2023 Beach Volleyball Roster
Biography
Athletic Honors
2023 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2022 AVCA Top Flight Award
2022 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
Conference USA Pair of the Week (March 9, 2022)
2021 ASUN First Team All-Conference
2019 ASUN All-Freshman Team
Academic Honors
2023 Spring President's List
2022 Fall Dean's List
2022 Spring Dean's List
2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
2021 ASUN Beach All-Academic Team
2021 ASUN Honor Roll
2020 ASUN Honor Roll
2019 ASUN Honor Roll
2023
Kuck entered a second season of competition with the Sandy Panthers in 2022-23... Recorded a 20-14 overall record for the spring at the second and third flights... Paired with teammate Lila Bordis for every dual and posted a 10-5 mark at the second flight and a 10-9 mark at the third flight... Downed six nationally ranked opponents alongside Bordis... Earned All-Sun Belt Second-Team honors alongside Bordis following the 20-win season... Helped lead the Sandy Panthers to a Sun Belt Conference Championship Title in the league's inaugural season of beach volleyball... Helped lead GSU to a second consecutive NCAA Championship berth in a season that saw the team ranked top-14 or better nationally for every week
2022
Entered competition with GSU as a graduate transfer from Stetson and charted a 26-14 overall record for the season at flights No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4... Paired with Kayla Whetstone in all but four matches for a 24-12 record at flights No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4... Paired with Eden Hawes at flights No. 1 and No. 2 entering the season for two additional wins and a 2-2 record... Earned AVCA Top Flight honors for the spring... Downed nationally-ranked opponents twelve times including No. 2 TCU to clinch the victory for GSU in the second round of NCAA Championship play... Defeated No. 7 Grand Canyon in the first round of the NCAA Championship... Collected ranked wins twice facing No. 13 FIU and once facing No. 10 FAU in the inaugural Conference USA Beach Volleyball Championship... Named All-Tournament Team following the Panthers winning the first ever C-USA Beach Volleyball Championship... Earned C-USA Pair of the Week honors on March 9 after a 4-1 finish at the Horned Frog Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas highlighted by a victory over host No. 5 TCU at the No. 2 flight with Whetstone... Downed ranked opponent FGCU on April 15... Charted ranked wins facing No. 18 Pepperdine on April 2, twice facing former team Stetson on March 4 and March 27, Tulane on March 18 and South Carolina on March 5... Helped lead the Sandy Panthers to a historic 2022 season and NCAA Tournament run highlighted by the first ever C-USA Beach Volleyball Championship and an upset over second-seeded TCU to advance to the NCAA round of six... The win over TCU notched a school-record 28th victory for the Sandy Panthers and marked the largest upset in NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship history, the first time GSU has secured a second victory in NCAA Tournament play throughout the history of GSU athletics across all sports and tied the school record for highest-ranking victory in GSU athletics history... The team's No. 7 ranking for the final AVCA Coaches Poll marked the highest finish in a Division I Collegiate Poll for any team in GSU sports history
2021 (Stetson)
Compiled a 20-12 record for the season... Paired with Gabriella Bramante to post a 9-1 record at the second flight and an 11-11 record at flight No. 3... Went a perfect 3-0 in the ASUN Championship play with wins in every set at the second flight... Finished 10-1 overall versus ASUN opponents... Registered seven wins over nationally ranked opponents including No. 15 TCU, No. 12 FAU, No. 13 South Carolina, twice facing No. 20 FGCU, No. 18 Georgia State and No. 13 FIU... Clinched match point facing Coastal Carolina and FGCU... Won eight consecutive matches with 16 of 20 wins coming in straight sets
2020 (Stetson)
Finished with a 2-9 record at the No. 3 flight... Posted wins over Louisiana Monroe and No. 14 Long Beach State
2019 (Stetson)
Charted a 6-3 overall record with a 2-1 finish in ASUN play… Played in nine matches at flight No. 4… Posted non-conference victories over No. 13 Georgia State, Saint Leo, Southeastern and Tulane … Posted ASUN wins over Jacksonville and Mercer
2018 (Daytona State)
Played two seasons of indoor volleyball at Daytona State ... Collected over 250 kills and 200 digs as a sophomore outside hitter ... Also had 39 blocks and 31 aces.
Prep
Champion of the French School Volleyball Championships in 2015 and won her school’s beach volleyball championship ... Was selected to attend the National Team Training Center in Toulouse as part of the French National Team ... Placed second at the French Championships in swimming in 2012 ... Also a Department Champion in tennis in 2011.
Personal
Yasmin Ninalee Kuck was born in Wuppertal, Germany in 1998 ... Daughter of Susan and Wolfgang Kuck ... Has a sister, Zoe ... Both her parents played professional volleyball ... Her father was the captain of the German National Team ... Her mother played in Canada.
Historical Player Information
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2022Graduate Student
5'11"
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2023Graduate Student
5'11"
