Ipar Kurt

Career Accolades

  • Pac-12 champion (2023)
  • All-ACC second team (2024)
  • ACC Freshman of the Week (Oct. 14, 2024)
  • All-ACC Academic Team (2024)

As a Redshirt Freshman (2024)

  • All-ACC second team
  • ACC Freshman of the Week (Oct. 14)
  • All-ACC Academic Team
  • Played in all 115 sets at outside hitter
  • Averaged 3.28 kills on .294 hitting and 3.68 points per set
  • Collected a career-best seven digs in her collegiate debut at Milwaukee (Aug. 30)
  • Career-high 20 kills at No. 19 Georgia Tech (Nov. 27)
  • Hit a career-best .833 (10-0-12) in a sweep over No. 16 Georgia Tech (Nov. 9)
  • Recorded a career-high five blocks at UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 10)
  • Tallied a career-high four aces against Sacramento State (Dec. 6) in her NCAA Tournament debut
  • Second on the team with 3.50 kills on .315 hitting and 3.96 points per set in four postseason matches

As a Freshman (2023) • Pac-12 Champions

  • Redshirted her first season on The Farm

Prior to Stanford

  • A 2023 graduate of Robert College in Istanbul
  • Captained her high school team (2021-22)
  • 2022 High School District champions
  • Two-time Robert College MVP (2019, 2022)
  • Played for Fenerbahce Sports Club
    • Three-time U18 Turkish champions (2016, 2017, 2019)
      • Placed third in 2018 in both U18 and U16
    • Two-time runner-up of Sultans League of Turkey (2021, 2022), placed third in 2020
    • CEV Champions League Women Volley fifth place (2021)
    • FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship third place (2021)
    • Two-time CEV Women's Volleyball Champions League third place (2022, 2023)
    • Two-time Women's AXA Sigorta Cup Volley of Turkey second place (2022, 2023)
    • Turkish Women's Spor Toto Champions Cup first place (2022)
    • Sultans League of Turkey first place (2023)

Turkish National Team

  • U16 Balkan Championship 4th place (2017) (Bulgaria)
  • U17 European Championship 3rd place (2018) (Bulgaria)
  • U17 Balkan Championship 1st place (2019) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • U18 European Youth Olympics Festival (EYOF) 3rd place (2019) (Azerbaijan)
  • U18 World Championship 9th place (2019) (Egypt)
  • U19 European Championship 1st place (2020) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • U19 European Championship Top 7 Scorer (2020) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • U19 European Championship MVP (2020) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • U20 World Championship 10th place (2021) (Netherlands)
  • U21 European Championship 3rd place (2022) (Italy)
  • U21 European Championship Top 2 Scorer (2022) (Italy)
  • U21 European Championship Best Opposite (2022) (Italy)
  • At the 66th Gillette Milliyet Athlete of the Year Achievement Awards; National Under-19 Girls Volleyball Team, Islam Çupi Milliyet Sports Extra Special Award (2021) (Turkey)
  • Bogaziçi University Sports Awards 2021; Sportsmanship "Keep faith with your comrade" National Under-19 Girls Volleyball Team (2021) (Turkey)

Personal 

  • Daughter of Engin and Mihriban Kurt
  • Plays the flute
  • Full name is Ipar Ozay Kurt
Career Highs
Statistic Career High Opponent Date
Kills 20 at Georgia Tech Nov. 27, 2024
Attempts 43 at Louisville Dec. 14, 2024
Hitting Percentage .833 (10-0-12) vs. Georgia Tech Nov. 9, 2024
Assists 2 (2X) last at California Oct. 23, 2024
Service Aces 4 vs. Sacramento State Dec. 6, 2024
Digs 7 at Milwaukee Aug. 30, 2024
Blocks 5.0 at UC Santa Barbara Sept. 10, 2024
Ipar Kurt
2024
Outside Hitter
6-2 / -
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2023
Outside Hitter
6-2 / -