Completed Event: Volleyball at Iowa on September 17, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 2
Final
Volleyball
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Iowa
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Iowa State University Athletics
2021 Volleyball Roster
Mantz, Kenzie
Jersey Number 1
Kenzie Mantz
- Position:
- Right Side/Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Belle Plaine Community
- Hometown:
- Belle Plaine, Iowa
Bio
Awards and Honors
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2020, 2021, 2022) ... Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2020) ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022)
2022 (Senior)
Played in seven matches and eight sets… hit a season-high two kills at Wyoming and Kansas State … recorded a block assist at Wyoming and in the NCAA Championships Second Round against Florida … totaled eight kills on the season.
2021 (Junior)
Played in 81 sets across 26 matches, ranking fourth on the Cyclones with 176 kills on the season … had seven matches in double figures … recorded career-best 18 kills at Texas Tech (Oct. 7) … 18-kill match vs. TTU was in middle of five-match streak of posting double figure kills in each match … had 11 kills in both matches at Kansas (Oct. 1-2), getting her 11 in the win on Oct. 2 at a .400 hitting percentage … recorded nine kills at a season-best .421 hitting percentage vs. Oregon State (Sept. 4) … finished season with 22 total blocks (three solo, 19 assists) … notched season-best three total blocks (all block assists) in NCAA Championships First Round vs. Stanford (Dec. 3) … recorded 26 digs on the season, posting a season-best three at Kansas on Oct. 1.
2020 (Sophomore)
Played in 33 sets across 15 matches … stepped into starting role on right side during all six spring 2021 matches … finished with 79 kills at 2.39 per set (third on ISU) … was in double figures for kills in five of six spring matches … finished season with career-best 17 kills at .361 hitting percentage against Wayne State on March 27 … notched 14 kills at .321 hitting at DePaul on March 12 … in first career start vs. Saint Louis, recorded 11 kills at a career-best .5000 hitting percentage … at Texas on Oct. 9, came off the bench for final two sets to post six kills … finished season with 11 block assists … notched three block assists at Marquette.
2019 (Freshman)
Played in four matches in her debut season at ISU … finished season with two kills and two block assists … recorded one kill and one block in third set against Lipscomb … recorded first kill at Hilton Coliseum against West Virginia … notched a block assist vs. Western Carolina … also played in away match at WVU.
High School
Four-year letterwinner at Belle Plaine High School for head coach April Kressley ... four-time Team MVP, four-time All-State, earning First Team honors as a senior, four-time all-conference honoree (three-time first team) and Under Armour All-American Honorable Mention .... ranked eighth in the state as a senior, averaging 5.06 kills per set which she got at a .405 hitting percentage ... as a junior, ranked second in the state with 5.75 kills per set, which she got at a .352 hitting percentage ... was seventh in the state as a sophomore with 5.23 kills per set ... for her career at Belle Plaine, amassed 1,611 kills ... also lettered in basketball and track and field in high school, earning all-conference in basketball and qualifying for the state championships twice in track and field ... played club volleyball for Eastern Iowa Xtreme and Iowa Rockets.
Personal
Born on Oct. 16, 2000 ... daughter of Craig and Julie Mantz ... Elementary Education major.
VB Highlights vs. Iowa
Wednesday, September 17
VB Replay Omaha at ISU 2025
Monday, September 15
VB Replay Saint Louis at ISU 2025
Monday, September 15
VB Highlights vs. Omaha
Sunday, September 14
