Maddy Bilinovic - 2024 - Volleyball (original) (raw)

Biography

Awards & Honors
2021-22 Big Ten All-Academic Team
2022-23 Big Ten All-Academic Team
2023-24 Big Ten All-Academic Team
2023-24 Dean’s List
2024 All-BIG EAST Conference
2024 AVCA All-West Region
2024 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 9/16
2024 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 10/7
2024 Cardinal Classic All-Tournament Team
2024 VolleyballMag.com Third Team All-American

Personal
• Daughter of Wayne and Kelly Bilinovic.
• Has two older sisters, Olivia and Kalee.
• Father played basketball at Baldwin-Wallace and is in BW’s Athletics Hall of Fame.
• Pursuing her MBA at Creighton.
• Sports hero is Morgan Hentz.
• Favorite food is wings.
• First job as a kid was a camp counselor.
• Favorite ice cream flavor is cookies and cream.
• Person she’d love to meet is LeBron James.
• Favorite pizza topping is mushrooms.
• Three dream dinner guests would be LeBron James, Kevin Hart and Jennifer Lawrence.
• Life advice to others is work hard, be loud and don’t worry about what others think of you.
• Dream vacation destination is Bora Bora.
• Thinks Kristen Bell would play her in a movie.
• Movie she’s seen the most is The Notebook.
• Favorite actress is Blake Lively.
• Opponent she can’t wait to play is Kansas.
• Besides volleyball, favorite sport to watch is football and favorite sport to play is basketball.
• Favorite pro team is the Cleveland Cavaliers.
• Thinks Emma Ziegler is her most improved teammate.
• Best friend on another college team is Florida’s AC Fitzpatrick.
• Favorite class at Creighton is Accounting with Donald Lux.
• Best sports memory is beating Kansas in the NCAA Tournament last fall while at Penn State.

2024: Senior at Creighton
• Named a Third Team All-American by VolleyballMag.com.
• An All-BIG EAST choice in 2024.
• Named AVCA All-West Region in 2024.
• Ranked fifth in the BIG EAST in digs per set.
• In BIG EAST play only, ranked third in digs per set and seventh in aces per set.
• Averaged 3.87 digs per set against Top 25 teams this year.
• Fifth-year senior who spent the first four years of college at Penn State before transferring to CU in January.
• Had 790 digs and 58 aces with the Nittany Lions.
• Played as libero in 38 of her 103 appearances with Penn State.
• Was Creighton’s libero every set this season, leading the team with 440 digs.
• Owned 10 digs in Bluejay debut vs. NC State (Aug. 30) before adding 15 digs vs. Drake (Sept. 1).
• Dug 20 balls in win vs. No. 20 USC (Sept. 5).
• Contributed 18 digs at No. 5 Nebraska (Sept. 10).
• Had a career-high 27 digs at No. 4 Louisville (Sept. 15), helping her earn Cardinal Classic All-Tournament Team honors and BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week accolades (Sept. 16).
• Also tabbed BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 7.
• Secured 20 digs and served season-high three aces in 3-1 win vs. Marquette (Oct. 1).
• Surpassed 1,000 career digs on Oct. 4 in 3-0 win at Butler.
• Finished Oct. 18 win vs. Xavier with 18 digs in just three sets.
• Tallied 15 digs and notched two aces at Marquette (Nov. 10).
• Had 16 digs and an ace in 3-0 win vs. Seton Hall (Nov. 15).
• Owned 10+ digs in 10 straight matches from Sept. 10-Oct. 4.
• Notched first kill of the season vs. South Dakota (Dec. 5), adding 17 digs.
• Closed her season with team-high 15 digs at No. 2 Penn State (Dec. 15), adding a pair of service aces, against her former school.

2023: Senior at Penn State
• Averaged 2.27 digs per set, 0.48 assists per set and 0.20 aces per set at Penn State.
• Recorded double-digit digs nine times, including five times against Top 25 competition.
• Dug a season-high 16 balls at No. 15 Kansas to clinch Sweet 16 appearance (Dec. 1).
• Made two appearances at libero, doing so against Colgate (Sept. 2) and James Madison (Sept. 3).
• Owned 14 digs, six assists and an ace in win against No. 22 Western Kentucky (Sept. 1).
• Team finished 23-9 overall, including a 15-5 Big Ten record, and reached the Sweet 16, while finishing 12th in the AVCA rankings.
• Finished the fall by landing on the Academic All-Big Ten team for the third time.

2022: Junior at Penn State
• Played all 129 sets while appearing in all 34 matches at libero.
• Finished with 437 digs (3.39 digs per set), 28 aces (0.22 aces per set) and 117 assists (0.91 assists per set.).
• Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
• Team finished the fall ranked 11th in the country, 26-8 overall and 13-7 in the Big Ten.
• PSU qualified for the Sweet 16 before losing in five sets at No. 2 Wisconsin (Dec. 8).
• Had 27 matches with double-digit digs, including a season-high 22 in a five-set win over Oregon (Sept. 10).
• Her 21 digs in a win at LSU (Sept. 3) tied for the program record in a three-set match during the 25-point rally scoring era.
• Finished with 19 digs and three aces against West Virginia (Aug. 27).
• Contributed 11 digs and eight assists vs. Stanford (Sept. 9).
• Served three aces and added nine digs vs. Indiana (Sept. 23).
• Totaled 12 digs, seven assists, and an ace in a three-set win vs. Illinois (Nov. 9).
• Owned 20 digs vs. Ohio State (Oct. 29).
• Chipped in with 15 digs and three aces vs. Minnesota on Nov. 18.
• Tallied 13 digs to go with three aces in NCAA Tournament Second Round victory against UCF (Dec. 3).
• Finished with 17 digs in the NCAA Regional Semifinal at No. 2 Wisconsin (Dec. 8).

2021: Sophomore at Penn State
• Played 57 sets across 27 matches.
• Finished with 36 digs and four assists.
• Program went 21-11 and was 13-7 in league play and was ranked 17th.
• Posted a season-high seven digs and added one assist at Nebraska (Oct. 8).
• Totaled six digs and one assist at Oregon (Sept. 10).
• Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

2020-21: Freshman at Penn State
• Finished with 104 digs (1.82 digs per set) and 11 aces while playing in all 16 matches, including a pair as the libero.
• PSU finished 10-6 overall and 9-5 in Big Ten contests, falling in the Sweet 16 to Texas (April 18), and were ranked 12th in the country.
• Recorded double-digit digs four times.
• Made collegiate debut at libero and came through with 16 digs, six assists and one ace in a four-set win vs. Illinois (Feb. 5).
• Matched a season-high with 16 digs and had two aces in a five-set win against the Illini a day later (Feb. 6).
• Totaled double-digit digs (10) for the third straight match against Minnesota (Feb. 13).
• Tallied eight digs against Indiana (Feb. 19).
• Finished with seven digs and one ace against Purdue (March 5).
• Contributed seven digs and one ace against Rutgers on March 12th, then totaled five digs and two aces a day later against the Scarlet Knights (March 13).
• Had eight digs in the NCAA Second Round victory against North Carolina A&T (April 15).
• Finished with 10 digs and two aces in the NCAA Regional Semifinal match vs. No. 5 Texas (April 18).

Independence High School
• Was the No. 77 ranked 2020 PrepVolleyball Senior Ace.
• Also named to Fab 50 list and an All-American by PrepVolleyball.
• Led Independence High School to two runner-up finishes in the Ohio state tournament, as well as a state semifinal appearance and a 95-15 record.
• Was a one-time Ohio Division 3 Player of the Year and a two-time Chagrin Valley Conference Player of the Year.
• Named All-Ohio twice.
• Served as team captain as a senior.
• Finished with a school-record 1,383 digs and 232 aces.
• Played club volleyball for Academy Volleyball Cleveland for six years and Maverick for two years.
• Finished third at nationals and was named to PrepVolleyball’s Club All-American Team in 2016.

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