Allie Holland Season 2021

CAREER
Named first-team All-Big Ten as a middle blocker in 2022…Made the AVCA All-Northeast Region Team (2022)…Won one Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award…Earned two Academic All-Big Ten honors (2022)..Played in 365 sets over 100 matches during her four-year Penn State career and finished with 663 kills (1.82/set), 458 blocks (1.25/set), 171 digs and 83 aces.Transferred to College of Charleston for a graduate season after earning a bachelor's degree in geography at Penn State.

2023 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Played in all 120 sets over 32 matches, including 31 as a starter at middle blocker...Finished with 185 kills (1.54/set), 160 blocks (1.33/set), 56 digs and 23 aces...Recorded a season-high nine kills on .643 hitting in a sweep over Rutgers (9/20)...Tallied a season-high 10 blocks in the season opener against Florida (8/25) at the Tampa Bay Lightning's Amalie Arena.

Florida (8/25): Tallied a season-high 10 blocks in addition to six kills in a four-set match. vs. Georgia Tech (8/26): Contributed eight blocks. James Madison (9/3): Hit .500 with eight kills and two blocks. at Temple (9/8): Contributed eight kills, five blocks and a season-high four aces. Rutgers (9/20): Racked up a season-high nine kills on .643 hitting and added three blocks in a sweep. at Minnesota (9/30): Hit .313 with seven kills and seven blocks in a four-set win over the 13th-ranked Gophers. Indiana (10/6): Finished with nine blocks and five kills. Ohio State (10/7): Chipped in with seven kills and eight blocks. Wisconsin (11/11): Tallied seven kills and five blocks in a four-set win over the second-ranked Badgers at Rec Hall. vs. Yale (11/30): Contributed seven kills, five blocks and two aces in the NCAA First Round win. at Kansas (12/1): Hit .533 with eight kills, eight blocks and seven digs in the NCAA Second Round win over the 15th-ranked Badgers. 
 
2022 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named first-team All-Big Ten…Made the AVCA All-Northeast Region Team…Won one Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor (10/12)…Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Played in 118 sets while starting all 31 matches that she played…Hit .324 with 260 kills (2.20/set), 158 blocks (1.34/set) and 32 aces…Reached double-digit kills nine times, including a season-high 15 while hitting .467 in a five-set match against Wisconsin…Had five or more blocks in a match 19 times, including a season-high nine three times (wins over Stanford, Oregon, and West Virginia).

West Virginia (8/27): Had nine blocks in a four-set win. vs. Stanford (9/9): Racked up nine blocks, six kills, and two aces in a five-set win. vs. Oregon (9/10): Hit .381 with nine kills and nine blocks in a five-set win. Coastal Carolina (9/17): Hit .800 with eight kills and five blocks. Illinois (10/9): Hit .727 with eight kills, five blocks, and one ace. at Iowa (10/15): Finished with 10 kills, seven blocks, and four aces. at Maryland (10/21): Hit .500 with 13 kills, two blocks, and four aces. Rutgers (10/23): Hit .462 with eight kills and seven blocks. Ohio State (10/29): Hit .364 with 14 kills and eight blocks. Maryland (11/2): Chipped in with 14 kills and seven blocks. at Rutgers (11/6): Hit .476 with 11 kills and five blocks. at Indiana (11/11): Hit .563 with 10 kills and six blocks. Wisconsin (11/19): Hit .467 with 15 kills and four blocks. UMBC (12/2): Hit .462 with seven kills and eight blocks in the NCAA First Round win. UCF (12/3): Hit .389 with eight kills and two blocks in the NCAA Second Round win.  

2021 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Started all 32 matches and played in all 119 sets...Hit .377 with 203 kills (1.71/set) and 135 blocks (1.35/set)...Tied for the team lead with 27 aces...Had double-digit kills in six matches, including a season-high 15 while hitting .538 in a 3-2 win at Maryland (9/29)...Tallied multiple aces in a match seven times, including a season-high four in a 3-1 win at Indiana (10/2)...Had five or more blocks in a match 14 times, including a season-high nine in a four-set match at Ohio State (11/21).

vs. St. John's (8/27): Chipped in with two aces and five blocks. Oregon State (9/4): Hit .438 with eight kills and four blocks. LSU (9/4): Contributed four kills and five blocks. at Oregon (9/10): Hit .667 with eight kills and two blocks. vs. Robert Morris (9/17): Hit .688 with 11 kills, one ace, and five blocks. at West Virginia (9/17): Contributed five blocks. Ohio State (9/26): Chipped in with five blocks. at Maryland (9/29): Totaled a season-high 15 kills on .538 hitting in addition to eight blocks. at Indiana (10/2): Tallied a season-high four aces and hit .333 with 10 kills and five blocks. Northwestern (10/9): Hit .500 with 11 kills, one ace, and four blocks. at Minnesota (10/22): Hit .550 with 12 kills and four blocks. at Wisconsin (10/23): Finished with five kills and eight blocks. Maryland (10/29): Hit .700 with seven kills, two aces, and three blocks. at Michigan (11/12): Hit .571 with eight kills, two aces, and seven blocks. at Michigan State (11/13): Finished with 10 kills on .316 hitting in addition to three blocks. at Ohio State (11/21): Totaled a season-high nine blocks in a four-set match. Iowa (11/27): Hit .800 with eight kills and three blocks. vs. Towson (12/3): Finished with four kills, one ace, and three blocks in the NCAA First Round win.

2020-21 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in eight sets over five matches, including one as a starter...Finished with 15 kills (1.88/set) on .483 hitting and added five blocks and one ace.

Indiana (2/20): Made collegiate debut and tallied four kills, two blocks and one ace. Ohio State (3/3): Made first career start and finished with a season-high eight kills on .615 hitting in addition to two blocks in a three-set match. vs. North Carolina A&T (4/15): Contributed two kills in the NCAA Second Round.

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Was a 2019 honorable-mention all-state selection while leading Hilliard Bradley to conference and sectional titles...Was also the 2019 Ohio Capital Conference Player of the Year, a Central Ohio All-Star and an AVCA all-region honoree...Was a four-time all-conference selection and three-time all-district honoree...Holds the school record for kills in a season (403) and blocks in a season (119)...Finished career with 1,019 kills...Played club volleyball with Elite VBTC...Was on the 2019 USA Youth National Training Team.

PERSONAL
Parents are Mike and Karen Holland...Mike played football at Ohio Northern and Karen played volleyball and softball at Ohio Northern...Has one older brother, Jack, and one younger brother, Nick...Hobbies include cooking, reading and running.