17 Jared Kish
Jared Kish
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Year:
    Jr
  • Hometown:
    Columbus, OH
  • High School:
    Hilliard Darby
  • Position:
    MB
  • m
    24
  • k/s
    2.29
  • h %
    .115
  • a/s
    0.09
  • b/s
    0.31
  • sa/s
    0.12
  • d/s
    1.42

Bio

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 18 at No. 12 Marymount (Va.) L, 3-0
Mar 22 at Hiram L, 3-2
Mar 25 Hilbert L, 3-1
Mar 29 at Mount Aloysius W, 3-1
Apr 1 at Medaille L, 3-2
Apr 8 Wells W, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 24 13
Sets 90 54
Kills 206 146
Kills per set 2.29 2.70
Errors 129 83
Total Attacks 668 434
Hitting Percentage .115 .145
Assists 8 6
Assists per set 0.09 0.11
Service Aces 11 5
Service Errors 44 26
Service Aces per set 0.12 0.09
Receptions 262 121
Reception Errors 24 3
Digs 128 89
Digs per set 1.42 1.65
Block Solo 10 8
Block Assist 18 15
Block Total 28 23
Blocks per set 0.31 0.43
Block Errors 1 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 236.0 166.5
Points per set 2.6 3.1
Matches started 9 3
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 20 at No. 13 Southern Virginia L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 16 .125 0 0 2 11 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Jan 21 at Roanoke L, 3-2 - 5 14 3 31 .355 0 0 0 39 8 7 0 0 0 0 1 14.0
Jan 28 at East. Mennonite L, 3-0 1 3 7 2 23 .217 0 0 2 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Jan 28 vs. Arcadia L, 3-0 - 3 4 5 18 -.056 0 1 1 19 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Jan 31 at St. Vincent (Pa.) L, 3-0 1 3 9 5 23 .174 0 0 1 16 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Feb 3 Stevenson L, 3-0 - 3 4 5 19 -.053 0 1 2 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Feb 4 vs. No. 8 St. John Fisher L, 3-0 1 3 5 5 25 .000 0 0 1 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Feb 7 Hiram L, 3-2 1 5 15 7 41 .195 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Feb 10 Thiel L, 3-2 - 5 9 11 41 -.049 0 1 3 7 1 10 3 1 0 4 0 13.5
Feb 14 at Geneva L, 3-0 - 3 4 6 22 -.091 1 0 0 5 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Feb 17 at No. 1 Juniata L, 3-0 1 3 1 6 19 -.263 0 1 2 9 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3.0
Feb 18 vs. Elizabethtown L, 3-1 1 4 9 4 32 .156 2 3 1 9 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Feb 22 No. 7 Messiah L, 3-0 - 3 2 3 12 -.083 0 0 1 8 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Feb 25 at Penn St.-Behrend W, 3-2 1 5 19 13 52 .115 1 0 2 11 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 19.5
Feb 25 vs. Baldwin Wallace L, 3-0 1 3 5 4 17 .059 0 0 4 4 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 6.0
Mar 4 Mount Aloysius W, 3-0 - 3 10 5 25 .200 0 0 1 6 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Mar 4 Geneva L, 3-1 - 4 16 5 32 .344 1 0 0 13 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Mar 15 St. Vincent (Pa.) W, 3-2 - 5 10 9 43 .023 0 0 3 11 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
Mar 18 at No. 12 Marymount (Va.) L, 3-0 - 3 5 7 22 -.091 0 0 2 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Mar 22 at Hiram L, 3-2 - 5 15 4 31 .355 2 0 5 15 2 6 1 1 1 2 0 16.5
Mar 25 Hilbert L, 3-1 - 4 12 8 43 .093 0 0 3 12 0 9 0 4 0 4 0 14.0
Mar 29 at Mount Aloysius W, 3-1 - 4 5 3 25 .080 0 3 3 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Apr 1 at Medaille L, 3-2 - 5 12 6 30 .200 1 1 2 11 0 8 2 3 0 5 0 16.5
Apr 8 Wells W, 3-0 - 3 10 1 26 .346 0 0 3 3 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 12.0
  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 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
Conference 13 54 146 2.70 83 434 .145 6 0.11 5 0.09 121 3 89 1.65 8 15 23 0.43 166.5 3.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 35 88 2.51 54 282 .121 1 0.03 2 0.06 71 4 56 1.60 5 9 14 0.40 99.5 2.8
Away 11 42 95 2.26 57 294 .129 5 0.12 5 0.12 141 17 52 1.24 4 8 12 0.29 108.0 2.6
Neutral 4 13 23 1.77 18 92 .054 2 0.15 4 0.31 50 3 20 1.54 1 1 2 0.15 28.5 2.2
Result Wins 5 20 54 2.70 31 171 .135 1 0.05 3 0.15 37 0 30 1.50 2 5 7 0.35 61.5 3.1
Losses 19 70 152 2.17 98 497 .109 7 0.10 8 0.11 225 24 98 1.40 8 13 21 0.30 174.5 2.5
Month January 5 17 38 2.24 17 111 .189 0 0.00 1 0.06 96 11 24 1.41 0 2 2 0.12 40.0 2.4
February 10 37 73 1.97 64 280 .032 4 0.11 6 0.16 82 9 54 1.46 5 4 9 0.24 86.0 2.3
March 7 28 73 2.61 41 221 .145 3 0.11 3 0.11 70 4 39 1.39 2 7 9 0.32 81.5 2.9
April 2 8 22 2.75 7 56 .268 1 0.13 1 0.13 14 0 11 1.38 3 5 8 1.00 28.5 3.6

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Ebersole Added to Men’s Volleyball All-Conference Team

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Farabaugh, Kish Voted to All-AMCC Team

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April 18, 2023

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