2020 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named All-EIVA Second Team...Received EIVA All-Academic Team honors.
Season: Named team co-captain (Calvin Mende)...Started all 19 matches played and was one of three Nittany Lions to play all 68 sets (Will Bantle & Brett Wildman)...Set team highs in service aces (35) and total blocks (57.0)...Had 96 kills with a .316 hitting percentage...Recorded at least one block in 18 matches...Aced a serve in 15 matches...Put down at least five kills in 12 matches...Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings: Led EIVA with 35 service aces...Placed fourth in the conference with 57 blocks...Ranked 11th nationally with 0.52 service aces per set.
at No. 11 Loyola-Chicago: Hit .364 with six kills and five blocks in ranked road win. at No. 5 Lewis (1/18): Helped Nittany Lions mount three-set comeback with seven kills and five blocks...Had three points (one kill, two blocks) in five-point run late in fourth set. USC (1/26): Powered PSU to five-set win with nine kills and nine blocks...Scored the final three points of the match for Nittany Lions (one kill, two blocks). at Sacred Heart (2/21): Steadied PSU with eight kills, two aces, and four blocks in conference reverse sweep. Charleston (2/29): Set career high with six service aces...Had service run of six-straight points with four aces in first set.
2019 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named All-EIVA First Team…Voted Off The Block Fan Vote National Player of the Year Finalist…Named EIVA Offensive Player of the Week (2/18)…Named EIVA Defensive Player of the Week (1/28).
Season: Set team highs in four categories: hitting percentage (.380, minimum 90 kills), total blocks (91), service aces (36) and sets played (103)…Ranked fourth on the team with 181 kills in 29 matches (all starts)…Recorded at least one block in 28 matches…Posted five or more kills in 20 matches…Reached double-digit kill mark four times.
Rankings: Became first Penn State player to lead EIVA in hitting percentage since 2010 (Max Lipsitz) at .380…Ranked 14th nationally in hitting percentage…Tied for fifth in EIVA with 36 aces…Finished sixth in EIVA with 91 total blocks.
No. 4 BYU (1/18): Recorded 12 kills and hit .476…Added seven blocks and three aces. at St. Francis (1/21): Posted second-straight 12-kill match with a .588 hitting percentage. McKendree (1/25): Had nine kills without an error for season-best .750 hitting percentage. Lindenwood (1/26): Recorded a season-high nine blocks. Harvard (2/15): Posted career-best 13 kills on 16 attacks. Ohio State (3/19): Tied season high with four service aces while adding seven kills in three-set sweep. vs. George Mason (4/18): Had eight kills against only one error on 13 attacks and two aces in 3-2 win in EIVA semifinals.
2018 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named EIVA Defensive Player of the Week (4/9).
Season: Played in 20 matches and 59 total sets…Tallied 74 kills while hitting .304…Added 44 blocks…Started the final 10 matches of the season.
Ball State (2/2): Made first start of collegiate career…Posted five kills, three blocks and an ace. No. 15 Purdue Fort Wayne (2/3): Recorded nine kills while hitting .412 and put up seven blocks. No. 8 Lewis (3/10): Hit .833 with a season-high 10 kills and no errors on 12 attempts. at George Mason (4/7): Had career-best 10 total blocks, including two solo, to earn EIVA Defensive Player of the Week honors.
2017 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in two matches and three sets.
No. 13 UC Santa Barbara (3/3): Appeared in one set in collegiate debut. Charleston (4/14): Recorded five kills and a pair of blocks.
2016 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Utilized redshirt.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Served as team captain for Lockport High School senior year (2014)...Helped Lions to first Section VI Championship in 2013 and back-to-back NFL titles junior and senior year…Earned MVP status senior year…Named first team All-Western New York honoree in 2013 and 2014…Selected Niagara Frontier League MVP senior year and NFL first team in 2013 and 2014…Played for Eden Mizuno Volleyball Club…Placed second at East Coast Championships...Included on Volleyball Magazine’s Fab 50 Players to Watch list.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jason Donorovich…Parents are Robert and Carolann Donorovich…Has three siblings, Dillon, Danielle and Jesse…Graduated May 2020 with a degree in recreation, park and tourism management…Born April 10, 1997, in Buffalo, N.Y.
Awards: Named All-EIVA Second Team...Received EIVA All-Academic Team honors.
Season: Named team co-captain (Calvin Mende)...Started all 19 matches played and was one of three Nittany Lions to play all 68 sets (Will Bantle & Brett Wildman)...Set team highs in service aces (35) and total blocks (57.0)...Had 96 kills with a .316 hitting percentage...Recorded at least one block in 18 matches...Aced a serve in 15 matches...Put down at least five kills in 12 matches...Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings: Led EIVA with 35 service aces...Placed fourth in the conference with 57 blocks...Ranked 11th nationally with 0.52 service aces per set.
at No. 11 Loyola-Chicago: Hit .364 with six kills and five blocks in ranked road win. at No. 5 Lewis (1/18): Helped Nittany Lions mount three-set comeback with seven kills and five blocks...Had three points (one kill, two blocks) in five-point run late in fourth set. USC (1/26): Powered PSU to five-set win with nine kills and nine blocks...Scored the final three points of the match for Nittany Lions (one kill, two blocks). at Sacred Heart (2/21): Steadied PSU with eight kills, two aces, and four blocks in conference reverse sweep. Charleston (2/29): Set career high with six service aces...Had service run of six-straight points with four aces in first set.
2019 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named All-EIVA First Team…Voted Off The Block Fan Vote National Player of the Year Finalist…Named EIVA Offensive Player of the Week (2/18)…Named EIVA Defensive Player of the Week (1/28).
Season: Set team highs in four categories: hitting percentage (.380, minimum 90 kills), total blocks (91), service aces (36) and sets played (103)…Ranked fourth on the team with 181 kills in 29 matches (all starts)…Recorded at least one block in 28 matches…Posted five or more kills in 20 matches…Reached double-digit kill mark four times.
Rankings: Became first Penn State player to lead EIVA in hitting percentage since 2010 (Max Lipsitz) at .380…Ranked 14th nationally in hitting percentage…Tied for fifth in EIVA with 36 aces…Finished sixth in EIVA with 91 total blocks.
No. 4 BYU (1/18): Recorded 12 kills and hit .476…Added seven blocks and three aces. at St. Francis (1/21): Posted second-straight 12-kill match with a .588 hitting percentage. McKendree (1/25): Had nine kills without an error for season-best .750 hitting percentage. Lindenwood (1/26): Recorded a season-high nine blocks. Harvard (2/15): Posted career-best 13 kills on 16 attacks. Ohio State (3/19): Tied season high with four service aces while adding seven kills in three-set sweep. vs. George Mason (4/18): Had eight kills against only one error on 13 attacks and two aces in 3-2 win in EIVA semifinals.
2018 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named EIVA Defensive Player of the Week (4/9).
Season: Played in 20 matches and 59 total sets…Tallied 74 kills while hitting .304…Added 44 blocks…Started the final 10 matches of the season.
Ball State (2/2): Made first start of collegiate career…Posted five kills, three blocks and an ace. No. 15 Purdue Fort Wayne (2/3): Recorded nine kills while hitting .412 and put up seven blocks. No. 8 Lewis (3/10): Hit .833 with a season-high 10 kills and no errors on 12 attempts. at George Mason (4/7): Had career-best 10 total blocks, including two solo, to earn EIVA Defensive Player of the Week honors.
2017 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in two matches and three sets.
No. 13 UC Santa Barbara (3/3): Appeared in one set in collegiate debut. Charleston (4/14): Recorded five kills and a pair of blocks.
2016 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Utilized redshirt.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Served as team captain for Lockport High School senior year (2014)...Helped Lions to first Section VI Championship in 2013 and back-to-back NFL titles junior and senior year…Earned MVP status senior year…Named first team All-Western New York honoree in 2013 and 2014…Selected Niagara Frontier League MVP senior year and NFL first team in 2013 and 2014…Played for Eden Mizuno Volleyball Club…Placed second at East Coast Championships...Included on Volleyball Magazine’s Fab 50 Players to Watch list.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jason Donorovich…Parents are Robert and Carolann Donorovich…Has three siblings, Dillon, Danielle and Jesse…Graduated May 2020 with a degree in recreation, park and tourism management…Born April 10, 1997, in Buffalo, N.Y.