2022: Played in all 29 matches in his sophomore campaign with the Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball team, appearing in a total of 103 sets…in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, ranked third in solo blocks (20) and hitting percentage (.345), ninth in block assists (46) and total blocks (66), 10th in blocks per set (0.64), 22nd in kills (180) and points (230.0), and 25th in kills per set (1.75) and points per set (2.2)…earned a spot on the AMCC’s Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer.
*2021: Played in all nine matches as a freshman with Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball, including appearing in 30 sets…in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, ranked 12th in solo blocks (5) and blocks per set (0.40), 20th in total blocks (12), 21st in block assists (7), 27th in points per set (1.5), 28th in total kills (36) and kills per set (1.20), and 29th in points (45.5)…also recorded 10 digs, three assists, and one service ace…earned a spot on the AMCC Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer.
*Team’s 2021 schedule was limited to nine matches due to COVID-19.
High School: Three-year varsity starter on the volleyball team at Hilliard Darby High School...member of the team that was a two-time state runner-up and three-time OCC, regional, and district champion...four-year scholar athlete...four-year honor roll student.
Personal: Son of Peggy and John Kish...majoring in Rail Transportation Engineering...member of the AREMA student chapter at Penn State Altoona.
  | Overall | Conf | ||
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Matches | 24 | 13 | ||
Sets | 90 | 54 | ||
Kills | 206 | 146 | ||
Kills per set | 2.29 | 2.70 | ||
Errors | 129 | 83 | ||
Total Attacks | 668 | 434 | ||
Hitting Percentage | .115 | .145 | ||
Assists | 8 | 6 | ||
Assists per set | 0.09 | 0.11 | ||
Service Aces | 11 | 5 | ||
Service Errors | 44 | 26 | ||
Service Aces per set | 0.12 | 0.09 | ||
Receptions | 262 | 121 | ||
Reception Errors | 24 | 3 | ||
Digs | 128 | 89 | ||
Digs per set | 1.42 | 1.65 | ||
Block Solo | 10 | 8 | ||
Block Assist | 18 | 15 | ||
Block Total | 28 | 23 | ||
Blocks per set | 0.31 | 0.43 | ||
Block Errors | 1 | 1 | ||
Ball Handling Errors | 1 | 0 | ||
Points | 236.0 | 166.5 | ||
Points per set | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
Matches started | 9 | 3 |
Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | r | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
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Jan 20 | at No. 13 Southern Virginia | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 |
Jan 21 | at Roanoke | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 14 | 3 | 31 | .355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 |
Jan 28 | at East. Mennonite | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 23 | .217 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
Jan 28 | vs. Arcadia | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -.056 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 |
Jan 31 | at St. Vincent (Pa.) | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 23 | .174 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 |
Feb 3 | Stevenson | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | -.053 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 |
Feb 4 | vs. No. 8 St. John Fisher | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 25 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 |
Feb 7 | Hiram | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 41 | .195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 |
Feb 10 | Thiel | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 9 | 11 | 41 | -.049 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13.5 |
Feb 14 | at Geneva | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | -.091 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 |
Feb 17 | at No. 1 Juniata | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | -.263 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 |
Feb 18 | vs. Elizabethtown | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 32 | .156 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 |
Feb 22 | No. 7 Messiah | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -.083 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 |
Feb 25 | at Penn St.-Behrend | W, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 52 | .115 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19.5 |
Feb 25 | vs. Baldwin Wallace | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | .059 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 |
Mar 4 | Mount Aloysius | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 10 | 5 | 25 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.5 |
Mar 4 | Geneva | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 16 | 5 | 32 | .344 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 |
Mar 15 | St. Vincent (Pa.) | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 10 | 9 | 43 | .023 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.0 |
Mar 18 | at No. 12 Marymount (Va.) | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 5 | 7 | 22 | -.091 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 |
Mar 22 | at Hiram | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 15 | 4 | 31 | .355 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16.5 |
Mar 25 | Hilbert | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 12 | 8 | 43 | .093 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14.0 |
Mar 29 | at Mount Aloysius | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 5 | 3 | 25 | .080 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.5 |
Apr 1 | at Medaille | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 12 | 6 | 30 | .200 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16.5 |
Apr 8 | Wells | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 10 | 1 | 26 | .346 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12.0 |
m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
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2020-21 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 1.20 | 20 | 84 | .190 | 3 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.33 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.40 | 45.5 | 1.5 |
2021-22 | 29 | 103 | 180 | 1.75 | 47 | 386 | .345 | 9 | 0.09 | 7 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0.42 | 20 | 46 | 66 | 0.64 | 230.0 | 2.2 |
2022-23 | 24 | 90 | 206 | 2.29 | 129 | 668 | .115 | 8 | 0.09 | 11 | 0.12 | 262 | 24 | 128 | 1.42 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 0.31 | 236.0 | 2.6 |
2023-24 | 27 | 93 | 137 | 1.47 | 46 | 301 | .302 | 7 | 0.08 | 20 | 0.22 | 119 | 10 | 101 | 1.09 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 0.38 | 182.5 | 2.0 |
Total | 89 | 316 | 559 | 1.77 | 242 | 1439 | .220 | 27 | 0.09 | 39 | 0.12 | 382 | 34 | 282 | 0.89 | 51 | 90 | 141 | 0.45 | 694.0 | 2.2 |
m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | ||
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Event | Total | 24 | 90 | 206 | 2.29 | 129 | 668 | .115 | 8 | 0.09 | 11 | 0.12 | 262 | 24 | 128 | 1.42 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 0.31 | 236.0 | 2.6 |
Conference | 13 | 54 | 146 | 2.70 | 83 | 434 | .145 | 6 | 0.11 | 5 | 0.09 | 121 | 3 | 89 | 1.65 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 0.43 | 166.5 | 3.1 | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | 9 | 35 | 88 | 2.51 | 54 | 282 | .121 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.06 | 71 | 4 | 56 | 1.60 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.40 | 99.5 | 2.8 |
Away | 11 | 42 | 95 | 2.26 | 57 | 294 | .129 | 5 | 0.12 | 5 | 0.12 | 141 | 17 | 52 | 1.24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.29 | 108.0 | 2.6 | |
Neutral | 4 | 13 | 23 | 1.77 | 18 | 92 | .054 | 2 | 0.15 | 4 | 0.31 | 50 | 3 | 20 | 1.54 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.15 | 28.5 | 2.2 | |
Result | Wins | 5 | 20 | 54 | 2.70 | 31 | 171 | .135 | 1 | 0.05 | 3 | 0.15 | 37 | 0 | 30 | 1.50 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.35 | 61.5 | 3.1 |
Losses | 19 | 70 | 152 | 2.17 | 98 | 497 | .109 | 7 | 0.10 | 8 | 0.11 | 225 | 24 | 98 | 1.40 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 0.30 | 174.5 | 2.5 | |
Month | January | 5 | 17 | 38 | 2.24 | 17 | 111 | .189 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.06 | 96 | 11 | 24 | 1.41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.12 | 40.0 | 2.4 |
February | 10 | 37 | 73 | 1.97 | 64 | 280 | .032 | 4 | 0.11 | 6 | 0.16 | 82 | 9 | 54 | 1.46 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.24 | 86.0 | 2.3 | |
March | 7 | 28 | 73 | 2.61 | 41 | 221 | .145 | 3 | 0.11 | 3 | 0.11 | 70 | 4 | 39 | 1.39 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.32 | 81.5 | 2.9 | |
April | 2 | 8 | 22 | 2.75 | 7 | 56 | .268 | 1 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.13 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 1.38 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1.00 | 28.5 | 3.6 |
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