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2023 Men's Volleyball Roster

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13 Brendan Spulnick

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 180
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Clifton Park, NY
  • High School Shenendehowa High School
  • Major Digit Media Management

Biography

2023: Named AVCA All American Second Team…AVCA All North Region…All-UVC Second Team…Started in 20 out of 24 matches, appearing in 89 sets…2nd on the team in points (353.5) and kills (269), averaging 3.97 PTS/S and 3.02 K/S…led the team and is 4th all time in service aces in a season with 63…logged 131 digs and 34 total blocks…set the all time record in school history with 6 aces in 5 sets against Arcadia on February 18.

2022: Named Second-Team All-UVC... played in 26 matches, totaled 91 sets with 25 starts... ranked second highest points-per-set on the team 3.20... tallied 207 kills offensively from 460 total attempts, resulting in a hitting percentage of .211... aided in 13 assists... led the team in serving aces with 65... had a season high of eight serving aces Feb. 10 against St. Joe's-LI and a three-set match on Feb. 26 against St. John Fisher.

2021: Named First-Team All-UVC... played 36 sets (second-most on team), starting seven of ten matches... led team in points with 157, and was second in the UVC in points (4.36 per set), fourth in the UVC in hitting percentage (.308), second in kills (3.44 per set), and service aces (0.61 per set)… led team in kills (124), total attempts (234) and services aces (22)… season-high 26 points March 24 vs. Vassar... reached 20 kills twice on the season (March 20 at St. John Fisher and March 24 vs. Vassar)… season-high 42 total attempts and 11 digs March 20 at St. John Fisher… registered at least 15 kills four times.

2020: Played in all 19 matches, totaling team-most 67 sets with 15 starts… recorded 193 kills, second most on the team, averaging 2.88 kills per set… had 241 points on the season, averaging 3.6 points per set with a hitting percentage of .284… led the team with 25 service aces… added seven assists offensively… recorded 72 digs and 15 blocks defensively… enjoyed career-high 19 kills twice this season, Jan. 24 against Juniata College and Feb. 21 against Stevens.

2019: Appeared in 27 matches, totaling 78 sets... Contributed 93 points, including 59 kills and 29 service aces... Also gave the Hawks 32 digs and 9 blocks... Put up a career-high 13 kills and 14.5 points against Lasell

High School Accolades: Times-Union Player of the Year at Shenendehowa High School… Suburban Council Player of the Year… Shen Boys Volleyball 2017. 

Personal: From Clifton Park, NY… graduated from Shenendehowa High School in 2018…  brother, Michael, played college baseball at SUNY Brockport for four years… mother, Nicole, ran track in college… enjoys helping youth improve their volleyball skills… son of Michael and Nicole Spulnick. 

Fun Fact: “I was a three-sport athlete in high school (volleyball, baseball, basketball).”

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2019Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    6'3" 0 lbs
    15
  • 13

    2020Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'3" 180 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2021Junior

    Outside Hitter
    6'3" 180 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2022Senior

    Outside Hitter
    6'4" 180 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2023Graduate Student

    Outside Hitter
    6'4" 180 lbs
    13