In an effort to preserve the sport’s history, Off the Block became the first organization to compile a NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball rally scoring era record book. This record book will continue to be updated each season as new results become available. College men’s volleyball switched from a side-out scoring system to a rally scoring system in 2001. This change dramatically altered the length of matches and created a need to distinguish statistical category leaders between the two eras. In addition, the NCAA for the start of the 2011 season changed the length of a regulation game from 30 points to 25 points. As a result of this change, each statistical category includes all-time rally scoring era leaders and 25-point game rally scoring era leaders. Check out the top-five rally scoring era record holders for numerous single-season and career statistical categories.
SINGLE-SEASON KILLS (All-time rally scoring era)
1. Evan Patak, UC Santa Barbara — 671 kills (2007)
2. Paul Carroll, Pepperdine — 661 kills (2009)
3. Eric Vance, Cal State Northridge — 625 kills (2009)
4. Murphy Troy, USC — 615 kills (2009)
5. Pieter Olree, Ohio State — 614 kills (2002)
SINGLE-SEASON KILLS (25-point game rally scoring era)
1. Jonas Umlauft, Hawai’i — 551 kills (2011)
2. Shawn Sangrey, Ohio State — 548 kills (2012)
3. Carson Clark, UC Irvine — 509 kills (2011)
T-4. Jeff Menzel, UC Santa Barbara — 506 kills (2011)
T-4. Taylor Sander, BYU — 506 kills (2014)
CAREER KILLS (All-time rally scoring era)
1. Evan Patak, UC Santa Barbara — 2,112 kills (2003-07)
2. Paul Carroll, Pepperdine — 2,101 kills (2006-09)
3. Jeff Menzel, UC Santa Barbara — 2,074 kills (2008-11)
4. Fabiano Barreto, Lewis — 2,033 kills (2001-04)
5. Sean Rooney, Pepperdine — 2,007 kills (2002-05)
CAREER KILLS (25-point game rally scoring era)
1. Taylor Sander, BYU — 1,743 kills (2011-14)
2. Taylor Crabb, Long Beach State — 1,600 kills (2011-14)
3. Ben Ponnet, Grand Canyon — 1,508 kills (2011-14)
4. Brian Cook, Stanford — 1,439 kills (2011-14)
5. Joseph Smalzer, Loyola — 1,424 kills (2011-14)
SINGLE-SEASON ACES (All-time rally scoring era)
1. Max Holt, Penn State — 79 aces (2009)
2. Joe Smalzer, Loyola — 74 aces (2013)
3. Aaron Russell, Penn State — 71 aces (2014)
4. Evan Patak, UC Santa Barbara — 70 aces (2007)
5. Brad Keenan, Pepperdine — 67 aces (2002)
SINGLE-SEASON ACES (25-point game rally scoring era)
1. Joseph Smalzer, Loyola — 74 aces (2013)
2. Aaron Russell, Penn State — 71 aces (2014)
3. Joseph Smalzer, Loyola — 65 aces (2014)
4. Tony Ciarelli, USC — 62 aces (2012)
5. Carson Clark, UC Irvine — 61 aces (2012)
CAREER ACES (All-time rally scoring era)
1. Evan Patak, UC Santa Barbara — 255 aces (2003-07)
2. Joseph Smalzer, Loyola — 244 aces (2011-14)
3. Max Holt, Penn State — 207 aces (2006-09)
4. Gonzalo Quiroga, UCLA — 194 aces (2011-14 )
5. Carson Clark, UC Irvine — 183 aces (2008-12)
CAREER ACES (25-point game rally scoring era)
1. Joseph Smalzer, Loyola — 244 aces (2011-14)
2. Gonzalo Quiroga, UCLA — 194 aces (2011-14)
3. Taylor Sander, BYU– 182 aces (2011-14)
4. Aaron Russell, Penn State — 134 aces (2012-present)
5. Ben Ponnet, Grand Canyon — 128 aces (2011-14)
SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTS (All-time rally scoring era)
1. Tyler Hildebrand, Long Beach State — 1,774 assists (2004)
2. Beau Daniels, Pepperdine — 1,742 assists (2002)
3. Riley McKibbin, USC — 1,703 assists (2009)
4. Carlos Moreno, BYU — 1,689 assists (2004)
5. Tyler Hildebrand, Long Beach State — 1,671 assists (2006)
SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTS (25-point game rally scoring era)
1. Vince Devany, UC Santa Barbara — 1,362 assists (2011)
2. James Shaw, Stanford — 1,358 assists (2014)
3. Matt West, Pepperdine — 1,343 assists (2012)
T-4. Evan Barry, Stanford — 1,336 assists (2012)
T-4. Connor Olbright, Long Beach State — 1,336 assists (2013)
CAREER ASSISTS (All-time rally scoring era)
1. Tyler Hildebrand, Long Beach State — 6,651 (2003-06)
2. Keith Schunzel, Ball State — 5,558 assists (2001-04)
3. Daniel Mathews, Ohio State — 5,291 assists (2005-08)
4. Brian Guntli, Loyola — 5,231 assists (2004-07)
5. Edgardo Goas, Penn State — 5,205 (2009-12)
CAREER ASSISTS (25-point game rally scoring era)
1. Keith Smith, Grand Canyon — 4,484 assists (2011-14)
2. BJ Boldog, Lewis — 4,385 assists (2011-14)
3. Connor Olbright, Long Beach State — 4,073 assists (2011-14)
4. Matt West, Pepperdine — 3,535 assists (2012-present)
5. Graham McIlvainie, Ball State — 3,118 assists (2011-14)
SINGLE-SEASON BLOCKS (All-time rally scoring era)
1. Brad Keenan, Pepperdine — 231 blocks (2002)
2. Dejan Miladinovic, Hawai’i — 209 blocks (2002)
3. Brad Keenan, Pepperdine — 208 blocks (2003)
4. Tom Hulse, Pepperdine — 201 blocks (2007)
5. Keith Kowal, Penn State — 194 blocks (2005)
SINGLE-SEASON BLOCKS (25-point game rally scoring era)
1. Piotr Dabrowski, George Mason — 178 blocks (2012)
2. Russell Lavaja, BYU — 168 blocks (2012)
3. Matt Leske, Ball State — 165 blocks (2014)
4. Futi Tavana, BYU — 160 blocks (2011)
5. Taylor Gregory, Long Beach State — 156 blocks (2013)
CAREER BLOCKS (All-time rally scoring era)
1. Brad Keenan, Pepperdine — 690 blocks (2000-03)
2. Futi Tavana, BYU — 625 blocks (2006-12)
3. Serdar Sikca, IPFW — 596 blocks (2003-06)
4. Russ Lavaja, BYU — 584 blocks (2009-13)
5. Josh Stewart, IPFW — 572 blocks (2005-08)
CAREER BLOCKS (25-point game rally scoring era)
1. Matt Leske, Ball State — 419 blocks (2010-14)
2. Scott Kevorken, UC Irvine — 367 blocks (2011-14)
T-3. Dylan Davis, UC Santa Barbara — 362 blocks (2010-13)
T-3. Adam Roche, St. Francis — 362 blocks (2010-13)
5. Kevin Owens, Ball State — 343 blocks (2011-14)
SINGLE-SEASON DIGS (All-time rally scoring era)
1. Erik Shoji, Stanford — 447 digs (2009)
2. Dennis Del Valle, Penn State — 386 digs (2010)
3. Tony Ker, UCLA — 368 digs (2008)
4. Erik Shoji, Stanford — 365 digs (2010)
5. Dustin Watten, Long Beach State — 360 digs (2009)
[Record note: Grand Canyon’s Trent Bruns had 502 digs in 2010. Grand Canyon that season, though, exceeded the NCAA regulated maximum amount of regular season matches.]
SINGLE-SEASON DIGS (25-point game rally scoring era)
1. Michael McMahon, Barton — 355 digs (2014)
2. Aaron DeKalb, Belmont Abbey — 312 digs (2013)
3. David Ryan Vander Meer, Ball State — 308 digs (2014)
4. Erik Shoji, Stanford — 304 digs (2012)
5. Brady Smith, NJIT — 302 digs (2012)
CAREER DIGS (All-time rally scoring era)
1. Erik Shoji, Stanford — 1,402 digs (2009-12)
2. Dennis Del Valle, Penn State — 1,260 digs (2008-11)
3. Tony Ker, UCLA — 1,220 digs (2005-08)
4. Adam Shrader, UCLA — 1,089 digs (2001-04)
5. Ian Peckler, Ball State — 1,054 digs (2004-08)
[Record note: Grand Canyon’s Trent Bruns had 1,349 career digs . Grand Canyon for the 2010 season, though, exceeded the NCAA regulated maximum amount of regular season matches.]
CAREER DIGS (25-point game rally scoring era)
1. Javier Caceres, Pacific — 1,013 digs (2011-14)
2. Henry Cassiday, USC — 861 digs (2011-14)
3. Trent Bruns, Grand Canyon — 829 digs (2010-13)
4. Peter Jasaitis, Loyola — 811 digs (2011-14)
5. Efrain Negron, Lees-McRae — 774 digs (2011-14)
SINGLE-SEASON ATTACK PERCENTAGE (All-time rally scoring era)
1. John Nunns, Mount Olive — .581 attack percentage (2011)
2. Keith Kowal, Penn State — .574 attack percentage (2004)
3. Max Holt, Penn State — .562 attack percentage (2009)
4. David Smith, UC Irvine — .559 attack percentage (2007)
5. Max Holt, Penn State — .548 attack percentage (2008)
SINGLE-SEASON ATTACK PERCENTAGE (25-point game rally scoring era)
1. John Nunns, Mount Olive — .581 attack percentage (2011)
2. Taylor Averill, Hawai’i — .477 attack percentage (2014)
3. Wes Dunlap, UCLA — .461 attack percentage (2012)
4. Mark Kochan, St. Francis — .455 attack percentage (2014)
T-5. Wes Dunlap, UCLA — .446 attack percentage (2011)
T-5. Driss Guessous, Ohio State — .446 attack percentage (2014)