2012 Men's Volleyball Roster
Ivan Matos
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Guaynabo, P.R.
- High School:
- Baldwin School
2012 SEASON
Named to First Team All-MIVA Team...Earned Sports Imports/AVCA Men's Division I-II National Player of the Week honors (2/7)...Tabbed MIVA Player of the Week (2/7)... Named to the MIVA All-Academic Team...Played in 23 matches, making 20 starts...Led team with 325 kills, mustering a career-high 26 kills against Quincy (3/30)...Totaled double-digit kill totals in 18 games...Notched 106 digs, making a season-best 10 digs against Cal Baptist (3/10)...Recorded 44 blocks, 13 assists and eight service aces.
2011 SEASON
Named to the MIVA All-Academic Team...Competed in 24 matches, seeing action in 64 sets...Recorded 222 kills, including a career-high 20 against Penn State (Apr. 16)...Posted double-digit kill totals in 11 matches...Totaled 79 digs, including a season-best nine at St. Francis (Mar. 18)...Hit an impressive .412 against Grand Canyon (Mar. 12)...Made 40 blocks, making seven against Sacred Heart (Mar. 5)...Accumulated nine service aces and five assists.
2010 SEASON
Tallied a then career-best mark in kills (17) in back-to-back matches (Carthage and Rutgers-Newark)...Posted then career-best numbers in digs (9) in back-to-back matches (Lewis and Grand Canyon)...Bettered that mark with 10 against Saint Francis (Apr. 9)...Career-high in blocks (6 assists) came in a five-set loss to Carthage (Jan. 23)...Posted 12 kills in an April 9 match with Saint Francis (Pa.)...Hit at a .500 clip in his homecoming trip against Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (Mar. 11)...Played in 86 total sets on the year, totaling 205 kills (2.38 k/s) with 56 total blocks (8 BS, 48 BA)...Finished fifth on the team in digs with 102...Honored for his performances in the classroom as well, being named to the 2010 MIVA All-Academic Team.
2009 SEASON
Played in 23 sets on the season...Tallied 41 kills and an assist...Season totals of three service aces and 14 digs...Posted eight blocks...Season-best nine kills came in a five-set win over P.R.-Rio Piedras (Jan. 9)...Had a season-best four digs in the P.R.-Rio Piedras match (Jan. 9)...Logged two aces the following day in a three-set sweep of the Roosters (Jan. 10).
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 26 vs. Quincy (3/30/12)
Attacks: 43 vs. Penn State (4/16/11)
Attack Pct.: .778 vs. Pacific (1/13/11)
Points: 23 vs. Penn State (4/16/11)
Assists: 3 at PR-Rio Piedras (3/13/10)
Digs: 10, Twice
Blocks: 7 vs. Sacred Heart (3/5/11)
Aces: 4 at PR-Rio Piedras (3/13/10)
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for coach Abdel Otero at the Baldwin School of Puerto Rico in Bayamon, P.R....Named to the All-Alliance Member team...Team MVP as a senior.
PERSONAL
Son of Ivan Matos and Ceida Fernandez...Has five siblings, Amanda, Mariana, Milena, Camilo and Gabriela...Majoring in hospital administration.
