17 Jared Kish
Jared Kish
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Columbus, OH
  • High School:
    Hilliard Darby
  • Position:
    MB
  • m
    27
  • k/s
    1.47
  • h %
    .302
  • a/s
    0.08
  • b/s
    0.38
  • sa/s
    0.22
  • d/s
    1.09

Bio

2023: Played in all 24 matches and 90 sets during his junior campaign with the Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball program…was voted to the third team of the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference squad…in the AMCC, ranked 13th in kills (206) and kills per set (2.29), 16th in points (236.0) and points per set (2.6), 21st in solo blocks (10), 32nd in hitting percentage (.115), 33rd in total blocks (28), 34th in digs (128), and 37th in block assists (18)…earned a place on the AMCC Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer…was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the national college athlete honor society…was voted to the AMCC Spring All-Sportsmanship team by his teammates.

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.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 27 at Hiram L, 3-0
Mar 30 Chatham W, 3-0
Apr 3 at Mount Aloysius W, 3-0
Apr 6 Penn St.-Behrend W, 3-0
Apr 6 Bethany College W, 3-0
Apr 9 Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 27 9
Sets 93 33
Kills 137 60
Kills per set 1.47 1.82
Errors 46 25
Total Attacks 301 141
Hitting Percentage .302 .248
Assists 7 0
Assists per set 0.08 0.00
Service Aces 20 7
Service Errors 36 15
Service Aces per set 0.22 0.21
Receptions 119 7
Reception Errors 10 0
Digs 101 21
Digs per set 1.09 0.64
Block Solo 16 3
Block Assist 19 8
Block Total 35 11
Blocks per set 0.38 0.33
Block Errors 3 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 182.5 74.0
Points per set 2.0 2.2
Matches started 26 9
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 13 vs. St. John Fisher L, 3-0 1 3 0 2 5 -.400 0 0 3 12 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jan 13 at Wittenberg L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 6 .000 0 0 1 12 1 6 0 2 0 2 0 3.0
Jan 20 vs. Elizabethtown W, 3-1 1 4 1 1 5 .000 0 0 3 5 0 10 0 3 0 3 0 2.5
Jan 20 at Lancaster Bible L, 3-1 1 4 4 1 9 .333 0 0 1 9 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 5.0
Jan 27 at Wilkes L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 10 .000 0 2 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Jan 27 vs. Manhattanville W, 3-1 1 4 8 2 12 .500 1 1 0 11 0 6 2 1 1 3 0 11.5
Feb 3 vs. Carlow W, 3-1 1 4 2 3 10 -.100 0 2 2 11 2 8 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Feb 3 at Chatham W, 3-1 1 4 6 1 14 .357 0 0 3 3 1 5 0 1 1 1 1 6.5
Feb 11 at St. Vincent (Pa.) W, 3-2 1 5 9 1 18 .444 2 0 0 13 2 9 3 1 1 4 0 12.5
Feb 11 vs. Mount Aloysius W, 3-0 1 3 7 0 9 .778 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 10.0
Feb 14 at Messiah L, 3-0 1 3 4 1 6 .500 0 0 1 17 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Feb 17 vs. Roanoke L, 3-2 1 5 10 0 17 .588 2 0 0 12 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Feb 17 at Bethany College W, 3-0 1 2 2 0 3 .667 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 7.0
Feb 24 at Thiel L, 3-1 1 4 6 2 18 .222 0 0 0 7 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Feb 24 vs. Adrian L, 3-0 1 3 5 3 10 .200 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Feb 28 Carlow W, 3-1 1 3 10 1 18 .500 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12.0
Mar 13 at Geneva L, 3-2 1 5 7 6 23 .043 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 11.5
Mar 15 at Houghton W, 3-0 1 2 4 0 7 .571 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Mar 16 at Hilbert W, 3-2 1 5 7 3 20 .200 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Mar 20 St. Vincent (Pa.) L, 3-2 1 5 14 4 25 .400 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Mar 22 Wells W, 3-0 1 2 3 2 5 .200 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Mar 27 at Hiram L, 3-0 1 3 2 3 11 -.091 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Mar 30 Chatham W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 12 .583 0 2 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 12.0
Apr 3 at Mount Aloysius W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 9 .333 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Apr 6 Penn St.-Behrend W, 3-0 1 3 6 2 12 .333 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7.5
Apr 6 Bethany College W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Apr 9 Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-1 1 4 2 1 6 .167 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4.0
  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
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
Event Total 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
Conference 9 33 60 1.82 25 141 .248 0 0.00 7 0.21 7 0 21 0.64 3 8 11 0.33 74.0 2.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 21 44 2.10 11 79 .418 0 0.00 5 0.24 3 1 9 0.43 5 2 7 0.33 55.0 2.6
Away 13 46 60 1.30 24 154 .234 2 0.04 10 0.22 65 7 48 1.04 7 12 19 0.41 83.0 1.8
Neutral 7 26 33 1.27 11 68 .324 5 0.19 5 0.19 51 2 44 1.69 4 5 9 0.35 44.5 1.7
Result Wins 15 48 79 1.65 19 155 .387 5 0.10 12 0.25 46 6 59 1.23 13 10 23 0.48 109.0 2.3
Losses 12 45 58 1.29 27 146 .212 2 0.04 8 0.18 73 4 42 0.93 3 9 12 0.27 73.5 1.6
Month January 6 21 17 0.81 10 47 .149 1 0.05 3 0.14 53 4 38 1.81 3 6 9 0.43 26.0 1.2
February 10 36 61 1.69 12 123 .398 6 0.17 8 0.22 63 5 46 1.28 8 6 14 0.39 80.0 2.2
March 7 25 45 1.80 19 103 .252 0 0.00 6 0.24 3 1 14 0.56 3 5 8 0.32 56.5 2.3
April 4 11 14 1.27 5 28 .321 0 0.00 3 0.27 0 0 3 0.27 2 2 4 0.36 20.0 1.8

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