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Jersey Number 14

Trent Kersten

  • Position:
    Middle Blocker
  • Height:
    6-9
  • Weight:
    230
  • Class:
    Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Fountain Valley, Calif.
  • High School:
    Fountain Valley
2015 — Saw action in 23 matches, all starts ... Had a career-best 11 kills vs. Hawaii (Mar. 30)... Posted a career-best nine block assists vs. Cal Baptist ... Recorded 11 matches with at least four block assists ... Hit at least .400 in 11 matches ...  Ranked among the nation’s top 15 in hitting percentage for most of the season ... Tallied double digit points in five matches ... Seventh in the MPSF in hitting percentage (.387) and 11th in blocks (1.08) ... Honorable mention All-MPSF selection.
2014 — Saw action in 25 matches and made 24 starts … Had 16 matches with at least five kills … In 13 matches, he hit at least .400 … In 17 matches, he had at least 3.0 total blocks … Ranked 34th in NCAA in blocks per set (0.93).
 
2013 — Played 19 matches with 12 starts ... Averaged 2.1 pps, 1.5 kps and 0.9 bps in 59 sets played ... Recorded 10 kills (.533) and 13.0 points vs. CBU (1/4) ... Recorded a then career-high of six total blocks vs. UCI (3/30) ... Served two aces vs. UCSD (3/29) ... Hitting percentage of .454 ranked second on the team.

2012 — Redshirted the season.

High School — Three-year varsity letterwinner at Fountain Valley High for Coach Todd Hanson ... Two-time All-Sunset League selection, earning first-team honors in 2011 and second-team acclaim in 2010 ... Two-year captain of the Barons ... 2011 Redondo All-Tournament Team selection ... 2011 Fountain Valley High MVP for volleyball.

Club Volleyball — Member of the Balboa Bay Volleyball Club.

Personal — Has two older brothers ... Chose UCLA for its tradition of excellence ... Lists his biggest achievement as learning the middle blocker’s position during his redshirt year at UCLA ... Admires Russell Holmes, the middle blocker on the U.S. National Team ... Enjoys surfing and beach volleyball as hobbies ... Brother Kurt won three CIF championships at FVHS ... Father, Kurt Sr., won three CIF championships at Esperanza HS ... Born in Anaheim ... Earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in Fall 2014, Spring 2014 and Spring 2015 ... Geography and Environmental Studies major..

 

Highlights - Men's Volleyball vs. Hawai'i, NCAA Semifinals (May 10, 2025)
Sunday, May 11
Highlights - Men's Volleyball vs. Belmont Abbey, NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals (May 8, 2025)
Thursday, May 08
Men’s Volleyball - NCAA Travel Day Vlog ft. Matthew Aziz
Wednesday, May 07
Highlights - UCLA Men's Volleyball vs. #5 USC (4/17/25)
Friday, April 18