2016 Volleyball Roster
Krystal Rivers
- Position:
- RS
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- High School:
- Ramsay HS
2016
Appeared in all 31 matches, making 30 starts ... AVCA Honorable Mention All-American and All-South Region ... SEC Player of the Year ... SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... set school records for career kills (2,148) and points (2,506) ... had 24 kills against South Dakota (Aug. 26) with a .333 hitting percentage ... posted a double-double against Tulsa (Aug. 26) with 23 kills and 14 digs ... named to the Hurricane Classic All-Tournament team ... led the team with 14 kills and a pair of service aces against Samford (Aug. 30) ... finished with over 20 kills in all three matches at the Puerto Rico Clasico, including a weekend-best 29 against 16th-ranked Florida State (Sept. 2) along with four aces ... stuffed five blocks against Temple (Sept. 3) ... SEC Player of the Week on Sept. 6 following her weekend at the Puerto Rico Clasico ... posted a career-high 38 kills in the five-set win over Southern Miss (Sept. 9), the most in a single match for any Alabama player since 1998 ... Hampton Inn Bama Bash MVP ... SEC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 12, her second-straight weekly conference award ... had 27 kills and a .379 hitting percentage with three service aces, nine digs and four blocks against ETSU (Sept. 16) ... totaled three service aces, 17 kills and a .310 hitting percentage against Georgia Southern (Sept. 17) ... named Hampton Inn Crimson-White Tournament MVP ... SEC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 1, her third-straight ... one dig shy of a double-double against Texas A&M (Sept. 23), finishing with 29 kills and nine digs ... tied a career high with 38 kills in four sets at Georgia (Sept. 30), hitting .485 in the match ... totaled a season-high six blocks at Mississippi State (Oct. 2) ... led the team with 31 kills at home against Mississippi State (Oct. 12) ... posted 32 kills and 13 digs against Missouri (Oct. 14) ... had 25 kills and tied a season high with four aces at Arkansas (Oct. 21) ... earned her sixth double-double of the season at Ole Miss (Oct. 23) with 31 kills and 11 digs ... named SEC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 24 ... posted a double-double against Tennessee (Oct. 28) with 15 kills and 10 digs ... had a triple-double against Arkansas (Nov. 6), earning 10 kills, 18 digs and a career-high 12 blocks ... led the team with 28 kills against Auburn (Nov. 9) ... tied a season high with four aces at Florida (Nov. 13) ... scored four aces again the next match at South Carolina along with 19 kills (Nov. 18) ... posted 35 kills against Ole Miss (Nov. 23) on senior day, passing Erin Heffner for the career kills record at Alabama ... led the team with 30 kills in the season finale at LSU (Nov. 26).
2015
Started all 28 matches she appeared in ... AVCA All-South Region ... Academic All-SEC ... led the team and was 2nd in the SEC in kills with 451 ... hit .408 with 26 kills against Tennessee (Nov. 6) and followed that with a 24 kill and .404 performance two days later vs. South Carolina (Nov. 8) ... knocked in a career-high 30 kills at Missouri (Oct. 28), hitting .355 with 10 digs for her third double-double of the season ... posted a second straight double-double against Arkansas (Nov. 1), leading the team with 22 kills and 21 digs while adding four blocks ... tied a career high with eight blocks against Mississippi State (Sept. 23), adding 11 kills with just two errors on 22 swings for a .409 hitting percentage ... led the team offensively against Virginia (Sept. 12) with 14 kills and a .500 hitting percentage ... finished in double figures in kills in all three matches at the Huskie Invitational (Sept. 18-19), hitting .406 over the weekend.
2014
Became first Alabama player to earn AVCA Third Team All-American honors in program history ... CoSIDA/Capital One Third Team Academic All-American, joining teammate Sierra Wilson as the only players in program history to earn All-America and Academic All-America honors in the same season ... named All-SEC for the second straight season and was SEC Offensive Player of the Week three times ... led the team and ranked second in the SEC in both kills (557, 4.19/set) and aces (48, 0.36/set) ... played in all 34 matches ... earned a double-double in the season opener against Northern Iowa (Aug. 29) with 17 kills and 11 digs ... scored a career-high five service aces against Southeast Missouri (Aug. 29), adding 15 kills, nine digs and six blocks ... set a Chaifetz Arena (St. Louis, Mo.) record with 23 kills against Memphis (Aug. 30) ... knocked in a career-high 29 kills against LIU Brooklyn (Sept. 6), adding 10 digs for her second double-double of the season ... hit a season-high .615 against UAB (Sept. 14) in the Tide's home opener ... stuffed a season-high seven blocks against San Diego State (Sept. 19) ... scored double-doubles in her two opening SEC matches, notching 22 kills and 10 digs against Georgia (Sept. 24) and then 26 kills plus a career-high 12 digs against LSU (Sept. 28) ... earned her seventh double-double of the season with 25 kills and 14 digs against Ole Miss (Oct. 19) ... posted a double-double against Texas A&M (Oct. 31) with 28 kills and a career-high 22 digs ... knocked in a season-high 29 kills along with 12 digs for a double-double in five-set win over South Carolina (Nov. 9) ... posted her 10th double-double of the season with 26 kills and 15 digs at Missouri (Nov. 26) ... led the team with 12 kills against Florida State in the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 5).
2013
AVCA Honorable Mention All-American ... AVCA All-South Region ... named to the All-Southeastern Conference Volleyball Team and was an SEC All-Freshman Team selection ... led the team with 435 kills and ranked sixth in the SEC with 3.57 kills per set ... reached double figures in kills 23 times, while recording at least 12 kills in 13 of the last 17 matches ... set a program single-season record with a .404 hitting percentage that ranked third in the SEC and 21st in the nation ... averaged 4.27 points per set to rank sixth in the conference ... led the team with 105 total blocks to rank 16th in the SEC with 0.86 blocks per set ... had a team-high 36 solo blocks, tying for fourth on the Alabama single-season list ... second on the team with 69 assisted blocks ... averaged 3.59 kills, 0.97 blocks and 4.41 points per set during SEC competition ... hit over .300 in 24 of 34 matches while hitting .400-plus 17 times (10 times over .500, six over .600 and three .700-plus matches) ... named the SEC Volleyball Co-Freshman of the Week on Oct. 28, earning her third selection of the season (also named the SEC Freshman of the Week on Oct. 21 and Sept. 23) ... named the Clemson Classic MVP after averaging 3.92 kills and 1.31 blocks per set with a .398 hitting percentage ... named the Hampton Inn Bama Bash MVP after averaging 3.46 kills per set with .527 hitting in the four matches ... selected as the MVP of the FIU Classic after averaging 3.55 kills per set with .431 hitting in three matches ... named to the Black Knights Invitational All-Tournament Team ... had 14 kills and a .357 hitting percentage, plus an ace, a dig and two blocks in the NCAA Tournament match against Oklahoma ... hit .407 with 12 kills and one error on 27 swings at LSU (Nov. 30) ... had nine kills with three digs and four assisted blocks at Mississippi State (Nov. 27) ... totaled 12 kills, seven blocks (four solo), a season-high six digs and an ace in a three-set win over Ole Miss (Nov. 22) ... the four solo blocks against the Rebels tied for the eighth-most in a single match in Alabama program history ... had a 10-match, double-digit kills streak snapped when she was limited to seven kills at South Carolina (Nov. 15) ... posted her 10th straight double-digit kills match with 13 against No. 7 Missouri (Nov. 10), adding four blocks and an ace ... had 16 kills on .357 hitting, a dig and four blocks against Arkansas (Nov. 8) ... did not have an error and led the Tide with 12 kills against UAB ... had a team-high 19 kills with a .562 hitting percentage against Mississippi State (Nov. 1), adding five total blocks for 23 points in the four sets ... had 14 kills with a season-high .778 hitting percentage against Georgia, after no hitting errors on 18 swings, adding five total blocks (one solo) ... averaged 4.57 kills with a .518 hitting percentage and seven total blocks in wins over Texas A&M and LSU ... had 16 kills on .389 hitting percentage, plus three blocks against LSU (Oct. 20) ... hit a season-high .750 with 16 kills and four assisted blocks against the Aggies ... led the Tide with 15 kills on .357 hitting in a four-set loss to No. 25 Missouri (Oct. 13) ... had 17 kills while hitting .615 (17-1/26) in a four-set road win at Arkansas (Oct. 11) ... racked up a match-high 18 kills with a .484 hitting percentage and seven blocks in a four-set win over Auburn ... had 13 kills in a four-set loss to No. 18 Kentucky (Sept. 29) ... hit .391 with 13 kills and a season-high eight blocks (one solo) in a four-set win over Delaware ... recorded a season-high 25 kills with seven total blocks (two solo) in five-set win over Clemson ... had 18 kills in a four-set win over South Alabama, posting eight kills on 11 attempts in the third set ... had nine kills each against FIU and Houston Baptist ... totaled 21 kills against UNC-Wilmington, hitting .731 (21-2/26) against the Seahawks ... had a team-best 15 kills against Army after hitting .600 (15-3/20) ... did not commit an error, while producing eight kills on 15 attempts against Washington State for a .533 hitting percentage ... opened the season with a 13-kill effort against Seton Hall and had a season-high five solo blocks, which tied for the fourth-most in a single match in Alabama program history.
2012
Was a member of the 2013 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll ... Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Dual-sport athlete in volleyball and tennis at Ramsay High School ... a two-year letterwinner in volleyball ... 2011 all-city team selection .... played tennis for three years, starting as the No. 1 doubles for three years, and No. 1 singles for one year ... graduated with a 4.48 cumulative GPA and was a member of the National Honor Society, FCCLA and 4-H Club ... volunteered with the Birmingham Urban League and YMCA Youth Day ... received the Bryant-Jordan Scholar-Athlete award in 2012.
Personal
Born May 23, 1994, in Birmingham, Ala. ... parents are John Frank Rivers Sr. and Deborah Rivers ... father attended Miles College and her mother went to Jacksonville State University ... brother Frank Rivers, Jr. is a quarterback on the Grambling State football team and also plays baseball for the Tigers ... played for the Team Sting Volleyball Club ... majoring in biology.
