As a senior: Repeated as NEC Setter of the Year ... All-NEC First Team ... NEC All-Tournament Team ... NEC Scholar-Athlete ... ECAC All-Star First Team ... CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team ... NEC Academic Honor Roll and the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Averaged 7.28 assists per set (837 total) ... Ranked fourth in the league in aces (33) and sixth in attack percentage (.257) while contributing 146 kills and 329 digs ... Added 27 blocks ... Registered 22 double-doubles on the season, bringing her career total to 57 in just three years ... Helped pace the Bulldogs in the NEC in total assists (1494), ranking them sixth in the nation ... Contributed to the Bulldogs' second-place rank in assists per game (73rd nationally) ... Became just the fourth player in Division I program history to finish with more than 2,500 career assists and 1,000 career digs ... Leaves the program ranked sixth in the all-time record books in career assists (2,906), fourth in assists per set (7.85) and 14th in digs per set (2.71).
As a sophomore: NEC Setter of the Year ... All-NEC First Team ... Two-time NEC Player of the Week ... ECAC Player of the Week ... Started in all 33 matches while playing in all 124 sets of the 2015 season ... Topped the 1000-assist mark for the second-straight season, finishing the year with a league-leading 1,034 ... Ranked second in the NEC with 8.34 assist per set, good for 13th in the program's single-season ranks ... Added 163 kills (1.31/set) and a .208 attack percentage ... Posted 20 double-doubles, including six straight to open the season, and a pair of triple-doubles on the year ... Recorded 15 kills, 21 assist and 12 digs in a 3-1 win over Holy Cross Aug. 28 ... Repeated the feat at UNH with 10 kills, 29 assists and 14 digs despite a 3-1 loss ... Hit the 30-assist mark 12 times, the 40-assist mark nine times, the 50-assist mark four times and the 60-assist mark once with 62 helpers in a 3-1 win over Saint Francis U. Oct. 18 ... Led the team with 33 aces ... Second on the squad with 339 digs ... Chipped in 56 blocks ... Finished the year with 224.5 points to average 1.81 points per set.
As a redshirt-freshman: Started all 34 matches as the Bulldogs' primary setter in 2014 ... Recorded 1,004 assists in her first season donning the Black and Gold, quarterbacking the offense to one of its best performances of the Division I era ... Averaged 7.91 helpers per outing ... Finished second on the team in digs with 324, averaging 2.55 per set ... Also finished second on the side with 21 aces ... Added 120 kills and 67 blocks ... Led the Bulldogs with 15 double-doubles ... Posted double-digit assists in all 34 appearances, surpassing 40 helpers six times and 50 dimes twice (53 vs. La Salle Sept. 13; 52 at Holy Cross, Oct. 28) ... NEC Rookie of the Week ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll and the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
As a freshman: Did not appear in any matches for the Bulldogs in 2013 … Named to NEC Academic Honor Roll and the NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Before Bryant: Graduated from Wingate Academy for Sports Excellence in Netanya, Israel in 2011 before serving two years of mandatory military service ... Member of Israeli Youth and Junior National Teams.
Personal: Daughter of Irina and Andrey Nesterov, Viktoria Katzen was born Viktoria Nesterov on Jan. 28, 1993 ... Married Oren Katzen on June 2, 2016.
Career Game Highs
Kills: 15 vs. Holy Cross, 8/28/15
Assists: 62 vs. Saint Francis U., 10/18/15
Aces: 3, 4 times (last vs. LIU Brooklyn, 11/5/16)
Digs: 20 (at Dartmouth, 10/19/16)
Blocks: 6, three times (last at CCSU, 11/6/15)
