2017 Women's Volleyball Roster
Lexi Mantas
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown/Previous School:
- Palos Park, Ill.
- Club Team:
- 1st Alliance
KENT STATE AWARDS & HONORS
• Letterwinner: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Captain: 2017, 2018
• MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete: 2016
• Academic All-MAC: 2016, 2017, 2018
CAREER MATCH HIGHS
Kills: 22 (Miami, 11/5/16)
Attack Attempts: 63 (Miami, 11/5/16)
Hitting Percentage (min. 12 att.): .520 (vs. Coppin State, 9/17/16)
Digs: 22 (vs. Fort Wayne, 9/16/17)
Block Assists: 3 (Oakland, 9/5/15)
Solo Blocks: 2 (twice, last: Akron, 9/28/18)
Total Blocks: 4 (twice, last: at Eastern Michigan, 11/12/16)
Points: 22.0 (Miami, 11/5/16)
CAREER MISCELLANEOUS STATS
Matches with 10 or more kills: 21 (last: 17, Northern Illinois, 10/19/18)
Matches with 10 or more points: 25 (last: 14.5, Central Michigan, 10/27/18)
Matches with 10 or more digs: 17 (last: 11, at Akron, 11/3/18)
Double-doubles: 1 (last: Northern Illinois, 10/19/18)
2017 - JUNIOR SEASON
• Saw action in 18 matches and 63 sets, including 16 starts
• Third on team with 2.11 kills per set and 2.48 points per set
• Third on team with 133 kills and 2.48 digs per set
• Totaled 156 digs, 22 total blocks, 11 service aces and 10 assists on the season
• Season-high 13 kills vs. Ball State (Oct. 13)
• Posted 10 or more kills in six matches
• Career-high 22 digs vs. Fort Wayne (Sept. 16)
• Posted 10 or more digs in eight matches
• Recorded four double-doubles
• Awarded Garret and Michele Ferrara Endowed Volleyball Scholarship
2016 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Saw action in 29 matches and 102 sets, including 12 starts
• Third on team with 237 kills
• Fourth on team with 2.32 kills per set, 260 points and 2.55 points per set
• Totaled 85 digs, 28 total blocks, nine assists and four service aces on the season
• Career-high 22 kills vs. Miami (Nov. 5)
• Posted 15 or more kills in four matches
• Ended season with double-digit kills in nine straight matches
• Season-high 12 digs vs. Wright State (Sept. 2) and Tennessee (Sept. 3)
• Posted 10 or more digs in two matches
2015 - FRESHMAN SEASON
• Saw action in 22 matches and 66 sets, including two starts
• Totaled 72 kills, 25 total blocks, 30 digs and three assists on the season
• Averaged 1.09 kills per set
• Season-high nine kills vs. Georgetown (Sept. 10)
• Season-high eight digs vs. Eastern Michigan (Nov. 7)
• Career-high four total blocks vs. Akron (Nov. 13)
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• Four-year starter at Stagg High School
• Tallied more than 1,000 career kills during her high school career
• Named a 'Senior Ace' by PrepVolleyball.com as of the nation's top 250 recruits in the class of 2015
• Named Second Team All-State and Chicago Sun-Times All-Area Second Team as a senior
• Received All-Southwestern Suburban Conference Honors for a third straight season
• Recognized by PrepVolleyball.com on its 2012 Soph 79 Elite Honorable Mention and 2011 Frosh 59 Honorable Mention
PERSONAL
• Daughter of John and April Mantas
• Has two older siblings, Demi and George, and a twin sister, Ari
• Majoring in business management
