Jess Mruzik Season 2024

CAREER
Earned two AVCA All-America honors (second team in 2023, honorable mention in 2021)…Received two AVCA All-North Region (2021, 22) and one All-Northeast Region (2023) awards…Picked up three first-team All-Big Ten accolades (2021, 22, 23)…Earned three Academic All-Big Ten awards (2021, 22, 23)…Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2020)...Earned one AVCA National Player of the Week and three Big Ten Player of the Week honors.

2023 • SENIOR SEASON 
Awards:  Voted an AVCA second-team All-American...Named AVCA All-Northeast Region…Made the All-Big Ten first team…Received one AVCA National Player of the Week (9/5) and two Big Ten Player of the Week (9/5, 9/25) accolades...Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team...Selected as the MVP of the Penn State Invitational.

Season: Played in 118 sets while starting all 32 matches at outside hitter...Hit .251 with 583.5 points (4.94/set), 519 kills (4.40/set), 270 digs (2.29/set), 61 blocks (0.52/set) and 24 aces...In Penn State's single season record book during the 25-point rally scoring era, her season put her second in program history in points/set and kills/set and third in program history in total points and total kills...Had double-digit kills in 28 matches and 20 or more kills nine times, including a season-high 27 in four- and five-set matches against Purdue...Had double-digit digs 11 times, including a season-high 16 in addition to 16 kills in a four-set win over No. 2 Wisconsin at Rec Hall (11/11)...Recorded 11 double-doubles with kills and digs.

vs. Florida (8/25): Made Penn State debut at the Tampa Bay Lightning's Amalie Arena and finished with 15 kills, 14 digs and three aces. Western Kentucky (9/1): Hit .333 with 21 kills and five blocks in a four-set win. James Madison (9/3): Hit .339 with 26 kills and seven digs in a four-set win. Seton Hall (9/16): Racked up 20 kills, eight digs and three blocks in a four-set win. Rutgers (9/20): Hit .533 with 18 kills, 10 digs and three blocks in a sweep. at Northwestern (9/24): Hit .517 with 18 kills and an ace in a sweep. at Minnesota (9/30): Hit .381 with 21 kills and 15 digs in a four-set win. Indiana (10/6): Registered a double-double with 19 kills and 15 digs. Ohio State (10/7): Registered a double-double with 21 kills and 12 digs. Purdue (10/22): Totaled a season-high 27 kills and added eight digs in a four-set match. at Michigan (10/27): Recorded a double-double with 18 kills and 11 digs. at Purdue (11/5): Matched a season high with 27 kills in addition to 11 digs in a five-set match. Wisconsin (11/11): Totaled a career-high 16 digs in addition to 16 kills in a four-set win over the second-ranked Badgers at Rec Hall. Michigan State (11/17): Hit .484 with 19 kills. Northwestern (11/18): Hit .364 with 15 kills in a sweep. vs. Yale (11/30): Hit .486 with 19 kills, six digs and one ace in the NCAA First Round win. at Kansas (12/1): Finished with 21 kills and 10 digs in a five-set win over the 15th-ranked Jayhawks in the NCAA Second Round. at Wisconsin (12/7): Registered a double-double with 15 kills and 14 digs in the NCAA Regional Semifinal match.

2022 • JUNIOR SEASON (AT MICHIGAN)
Awards:  Named AVCA All-North Region…Made the All-Big Ten first team…Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season: Played in 107 sets over 30 matches…Hit .240 and finished with 394 kills (3.68/set), 250 digs (2.34/set), 62 blocks, and 20 aces…Recorded double-digit kills 26 times, including a season-high 22 in addition to 11 digs while hitting .349 in a four-set match against Illinois…Reached double-digit digs nine times, including a season-high 19 in addition to 15 kills in a three-set win over Northern Arizona…Racked up nine double-doubles with kills and digs.

2021• SOPHOMORE SEASON (AT MICHIGAN)
Awards: Named an AVCA honorable mention All-American…Selected to the AVCA All-North Region Team…Made the All-Big Ten first team…Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team…Received one Big Ten Player of the Week award (11/9).

Season: Played 109 sets over 30 matches…Hit .244 and finished with 389 kills (3.57/set), 275 digs (2.52/set), 50 blocks, and 28 aces…Totaled double-digit kills 25 times, including a season-high 31 in addition to 15 digs while hitting .509 in a five-set win over Duke (9/10)…Tallied double-digit digs 11 times, including a season-high 16 in addition to 15 kills in a four-set match at Penn State (11/5)…Registered 10 double-doubles with kills and digs.
 
2020-21 • FRESHMAN SEASON (AT MICHIGAN)
Awards: Made the Big Ten All-Freshman Team.
 
Season: Played in 46 sets over 12 matches…Hit .157 and finished with 163 kills (3.54/set), 84 digs (1.83/set), 20 blocks, and 10 aces…Reached double-digit kills nine times, including a season-high 21 in a four-set match against Purdue (2/13)…Tallied double-digit digs twice, including a season-high 11 in addition to 12 kills in a five-set win over Maryland (2/20)…Had two double-doubles with kills and digs.

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Ranked as the No. 4 PrepVolleyball Senior Ace in 2020…Named the National Gatorade Player of the Year in 2019 while playing for Farmington Hills Mercy…Was the Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019…Named an Under Armour All-American in 2019 and was the MVP of the Under Armour All-American Game…Earned all-state honors in Michigan four times, including first team in each of her final three seasons…Named the 2018 PrepVolleyball Michigan Player of the Year…Played for Legacy Volleyball Club (2017-19) and won the 18U AAU National Title in 2018…Was the MVP of the AAU National Tournament in 2018…Won the FIVB U18 World Title and was named the FIVB World Championship MVP…Played first three years of collegiate volleyball at Michigan.

PERSONAL
Parents are Jeff and Jacki Mruzik...Earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Michigan, an MBA from Penn State, and is now pursuing a graduate certificate in business analytics at Penn State.