Personal

Personal: Born Amanda Kiholm on May 10, 1983 in Placerville, Calif. ... parents are Richard and Kristine Kiholm of Camino, Calif. ... has four sisters: Rachelle (28), Angie (26), Kari (23) and Kayli (13), and one brother: Kyle (16) ... is a cousin to Jake Shoff, a senior forward on the BYU men's basketball team ... started to play volleyball in the sixth grade because it looked fun ... has a desire to teach because she loves working with children ... involved in various coaching programs to develop young athletes ... played for two years at UVSC before transferring to BYU ... health education major.

Before BYU

High School - (1997-2000): Three-year letterwinner at El Dorado (Cougars) High School in Placerville, Calif. ... team finished third (1998) and eighth (1999) in California ... in regional play her team took the championship (1998), finished second (1999) and third (2000) ... named to all-conference, all-league and all-region teams in 2000 ... coached by Sharon Hardy ... graduated in the top three percent of her class, earning the Golden Student Award for EDHS ... member of the National Honor Society for two years and member of the California Scholarship Federation for four years, serving as the president in 2000 ... also lettered two years in basketball, earning all-region honors in 1999.

Summary

Two-year letterwinner ... career match highs of three kills, five blocks and a 1.000 hitting percentage ... appeared in 20 games during her senior season, including two games against No. 9 Colorado State at the Mountain West Conference tournament, and six games in her junior campaign after transferring from Utah Valley State College ... combined with Lindsy Hartsock on the match-sealing block against UVSC in 2003 ... compiled 20 kills and 18 blocks in her two-year BYU career.

Other College

UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE: Sophomore - (2002): Named to regional all-tournament team ... second in the Scenic West Athletic Conference with a .388 attack percentage and third in blocks per game (1.40) ... Wolverines were ranked No. 2 throughout the season ... played in 72 of 95 games ... team finished 26-5 overall ... graduated from UVSC with a 3.85 GPA, maintaining honor roll status in each semester ... played both years at UVSC with current Cougar teammate Lindsey Kearl ... she was recruited by Michigan, San Diego State, Utah State, Sacramento State, Conneticut, George Mason, Fresno State, Southern Mississippi and Southern Illinois.

Freshman - (2001): Named to the UVSC Invitational All-Tournament Team ... fifth on the team with 182 kills (2.46 kpg) and fourth with 76 blocks (1.03 bpg) ... played in 74 of 147 games ... team finished 43-6 overall, including a sixth-place finish at nationals ...coached by Sam Atoa.Club: Played on Force Volleyball Club (2001), Twin Rivers VBC (2000) and Club Eldorado (1999) ... coached by Bruce Boyle.

Stats

CAREER MATCH HIGHS
Kills  
 Career: 3 (three times)
Attempts
 Career: 11 at Penn State, 9/4/04 
Hitting Percentage
 Career:  1.000 (four times)
Assists
 Career: 2 at Air Force, 10/2/04
Digs
 Career: 1 vs. Central Florida, 9/11/04
Block Solo
 Career: 1 vs North Texas, 9/5/03  
Block Assist
 Career: 5 vs. New Mexico, 10/30/04
Total Blocks
 Career: 5 vs. New Mexico, 10/30/04
Aces
 Career: N/A

YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Year MP-GP K E A Pct. Ast. SA SE RE Dig BS BA TB BE BHE
2002* 25-80 9 10 39 -.026 9 19 53 16 101 0 2 2 0 1
2003 5-6 4 0 7 .571 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0
2004 13-20 16 11 44 .114 4 0 0 0 1 0 14 14 2 0
BYU Tot18-26 20 11 51 .176 5 0 0 0 1 1 17 18 3 0
Total 43-106 29 21 90 .100 14 19 53 16 102 1 19 20 3 1

* Totals from UVSC

MATCH-BY-MATCH STATISTICS


Final 2004 Brigham Young University Cougars
Brigham Young Individual Match-by-Match
All matches


# 2 KIHOLM, Mandi
|-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Team
Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Hit% Score

Sep 03, 2004 vs Quinnipiac.......... 1 3 1 4 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 .283 3-0
Sep 04, 2004 at Penn State.......... 3 3 3 11 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 0 .128 1-3
Sep 11, 2004 OKLAHOMA............... 2 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 .259 2-3
Sep 11, 2004 U OF CENTRAL FLORIDA... 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2.0 0 .400 3-0
Oct 02, 2004 at Air Force........... 1 1 0 1 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 .405 3-0
Oct 05, 2004 WEBER STATE WILDCATS... 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 .489 3-0
Oct 15, 2004 at Wyoming Cowgirls.... 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 .270 1-3
Oct 16, 2004 at Colorado State...... 2 1 2 4 -.250 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 .147 0-3
Oct 20, 2004 NOTRE DAME............. 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 .254 3-2
Oct 26, 2004 at Utah Valley......... 2 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 .286 3-1
Oct 30, 2004 NEW MEXICO............. 2 2 1 5 .200 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5.0 0 .305 3-1
Nov 19, 2004 at Colorado State...... 2 2 2 6 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 .143 1-3
Nov 26, 2004 EASTERN WASHINGTON..... 1 2 1 6 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 .320 3-0
Totals.............................. 20 16 11 44 .114 4 0 0 0 1 0 14 2 14.0 0
Games played: 20
Kills per game: 0.80
Assists per game: 0.20
Digs per game: 0.05
Blocks per game: 0.70


Final 2003 BYU Women's Volleyball Stats
BYU Cougars Individual Game-by-Game (as of Jan 23, 2004)
All matches


# 2 KIHOLM, Mandi
|-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Team
Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit%

09-05-03 vs North Texas......... 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.0 0 2.5 .231
Sep 19, 2003 UTAH VALLEY............ 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 0.5 .422
Sep 26, 2003 COLORADO STATE......... 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .123
Oct 31, 2003 NEW MEXICO............. 1 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 0.5 .365
Nov 28, 2003 EASTERN MICHIGAN....... 1 3 0 6 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 3.0 .312
Totals.............................. 6 4 0 7 .571 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 4.0 0 6.5 .255
Games played: 6
Kills per game: 0.67
Assists per game: 0.17
Blocks per game: 0.67
Points per game: 1.08