Kristen Nuss |
United States
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Photo: Ed Chan
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Birth Date |
December 16, 1997 (26 years old) |
Home Town |
New Orleans, LA |
Resides |
Baton Rouge, LA |
Height |
5'6" |
College |
Louisiana State |
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Best Finish |
Winnings |
United States |
1st (7 times) |
$131,300 |
AVP |
1st (7 times) |
$131,300 |
International |
1st (7 times) |
$246,000 |
FIVB |
1st (7 times) |
$246,000 |
Other |
5th |
$0 |
Other |
5th |
$0 |
Overall |
1st (14 times) |
$377,300 |
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Beach Bits: • Entering the 2023 season, Nuss has played with four different partners and all four were teammates with her at Louisiana State.
2022: Nuss and Taryn Kloth led the AVP Tour with three victories, winning the season opener as well as consecutive events in Chicago and Phoenix in the season championships. Of their 35 matches, 19 came against teams seeded fifth or higher. Nuss made her World Tour debut in a Futures event in Australia, where she and Kloth won a pair of qualification matches and went undefeated in winning the title. Nuss and Kloth again advanced from the qualifier and won a gold medal in Turkiye, and advanced to one other semifinal in their total of nine international events. 2021: Nuss played in all three AVP tournaments with Taryn Kloth, winning in their first event together in Atlanta after advancing from the qualifier. Nuss became the shortest player to win on the AVP Tour since 2001 (Barbra Fontana). The pair then placed fifth and third in the last two events. For the season they were 16-4 in matches, with all four losses coming to teams seeded first or second. Nuss was third on the Tour in digs (6.48 per set). 2020: Did not compete. 2019: Nuss and Claire Coppola lost in an AVP qualifier then finished 25th in Manhattan Beach. 2018: Nuss played in her first AVP main draw, finishing 17th with Claire Coppola in Hermosa Beach, then lost in the qualifier alongside Katie Dickens. Nuss and Coppola finished fifth in the FISU World University Championships in Germany. 2017: Nuss made her pro beach volleyball debut in New York, losing in the qualifier with Megan Davenport.
College: Nuss played beach volleyball at Louisiana State, and as a freshman finished 27-7 playing alongside Claire Coppola mostly at the No. 1 position, including seven wins over top 10 teams. Her sophomore season Nuss and Coppola went 30-7 at the top position, with five wins against top-10 competition, and Nuss was 31-8 overall. Nuss and Coppola went 33-4 her junior season, then the duo finished 12-2 in a shortened senior campaign, as the pair became the third NCAA duo to eclipse 100 match wins (along with USC's Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes and UCLA's Megan and Nicole McNamara). In 2021 she and Taryn Kloth finished with a 36-0 match record, and she left the program with the career record in wins with 139 and her victory total was also the most in beach volleyball history.
Personal: Nuss' grandfather played professional baseball. She has three older siblings, Pete, Jeffrey and Jordan. Nuss was chosen as the Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year.
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- AVP Best Defensive Player 2023
- AVP Most Valuable Player 2023
- AVP Team of the Year 2022 (Taryn Kloth), 2023 (Taryn Kloth)
- AVP VolleyballMag.com Best Defensive Player 2023
- AVP VolleyballMag.com Team of the Year 2022 (Taryn Kloth), 2023 (Taryn Kloth)
- FIVB VolleyballMag.com BPT Best Defensive Player 2023
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2017 |
AVP |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0.00 |
60.0 |
224th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2018 |
AVP |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$250.00 |
169.0 |
123rd |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2019 |
AVP |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$325.00 |
202.0 |
140th |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2021 |
AVP |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
$18,375.00 |
1,308.0 |
1st |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2022 |
AVP |
7 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
$45,350.00 |
6,892.5 |
22nd |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2023 |
AVP |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$36,000.00 |
4,562.0 |
33rd |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2024 |
AVP |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$31,000.00 |
3,730.0 |
13th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total (Rank) |
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22 (418th) |
7 (36th) |
3 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
$131,300.00 (56th) |
16,923.5 |
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0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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2022 |
FIVB |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
$36,750.00 |
2,800.0 |
27th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2023 |
FIVB |
12 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
$159,500.00 |
5,130.0 |
5th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2024 |
FIVB |
7 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
$49,750.00 |
2,350.0 |
42nd |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total (Rank) |
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28 (514th) |
7 (32nd) |
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
$246,000.00 (92nd) |
10,280.0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Overall |
Total (Rank) |
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51 (512th) |
14 (43rd) |
6 |
5 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
5 |
$377,300.00 (90th) |
27,263.5 |
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0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Red denotes ranked 1st |
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1 |
8/15/2021 |
AVP |
Atlanta |
Taryn Kloth |
14 |
$10,000 |
2 |
4/3/2022 |
FIVB |
Coolangatta |
Taryn Kloth |
16 |
$500 |
3 |
5/8/2022 |
AVP |
Austin |
Taryn Kloth |
6 |
$7,000 |
4 |
5/22/2022 |
FIVB |
Kusadasi |
Taryn Kloth |
20 |
$5,000 |
5 |
9/4/2022 |
AVP |
Chicago |
Taryn Kloth |
6 |
$15,000 |
6 |
9/24/2022 |
AVP |
Phoenix |
Taryn Kloth |
4 |
$7,500 |
7 |
3/19/2023 |
FIVB |
La Paz |
Taryn Kloth |
2 |
$5,000 |
8 |
4/30/2023 |
FIVB |
Uberlândia |
Taryn Kloth |
9 |
$15,000 |
9 |
8/6/2023 |
AVP |
Atlanta |
Taryn Kloth |
2 |
$15,000 |
10 |
9/3/2023 |
AVP |
Chicago |
Taryn Kloth |
1 |
$15,000 |
11 |
12/9/2023 |
FIVB |
Doha |
Taryn Kloth |
2 |
$75,000 |
12 |
5/26/2024 |
FIVB |
Espinho |
Taryn Kloth |
5 |
$15,000 |
13 |
7/7/2024 |
FIVB |
Gstaad |
Taryn Kloth |
3 |
$15,000 |
14 |
8/18/2024 |
AVP |
Manhattan Beach |
Taryn Kloth |
1 |
$15,000 |
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Taryn Kloth |
17 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
$130,725 |
16,492.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Claire Coppola |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$575 |
297.0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Megan Davenport |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
60.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Katie Dickens |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
74.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Total |
22 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
$131,300 |
16,923.5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Taryn Kloth |
28 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
$246,000 |
10,280.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
28 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
$246,000 |
10,280.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Taryn Kloth |
45 |
14 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
12 |
0 |
5 |
$376,725 |
26,772.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Claire Coppola |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
$575 |
357.0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Megan Davenport |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
60.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Katie Dickens |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
74.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Total |
51 |
14 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
5 |
$377,300 |
27,263.5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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