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2020 Men's Volleyball

23 Jacob Gasparich

  • Position MB
  • Height 6-5
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown New Lenox, Ill.
  • High School Lincoln-Way West

Biography

Career Highs
Kills10vs. Emerson (March 19, 2019)
Assists4vs. Baruch (January 24, 2020)
Hitting Percentage1.000Twice - Most Recently vs. Bard (March 7, 2020)
Service Aces4vs. Emerson (March 19, 2019)
Digs6vs. Emmanuel (February 27, 2019)
Block Solo1Seven Times - Most Recently vs. Vassar (February 28, 2020)
Block Assists7vs. MSOE (March 7, 2020)


2020: [SEASON STATS]
- UVC All-Academic Team
- In 19 matches, posted 82 kills, a hitting percentage of .347, eight aces, 35 digs and 17 blocks
- Set single match career highs in assists, solo blocks and block assists
- Registered a single season career high in blocks and aces

2019:
 [SEASON STATS]
- Posted 50 kills, a hitting percentage of .347, eight service aces, 35 digs and 17 total blocks
- Registered a career-high ten kills and added four service aces in a 3-1 win over Emerson on March 19
- Notched a season-high five total blocks in a 3-0 win at Eastern Nazarene on April 6

2018: [SEASON STATS]
- UVC All-Academic Team

2017: [SEASON STATS]

- UVC All-Academic Team
- MIT Most Improved Player of the Year Award
- Recorded eight kills and four blocks against #2 SUNY New Paltz (3/18) and #7 NYU (4/1)
- Also produced eight kills versus #1 Springfield (4/8)

2016: [SEASON STATS]
- Generated four digs and four blocks against Regis (1/21)
- Posted three kills versus Emerson (1/16)

Off the Court at MIT:
- Majoring in and computer science with a concentration in music
- Two-time men's volleyball captain
- Software development intern at Mathworks in 2019
- Completed computational Biology research regarding RNA structure at the Whitehead Institute
- Completed research on writing software to analyze data of RNA structure in the Rouskin Lab at the Whitehead Institute
- President of Kappa Sigma Fraternity
- USG Corporation National Merit Scholarship

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Taking 5th at the USAV Boys Jr. National Championships

Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Beating Springfield at home on Senior Night in 2017, giving them their only loss of the season

Why I Chose MIT:
- MIT’s combination of elite academics and high-level volleyball was what put the school on my short list of possible colleges. What set MIT apart from other universities I was considering was and still is the people. From the students and lecturers to the athletic trainers and cleaning staff, it is truly difficult to find someone on campus who would not go out of his or her way to help a person in need.

High School:
- A 2015 graduate of Lincoln-Way West High School
- Two-time all-conference
- Team 22 (all-area) selection
- Chicago Tribune All-Academic Team
- Four-time varsity letterwinner
- Team MVP as a sophomore
- Three-time recipient of the Varsity Scholar Athlete Award
- Valedictorian
- National Honor Society president
- Mu Alpha Theta president
- Illinois State Scholar
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- USG Corporation National Merit Scholarship (National Merit finalist)
- Mathletes president
- Pi Sigma Pi 
- Board Game Club

Club:
- Ultimate Volleyball Club
- Top 15 at USAV Open Nationals for five straight years including tying for fifth place twice

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2016First Year

    MH
    6'5"
    10
  • 10

    2017Sophomore

    MH
    6'5"
    10
  • 18

    2018Junior

    MH
    6'5"
    18
  • 17

    2019Senior

    MH
    6'5"
    17
  • 23

    2020Graduate Student

    MB
    6'5"
    23