Josie Bloom

Position:
Defensive Specialist / Libero
Height:
5-6
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Notre Dame Prep
Hometown:
Clarkston, MI

Career Notes Entering 2024 Season:
• Played in 25 of a possible 32 matches over her Ball State career
• Has seen action in 77 of a possible 120 sets
• Credited with double-digit digs in five career matches

2023 (Jr.): Earned first letter at Ball State ... played in 25 matches, making eight starts … saw action in 77 of a possible 120 sets … ranked fifth on the team with 144 digs, including double-digit digs in five matches … collected a career-high 13 digs at Creighton (Sept. 1) … added 10 digs in four other matches; at Western Kentucky (Sept. 15), versus Central Michigan (Sept. 21), at Eastern Michigan (Sept. 29) and versus Ohio (Oct. 28) … secured at least one dig in 22 matches, with five-or-more on 18 occasions … registered a perfect reception percentage in eight matches, while ranking fourth on the team with 321 reception attempts … faces a career-high 40 serves at WKU, successfully passing 37 … served up seven aces, including two each in her 10-dig matches versus CMU and at EMU … credited with 15 assists on the year … collected her first collegiate kill versus ETSU (Sept. 16).

PRIOR TO BALL STATE:
2022 at Virginia Tech: Played in eight matches, appearing in 16 sets … registered 14 digs, averaging 0.88 digs per set … also dished out one assist … collected a season-high nine digs vs. Davidson (Aug. 27).

High School: Four-year varsity member at Notre Dame Prep ... Named to the AVCA Phenom List in 2020 and 2021 ... 2021 AAU All-American and All-Region Team member ... PrepVolleyball 2022 Top 150 member as well as the 2021 and 2020 PrepDig No. 1 ranked L/DS in the state of Michigan ... Four-time All-Region member (2018-2020) ... Earned Third Team All-State honors in 2019 and Second Team honors in 2020 ... Michigan Miss Volleyball Finalist (2021) ... Helped her team to a semifinalist appearance her sophomore and junior year.

Personal: Daughter of Charles and Janet Bloom ... has three siblings, Nathan, Christopher and Ellen ... plans to major in criminology with the goal of becoming a detective.