2019-20 Volleyball Roster

#17 Kristin Baer 2018-19 Volleyball Roster

Height 6'2"

Class Junior

Hometown San Jose, CA

High School St. Francis

Bio / Statistics

Played in 11 matches, earning five starts in her junior season
Totaled 22 kills and 13 blocks in 23 sets of play
Posted a career-high five kills in wins over Southern Illinois (9/16) and Miami (10/22)
Made first career start against Rhode Island (8/26)

Pronounced “BEAR”
Graduated from St. Francis H.S. in Mountain View, California in May 2015
Earned two varsity letters in volleyball
Was team captain as a senior
Led team to a pair of West Catholic Athletic League titles as a freshman and sophomore
Went a combined 53-6 over those two years
Was a member of the City Beach Volleyball Club from 2012-14 and the Red Rock Volleyball Club in 2015
Helped Red Rock finish first out of 36 teams at the 2015 Northern California Regional Tournament
Led squad in attack percentage and blocks at the 2015 Pacific Northwest Qualifier to help team place third and earn a bid in the 18-Open division for the 2015 Girls Junior National Championships
Graduated maxima cum laude
Member of the National Honors Society and the Foreign Language Honors Society
Selected to the honor roll all four years
Was a National Merit Commended Student and is a lifetime member of the California Scholarship Federation
Competed against Irish teammate Maddie Dilfer in high school and club volleyball.
Full name is Kristin Ann Baer
Born in San Jose, California to Brian and Kalyn Baer
Has two older brothers, Ryan and Tom
Brothers Ryan (‘15) and Tom (‘17) graduated from Notre Dame
Cousin, Tom Pieser, graduated from Notre Dame in 1999 and great uncle, Richard Pieser, graduated in 1957
Cousin, Melissa Yuhas Bartlett, played soccer at Stanford and cousin, Nicholas Baer, plays basketball at Iowa
Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business and is majoring in management consulting and Spanish