13 Julia Emel
Julia Emel
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Hometown:
    Woodward, PA
  • Position:
    S
  • Year:
    Jr
  • High School:
    Penns Valley
  • m
    28
  • k/s
    0.05
  • h %
    -.114
  • a/s
    4.77
  • b/s
    0.01
  • sa/s
    0.20
  • d/s
    1.90

Bio

2024: Played in all 30 matches as a sophomore with the Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball team, seeing action in a total of 113 sets…ranked fourth in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference in assists (510) and seventh in assists per set (4.51)…was also 21st in digs (248), 28th in digs per set (2.19), and 36th in service aces (21)…earned a place on the AMCC Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer.

2023: Played in 24 matches during her freshman campaign with the Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball program, appearing in a total of 74 sets…in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, ranked fifth in assists per set (5.14) and ninth in total assists (380) while also being 28th in digs per set (2.28) and 37th in total digs (169)…finished with 29 points on 15 service aces, 13 kills, and two block assists…earned a spot on the AMCC’s Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer.

High School: Three-year letter winner in volleyball at Penns Valley...two-year team captain...was a second-team Mountain League all-star and a second-team all-district pick...holds her high school's record for assists with 1,222 in her career...was also a two-year letter winner in basketball...earned Mountain League winter all-star honorable mention status for basketball...vice president of the Key Club.

Personal: Daughter of Kim Claar and Terry Emel...majoring in Criminal Justice/Human Development and Family Studies.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 29 at La Roche W, 3-1
Nov 1 Penn St.-Behrend W, 3-0
Nov 4 Pitt.-Greensburg W, 3-0
Nov 8 at No. 9 Juniata L, 3-0
Nov 8 vs. RV Carnegie Mellon L, 3-0
Nov 15 vs. Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 28 8
Sets 96 30
Kills 5 1
Kills per set 0.05 0.03
Errors 10 2
Total Attacks 44 10
Total Attacks per set 0.46 0.33
Hitting Percentage -.114 -.100
Assists 458 148
Assists per set 4.77 4.93
Service Total Attempts 315 109
Service Aces 19 5
Service Errors 27 6
Service Aces per set 0.20 0.17
Receptions 10 2
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 182 44
Digs per set 1.90 1.47
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 1 0
Block Total 1 0
Blocks per set 0.01 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 24.5 6.0
Points per set 0.3 0.2
Matches started 27 7
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 29 at Salisbury L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 7 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 30 vs. No. 6 Wis.-Oshkosh L, 3-0 1 3 1 1 3 .000 7 0 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Aug 30 vs. Thiel L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 12 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 5 Dickinson L, 3-0 1 3 0 1 1 -1.000 16 1 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 6 Penn College W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 11 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 6 Wash. & Jeff. L, 3-1 1 4 1 0 2 .500 16 2 2 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 9 at St. Vincent W, 3-2 1 5 0 2 3 -.667 24 1 2 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 16 at Lycoming L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 1 .000 18 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 18 at York L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 3 .333 23 0 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Sep 20 vs. York W, 3-0 1 3 0 1 1 -1.000 16 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 20 at Susquehanna L, 3-0 1 3 0 1 4 -.250 15 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 25 at Chatham W, 3-1 1 4 0 1 5 -.200 25 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 27 at Wilkes W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 19 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 27 vs. Bard W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 16 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 30 at Penn St.-Berks W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 .000 15 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 4 vs. Penn State Hazleton W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 .000 16 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 4 at Elizabethtown L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 17 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 7 at Mt. Aloysius L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 .000 10 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 11 at Pitt.-Bradford L, 3-1 1 4 1 1 3 .000 12 1 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 18 Alfred St. W, 3-2 1 5 0 1 3 -.333 23 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 21 Carlow W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 15 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 25 at Hilbert W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 25 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 29 at La Roche W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 1 .000 26 2 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 1 Penn St.-Behrend W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 14 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 4 Pitt.-Greensburg W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 23 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 8 at No. 9 Juniata L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 .000 12 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 8 vs. RV Carnegie Mellon L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 8 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 15 vs. Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-1 1 4 0 1 3 -.333 17 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  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
2023-24 24 74 13 0.18 8 65 .077 380 5.14 15 0.20 0 0 169 2.28 0 2 2 0.03 29.0 0.4
2024-25 30 113 10 0.09 3 89 .079 510 4.51 21 0.19 4 2 248 2.19 0 1 1 0.01 31.5 0.3
2025-26 28 96 5 0.05 10 44 -.114 458 4.77 19 0.20 10 0 182 1.90 0 1 1 0.01 24.5 0.3
Total 82 283 28 0.10 21 198 .035 1348 4.76 55 0.19 14 2 599 2.12 0 4 4 0.01 85.0 0.3
    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 28 96 5 0.05 10 44 -.114 458 4.77 19 0.20 10 0 182 1.90 0 1 1 0.01 24.5 0.3
Conference 8 30 1 0.03 2 10 -.100 148 4.93 5 0.17 2 0 44 1.47 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 24 1 0.04 2 6 -.167 118 4.92 5 0.21 1 0 48 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.3
Away 14 50 2 0.04 5 28 -.107 248 4.96 7 0.14 7 0 92 1.84 0 1 1 0.02 9.5 0.2
Neutral 7 22 2 0.09 3 10 -.100 92 4.18 7 0.32 2 0 42 1.91 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.4
Result Wins 14 50 0 0.00 5 19 -.263 268 5.36 10 0.20 6 0 87 1.74 0 0 0 0.00 10.0 0.2
Losses 14 46 5 0.11 5 25 .000 190 4.13 9 0.20 4 0 95 2.07 0 1 1 0.02 14.5 0.3
Month August 3 9 2 0.22 1 4 .250 26 2.89 2 0.22 0 0 23 2.56 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.4
September 12 41 2 0.05 6 23 -.174 214 5.22 9 0.22 6 0 88 2.15 0 1 1 0.02 11.5 0.3
October 8 30 1 0.03 2 12 -.083 144 4.80 5 0.17 3 0 43 1.43 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.2
November 5 16 0 0.00 1 5 -.200 74 4.63 3 0.19 1 0 28 1.75 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 0.2

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