2018 Men's Volleyball Roster
Matt Walsh
- Position:
- Middle Attacker
- Height:
- 6-11
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Mount Carmel
2018: Earned fourth letter at Ball State... competed and started in all 30 matches for the Cardinals… All-MIVA First Team… AVCA All-American Honorable Mention… three time MIVA player of the week… AVCA Player of the Week… tallied 275 kills for a .385 hitting percentage and 2.43 kills per set… marked 120 block assists and 13 solo blocks… added 31 digs, 32 service aces and four assists… finished the season with 380 points… finished out his career as a Cardinal with 809 total kills, placing him sixth in school history… has a .398 career hitting percentage which also places him sixth in the Ball State record books…tallied 95 career service aces, placing him third in school history… second all-time in career blocks with 504… second in block assists (456) and seventh in solo blocks (48)… racked up 1180 career points, second in school history
2017: Earned third letter at Ball State… All-MIVA First Team… AVCA All-American Honorable Mention… MIVA Defensive Player of the Week (Mar. 7)… saw action in 105 of the Cardinals’ 109 sets, including 28 starts… tallied 223 kills for a .449 hitting percentage, first in the nation… knocked down 109 block assists and 16 solo blocks… other stats for the season include 26 service aces and 13 digs… knocked down a season-high 13 kills along with four service aces in the victory over Quincy (Mar. 31)… season-high 12 total blocks, 9 block assists and three solo blocks, in the victory over Grand Canyon (Mar. 1)… finished the season at 19th in school history (during rally scoring era) with 534 career kills… sits at sixth in school history (during rally scoring era) with a career hitting percentage of .405… ninth in school history (during rally scoring era) with 63 career service aces, also ninth in solo blocks with 35… third in school history (during rally scoring era) with 336 career block assists, also third in total career blocks with 371… finished the season at sixth in school history (during rally scoring era) with 1.23 blocks per set
2016: Earned second letter at Ball State ... named to All-MIVA Second Team ... earned Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 29 after tallying 17 total blocks in a pair of Ball State sweeps ... marked a career-high of 158 kills and 20 aces in the 2016 campaign ... tallied a season-high of 13 kills against UC Irvine on March 20 ... downed two service aces on four occasions ... earned seven digs in the 3-1 victory over Harvard ... marked a single-match high of 10 total blocks in the 3-0 sweep of Quincy on Feb. 25 in conference play ... averaged 1.52 kills per set and 1.12 blocks per set, leading to a significant .368 hitting percentage.
2015: Earned first letter at Ball State ... Academic All-MIVA team member ... earned MIVA Defensive Player of the Week two weeks in a row on Jan. 20 and Jan. 27 ... named National Freshman of the Week by Off the Block on Jan. 20 ... named to the Freshman All-American Team by Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. ... saw action in 28 matches, including 27 starts, as well as 93 of the Cardinals 100 sets throughout the season ... posted a total of 153 kills, averaging 1.65 kills per set ... held the second-best hitting percentage on the Ball State roster with .384 ... marked a season-best of 10 kills three times throughout the season, including the George Mason, Grand Canyon and Quincy matches ... led the Cardinals with 129 total blocks, averaging 1.39 blocks per set, which sits third in the nation ... earned 14 total blocks in two matches, against Sacred Heart and IPFW, which ties for first the Ball State all-time record book in rally scoring history ... tallied a total of 241.5 points on the season, which sits third on the Ball State team this season ... racked up 17 aces, which is the third most on the Ball State team this season.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner for head coach Abigail Hasebroock at Mount Carmel High School ... named Catholic League Blue Division all-conference in 2013 ... helped Mount Carmel earn the regional championship in 2012 and 2013 ... earned USAV 14-club championship honors and USAV 18 open runner-up.
PERSONAL: Son of Matthew and Michele Walsh ... has two sisters, Megan (19) and Mary Cate (16) and one brother, Bobby (20) ... mother Michele played basketball at St. Francis, father Matthew played football at Elmhurst ... brother Bobby plays volleyball at Lewis and sister Megan plays basketball at Truman ... born July 23, 1996 in Chicago, Ill. ... majoring in accounting.
