Lia Simanski

20 Lia Simanski

Height:

5-5
Year:

So
Hometown:

Altoona, PA
High School:

Bishop Guilfoyle
Position:

OH

m

30
k/s

2.71
h %

.140
a/s

0.14
b/s

0.11
sa/s

0.23
d/s

3.01

Bio

2023: Competed in all 27 matches during her freshman campaign with Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball, seeing action in a total of 98 sets…was voted the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Newcomer of the Year while also being a second-team all-conference pick…among all players in the AMCC, ranked seventh in kills (269) and kills per set (2.74), eighth in points (299.0), ninth in points per set (3.1), 10th in digs (334), 12th in digs per set (3.41), 37th in service aces (24), and 39th in hitting percentage (.105)…earned a spot on the AMCC’s Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer.

High School: Member of the District 6 championship volleyball team at Bishop Guilfoyle High School as a junior...was an all-state volleyball selection in her junior and senior seasons...also took Altoona Mirror all-star status in her junior and senior years...was first-team all-district in volleyball as a junior and senior...earned the Laurel Highlands Award as a senior...was named a High Top Sports player of the game during her junior season...was the 2023 Bishop Guilfoyle salutatorian...earned the Certificate of Recognition...2021 Artist of the 21st Century Student Art Exhibit in her freshman year...earned the Presidential Award as a senior...Altoona Sunrise Rotary student of the month in 2022...member of the National Honor Society as a junior and senior, becoming the school president of NHS...Challenge Program Award for academic excellent as a senior...four-year high honor roll student...Altoona Mirror Student of the Month in her senior year.

Personal: Daughter of Kimberly and Patrick Simanski...majoring in Business.

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	114	30
Kills	309	81
Kills per set	2.71	2.70
Errors	158	33
Total Attacks	1079	298
Total Attacks per set	9.46	9.93
Hitting Percentage	.140	.161
Assists	16	6
Assists per set	0.14	0.20
Service Aces	26	6
Service Errors	64	14
Service Aces per set	0.23	0.20
Receptions	663	148
Reception Errors	49	9
Digs	343	97
Digs per set	3.01	3.23
Block Solo	2	1
Block Assist	10	4
Block Total	12	5
Blocks per set	0.11	0.17
Block Errors	2	1
Ball Handling Errors	0	0
Points	342.0	90.0
Points per set	3.0	3.0
Matches started	29	7

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	k	e	ta	pct	a	sa	se	r	re	digs	bs	ba	be	tot	pts
Aug 30	vs. St. Mary's (Ind.)	L, 3-2	1	5	13	8	52	.096	0	1	2	42	5	15	0	0	0	0	14.0
Aug 30	vs. Kenyon	W, 3-0	1	3	10	7	31	.097	0	2	4	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	12.0
Aug 31	vs. Olivet	L, 3-0	1	3	3	4	21	-.048	0	0	1	26	1	9	0	0	1	0	3.0
Aug 31	vs. Kalamazoo	L, 3-0	1	3	4	4	22	.000	0	0	1	31	2	8	0	0	0	0	4.0
Sep 3	at Wilson	W, 3-0	1	3	10	3	23	.304	0	1	2	10	0	9	0	0	0	0	11.0
Sep 6	vs. McDaniel	L, 3-2	1	5	16	10	45	.133	1	1	5	26	4	18	0	1	0	1	17.5
Sep 7	at Shenandoah	L, 3-1	1	4	11	9	37	.054	0	1	2	14	1	12	0	0	0	0	12.0
Sep 7	vs. Hood	W, 3-1	1	4	20	5	38	.395	0	3	3	27	0	11	0	0	0	0	23.0
Sep 11	Geneva	W, 3-1	1	4	12	5	47	.149	0	0	1	32	0	16	0	0	0	0	12.0
Sep 14	Chatham	L, 3-0	1	3	4	6	23	-.087	1	1	1	13	3	4	0	0	0	0	5.0
Sep 14	Elizabethtown	W, 3-2	1	5	11	6	48	.104	1	3	2	42	4	23	0	1	0	1	14.5
Sep 17	Lycoming	W, 3-1	1	4	10	4	40	.150	0	2	4	31	0	15	0	1	0	1	12.5
Sep 19	at Penn College	W, 3-0	1	2	6	1	17	.294	1	0	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	6.0
Sep 21	vs. Bethany (W.V.)	L, 3-2	1	5	22	10	70	.171	2	2	2	30	1	24	0	0	0	0	24.0
Sep 21	at Wash. & Jeff.	L, 3-0	1	3	11	6	29	.172	2	0	2	21	1	4	0	1	0	1	11.5
Sep 25	St. Vincent	W, 3-2	1	5	15	11	55	.073	0	2	3	38	2	16	0	0	0	0	17.0
Sep 28	Wilkes	W, 3-0	1	3	9	1	21	.381	0	0	2	12	2	10	0	0	0	0	9.0
Oct 1	at Chatham	L, 3-0	1	3	5	4	29	.034	1	0	3	19	0	6	0	1	0	1	5.5
Oct 8	at Pitt.-Greensburg	W, 3-0	1	3	8	0	26	.308	1	0	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	8.0
Oct 12	Hilbert	W, 3-1	1	4	9	8	37	.027	1	0	1	19	2	14	0	0	0	0	9.0
Oct 19	at Penn St.-Behrend	W, 3-2	1	5	16	4	54	.222	0	0	4	35	3	19	0	2	0	2	17.0
Oct 19	vs. Wooster	L, 3-2	1	5	8	4	26	.154	1	0	2	22	4	10	0	1	0	1	8.5
Oct 22	at Carlow	W, 3-1	1	4	10	4	38	.158	0	1	1	17	1	8	0	1	0	1	11.5
Oct 26	Pitt.-Bradford	W, 3-0	-	3	13	4	37	.243	1	1	2	9	0	12	1	1	0	2	15.5
Oct 30	Mt. Aloysius	W, 3-1	1	4	7	6	45	.022	1	0	3	19	1	9	0	0	0	0	7.0
Nov 2	at Alfred St.	L, 3-1	1	4	11	2	38	.237	1	1	1	17	0	13	0	0	0	0	12.0
Nov 5	La Roche	W, 3-0	1	3	7	5	23	.087	1	3	1	20	2	10	0	0	1	0	10.0
Nov 16	vs. Penn St.-Behrend	W, 3-1	1	4	10	6	44	.091	0	0	4	21	0	10	0	0	0	0	10.0
Nov 17	at Alfred St.	W, 3-2	1	5	13	8	47	.106	0	1	2	25	1	12	1	0	0	1	15.0
Nov 21	at No. 1 Juniata	L, 3-0	1	3	5	3	16	.125	0	0	1	20	9	3	0	0	0	0	5.0

	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	27	98	269	2.74	159	1046	.105	6	0.06	24	0.24	527	41	334	3.41	3	6	9	0.09	299.0	3.1
2024-25	30	114	309	2.71	158	1079	.140	16	0.14	26	0.23	663	49	343	3.01	2	10	12	0.11	342.0	3.0
Total	57	212	578	2.73	317	2125	.123	22	0.10	50	0.24	1190	90	677	3.19	5	16	21	0.10	641.0	3.0

		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
Event	Total	30	114	309	2.71	158	1079	.140	16	0.14	26	0.23	663	49	343	3.01	2	10	12	0.11	342.0	3.0
	Conference	8	30	81	2.70	33	298	.161	6	0.20	6	0.20	148	9	97	3.23	1	4	5	0.17	90.0	3.0
	Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location	Home	10	38	97	2.55	56	376	.109	6	0.16	12	0.32	235	16	129	3.39	1	3	4	0.11	111.5	2.9
	Away	11	39	106	2.72	44	354	.175	6	0.15	5	0.13	195	16	103	2.64	1	5	6	0.15	114.5	2.9
	Neutral	9	37	106	2.86	58	349	.138	4	0.11	9	0.24	233	17	111	3.00	0	2	2	0.05	116.0	3.1
Result	Wins	18	68	196	2.88	88	671	.161	7	0.10	19	0.28	382	18	217	3.19	2	6	8	0.12	220.0	3.2
Result	Losses	12	46	113	2.46	70	408	.105	9	0.20	7	0.15	281	31	126	2.74	0	4	4	0.09	122.0	2.7
Month	August	4	14	30	2.14	23	126	.056	0	0.00	3	0.21	107	8	38	2.71	0	0	0	0.00	33.0	2.4
	September	13	50	157	3.14	77	493	.162	8	0.16	16	0.32	301	18	167	3.34	0	4	4	0.08	175.0	3.5
	October	8	31	76	2.45	34	292	.144	6	0.19	2	0.06	152	11	90	2.90	1	6	7	0.23	82.0	2.6
	November	5	19	46	2.42	24	168	.131	2	0.11	5	0.26	103	12	48	2.53	1	0	1	0.05	52.0	2.7