13 Julia Emel
Julia Emel
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    So
  • Hometown:
    Woodward, PA
  • High School:
    Penns Valley
  • Position:
    S
  • m
    30
  • k/s
    0.09
  • h %
    .079
  • a/s
    4.51
  • b/s
    0.01
  • sa/s
    0.19
  • d/s
    2.19

Bio

2023: Played in 24 matches during her freshman campaign with the Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball program, appearing in a total of 74 sets…in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, ranked fifth in assists per set (5.14) and ninth in total assists (380) while also being 28th in digs per set (2.28) and 37th in total digs (169)…finished with 29 points on 15 service aces, 13 kills, and two block assists…earned a spot on the AMCC’s Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer.

High School: Three-year letter winner in volleyball at Penns Valley...two-year team captain...was a second-team Mountain League all-star and a second-team all-district pick...holds her high school's record for assists with 1,222 in her career...was also a two-year letter winner in basketball...earned Mountain League winter all-star honorable mention status for basketball...vice president of the Key Club.

Personal: Daughter of Kim Claar and Terry Emel...majoring in Criminal Justice/Human Development and Family Studies.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 30 Mt. Aloysius W, 3-1
Nov 2 at Alfred St. L, 3-1
Nov 5 La Roche W, 3-0
Nov 16 vs. Penn St.-Behrend W, 3-1
Nov 17 at Alfred St. W, 3-2
Nov 21 at No. 1 Juniata L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 30 8
Sets 113 30
Kills 10 2
Kills per set 0.09 0.07
Errors 3 0
Total Attacks 89 23
Total Attacks per set 0.79 0.77
Hitting Percentage .079 .087
Assists 510 168
Assists per set 4.51 5.60
Service Aces 21 8
Service Errors 33 8
Service Aces per set 0.19 0.27
Receptions 4 2
Reception Errors 2 1
Digs 248 64
Digs per set 2.19 2.13
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 1 0
Block Total 1 0
Blocks per set 0.01 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 2 1
Points 31.5 10.0
Points per set 0.3 0.3
Matches started 28 8
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 30 vs. St. Mary's (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 1 0 3 .333 22 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Aug 30 vs. Kenyon W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 16 1 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Aug 31 vs. Olivet L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 31 vs. Kalamazoo L, 3-0 - 3 0 1 3 -.333 8 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 3 at Wilson W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 2 .500 15 3 2 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 6 vs. McDaniel L, 3-2 1 5 2 0 5 .400 22 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2.0
Sep 7 at Shenandoah L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 1 .000 10 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 7 vs. Hood W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 1 .000 16 5 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 11 Geneva W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 1 .000 18 0 1 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 14 Chatham L, 3-0 1 3 0 1 1 -1.000 14 1 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 14 Elizabethtown W, 3-2 1 5 1 0 4 .250 18 1 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 17 Lycoming W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 1 .000 24 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 19 at Penn College W, 3-0 1 2 1 0 2 .500 8 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 21 vs. Bethany (W.V.) L, 3-2 1 5 0 0 5 .000 27 0 2 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 21 at Wash. & Jeff. L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 3 .333 12 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 25 St. Vincent W, 3-2 1 5 0 0 3 .000 24 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 28 Wilkes W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 12 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 1 at Chatham L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 5 .200 11 0 2 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 8 at Pitt.-Greensburg W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 7 .000 14 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2.0
Oct 12 Hilbert W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 - 27 1 3 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 19 at Penn St.-Behrend W, 3-2 1 5 0 0 4 .000 22 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 19 vs. Wooster L, 3-2 1 4 0 0 0 - 11 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 22 at Carlow W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 1 .000 23 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 26 Pitt.-Bradford W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 28 2 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 30 Mt. Aloysius W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 - 22 2 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 2 at Alfred St. L, 3-1 1 4 2 0 10 .200 13 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 5 La Roche W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 19 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 16 vs. Penn St.-Behrend W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 17 .000 21 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 17 at Alfred St. W, 3-2 1 5 0 1 8 -.125 22 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 21 at No. 1 Juniata L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  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
2023-24 24 74 13 0.18 8 65 .077 380 5.14 15 0.20 0 0 169 2.28 0 2 2 0.03 29.0 0.4
2024-25 30 113 10 0.09 3 89 .079 510 4.51 21 0.19 4 2 248 2.19 0 1 1 0.01 31.5 0.3
Total 54 187 23 0.12 11 154 .078 890 4.76 36 0.19 4 2 417 2.23 0 3 3 0.02 60.5 0.3
    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 30 113 10 0.09 3 89 .079 510 4.51 21 0.19 4 2 248 2.19 0 1 1 0.01 31.5 0.3
Conference 8 30 2 0.07 0 23 .087 168 5.60 8 0.27 2 1 64 2.13 0 0 0 0.00 10.0 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 10 38 1 0.03 1 11 .000 206 5.42 7 0.18 1 1 104 2.74 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.2
Away 11 39 6 0.15 1 43 .116 155 3.97 7 0.18 2 1 77 1.97 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 0.3
Neutral 9 36 3 0.08 1 35 .057 149 4.14 7 0.19 1 0 67 1.86 0 1 1 0.03 10.5 0.3
Result Wins 18 68 3 0.04 1 53 .038 349 5.13 19 0.28 3 2 153 2.25 0 1 1 0.01 22.5 0.3
Losses 12 45 7 0.16 2 36 .139 161 3.58 2 0.04 1 0 95 2.11 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.2
Month August 4 14 1 0.07 1 7 .000 52 3.71 2 0.14 0 0 23 1.64 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 0.2
September 13 50 6 0.12 1 29 .172 220 4.40 10 0.20 2 1 123 2.46 0 1 1 0.02 16.5 0.3
October 8 30 1 0.03 0 18 .056 158 5.27 8 0.27 2 1 65 2.17 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.3
November 5 19 2 0.11 1 35 .029 80 4.21 1 0.05 0 0 37 1.95 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 0.2

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