5 Micah Brinker
Micah Brinker
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Lock Haven, PA
  • High School:
    PA Cyber
  • Position:
    L/DS
  • m
    27
  • k/s
    0.01
  • h %
    -.278
  • a/s
    0.44
  • b/s
    0.00
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    2.33

Bio

*2021: Played in all nine matches in his third season with the Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball program, appearing in a total of 26 sets…ranked fourth in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference in digs per set (2.35) and was 12th in the conference in total digs (61)…also recorded 13 assists and one kill…took a spot on the AMCC Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer…was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the college athlete honor society…was voted to the AMCC Winter All-Sportsmanship team by his teammates.

*Team’s 2021 schedule was limited to nine matches due to COVID-19.

*2020: Played in 16 matches as a sophomore with the Lions volleyball team, appearing in a total of 44 sets…ranked fifth on his team in digs (61) and digs per set (1.39)…also recorded four assists…earned a spot on the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer.

*2020 season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic

2019: Played in six matches in his freshman year with Penn State Altoona men's volleyball, appearing in six sets...recorded one dig...earned a spot on the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference's Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer...was voted to the 2018-19 AMCC All-Sportsmanship Team by his teammates.

High School: Four-year letter winner in tennis...two-year letter winner in soccer...was a first team midfielder in 2016 in soccer at Central Mountain High School...member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Jeff and Bethany Brinker...majoring in Nursing...also plays on the varsity men's tennis team at Penn State Altoona.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 2 Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-1
Apr 2 Geneva L, 3-1
Apr 5 Thiel W, 3-0
Apr 8 at Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-1
Apr 16 vs. New Jersey City W, 3-1
Apr 16 at Ramapo L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 27 16
Sets 88 53
Kills 1 0
Kills per set 0.01 0.00
Errors 6 3
Total Attacks 18 10
Hitting Percentage -.278 -.300
Assists 39 29
Assists per set 0.44 0.55
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 414 263
Reception Errors 14 7
Digs 205 137
Digs per set 2.33 2.58
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 1 1
Ball Handling Errors 3 2
Points 1.0 0.0
Points per set 0.0 0.0
Matches started - -
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 21 Baldwin Wallace   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 22 Southern Virginia   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 25 at Messiah L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jan 27 at Elizabethtown L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 30 vs. King's (PA) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 5 vs. No. 11 Rutgers-Newark L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 5 at No. 15 Juniata L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 6 Wittenberg W, 3-0 - 3 0 1 2 -.500 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 10 at Wilkes W, 3-0 - 2 1 1 2 .000 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Feb 16 St. Vincent (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 19 vs. Medaille W, 3-1 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 21 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 19 at Geneva L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 18 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 25 Lancaster Bible L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 26 Hilbert W, 3-0 - 2 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 26 Thiel W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 12 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 2 at Mount Aloysius W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 5 at Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 15 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 5 vs. Hiram W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 16 at St. Vincent (Pa.) W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 14 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 19 at Thiel W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 23 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 19 vs. Medaille W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 4 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 26 at Hilbert W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 14 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 26 vs. Hiram L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 4 .000 5 0 0 28 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Mar 29 at Lancaster Bible   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 30 Mount Aloysius W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Apr 1 No. 13 Marymount (Va.) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 20 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 2 Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-1 - 4 0 1 1 -1.000 1 0 0 29 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
Apr 2 Geneva L, 3-1 - 4 0 1 1 -1.000 5 0 0 41 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 5 Thiel W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 15 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 8 at Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-1 - 4 0 1 1 -1.000 1 0 0 23 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 16 vs. New Jersey City W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 43 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 16 at Ramapo L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 2 0 0 21 0 20 0 0 0 0 1 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
2018-19 6 6 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 0 0.00 4 0 1 0.17 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
2019-20 16 44 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 4 0.09 0 0.00 79 8 61 1.39 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
2020-21 9 26 1 0.04 1 5 .000 13 0.50 0 0.00 144 9 61 2.35 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0
2021-22 27 88 1 0.01 6 18 -.278 39 0.44 0 0.00 414 14 205 2.33 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0
Total 58 164 2 0.01 8 24 -.250 56 0.34 0 0.00 641 31 328 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 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
Event Total 27 88 1 0.01 6 18 -.278 39 0.44 0 0.00 414 14 205 2.33 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0
Conference 16 53 0 0.00 3 10 -.300 29 0.55 0 0.00 263 7 137 2.58 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 10 29 0 0.00 4 5 -.800 13 0.45 0 0.00 151 2 67 2.31 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
Away 11 35 1 0.03 2 8 -.125 14 0.40 0 0.00 146 11 88 2.51 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0
Neutral 6 24 0 0.00 0 5 .000 12 0.50 0 0.00 117 1 50 2.08 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
Result Wins 15 46 1 0.02 3 9 -.222 21 0.46 0 0.00 197 6 116 2.52 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0
Losses 12 42 0 0.00 3 9 -.333 18 0.43 0 0.00 217 8 89 2.12 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
Month January 1 3 0 0.00 0 0 - 1 0.33 0 0.00 13 3 3 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
February 10 27 1 0.04 3 5 -.400 6 0.22 0 0.00 83 2 52 1.93 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0
March 9 32 0 0.00 0 7 .000 19 0.59 0 0.00 126 6 77 2.41 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
April 7 26 0 0.00 3 6 -.500 13 0.50 0 0.00 192 3 73 2.81 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0

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