Jon Diedrich

Photo by: Josh Gales

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

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Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Position:
Outside Hitter/Opposite
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Orlando, Fla.
High School:
Dr. Phillips

• 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 MIVA Academic All-Conference
• MIVA Offensive Player of the Week (1/14/20, 3/23/21, 4/4/22, 1/24/23, 2/6/24, 3/19/24, 3/26/24)
• 2022, 2023, 2024 First Team All-MIVA
• 2022, 2024 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention

Feature Friday: 2/25/2021

2024: Started all 26 matches ... Named an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention ... Selected as a First Team All-MIVA honoree for the third time ... Named MIVA Player of the Week three times ... Finished with 1,485 kills in his career, which ranks seventh in program history ... Had 20 matches with 10 kills or more and three with 20 or more ... Hit .292 for the season ... Had three double-double performances: at Queens (Feb. 10, 17 kills, 10 digs), vs. McKendree (Feb. 24, 18 kills, 15 digs), and at Lindenwood (March 29, 11 kills, 10 digs) ... Racked up a career-high 37 kills against Ball State (March 23), which ranks as a top-10 mark in program history ... 37 kills also tied the most in a single match nationally since 2018.

2023: Started in all 29 matches ... Selected to the All-MIVA First Team for the second year in a row ... Became the only Mastodon to earn a MIVA Player of the Week award in four different seasons since the award was first given in 1998 ... Registered double-digit kills in 23 matches with 20 or more in four ... Hammered down 20 kills in three sets against Harvard (Jan. 21) ... He was named MIVA Offensive Player of the Week (Jan. 24) for his efforts against Missouri S&T (Jan. 20) and Harvard (Jan. 21) ... Notched 27 kills in a five-set win at George Mason (Feb. 4) ... Had back-to-back 20+ kill performances against Ohio State (20, Feb. 16) and Ball State (28, Feb. 18) ... His 28 kills against Ball State matched a career-high ... Had 19 kills in the MIVA Tournament quarterfinal match at Lewis (April 15), which included 12 kills in the 38-36 extended fourth set.

2022: Played and started in all 29 matches … Led the ‘Dons and the MIVA in kills with 434 with a .272 hitting percentage … Had a career-high 26 kills vs George Mason to go along with six digs (Jan. 20) … Had double digit kills in 27 matches with 20 or more in five: 26 (vs George Mason, Jan. 20), 25 (vs Ball State, April 9), 24 (at Lindenwood, April 2), 22 (vs. Ohio State April 7) and 20 (vs Daemen, March 17) ... Selected to All-MIVA First Team and AVCA All-America Honorable Mention.

2021: Started in 10 matches out of 13 played ... Tallied 24 kills on 33 attempts against Ohio State (Mar. 20) and hit .636 ... Recorded 10 digs against Quincy (Feb. 12) and had eight kills ... Totaled 24 blocks, 113 kills and eight service aces.

2020: Started in 10 matches out of 17 played ... Recorded a career-high 28 kills against Queens (Jan. 10) ... Leads in the most kills a freshman has earned in his first match during the rally scoring era ... Earned seven blocks at George Mason (Jan. 25) ... totaled 179 kills, 34 blocks and 69 digs.

High School: Earned MVP ... Helped his team win back to back district titles.

Personal: Son of Rich and Terry Diedrich ... Has one brother, Richie, and two sisters, Ashley and Tierney ... Brother, Richie, also played volleyball for Purdue Fort Wayne and sister, Ashley, played volleyball for the USC Aiken ... Majoring in Business Marketing.