Augusta … Had a match-high 13 digs to go along with four assists in the win at Young Harris … Registered a career-high 39 digs, eight assists, four aces and a kill in the win at Lander … Chipped in 28 digs and had three assists in the sweep of Georgia College … Had 24 digs, three assists, a kill and an ace in the sweep of Francis Marion … Accounted for 20 digs, five assists and three aces in the sweep of UNC Pembroke … Had 17 digs against Augusta … Posted 11 digs in the sweep of Young Harris … Accounted for 27 digs, eight assists and two aces in the win over Lander … Registered 26 digs, had seven assists and a kill in the PBC Tournament semifinals at Augusta.
2019: Played in all 31 matches, totaling 107 sets … Averaged 2.61 digs/set, totaling 279 on the year … Chipped in 19 aces … Registered nine digs in the sweep of Lincoln Memorial … Totaled nine digs and two aces in the victory over Carson-Newman … Garnered eight digs in the sweep of Mars Hill … Tallied nine digs in the victory over North Greenville … Recorded nine digs in the sweep of Florida Southern … Registered four digs and an ace in the win over Lee … Posted seven digs in the sweep of Shorter … Totaled six digs in the sweep of Erskine … Garnered 10 digs and had an ace in the win over West Florida … Totaled seven digs in the sweep of Converse … Had seven digs in the sweep of Valdosta State … Posted a career-high 14 digs in the win over Flagler … Accounted for nine digs and an ace in the sweep of Emmanuel … Notched five digs in the win at UNC Pembroke … Accounted for four digs and two aces in the sweep at Francis Marion … Registered 11 digs and an ace in the win over Lincoln Memorial … Garnered seven digs at Carson-Newman … Had nine digs in the win over Lenoir-Rhyne … Garnered 10 digs and a pair of aces in the sweep at Mars Hill … Registered her first career kill in the win at Paine … Tallied 12 digs in the sweep of Georgia College … Accounted for 17 digs and a kill in the win over Augusta … Posted a career-high 18 digs to go along with two assists and an ace at Lander … Garnered a career-best 18 digs to go along with a career-high two kills in the win over Francis Marion … Posted five digs in the win over UNC Pembroke … Notched 19 digs in the win over Lander … Had seven digs at Flagler … Totaled seven digs and an assist at Augusta … Tallied 10 digs in the win at Georgia College … Accounted for eight digs against Augusta in the PBC Semifinals … Recorded three digs and an ace NCAA First Round against Augusta.
High School: Attended Bishop Watterson H.S. … Second-team all-district honoree as a sophomore … Guided the team to a 16-7 ledger as a senior … Posted over 500 digs in her career … Played club ball for Elite Volleyball Training Center.
Personal: Kari Renee Mercer was born December 27, 2000 in Columbus, Ohio … Daughter of Paul and Laurie Mercer … Has three siblings, Elizabeth, Ian and Danielle … Danielle was a four-year member of the USC Aiken volleyball team, setting the single-season school record for digs (772) while guiding the team to the program’s first-ever Elite Eight … Majoring in business administration.
