2013 Women's Volleyball
Aleksandra Nowak
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- S
- Hometown:
- Damnica, Poland
- Prev School:
- Boleslawa Krzywoustiego
KENT STATE AWARDS & HONORS
• Team Captain: 2012, 2013
• Letterwinner: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
• All-Tournament Team: Golden Flashes Classic (2013)
• Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention: 2012, 2013
• Ranks 4th in school history with 3,371 assists and 6th with 8.66 assists per set
CAREER MATCH HIGHS
Kills: 9 (at Buffalo, 11/6/10)
Attack Attempts: 15 (vs. Western Illinois, 8/27/11)
Set Assists: 62 (Robert Morris, 9/9/11)
Aces: 3 (three times, last time: Ohio, 10/10/13)
Digs: 15 (twice, last time: vs. Western Illinois, 8/27/11)
Solo Blocks: 2 (vs. Iona, 9/3/11)
Block Assists: 5 (five times, last time: Buffalo, 11/12/11)
Total Blocks: 6 (twice, last time: at Buffalo, 10/7/11)
Points: 10.0 (twice, last time: at Buffalo, 10/6/10)
CAREER MISCELLANEOUS STATS
Matches with 10 or more set assists: 98 (last: 25, vs. Ohio, 11/22/13)
Matches with 20 or more set assists: 88 (last: 25, vs. Ohio, 11/22/13)
Matches with 30 or more set assists: 57 (last: 31, Eastern Michigan, 11/16/13)
Matches with 40 or more set assists: 33 (last: 46, at Bowling Green, 11/9/13)
Matches with 50 or more set assists: 11 (last time: 56, at Buffalo, 9/28/13)
Matches with 60 or more set assists: 2 (last time: 60, Liberty, 9/7/12)
Matches with 10 or more digs: 18 (last: 12, at Bowling Green, 11/9/13)
Double-doubles: 19 (last: at Bowling Green, 11/9/13)
2013 - SENIOR SEASON
• Named AVSR Global Player of the Week (Sept. 23)
• Earned all-tournament team honors at the Golden Flashes Classic (Sept. 20-21) after averaging 12.00 assists and 2.64 digs per set and leading Kent State to the team championship
• Recorded 3,000th career assist against Ball State (Oct. 18), becoming the 4th Kent State player to achieve the mark
• Led the team in assists in all 29 matches she played
• Recorded eight double-doubles (assists and digs)
2012 - JUNIOR SEASON
• One of five Golden Flashes to appear in all 98 sets and made 26 starts
• Team-high 705 assists and 7.19 assists per set
• Led the team in assists in 26 times, digs twice, and total blocks once
• Tallied season-high marks of 60 digs and five kills against Liberty (Sept. 1) at the Kent State Mizuno Classic
• Recorded 20+ assists 22 times, 30+ seven times, and 40+ three times
• Tallied double-digit digs three times, including a season-high 14 against South Florida (Sept. 1) at the N.C. State Courtyard Midtown Classic
• Second on the team with 172 digs, 1.76 digs per set, and three double-doubles
• Matched career-high three service aces to go with season-high four total blocks at Miami (Sept. 21)
• Finished the season with 39 kills, 15 service aces, 20 total blocks, 64.5 points, and a .289 hitting percentage
• Led the team in assists 29 times, total blocks three times and digs twice
2011 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Saw action in 28 matches and 108 sets, making 28 starts
• Ranked ninth in the Mid-American Conference in assists per set (8.91)
• Team-high 962 assists, which is the most by a Golden Flash since 2006
• Led the team in assists in every match she played in
• Recorded 20+ assists 22 times, 30+ 17 times, 40+ nine times, 50+ five times
• Finished the season with 82 kills, 15 service aces, 165 digs, 62 total blocks, and 131 points
• Recorded fives double-doubles, including a pair of 50-assist and career-high 15-dig performances against SIU Edwardsville (Aug. 26) and vs. Western Illinois (Aug. 27) at the SIU Edwardsville Invitational
• Tallied a career-high 62 assists against Robert Morris (Sept. 9) in the Kent State/Mizuno Open
• Matched career-high with six total blocks at Buffalo (Oct. 7)
2010 - FRESHMAN SEASON
• Saw action in 21 matches and 71 sets, making 16 starts
• Team-best 597 assists and 8.41 assists per set
• Finished the season with 58 kills, 12 service aces, 94 digs, 44 total blocks, and 94 points
• Recorded 20+ assists 16 times, 30+ 11 times, 40+ six times, and 50+ three times
• Recorded season-high 51 assists at Akron (Nov. 5), which mark ranked as the second-most in a single match on the team for the season
• Responsible for three of the team's top-five set assist outputs of the season
• Posted three double-doubles
• Made first career start at Eastern Michigan (Sept. 25), compiling 27 set assists, five digs, two blocks, and one kill
• Tallied season-high 13 digs against Buffalo (Oct. 1) and Northern Illinois (Oct. 22)
• Totaled career-high nine kills at Buffalo (Nov. 6)
• Posted career-high six blocks (one solo, five assisted) at Bowling Green (Oct. 9)
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• A transfer to Wisla AGH Krakow in 2009, she earned promotion from the country’s third league to its second in ‘08 after helping her teams to back-to-back second-place finishes at the Province Kadet Championships (2005-06) and a silver at the Province Junior Championships in 2007
• Also competed for the National Beach Volleyball Team in Poland
PERSONAL
• Born on November 21, 1990
• Daughter of Robert and Dorota Nowak
• Has one sister, Agnes
• Majoring in recreation, park, and tourism management
