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- Height:
- 6-3
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- Year:
- Sr
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- Hometown:
- Columbus, OH
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- High School:
- Hilliard Darby
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- Position:
- MB
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- m
- 27
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- k/s
- 1.47
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- h %
- .302
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- a/s
- 0.08
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- b/s
- 0.38
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- sa/s
- 0.22
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- 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
  | Overall | Conf | ||
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Matches | 27 | 9 | ||
Sets | 93 | 33 | ||
Kills | 137 | 60 | ||
Kills per set | 1.47 | 1.82 | ||
Errors | 46 | 25 | ||
Total Attacks | 301 | 141 | ||
Total Attacks per set | 3.24 | 4.27 | ||
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 |
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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 | |
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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 | 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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