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2025 Men's Volleyball Roster

8 Kurt Nusterer

8 Kurt Nusterer

  • Position:
    Middle Blocker
  • Height:
    6-9
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Indianapolis, Ind.

Summary

Biography

2025 (Senior):
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
All-Big West Honorable Mention
Academic All-Big West
Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • Started 32 matches
  • Selected AVCA All-America honorable mention and all-Big West honorable mention
  • Led the team with 106 blocks and his 0.99 average ranked No. 2 in the Big West and 20th nationally
  • Also averaged 1.28 kills per set and hit .472 for the season
  • Finished his career with 277 kills (1.19 avg.), 231 blocks (1.00 avg.), 47 aces, and hit .469
  • Career-high 10 kills, hitting .833 in 12 errorless attempts and six blocks vs. Long Beach State (April 14)
  • Tallied nine kills and six blocks vs. Harvard (Jan. 10) and at UC Santa Barbara (April 18)
  • Tied career-high with 10 blocks in each of the two matches vs. BYU (Jan. 31 & Feb. 1)
  • Named Big West Defensive Player of the Week after averaging 2.22 blocks per set during the BYU series
  • Season-high three aces and career-high five digs vs. Stanford (Feb. 5)
  • Hit .727 with 8 kills in 11 attempts vs. UC San Diego (March 29)
  • Named academic all-Big West
  • Named to the Big West Commissioners Honor Roll

2024 (Sophomore):
Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • Started 28-of-30 matches at middle blocker
  • Finished the season averaging 1.07 kills per set, hitting at a .460 clip
  • Led the team and ranked 10th nationally in blocks per set (1.05)
  • Career-high 10 blocks (1 solo) vs. UC Santa Barbara (March 30)
  • Totaled 18 blocks in three wins at the OUTRIGGER Invitational which earned him Big West Defensive Player of the Week honors
  • Career-high six aces during an 18-0 scoring run vs. Tusculum (Feb. 4)
  • Career-high eight kills, hitting .636 vs. Loyola Chicago (Jan. 5) and UC Irvine in Big West semis (April 19)
  • Tallied nine blocks vs. UC Irvine (March 10)
  • Named to Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll

2023 (Redshirt Freshman):
All-Big West Freshman Team
Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • All-Big West Freshman Team
  • Appeared in 11 matches with four starts at middle blocker
  • Made UH debut against Saint Francis (Jan. 18)
  • Finished third on the team in hitting percentage (.490)
  • In first career start, had a career-high seven kills and three blocks against Barton (Jan. 28)
  • Helped spark the team against UCLA (March 11) with five kills and three blocks
  • Big West Freshman of the Week (Jan. 30)
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll

2022 (Freshman):
  • Redshirted
 
Prep: 
  • A 2021 graduate of Columbus North High School in Columbus, Ind.
  • Lettered three years in volleyball, twice in soccer and once in swimming
  • Named to the VolleyballMag.com Fab 50 list
  • Selected Academic All-State
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • DECA State Champion and DECA International qualifier
  • Played club volleyball for Vanguard and helped his team to a Top 10 finish at Junior Nationals
 
Personal:
  • Born in Germany
  • Intends to major in finance and accounting
  • Parents are Norbert and Kari Nusterer of Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Father played basketball for the Austrian National Team
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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2022Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'9"
    9
  • 8

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'9"
    8
  • 8

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'9"
    8
  • 8

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'9"
    8