1 Avani Seshiah
Avani Seshiah
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Cincinnati, Ohio
  • High School:
    The Seven Hills School
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Business Administration and International Relations and Politics
  • Club Team:
    Elevation Volleyball Club
  • m
    32
  • k/s
    2.12
  • h %
    .216
  • a/s
    0.04
  • b/s
    0.18
  • sa/s
    0.01
  • d/s
    0.71

Bio

2023

  • UAA All-Academic
  • Played in 32 matches
  • Third on team with 210 kills
  • Had a career-high 15 kills against RIT
  • Recorded 70 digs
  • Recorded a career-high nine digs at Franklin & Marshall

2022

  • Played in 22 matches
  • Recorded 83 kills
  • Recorded a career-best 10 kills against Emory, at Muskingum and at Thiel
  • Recorded 17 service aces
  • Recorded a career-best five service aces against Southern Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Championship

2021

  • Played in 11 matches
  • Recorded 21 kills
  • Recorded 10 digs

2020-21

  • Played in two matches
  • Recorded six kills

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 4 vs. RIT W, 3-1
Nov 4 vs. Fredonia W, 3-0
Nov 10 vs. Chicago L, 3-1
Nov 10 vs. Rochester (N.Y.) W, 3-1
Nov 11 vs. #9 WashU W, 3-1
Nov 16 vs. Pacific Lutheran L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 32 7
Sets 99 18
Kills 210 32
Kills per set 2.12 1.78
Errors 78 15
Total Attacks 610 109
Hitting Percentage .216 .156
Assists 4 1
Assists per set 0.04 0.06
Service Aces 1 0
Service Errors 6 0
Service Aces per set 0.01 0.00
Receptions 283 72
Reception Errors 21 2
Digs 70 10
Digs per set 0.71 0.56
Block Solo 2 0
Block Assist 16 1
Block Total 18 1
Blocks per set 0.18 0.06
Block Errors 1 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 221.0 32.5
Points per set 2.2 1.8
Matches started 5 1
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 at Franklin & Marshall W, 3-1 - 4 12 4 35 .229 0 0 0 12 2 9 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 2 vs. Elizabethtown W, 3-0 - 3 12 2 23 .435 0 0 1 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 2 vs. Geneseo W, 3-1 - 3 7 2 18 .278 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 6 at Chatham W, 3-1 1 3 5 4 23 .043 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 8 vs. #25 Chris. Newport L, 3-1 1 3 3 2 6 .167 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 9 vs. #10 Berry W, 3-1 - 4 8 4 32 .125 0 0 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 9 at #1 Juniata L, 3-0 - 3 1 0 6 .167 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 12 at Point Park W, 3-1 - 3 4 3 20 .050 0 0 0 7 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 5.5
Sep 15 Mount Union L, 3-2 1 2 4 3 16 .063 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 16 Nazareth W, 3-0 - 3 5 1 12 .333 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 16 Westminster (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 2 5 2 7 .429 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 20 John Carroll W, 3-0 - 1 3 1 8 .250 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 23 vs. Rochester (N.Y.) W, 3-0 - 2 5 0 9 .556 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 23 vs. Chicago W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 24 vs. #9 Emory L, 3-2 - 2 3 1 6 .333 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.0
Oct 6 Muskingum W, 3-1 - 4 9 2 22 .318 0 0 0 15 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Oct 8 vs. Brandeis W, 3-0 - 2 2 3 14 -.071 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 8 vs. #12 WashU L, 3-1 - 4 5 4 23 .043 1 0 0 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 13 vs. #15 Mt. St. Joseph L, 3-0 - 3 8 1 21 .333 1 0 0 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Oct 14 at Wittenberg W, 3-0 - 3 7 3 21 .190 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 14 vs. Marietta W, 3-0 - 3 12 2 19 .526 0 0 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Oct 22 vs. Case Western Reserve W, 3-0 1 3 10 3 31 .226 0 0 0 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Oct 22 vs. #10 NYU L, 3-1 - 4 7 4 26 .115 0 0 0 22 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 28 William Smith W, 3-2 - 5 10 2 22 .364 0 1 1 17 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Oct 28 Randolph-Macon W, 3-0 - 3 7 2 19 .263 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Nov 3 at Geneseo W, 3-1 - 4 12 5 31 .226 1 0 0 9 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 12.5
Nov 4 vs. RIT W, 3-1 - 4 15 1 26 .538 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 16.0
Nov 4 vs. Fredonia W, 3-0 - 3 11 4 24 .292 0 0 0 16 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Nov 10 vs. Chicago L, 3-1 - 4 5 7 28 -.071 0 0 0 13 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Nov 10 vs. Rochester (N.Y.) W, 3-1 - 4 6 2 24 .167 0 0 0 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Nov 11 vs. #9 WashU W, 3-1 - 4 5 4 22 .045 0 0 0 10 1 5 1 1 0 2 0 6.5
Nov 16 vs. Pacific Lutheran L, 3-0 1 3 2 0 16 .125 0 0 0 18 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
  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
2020-21 2 3 6 2.00 0 8 .750 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.00 0 2 2 0.67 7.0 2.3
2021-22 11 19 21 1.11 10 65 .169 0 0.00 1 0.05 37 4 10 0.53 0 2 2 0.11 23.0 1.2
2022-23 22 60 83 1.38 37 309 .149 2 0.03 17 0.28 76 6 57 0.95 0 9 9 0.15 104.5 1.7
2023-24 32 99 210 2.12 78 610 .216 4 0.04 1 0.01 283 21 70 0.71 2 16 18 0.18 221.0 2.2
Total 67 181 320 1.77 125 992 .197 6 0.03 19 0.10 397 31 137 0.76 2 29 31 0.17 355.5 2.0
    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
Event Total 32 99 210 2.12 78 610 .216 4 0.04 1 0.01 283 21 70 0.71 2 16 18 0.18 221.0 2.2
Conference 7 18 32 1.78 15 109 .156 1 0.06 0 0.00 72 2 10 0.56 0 1 1 0.06 32.5 1.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 20 43 2.15 13 106 .283 0 0.00 1 0.05 52 6 12 0.60 0 5 5 0.25 46.5 2.3
Away 6 20 41 2.05 19 136 .162 2 0.10 0 0.00 45 5 19 0.95 1 3 4 0.20 43.5 2.2
Neutral 19 59 126 2.14 46 368 .217 2 0.03 0 0.00 186 10 39 0.66 1 8 9 0.15 131.0 2.2
Result Wins 23 71 172 2.42 56 462 .251 1 0.01 1 0.01 178 15 58 0.82 2 14 16 0.23 182.0 2.6
Losses 9 28 38 1.36 22 148 .108 3 0.11 0 0.00 105 6 12 0.43 0 2 2 0.07 39.0 1.4
Month September 15 39 77 1.97 29 221 .217 1 0.03 0 0.00 73 8 27 0.69 1 4 5 0.13 80.0 2.1
October 10 34 77 2.26 26 218 .234 2 0.06 1 0.03 128 5 26 0.76 0 5 5 0.15 80.5 2.4
November 7 26 56 2.15 23 171 .193 1 0.04 0 0.00 82 8 17 0.65 1 7 8 0.31 60.5 2.3

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