Sam Marsh Season 2023

2022 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Picked an All-EIVA honorable mention for second-straight season…Named AVCA National Player of the Week (1/18)…Chosen EIVA Offensive Player of the Week (1/17).
 
Season: Took big leap forward in production as a greatly improved physical player offensively in defensively in 25 matches (all starts)…Set personal bests with 124 kills, a .384 hitting percentage, 62 blocks, and 23 service aces…Posted 15 matches with five-or-more kills…Had at least one block in 22 matches.
 
No. 6 Grand Canyon (1/13-15): Began series 12-0-12 with seven kills without an error in first match…Finished two-match series with 19 kills with only one error for .782 hitting percentage (19-1-23)…Named AVCA National Player of the Week. vs. No. 12 USC (1/21): Provided offensive spark with eight kills at .500. at No. 13 Ohio State (3/13): Aced a single-game best four serves to go with seven kills without an error in four-set win. at George Mason (3/20): Reached four aces again to pair with six kills and season-high seven blocks. Harvard (3/25): Continued hot serving stretch with three more aces for 14 in last four matches…Added seven kills in key late-season EIVA win.

2021 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named All-EIVA honorable mention...Tabbed EIVA Defensive Player of the Week twice (2/1 & 2/22).

Season: Started all of his 25 matches played...Led team with 66.0 total blocks and 0.83 blocks per set...Added 75 kills and 130.5 points offensively...Aced 18 serves and hit .375 to lead team (minimum 75 kills)...Tallied at least one block in 24 of 25 matches...Posted multiple blocks in 17 matches. 

Rankings: Placed third in EIVA in total blocks with 66.0. 

No. 13 Ohio State (1/30): Scored season-best seven kills on 10 swings in nonconference victory. Saint Francis (2/6): Totaled seven blocks, including one solo block, in five-set comeback win. NJIT (2/13-14): Put down nine kills with just one error over two-match home set. Sacred Heart (2/20): Tied single-match best with eight blocks to go with five kills in four-set win. at No. 15 George Mason (4/2): Set tone with three blocks and an ace in first set of road sweep....Completed match with six blocks. 

2020 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Started 13 of 14 matches played, including last 12 matches..Had 48 kills and 40 total blocks...Ranked second on team with 0.91 blocks per set...Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.

at No. 3 BYU (1/11): Scored five kills in first start of the season. vs. No. 5 Long Beach (2/7): Hit .357 with six kills in first of 12-straight starts. vs. No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (2/8): Set personal best with nine kills and 11.5 points in five sets. No. 11 Princeton (2/14): Helped spark Nittany Lions to first conference win with seven kills, including match-clinching point. No. 15 George Mason (2/28): Finished with personal-best eight blocks, including five in a six-point span early in the third set to complete 3-0 sweep.

2019 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in 10 matches with five starts…Recorded eight kills with a .308 hitting percentage…Posted 11 blocks and six digs. 

North Greenville (1/12): Made collegiate debut off the bench in a three-set win…Posted three kills on four attacks with a block. Lindenwood (1/26): Made first career start in a three-set win…Tallied one kill, three digs and one block. 

BEFORE PENN STATE
Rostered with the English Junior National Team between 2016-18…Placed fourth at the Northern European Volleyball Zonal Association (NEVZA) U19 Championships…Named Most Valuable Middle Blocker for the competition…Took third place at the 2017 Northern European Championships…Played for U18 Boswells between 2016-18…Won the 2017 U18 National Championship…Played one season (2017) for the Malory Eagles of the Super 8’s National League.

PERSONAL 
Full name is Samuel Kester Marsh…Parents are D’Arcy Wilkin and Clem Marsh…Has one sister, Lydia…Majoring in kinesiology.