2 Jack McKenna
Jack McKenna
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Hometown:
    Manahawkin, NJ
  • Position:
    OH
  • Year:
    So
  • High School:
    Southern Regional
  • m
    26
  • k/s
    2.37
  • h %
    .154
  • a/s
    0.31
  • b/s
    0.19
  • sa/s
    0.35
  • d/s
    2.34

Bio

2025: Played in all 27 matches in his freshman season with Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball, seeing action in 93 sets…among all players in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, ranked ninth in digs (163), 10th in kills (180) and points (210.5), 11th in hitting percentage (.178), 12th in digs per set (1.75), 13th in kills per set (1.94), 14th in points per set (2.3), 16th in solo blocks (7), 20th in block assists (19) and total blocks (26), and 24th in service aces (14)…was selected the AMCC’s Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 3.

High School: Three-year Shore Conference champion...2023 NJ Group 4 state championship.

Personal: Son of Michelle and Dan McKenna...is enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 28 at Houghton L, 3-0
Mar 31 at Mount Aloysius W, 3-0
Apr 1 at Carlow W, 3-0
Apr 3 at Buffalo St. L, 3-2
Apr 4 at Hilbert W, 3-1
Apr 8 at Buffalo St. L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 26 12
Sets 93 42
Kills 220 108
Kills per set 2.37 2.57
Errors 109 53
Total Attacks 722 336
Total Attacks per set 7.76 8.00
Hitting Percentage .154 .164
Assists 29 11
Assists per set 0.31 0.26
Service Total Attempts 428 200
Service Aces 33 22
Service Errors 33 17
Service Aces per set 0.35 0.52
Receptions 538 212
Reception Errors 29 15
Digs 218 106
Digs per set 2.34 2.52
Block Solo 7 6
Block Assist 11 2
Block Total 18 8
Blocks per set 0.19 0.19
Block Errors 3 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 265.5 137.0
Points per set 2.9 3.3
Matches started 26 12
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 23 at Gallaudet W, 3-0 1 3 10 6 32 .125 0 3 0 14 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Jan 23 vs. Lynchburg L, 3-1 1 4 10 3 26 .269 2 0 1 24 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Jan 28 vs. St. Vincent L, 3-0 1 3 1 4 9 -.333 0 0 2 12 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Jan 30 vs. Geneva L, 3-1 1 4 11 3 31 .258 1 0 2 13 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Jan 31 vs. Grove City L, 3-0 1 3 6 3 17 .176 1 0 2 21 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 6.5
Jan 31 vs. Hiram L, 3-2 1 5 11 4 40 .175 2 2 0 32 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Feb 3 at Chatham L, 3-2 1 5 8 7 45 .022 2 0 3 54 2 17 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Feb 7 at Wilkes L, 3-1 1 4 12 4 35 .229 1 0 0 26 1 4 1 1 1 2 0 13.5
Feb 7 vs. Cairn W, 3-1 1 4 6 3 27 .111 2 0 3 29 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Feb 14 Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-0 1 3 6 3 20 .150 1 0 1 21 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 7.0
Feb 17 Carlow W, 3-0 1 3 8 3 20 .250 1 2 2 15 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
Feb 20 at Shenandoah L, 3-0 1 3 12 4 31 .258 1 1 0 23 2 13 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Feb 21 vs. Roanoke L, 3-1 1 4 9 6 29 .103 1 3 1 19 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Feb 21 at Randolph L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 15 .000 3 2 1 18 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Feb 25 Mount Aloysius W, 3-1 1 4 9 5 37 .108 0 0 2 16 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 10.0
Mar 3 at No. 6 Messiah L, 3-0 1 3 8 0 24 .333 0 0 1 14 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 8.0
Mar 6 No. 19 Buffalo St. L, 3-0 1 3 7 4 21 .143 1 3 1 15 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Mar 7 Hilbert W, 3-2 1 5 10 3 37 .189 3 4 2 18 1 15 1 0 0 1 0 15.0
Mar 20 Houghton W, 3-1 1 4 13 10 45 .067 0 0 2 30 2 11 1 1 0 2 0 14.5
Mar 21 at Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-0 1 3 10 4 31 .194 1 1 1 19 2 12 1 0 0 1 0 12.0
Mar 28 at Houghton L, 3-0 1 3 7 4 25 .120 0 1 0 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Mar 31 at Mount Aloysius W, 3-0 1 3 9 6 24 .125 2 2 1 11 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Apr 1 at Carlow W, 3-0 1 2 6 2 9 .444 0 6 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Apr 3 at Buffalo St. L, 3-2 1 5 6 6 31 .000 1 1 2 13 2 10 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Apr 4 at Hilbert W, 3-1 1 4 17 3 36 .389 1 2 1 30 1 22 0 0 1 0 0 19.0
Apr 8 at Buffalo St. L, 3-0 1 3 6 7 25 -.040 2 0 0 27 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2024-25 27 93 180 1.94 81 556 .178 16 0.17 14 0.15 538 31 163 1.75 7 19 26 0.28 210.5 2.3
2025-26 26 93 220 2.37 109 722 .154 29 0.31 33 0.35 538 29 218 2.34 7 11 18 0.19 265.5 2.9
Total 53 186 400 2.15 190 1278 .164 45 0.24 47 0.25 1076 60 381 2.05 14 30 44 0.24 476.0 2.6
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 26 93 220 2.37 109 722 .154 29 0.31 33 0.35 538 29 218 2.34 7 11 18 0.19 265.5 2.9
Conference 12 42 108 2.57 53 336 .164 11 0.26 22 0.52 212 15 106 2.52 6 2 8 0.19 137.0 3.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 22 53 2.41 28 180 .139 6 0.27 9 0.41 115 9 51 2.32 5 1 6 0.27 67.5 3.1
Away 13 44 113 2.57 55 363 .160 14 0.32 19 0.43 273 13 115 2.61 2 5 7 0.16 136.5 3.1
Neutral 7 27 54 2.00 26 179 .156 9 0.33 5 0.19 150 7 52 1.93 0 5 5 0.19 61.5 2.3
Result Wins 9 32 88 2.75 41 267 .176 9 0.28 19 0.59 166 6 78 2.44 4 2 6 0.19 112.0 3.5
Losses 17 61 132 2.16 68 455 .141 20 0.33 14 0.23 372 23 140 2.30 3 9 12 0.20 153.5 2.5
Month January 6 22 49 2.23 23 155 .168 6 0.27 5 0.23 116 6 42 1.91 0 3 3 0.14 55.5 2.5
February 9 33 72 2.18 37 259 .135 12 0.36 8 0.24 221 10 73 2.21 4 6 10 0.30 87.0 2.6
March 7 24 64 2.67 31 207 .159 7 0.29 11 0.46 128 10 61 2.54 3 1 4 0.17 78.5 3.3
April 4 14 35 2.50 18 101 .168 4 0.29 9 0.64 73 3 42 3.00 0 1 1 0.07 44.5 3.2

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