Kristin Guidish

No. 4, Outside Hitter
5-8, Senior-RS, 3L
Saint Charles, IL
Saint Charles HS

Needs only 112 more defensive digs to become the all-time Cougar
leader...

1998: Shattered her own school record for digs in a single-season
with a new mark of 458...moved into third place on UH's career digs list
(1,247)...helped Houston rank tenth in the nation in digs...finished fifth
in the league individually with 3.91 dpg... posted 20 or more digs in a
match five times, including a season-high 27 in a 3-1 win over Southwest
Texas...had 26 in a win over crosstown rival Rice...made 10 or more digs in
a match 23 times...played in all 34 matches with 32 starts...only Cougar to
play in all 117 games...finished fourth on team in kills (238), attempts
per game (6.59) and service aces (18)...tallied 10 or more kills in a match
eight times, accounting for eight "double-doubles"...spiked a season-high
18 kills with just two errors against Texas-San Antonio (.381)...hit .300
or better six times, including a stellar .353 (7-1-17) against Sacramento
State in the NCAA Tournament...took a career-high 52 attack attempts in a
dramatic 3-2 win over TCU...stuffed two block solos againt C-USA rival
Memphis and had four or more blocks twice...

1997: Bounced back to set a new UH record for digs in a single season (412) after sitting out a full year...led the team and ranked eighth in C-USA with 3.55 digs per game...posted 30 digs in the first five-game meeting with South Florida and then later recorded another 24 more in four games against the NCAA Tournament-bound Bulls...totaled 27 digs in an opening day three-game sweep of Montana...tallied double-figure digs in a match 21 times...one of only two Cougars to start all 32 matches...played in 116 of 117 games...spiked double-figure kills in a match eight times, including a career-high 25 against nationally ranked Notre Dame...hit .500 with 19 digs against the Fighting Irish...had 11 kills and 23 digs in the championship match of the C-USA tournament to help UH defeat Cincinnati... hit .471 help UH sweep Rice...recorded eight double-doubles... finished fifth on the team in kills per game (2.13) and third in service aces (24)...had four aces in a match twice...

1996: Earned a medical redshirt after suffering a season-ending knee injury in the second match of the year against Michigan State... underwent surgery to repair her left anterior cruciate ligament... worked hard in an extensive rehabilitation program to bounce back...started both of the first two matches of the year against 1995 Final Four teams Stanford and Michigan State...

1995: True freshman who started 29 matches and appeared in 107 of 112 games...third on the team with 3.52 defensive digs per game, the third highest single-season average in school history at the time...posted 377 total digs...tallied double-figure digs in a match 17 times, including a career-high 32 at California for the Southwest Conference's highest single-match total of the year... tallied 19 digs in just three games vs. BYU in the NCAA Tournament...spiked 14 kills twice (Louisville and Texas Tech)... posted double-figure kills seven times...tallied 201 kills in her rookie campaign...hit for a .500 percentage against Southwest Missouri...served a career-high five aces in a win over Louisville, equaling the highest ace total in a match for any Cougar on the year...

High School/Club Volleyball: Standout player for Circus Volleyball...earned honorable mention all-state honors in volleyball as a senior at Saint Charles High School in Illinois... three-time all-conference selection in 1992, '93 and '94...played in the 1994 Chicago Tribune All-Star Game...named the team captain and most valuable player...recorded 20 kills, 16 defensive digs and six service aces in leading team to the regional playoffs...coached in volleyball by Dave Boze...outstanding student who was a regular member of the honor roll...

Personal: Born Dec. 3, 1976, in Palos Heights, Illinois...parents are Joe and Anne Guidish...sister plays golf at Stetson... business major...wants one day to be in business for herself... favorite hobby is golf...nicknamed "Spider" by her UH teammates.

Career Statistics

YearMP/GPKETAPct.AstSADigsBSBATB
199530/107201129607.119232737712223
199733/116247130695.168242641252934
199834/117238128771.143351845864450
Totals97/3406863872073.144827112471295107

NCAA Tournament Statistics

YearMP/GPKETAPct.AstSADigsBSBA TB
19951/3317.0581119000
19971/32511-.273026000
19981/37117.3533015022
Totals3/913945.0894340022

UH Match Highs(Year)
Kills:  25(1997)
Attempts: 52(1998)
Hitting: .500(1997)
Digs: 32(1995)
Aces: 5(1995)
Blocks: 4(1998)