CAREER
Named an AVCA honorable-mention All-American (2023)...Earned one first-team All-EIVA honor (2023)...Received one EIVA Defensive Player of the Week award.
2023 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named an AVCA honorable-mention All-American...Earned first-team All-EIVA recognition...Voted to the All-Tournament Team after helping Penn State win the EIVA title...Named to the All-Tournament Team after helping Penn State win the title at Hawaii's Outrigger Challenge...Received one EIVA Defensive Player of the Week honor.
Season: Played in 30 of the team's 31 matches, all as a starter at outside hitter...Hit .312 with 249 kills (2.47/set), 127 digs (1.26/set), 45 blocks and 32 aces...Totaled double-digit kills 13 times, including a season-high 14 on .345 hitting in a four-set win over No. 8 Stanford at the First Point Collegiate Challenge in Austin, Texas...Hit higher than .500 with double-digit kills three times, including .625 with 11 kills twice in wins over Pepperdine and Charleston (W.Va.)...Reached season-high eight digs four times.
vs. No. 5 Pepperdine (1/20): Hit .625 with 11 kills and served for a season-high four aces in a 3-1 win. vs. No. 8 Stanford (1/21): Racked up a season-high 14 kills on .345 hitting in a four-set win. No. 10 USC (2/3): Hit .429 with 11 kills, five digs and two blocks in a 3-1 win. at NJIT (2/24): Finished with 11 kills on .318 hitting. vs. No. 2 UCLA (3/9): Hit .393 with 13 kills, one ace and seven digs. at No. 1 Hawaii (3/10): Contributed 12 kills, eight digs, one ace and three blocks in a four-set win. at Harvard (4/1): Hit .467 with nine kills and six digs. George Mason (4/8): Hit .440 with 13 kills and eight digs in a sweep. Charleston (WV) (4/14): Hit .522 with 13 kills, one ace and four blocks. Princeton (4/22): Chipped in with six kills and one ace to help Penn State win the EIVA Championship match. vs. Ohio State (5/2): Hit .500 with nine kills, three aces and six digs in a 3-1 win in the NCAA Quarterfinal Round. vs. Hawaii (5/4): Finished with 11 kills and eights digs in the NCAA Semifinal Round match.
2022 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Saw action in 15 matches and 34 sets as both an outside hitter and serving substitution…Started four matches…Had 25 kills with a .262 hitting percentage…Posted six service aces and 23 digs.
at No. 2 UCLA (1/22): Set season-high with seven kills on 24 swings…Also had season-best six digs in start. at Sacred Heart (2/12): Matched season high with seven kills at .545 in two sets off the bench.
2021 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Filled key role as outside hitter and serving specialist in 24 matches with 13 starts...Scored 91 kills while hitting .340...Finished third on squad with 30 service aces....Totaled 72 digs and 13 blocks with a .904 serve-receive percentage...Had 50 kills in the final eight matches of the season (all starts).
At No. 14 Ohio State (1/22): Started collegiate debut. NJIT (2/13): Inserted back into starting lineup and had special match with 14 kills hitting .571 to power four-set win. at No. 15 George Mason (4/3): Reached double-digit kills with 10 along with five digs and season-best three service aces. Saint Francis (4/24): Led team in opening postseason match with 12 kills had an efficient .455 rate in EIVA semifinal sweep. George Mason (4/24): Played rock solid defense with season-high nine digs and no receiving errors in EIVA championship match. vs. Belmont Abbey (5/3): Pieced together solid NCAA tournament debut with seven kills, two aces and no hitting errors. vs. No. 4 Lewis (5/4): Tallied nine kills with six digs.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Named team captain twice (2019-20) and team MVP once (2019) with AKS Resovia Rzeszów…Won two Boys’ Youth Polish Volleyball championships (2016 and 2018)…Attended high school at V Liceum Ogólnoksztalcace.
PERSONAL
Parents are Magdalena Kowal and Andrzej Kowal…Andrzej has coached professional volleyball in Poland since 2004 and is the current head coach of Slepsk Suwalki…Has one sister, Monika…Majoring in labor and human resources.