Karyn Palgut

Karyn Palgut

Full Name:  Karyn Sue Palgut
   School:  Brecksville High School in Broadview Heights, Ohio

Olympics:  
   1988 - at Seoul, South Korea representing United States in Handball

   1992 - at Barcelona, Spain representing United States in Handball

Legacy Bricks:  Legacy Walk Map Link
   2010 Volleyball HOF - Loc 3

FSU Career

Basketball
Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 81-82 20 G 5-8 Fr * Broadview Heights, OH
Softball
Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1985 10 OF 5-8 130 R R Jr * Broadview Heights, OH 1986 5 OF 5-8 130 R R Sr * Broadview Heights, OH
Volleyball
Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 1981 5 H 5-8 Fr * Broadview Heights, OH 1982 5 H 5-8 So * Broadview Heights, OH 1983 5 OH 5-8 Jr * Broadview Heights, OH 1984 5 OH 5-8 Sr * Broadview Heights, OH

Conference Awards

Volleyball

Year  Award
1982  Metro Conference - All-Tournament Team
1983  Metro Conference - Tournament MVP
      Metro Conference - All-Tournament Team
1984  Metro Conference - All-Tournament Team

Member of the FSU Hall of Fame

Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 2010

Karyn Palgut was one of the finest athletes in Florida State history, earning letters in volleyball, basketball and softball from 1982-86 and eventually competing in two Olympic Games.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Palgut came to FSU in 1981 on a volleyball scholarship after earning all-state honors in high school in all three sports. She would prove she could do that at the highest level over her collegiate career becoming one of the Seminoles' all-time greats in volleyball. She earned All-Metro Conference honors in 1982, 83 and '84. She earned Metro Conference Most Valuable Player honors as a sophomore and junior and was FSU's team captain as a senior in 1984. Her name is still peppered throughout the FSU record books including a sixth place all-time listing for career matches with 153 and seventh place listing in career service aces with 132. Palgut was also selected to the Commissioner's List for Academic Excellence during the 1984-85 school year.

Palgut's amazing athletic skills continued after her FSU career when she began competing in team handball and represented the United States in two Olympic Games finishing seventh in Seoul, Korea in 1988 and sixth in Barcelona, Spain in 1992.

FSU Statistics

Volleyball

                 |--------ATTACK----------| |--------SET--------| |--------SERVE--------| |---RECEPT---| |--DIG---| |------BLOCKING------|
Year  GP  MP  MS   K   K/G   E   TA     Pct   A    A/G  TA    Pct  SA SA/G  SE  TA    Pct  RE  TA    Pct  DIG  D/G   BS  BA  Tot   B/G  BE BHE
---- --- --- --- ---- ----- --- ---- ------ ---- ----- ---- ----- --- ---- --- ---- ----- --- ---- ----- ---- ----- --- --- ----- ---- --- ---
1981 132  51      309  2.34      677  0.456   38  0.29      0.000     0.00          0.000          0.000   30  0.23   8  64  72.0 0.55   3 148
1982      41      394  0.00 154  931  0.258       0.00      0.000  54 0.00  36      0.000  25      0.000   62  0.00  15  57  72.0 0.00   8   0
1983  81  28      197  2.43  74  415  0.296    7  0.09      0.000  23 0.28   9      0.000  25      0.000  150  1.85  17  41  58.0 0.72   7   3
1984 110          328  2.98 127  714  0.282   35  0.32      0.000  55 0.50  50      0.000  43      0.000  335  3.05  11  92 103.0 0.94        
---- --- --- --- ---- ----- --- ---- ------ ---- ----- ---- ----- --- ---- --- ---- ----- --- ---- ----- ---- ----- --- --- ----- ---- --- ---
Tot  323 120   0 1228  3.80 355 2737  0.319   80  0.25    0 0.000 132 0.41  95    0 0.000  93    0 0.000  577  1.79  51 254 305.0 0.94  18 151

Volleyball

Game Statistics
1982
                                   |---------ATTACK----------||----SET------| |----SERVE-----| |-RECEPTION--| DEF -BLOCK- GEN
Date   Opponent             MS  SP   K   K/S   E   TA     Pct AST  TA     PCT SA SE  TA    PCT TA   RE    PCT DIG  BS  BA  BE BHE   Pts Pts/S
------ -------------------- -- --- ---- ----- --- ---- ------ --- ---- ------ -- -- --- ------ --- --- ------ --- --- --- --- --- ----- -----
Sep 17 Tulane                         8  0.00   4   26  0.154           0.000  2  0      0.000   1   1  0.000   0   0   4   0   0   0.0  0.00
Sep 17 Louisiana State                7  0.00   2   20  0.250           0.000  2  1      0.000   1   1  0.000   0   2   4   0   0   0.0  0.00
Sep 18 South Alabama                 19  0.00   8   41  0.268           0.000  0  0      0.000   0   0  0.000   2   2   2   0   0   0.0  0.00
Sep 18 New Orleans                    2  0.00   3   11 -0.091           0.000  2  0      0.000   0   0  0.000   0   1   0   1   0   0.0  0.00
Sep 21 Central Florida               17  0.00   5   28  0.429           0.000  3  0      0.000   0   0  0.000   0   1   2   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct  8 Mississippi State              3  0.00   0    6  0.500   0       0.000  3  0      0.000   0   0  0.000   0   0   1   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct  8 Illinois                       5  0.00   2    9  0.333   0       0.000  1  1      0.000   1   1  0.000   1   0   1   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct  8 Jacksonville                   9  0.00   4   22  0.227   0       0.000  0  0      0.000   0   0  0.000   1   0   0   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct  8 Eastern Kentucky               5  0.00   3   13  0.154   6       0.000  0  0      0.000   0   0  0.000   1   1   0   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct  9 South Florida                  7  0.00   0   12  0.583   0       0.000  3  1      0.000   0   0  0.000   0   0   0   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct  9 North Carolina                 7  0.00   4   22  0.136   0       0.000  1  1      0.000   0   0  0.000   1   1   1   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct  9 Minnesota                     18  0.00   3   31  0.484   1       0.000  1  0      0.000   1   1  0.000   6   0   3   1   0   0.0  0.00
Oct  9 Eastern Kentucky               5  0.00   0   12  0.417   0       0.000  2  1      0.000   2   2  0.000   1   0   2   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct 15 Rutgers                        3  0.00   3   12  0.000   0       0.000  0  0      0.000   0   0  0.000   0   0   0   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct 15 Central Florida                6  0.00   3   12  0.250   0       0.000  0  0      0.000   0   0  0.000   0   1   2   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct 28 Texas                         19  0.00   5   57  0.246           0.000  1  2      0.000   0   0  0.000  17   0   1   0   2   0.0  0.00
Oct 29 SW Missouri State             11  0.00   3   30  0.267           0.000  2  1      0.000   0   0  0.000   2   0   0   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct 29 Texas A&M                     10  0.00   6   25  0.160           0.000  1  1      0.000   2   2  0.000   2   0   1   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct 30 Louisiana State               10  0.00   3   23  0.304           0.000  4  0      0.000   1   1  0.000   2   0   1   2   0   0.0  0.00
Oct 30 Kentucky                      13  0.00  10   44  0.068           0.000  1  1      0.000   3   3  0.000   1   1   1   0   0   0.0  0.00
Oct 30 SW Missouri State              9  0.00   4   15  0.333           0.000  2  1      0.000   1   1  0.000   2   1   1   0   0   0.0  0.00
Nov  5 Morehead State                 6  0.00   5   19  0.053   0       0.000  4  0      0.000   1   1  0.000   0   0   1   0   0   0.0  0.00
Nov  6 Memphis State                  6  0.00   2   11  0.364   1       0.000  2  0      0.000   1   1  0.000   1   0   0   0   0   0.0  0.00
Nov  6 Eastern Kentucky               5  0.00   4   16  0.063   0       0.000  1  2      0.000   0   0  0.000   0   0   2   1   0   0.0  0.00
Nov  6 Tennessee Tech                 7  0.00   2   13  0.385   0       0.000  0  1      0.000   0   0  0.000   1   0   2   0   0   0.0  0.00
Nov  6 Morehead State                15  0.00   6   41  0.220   1       0.000  0  2      0.000   2   2  0.000   3   0   1   0   0   0.0  0.00
Nov  7 Kentucky                      10  0.00   4   23  0.261   0       0.000  0  0      0.000   1   1  0.000   1   0   2   0   0   0.0  0.00
------ -------------------- -- --- ---- ----- --- ---- ------ --- ---- ------ -- -- --- ------ --- --- ------ --- --- --- --- --- ----- -----
Totals for 27 Matches        0   0  242  0.00  98  594  0.242   9    0  0.000 38 16   0  0.000  18  18  0.000  45  11  35   5   2   0.0  0.00

Softball

Batting Statistics
YEAR   AVG  GP  GS   AB  R   H   2B  3B  HR RBI  TB   SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB% SF SH  SB ATT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1985  .256  47  35   90  22  23   0   0   0  11   23  .256   8   0  10      .307  3  9   7   7
1986  .284  42  37   88  19  25   2   0   0   4   27  .307   8   0  10      .344  0 13   5   6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tot   .270  89  72  178  41  48   2   0   0  15   50  .281  16   0  20   0  .325  3 22  12  13

Fielding Statistics
Year   PO  AST  E   FLD%  DP
----------------------------
1985   34    0  0  1.000    
1986   41    1  5   .894    
----------------------------
Tot    75    1  5   .938   0

Softball

Game Statistics

1985
Date  Opponent                BAT AVG GP GS  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT   PO   A  E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Feb 23 South Florida          3a .000  1      0   1   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Feb 23 South Florida          5a .000  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Feb 25 Florida A&M            *  .000  1 CF                            0                      0    0   0   
Feb 27 Susquehanna            9  .000  1 CF   2   0   0            0   0  0      0  1         0    2   0   
Mar  2 McNeese State          7a .000  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar  2 Ball State             3a .000  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar  3 Missouri               8a .000  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar  4 Detroit                3a .333  1      1   0   1            0   1  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar  4 Detroit                9  .167  1 CF   3   1   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar  7 Grambling State        9  .111  1 LF   3   2   0            1   0  0      0        1   1    0   0   
Mar  7 Grambling State        8  .182  1 CF   2   2   1            1   1  1      0        2   2    0   0   
Mar  8 Saginaw Valley State   9  .143  1 LF   3   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    1   0   
Mar  9 Florida A&M            7  .294  1 LF   3   2   3            0   3  0      0            0    1   0   
Mar 12 Quincy College         8  .278  1 CF   1   0   0            0   0  1      0            0    0   0   
Mar 15 Onondaga CC            5  .273  1 CF   4   1   1            1   1  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar 19 Western Illinois       8  .292  1 CF   2   0   1            0   1  0      0     1      0    1   0   
Mar 19 Millikin               1  .286  1 CF   4   0   1            0   1  0      1            0    0   0   
Mar 21 Bradley                7  .290  1 CF   3   0   1            1   1  0      1            0    2   0   
Mar 21 Bradley                6  .303  1 CF   2   1   1            0   1  0      1     1      0    0   0   
Mar 22 Stetson                5  .294  1 LF   1   0   0            0   0  0      0     2      0    1   0   
Mar 23 Toledo                 6  .297  1 RF   3   1   1            0   1  0      0     1      0    0   0   
Mar 24 South Florida          3a .297  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar 24 Bradley                8  .282  1 LF   2   0   0            0   0  0      0     1      0    2   0   
Mar 25 Ohio State             7  .262  1 CF   3   1   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar 26 Brown                  7b .295  1      2   1   2            2   2  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar 26 Brown                  1  .311  1 CF   1   2   1            0   1  2      0     1  1   1    0   0   
Mar 29 SW Missouri State      5a .311  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar 29 Stanford               7  .298  1 LF   2   2   0            0   0  0      0     1      0    1   0   
Mar 29 Baylor                 4a .298  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar 31 New Mexico             6  .286  1 LF   2   0   0            0   0  2      0            0    2   0   
Mar 31 Louisiana Tech         6  .269  1 LF   3   0   0            0   0  0      1            0    1   0   
Mar 31 Texas A&M              6  .273  1 LF   3   1   1            0   1  0      0        1   1    3   0   
Mar 31 Northeast Louisiana    6  .276  1 LF   3   1   1            2   1  1      0        1   1    0   0   
Apr  5 Adelphi                5  .262  1 LF   3   0   0            0   0  0      2            0    1   0   
Apr  5 Louisiana Tech         7  .250  1 LF   3   1   0            0   0  0      0            0    5   0   
Apr  5 Georgia State          6  .242  1 CF   2   0   0            0   0  0      1  1         0    1   0   
Apr  6 George Mason           8  .261  1 CF   3   0   2            0   2  0      0            0    2   0   
Apr  6 Western Illinois       8  .264  1 CF   3   1   1            1   1  0      0            0    1   0   
Apr 10 Florida A&M            7  .284  1 CF   2   0   2            1   2  0      0            0    0   0   
Apr 10 Florida A&M            2  .286  1 CF   3   1   1            1   1  0      0  1     1   1    1   0   
Apr 12 South Florida          9b .282  1      1   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Apr 13 South Florida          7  .284  1 LF   3   0   1            0   1  0      1            0    1   0   
Apr 14 South Carolina         5a .284  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    1   0   
Apr 14 South Carolina         7  .277  1 LF   2   0   0            0   0  0      1            0    1   0   
Apr 19 Stetson                7  .271  1 LF   2   0   0            0   0  1      0            0    1   0   
Apr 20 South Florida          7  .261  1 LF   3   0   0            0   0  0      1            0    1   0   
Apr 20 South Florida          7  .256  1 LF   2   0   0            0   0  0      0     1      0    1   0   
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals                           .256 47 35  90  22  23  0  0  0  11  23  8   0 10  3  9  7   7   34   0  0
1986
Date  Opponent                BAT AVG GP GS  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT   PO   A  E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Feb 18 West Florida           5a .000  1      0   1   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Feb 18 West Florida           6 1.000  1 LF   2   0   2  1         1   3  0      0            0    1   0   
Feb 22 South Florida          7  .286  1 LF   5   1   0            0   0  0      1            0    2   0   
Mar  5 Ball State             5a .286  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar  9 Virginia               5a .286  1      0   1   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar  9 Virginia               9  .222  1 LF   2   0   0            0   0  0      0     1      0    1   0   
Mar 10 Temple                 *  .222  1 LF                            0                      0    0   0   
Mar 10 Temple                 7  .273  1 LF   2   0   1            0   1  0      0            0    1   0   
Mar 11 Limestone College      9  .286  1 LF   3   1   1            0   1  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar 11 Limestone College      8a .286  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar 13 Florida Southern Col   *  .286  1 LF                            0                      0    0   0   
Mar 13 Florida Southern Col   7  .294  1 LF   3   0   1            0   1  0      0        1   1    0   0   
Mar 18 Michigan State         *  .294  1 LF                            0                      0    2   0   
Mar 19 Tennessee Tech         8  .316  1 CF   2   2   1            0   1  0      0     1  1   1    0   0   
Mar 19 Tennessee Tech         3  .364  1 CF   3   0   2            1   2  0      0     1  1   1    0   0   
Mar 19 Western Illinois       8  .348  1 LF   1   0   0            0   0  0      0     2      0    0   0   
Mar 21 Toledo                 8  .385  1 LF   3   1   2            0   2  0      0        1   1    0   0   
Mar 21 Florida Southern Col   3a .407  1      1   2   1            0   1  1      0            0    1   0   
Mar 21 Rutgers                6  .367  1 LF   3   0   0            0   0  0      1            0    0   0   
Mar 22 Nevada                 7  .333  1 LF   3   1   0            0   0  0      1     1      0    4   0   
Mar 22 Furman                 7  .333  1 LF   3   0   1            0   1  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar 23 Mississippi State      7  .342  1 LF   2   0   1            0   1  0      0     1      0    2   0   
Mar 23 Western Illinois       7  .317  1 LF   3   0   0            0   0  0      1            0    0   1  1
Mar 24 Ohio                   7  .302  1 LF   2   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar 24 Ohio                   7  .289  1 LF   2   2   0            0   0  1      0            0    3   0   
Mar 25 Ohio State             7  .327  1 LF   4   0   3            1   3  0      0            0    0   0   
Mar 25 Ohio State             7  .314  1 LF   2   1   0            0   0  0      0     1      0    0   0  1
Mar 27 Oklahoma State         7  .321  1 LF   2   1   1            0   1  1      1            0    2   0   
Mar 27 Utah                   7  .339  1 LF   3   0   2  1         0   3  0      0            0    2   0  1
Mar 27 Texas A&M              7  .322  1 LF   3   0   0            0   0  1      1        1   1    4   0   
Mar 28 Saint Mary's College   7  .323  1 LF   3   1   1            0   1  0      0            0    1   0  1
Mar 28 Sam Houston State      6  .317  1 LF   1   2   0            0   0  2      0            0    0   0  1
Mar 29 Oklahoma State         6  .299  1 LF   4   0   0            0   0  0      2            0    4   0   
Mar 29 Arizona State          6  .286  1 LF   3   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    1   0   
Apr  8 West Florida           7  .292  1 LF   2   0   1            0   1  0      0     1      0    0   0   
Apr  8 West Florida           6  .289  1 LF   4   0   1            1   1  0      0            0    0   0   
Apr 25 Furman                 6  .295  1 LF   2   0   1            0   1  0      0     1      0    1   0   
Apr 25 East Carolina          6  .291  1 LF   1   1   0            0   0  1      0     1      1    0   0   
Apr 25 North Carolina         6  .284  1 LF   2   0   0            0   0  0      0            0    0   0   
Apr 26 South Carolina         6  .280  1 LF   1   0   0            0   0  1      0     1      0    2   0   
Apr 26 South Florida          6  .294  1 LF   3   1   2            0   2  0      0            0    5   0   
May 18 Louisiana Tech         2  .284  1 LF   3   0   0            0   0  0      2     1      0    2   0   
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Totals                           .284 42 37  88  19  25  2  0  0   4  27  8   0 10  0 13  5   6   41   1  5

Basketball

                                 --3 Point---                            ----REBOUNDS-----
Year  GP  GS  Min FGM  FGA  PCT  FGM FGA  PCT  FTM FTA  PCT  PTS  AVG    OFF DEF  TOT  AVG  PF DQ  AST   TO  BLK  STL
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
81-82 17      107  10   33 .303          .000    1   7 .143   21  1.2              20  1.2  13       3         0    3
      ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tot   17   0  107  10   33 .303    0   0 .000    1   7 .143   21  1.2      0   0   20  1.2  13  0    3    0    0    3

Basketball

Game Statistics
1981-82                                          3 Point                  --REBOUNDS--
Date  Opponent             GP  GS  Min FGM  FGA  FGM FGA  FTM FTA  PTS    OFF DEF  TOT  PF  AST   TO  BLK  STL
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Jan  2 Lewis                1            0    1             0   0    0               1   1    0    2    0    1
Jan  8 South Florida        1        2   0    1             0   0    0               1   2    0    1    0    0
Jan 11 Miss Univ for Women  1        4   0    1             0   0    0               1   0    0    0    0    0
Jan 27 South Carolina       1        6   2    3             0   0    4               1   1    0    1    0    0
Jan 30 Southern Mississippi 1            2                  0   0    4                                        
Feb  6 Louisville           1        4   0    0             0   0    0      0   0    0   0    1    0    0    0
Feb  8 Tulane               1            1    1             0   1    2      1   0    1   2    0    2    0    1
Feb 10 Florida A&M          1            1                  0   1    2                                        
Feb 13 Miami                1            0                  0        0                                        
Feb 15 Mississippi          1        4   0    0             1   2    1               0   0    0    0    0    0
Feb 20 Tampa                1       14   1    3             0   0    2               5   2    0    0    0    0
Mar 12 Georgia Southern     1            0    1             0   0    0               0   0    0    0    0    0
Mar 13 Miss Valley State    1            1                  0   0    2                                        
Mar 25 Pepperdine           1            1    3             0   0    2      0   0    0   1    1    0    0    1
Mar 26 Brigham Young        1            1                  0   0    2                                        
Mar 27 Oregon State         1            0    1             0   2    0      0   1    1   0    0    0    0    0
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Totals                     16   0   34  10   15    0   0    1   6   21      1   1   11   9    2    6    0    3