2012 Women's Volleyball
Aleksandra Nowak
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- S
- Hometown:
- Damnica, Poland
- Prev School:
- Boleslawa Krzywoustiego
- High School:
- Boleslawa Krzywoustiego
KENT STATE AWARDS & HONORS
• Team Captain: 2012
• Letterwinner: 2010, '11
• Ranks fifth in school history with 2,112 set assists andsixth with 8.55 set assists per set
Career Match Highs
Kills: 9 (at Buffalo, 11/6/10)
Attack Attempts: 15 (vs. Western Illinois,8/27/11)
Hitting Percentage (min. 12 kills): --
Set Assists: 62 (Robert Morris, 9/9/11)
Aces: 3 (twice, lat time: at Miami,9/21/12)
Digs: 15 (twice, last time: vs. WesternIllinois, 8/27/11)
Solo Blocks: 2 (vs. Iona, 9/3/11)
Block Assists: 5 (five times, last time:Buffalo, 11/12/11)
Total Blocks: 6 (at Buffalo, 10/7/11)
Points: 10.0 (twice, last time: at Buffalo,10/6/10)
Career Season Highs
Kills: 82 (2011)
Attack Attempts: 219 (2011)
Hitting Percentage: .349 (2010)
Set Assists: 962 (2011)
Aces: 15 (2011)
Digs: 23 (2011)
Solo Blocks: 6 (2011)
Block Assists: 56 (2011)
Total Blocks: 62 (2011)
Points: 131 (2011)
Career Miscellaneous Stats
Matches with 10 or more setassists: 63 (last: 20, Northern Illinois,10/20/12)
Matches with 20 or more setassists: 57 (last: 20, Northern Illinois,10/20/12)
Matches with 30 or more setassists: 35 (last: 45, at Miami, 9/21/12)
Matches with 40 or more setassists: 18 (last: 45, at Miami, 9/21/12)
Matches with 50 or more setassists: 9 (last time: 60, Liberty, 9/7/12)
Matches with 60 or more setassists: 2 (last time: 60, Liberty, 9/7/12)
Matches with 10 or more digs: 10 (last:10, Northern Illinois, 10/20/12)
2011 Sophomore Season Highlights
• Started all 28 of the matches she played in, appearing in108 sets.
• Led the squad with 962 set assists and 8.91 assists perset, ranking ninth in the Mid-American Conference in thelatter.
• Led the team in set assists in every match she played inand recorded 20 or more set assists 22 times, 30 or more 17 times,40 or more nine times, 50 or more five times and 60 or more onetime.
• Finished the season with a career-high 82 kills, 15service aces, 165 digs, 62 total blocks (six solo, 56 assisted) and131 points.
• Recorded fives double-doubles.
• Her 15 digs at SIU Edwardsville (8/26) and vs. WesternIllinois (8/27) in the SIU Edwardsville Invitational marked a newcareer high.
• Tallied a career-high 62 set assists to lead the matchagainst Robert Morris (9/9) in the Kent State/Mizuno Open.
• Matched her career-high of six blocks (one solo, fiveassisted) at Buffalo (10/7).
2010 Freshman Season Highlights
• Started 16 of the 21 matches she played in, appearing in71 sets.
• Led the team with 597 set assists and 8.41 assists perset.
• Finished the season with 58 kills, 12 service aces, 94digs, 44 total blocks (four solo, 40 assisted) and 94 points.
• Recorded 20 or more set assists 16 times, 30 or more 11times, 40 or more six times and 50 or more three times. --including a season-high 51 at Akron (11/5). That mark ranked as thesecond-most in a single match on the team for the season.
• Responsible for three of the team's top-five set assistoutputs of the season.
• Posted three double-doubles.
• Made first career start at Eastern Michigan (9/25),compiling 27 set assists, five digs, two blocks (two assisted) andone kill.
• Set a season high in digs with 13 against Buffalo (10/1)and Northern Illinois (10/22).
• Totaled a career-high nine kills at Buffalo (11/6).
• Piled up a career-high six blocks (one solo, fiveassisted) at Bowling Green (10/9).
Prior to Kent State
• A transfer to Wisla AGH Krakow in 2009, she earnedpromotion from the country’s third league to its second in‘08 after helping her teams to back-to-back second-placefinishes at the Province Kadet Championships (2005-06) and a silverat the Province Junior Championships in ‘07.
• Also competed for the National Beach Volleyball Team inPoland.
Personal
• Born Nov. 21, 1990.
• Daughter of Robert and Dorota Nowak. Sibling isAgnes.
• Majoring in tourism management.
