Concordia University St. Paul Athletics

A two-sport standout, Jill Kalvik had the rare distinction of helping the Golden Bears to NCAA Tournaments in two sports, reaching the NCAA Division II National Championship match as a senior volleyball player while serving as a key reserve post player on a pair of basketball teams that reached the NCAA Tournament. Her senior year, the Bears finished ranked second in the country in the final volleyball national poll and 11th in the final basketball national poll.
 
The Minneapolis, Minnesota native won NSIC Championships in both sports during her senior campaign as she earned Daktronics All-America Third Team honors in a season that included NCAA All-North Central Region Tournament Team honors in capturing the program’s first volleyball region title.

Kalvik was a three-time All-NSIC First Team performer for a Concordia volleyball team that went from 11-17 overall (6-12 NSIC) during her freshman year to a 32-4 overall (15-1 NSIC) finish as a senior. She led the NSIC in hitting percentage in 2002 (.375) and 2003 (.321) and was among the league’s top four in kills and hitting for three straight years while also cracking the league leaderboard in service aces (4th) as a junior and blocks as a sophomore (5th). Her junior year hitting percentage ranked 17th in the country.
 
She remains the school record holder for career kills per set (3.75), block solos (124) and is second in career kills (1,682), a record she initially set during her playing career. Her 49 block solos as a sophomore in 2001 remain a record, and her 38 block solos as a freshman are still third most in team history for a season.
 
On the basketball court, Kalvik set the school record and presently ranks second for career blocked shots (145) despite missing part of her senior season to volleyball postseason play. She put up at least 24 blocks each season, reaching 35 three times with a career high of 47 as a sophomore in the 2001-02 season. She averaged at least 4.5 rebounds per game each of her seasons and finished her career with 540 rebounds, adding 413 points. She helped the Golden Bears improve from a 12-15 overall (8-10 NSIC) freshman season to three straight 20-plus win seasons and a 42-10 cumulative NSIC record in those three seasons with a pair of NCAA Tournament trips and a first round NCAA Tournament win as a senior in 2003-04 as the Bears reached as high as sixth in the country.
 
She earned her degree in finance from Concordia in 2005 and received a master’s degree from the University of Chicago in 2012. Kalvik has pursued a college coaching career, spending the past five years as head volleyball coach at Sarah Lawrence College (N.Y.). She also handled head coaching duties for the men’s program for two years (2015-16).

Kalvik also coached at Eckerd College (Fla.) as an assistant where she helped the Tritons to a 27-5 record and NCAA Division II Regional Championship (Sweet 16) appearance in 2011. She coached three seasons at the University of Chicago, helping the Maroons to a 77-43 record during her tenure including the program’s first NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. She was a high school volleyball and basketball coach for four years during her early career and was a basketball assistant at Macalaster for two seasons.
 
Jill resides in Yonkers, New York with her fiancé, Franz and their son, Franz, Jr.