Maddy Bilinovic Season 2021

CAREER
Played in 337 sets over 103 matches during her four-year Penn State career...Finished with 790 digs (2.34/set) and 58 aces...Earned three Academic All-Big Ten awards...Transferred to Creighton for a graduate season after earning a bachelor's degree in management at Penn State.

2023 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season: Played in 94 sets over 26 matches...Finished with 213 digs (2.27/set) and 19 aces...Totaled double-digit digs nine times, including a season-high 16 in addition to three aces, including one for match point, in a five-set win at No. 15 Kansas in the NCAA Second Round...Served for a season-high four aces in a five-set match at Michigan State (10/28).

Western Kentucky (9/1): Finished with 14 digs and six assists. James Madison (9/3): Tallied 13 digs. Ohio State (10/7): Contributed 12 digs. at Iowa (10/13): Racked up 13 digs in a sweep. at Michigan State (10/28): Served for a season-high four aces in addition to eight digs. Michigan (11/10): Reached double-digits with 10 digs. Wisconsin (11/11): Finished with 10 digs and two aces in a four-set win over the second-ranked Badgers at Rec Hall. Michigan State (11/17): Tallied 12 digs and one ace. Yale (11/30): Chipped in with eight digs and one ace in the NCAA First Round win. at Kansas (12/1): Totaled a season-high 16 digs and added three aces, including one for match point, in a five-set win over the 15th-ranked Jayhawks in the NCAA Second Round. 
 
2022 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season: Played all 129 sets while starting all 34 matches at libero…Finished with 437 digs (3.39/set), 28 aces, and 117 assists…Had 27 matches with double-digit digs, including a season-high 22 in a five-set win over Oregon (9/10)…Her 21 digs in a win at LSU (9/3) tied for the program record in a three-set match during the 25-point rally scoring era.

UConn (8/26): Totaled 12 digs. West Virginia (8/27): Finished with 19 digs and three aces. at LSU (9/3): Tied a program record for a three-set match in the 25-point rally scoring era with 21 digs. vs. Stanford (9/9): Contributed 11 digs and eight assists. vs. Oregon (9/10): Racked up a season-high 22 digs. Howard (9/16): Tallied 16 digs in a three-set win. Indiana (9/23): Contributed nine digs and three aces. Illinois (11/9): Totaled 12 digs, seven assists, and one ace in a three-set win. Ohio State (10/29): Had 20 digs. at Rutgers (11/6): Racked up 16 digs in a three-set win. at Purdue (11/12): Finished with 19 digs. Minnesota (11/18): Chipped in with 15 digs and three aces. UCF (12/3): Tallied 13 digs and three aces in a four-set win in the NCAA Second Round. at Wisconsin (12/8): Finished with 17 digs in the NCAA Regional Semifinal.

2021 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season: Played 57 sets across 27 matches...Finished with 36 digs and four assists.

at Oregon (9/10): Totaled six digs and one assist. Nebraska (10/8): Posted a season-high seven digs and added one assist. at Nebraska (11/19): Contributed three digs.

2020-21 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played all 16 matches, including two at libero...Finished with 104 digs (1.82/set) and 11 aces...Recorded double-digit digs four times, including a season-high 16 in each of her first two career matches, both against Illinois (2/5, 2/6).

Illinois (2/5): Made collegiate debut at libero and came through with 16 digs, six assists and one ace in a four-set win. Illinois (2/6): Matched a season high with 16 digs and had two aces in a five-set win. at Minnesota (2/13): Totaled double-digit digs (10) for the third-straight match. Indiana (2/19): Tallied eight digs. Purdue (3/5): Finished with seven digs and one ace. Rutgers (3/12): Contributed seven digs and one ace. Rutgers (3/13): Totaled five digs and two aces. vs. North Carolina A&T (4/15): Had eight digs in the NCAA Second Round. vs. Texas (4/18): Finished with 10 digs and two aces in the NCAA Regional Semifinal.

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Was the No. 77 ranked 2020 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace...Led Independence High School to two Ohio state runner-up finishes, a state semifinal appearance and a 95-15 record...Was a one-time Ohio Division 3 Player of the Year and a two-time Chagrin Valley Conference Player of the Year...Named All-Ohio twice...Served as team captain as a senior...Named to Fab 50 list, a Senior Ace and an All-American by PrepVolleyball...Finished with a school-record 1,383 digs and 232 aces...Played club volleyball for Academy Volleyball Cleveland for six years and Maverick for two years...Finished third at nationals and was named to the All-American Team in 2016.

PERSONAL
Parents are Kelly Bilinovic and Wayne Bilinovic...Wayne played basketball at Baldwin-Wallace and is a member of the school's Athletics Hall of Fame...Has two older sisters, Kalee and Olivia...Hobbies include working out, reading and yoga.