Lia Simanski

20 Lia Simanski

Height:

5-5
Hometown:

Altoona, PA
Position:

OH
Year:

Jr
High School:

Bishop Guilfoyle

m

27
k/s

3.10
h %

.155
a/s

0.05
b/s

0.14
sa/s

0.26
d/s

3.01

Bio

2024: Played in all 30 matches as a sophomore with Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball, appearing in a total of 114 sets…was a second-team All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference selection…among all players in the conference, ranked seventh in points (342.0) and kills (309), ninth in kills per set (2.71), 10th in points per set (3.0), 11th in digs (343), 14th in digs per set (3.01), 23rd in hitting percentage (.140), and 27th in service aces (26)…took a spot on the AMCC Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer…named to the College Sports Communicators’ NCAA Division III Academic All-District team.

2023: Competed in all 27 matches during her freshman campaign with Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball, seeing action in a total of 98 sets…was voted the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Newcomer of the Year while also being a second-team all-conference pick…among all players in the AMCC, ranked seventh in kills (269) and kills per set (2.74), eighth in points (299.0), ninth in points per set (3.1), 10th in digs (334), 12th in digs per set (3.41), 37th in service aces (24), and 39th in hitting percentage (.105)…earned a spot on the AMCC’s Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer.

High School: Member of the District 6 championship volleyball team at Bishop Guilfoyle High School as a junior...was an all-state volleyball selection in her junior and senior seasons...also took Altoona Mirror all-star status in her junior and senior years...was first-team all-district in volleyball as a junior and senior...earned the Laurel Highlands Award as a senior...was named a High Top Sports player of the game during her junior season...was the 2023 Bishop Guilfoyle salutatorian...earned the Certificate of Recognition...2021 Artist of the 21st Century Student Art Exhibit in her freshman year...earned the Presidential Award as a senior...Altoona Sunrise Rotary student of the month in 2022...member of the National Honor Society as a junior and senior, becoming the school president of NHS...Challenge Program Award for academic excellent as a senior...four-year high honor roll student...Altoona Mirror Student of the Month in her senior year.

Personal: Daughter of Kimberly and Patrick Simanski...majoring in Business.

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	27	8
Sets	86	29
Kills	267	78
Kills per set	3.10	2.69
Errors	119	37
Total Attacks	957	309
Total Attacks per set	11.13	10.66
Hitting Percentage	.155	.133
Assists	4	2
Assists per set	0.05	0.07
Service Total Attempts	253	82
Service Aces	22	6
Service Errors	46	12
Service Aces per set	0.26	0.21
Receptions	480	159
Reception Errors	36	6
Digs	259	86
Digs per set	3.01	2.97
Block Solo	0	0
Block Assist	12	7
Block Total	12	7
Blocks per set	0.14	0.24
Block Errors	1	0
Ball Handling Errors	0	0
Points	295.0	87.5
Points per set	3.4	3.0
Matches started	25	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	3	6	35	-.086	0	0	0	23	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	3.5
Aug 30	vs. No. 6 Wis.-Oshkosh	L, 3-0	1	3	6	3	22	.136	0	0	3	24	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.0
Aug 30	vs. Thiel	L, 3-0	1	3	10	4	34	.176	0	0	3	27	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	10.0
Sep 5	Dickinson	L, 3-0	1	3	12	12	38	.000	0	0	3	20	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	12.0
Sep 6	Penn College	W, 3-0	1	2	4	1	16	.188	0	3	1	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7.0
Sep 6	Wash. & Jeff.	L, 3-1	1	4	7	10	51	-.059	0	0	2	22	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	7.0
Sep 9	at St. Vincent	W, 3-2	1	5	16	4	44	.273	0	5	3	20	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	21.0
Sep 16	at Lycoming	L, 3-1	1	4	19	4	47	.319	0	0	3	19	2	5	0	2	0	2	0	20.0
Sep 18	at York	L, 3-0	1	3	11	6	33	.152	0	2	1	20	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	13.0
Sep 20	vs. York	W, 3-0	1	3	7	6	33	.030	1	2	0	20	2	13	0	1	0	1	0	9.5
Sep 20	at Susquehanna	L, 3-0	-	1	4	1	15	.200	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0
Sep 25	at Chatham	W, 3-1	1	4	11	11	54	.000	0	1	3	26	1	23	0	1	0	1	0	12.5
Sep 27	at Wilkes	W, 3-0	1	3	15	0	36	.417	1	2	2	31	2	14	0	0	0	0	0	17.0
Sep 27	vs. Bard	W, 3-0	1	3	16	2	35	.400	0	0	3	10	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	16.0
Sep 30	at Penn St.-Berks	W, 3-0	1	1	5	0	7	.714	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.0
Oct 4	vs. Penn State Hazleton	W, 3-0	1	2	8	2	24	.250	0	0	2	4	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	8.0
Oct 4	at Elizabethtown	L, 3-0	1	3	11	3	45	.178	0	0	1	8	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	11.0
Oct 7	at Mt. Aloysius	L, 3-0	1	3	9	4	29	.172	0	0	2	29	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	9.0
Oct 11	at Pitt.-Bradford	L, 3-1	1	4	10	3	46	.152	1	2	3	16	0	12	0	2	0	2	0	13.0
Oct 18	Alfred St.	W, 3-2	1	5	9	9	46	.000	0	1	1	14	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	10.0
Oct 21	Carlow	W, 3-0	1	3	8	4	24	.167	0	1	2	12	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	9.0
Oct 25	at Hilbert	W, 3-2	-	5	12	6	63	.095	1	0	4	32	1	21	0	3	0	3	0	13.5
Oct 29	at La Roche	W, 3-1	1	4	16	7	42	.214	0	0	0	25	1	24	0	1	0	1	0	16.5
Nov 1	Penn St.-Behrend	W, 3-0	1	3	10	3	36	.194	0	2	0	25	1	8	0	1	0	1	0	12.5
Nov 4	Pitt.-Greensburg	W, 3-0	1	2	4	1	23	.130	0	0	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0
Nov 8	at No. 9 Juniata	L, 3-0	1	3	10	2	28	.286	0	0	1	23	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	10.0
Nov 8	vs. RV Carnegie Mellon	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 15	vs. Penn St.-Behrend	L, 3-1	1	4	14	5	51	.176	0	1	2	12	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	15.0

	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	27	98	269	2.74	159	1046	.105	6	0.06	24	0.24	527	41	334	3.41	3	6	9	0.09	299.0	3.1
2024-25	30	114	309	2.71	158	1079	.140	16	0.14	26	0.23	663	49	343	3.01	2	10	12	0.11	342.0	3.0
2025-26	27	86	267	3.10	119	957	.155	4	0.05	22	0.26	480	36	259	3.01	0	12	12	0.14	295.0	3.4
Total	84	298	845	2.84	436	3082	.133	26	0.09	72	0.24	1670	126	936	3.14	5	28	33	0.11	936.0	3.1

		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	27	86	267	3.10	119	957	.155	4	0.05	22	0.26	480	36	259	3.01	0	12	12	0.14	295.0	3.4
	Conference	8	29	78	2.69	37	309	.133	2	0.07	6	0.21	159	6	86	2.97	0	7	7	0.24	87.5	3.0
	Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location	Home	7	22	54	2.45	40	234	.060	0	0.00	7	0.32	108	4	48	2.18	0	1	1	0.05	61.5	2.8
	Away	14	46	152	3.30	57	524	.181	3	0.07	12	0.26	275	21	165	3.59	0	10	10	0.22	169.0	3.7
	Neutral	6	18	61	3.39	22	199	.196	1	0.06	3	0.17	97	11	46	2.56	0	1	1	0.06	64.5	3.6
Result	Wins	14	45	141	3.13	56	483	.176	3	0.07	17	0.38	235	10	167	3.71	0	7	7	0.16	161.5	3.6
Result	Losses	13	41	126	3.07	63	474	.133	1	0.02	5	0.12	245	26	92	2.24	0	5	5	0.12	133.5	3.3
Month	August	3	9	19	2.11	13	91	.066	0	0.00	0	0.00	74	10	8	0.89	0	1	1	0.11	19.5	2.2
	September	12	36	127	3.53	57	409	.171	2	0.06	15	0.42	200	9	126	3.50	0	4	4	0.11	144.0	4.0
	October	8	29	83	2.86	38	319	.141	2	0.07	4	0.14	140	5	97	3.34	0	6	6	0.21	90.0	3.1
	November	4	12	38	3.17	11	138	.196	0	0.00	3	0.25	66	12	28	2.33	0	1	1	0.08	41.5	3.5