Richie Diedrich

Photo by: Rachel Bellwood

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Position:
Middle Blocker
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Orlando, Fla.
High School:
Dr. Phillips

• 2017-2018, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 MIVA Academic All-Conference
• 2020 All-MIVA Second Team
• 2019 All-MIVA Second Team
• MIVA Defensive Player of the Week (1/15/2019)

Feature Story: Unfinished Business: Vargas and Diedrich Return to Mastodon Men's Volleyball (6/29/2020)

2021: Played and started in all 15 matches ... Served a season-high three aces against Quincy (Feb. 13) ... Tallied 11 kills at McKendree (Apr. 10) and hit .409 ... Ended the season with a .405 hitting percentage, 104 kills, 41 blocks and 11 aces.

2020: Started in 16 out of 17 matches for the Mastodons ... Had a career-high 12 total blocks at George Mason (Jan. 25) ... Tallied a season-high 15 kills against Loyola (March 5) ... Served a season-high three aces against Sacred Heart (March 6) ... Ended the season with .367 hitting, 1.71 kills per sets, 73 total blocks and ranked third in blocks per set (1.26) in the MIVA.

2019: Started all 29 matches for the Mastodons at middle blocker ... Had a season-high nine kills with a .467 hitting rate against Penn State (March 15) ... Blocked a season-high eight attacks in two matches: at Queens (Jan. 12) and at No. 8 Stanford (Jan. 26) ... Blocked at least five attacks in nine different matches ... Had a season-high four aces against Quincy (March 4) ... Had two at least two aces in 10 matches ... Finished the season with 155 kills on a .297 hitting clip, 29 aces, 30 digs and 106 blocks ... Ended the season third in total blocks in the MIVA.

2018: Started 24 of his 25 matches played ... Recorded a season-high 10 kills against No. 11 Ball State (March 14) ... Finished with 0.99 blocks per set, which was a team-high ... Finished sixth in the MIVA in blocks per set ... Tallied five blocks or more in nine matches ... Had seven blocks against Harvard (Jan. 19), at McKendree (Feb. 7) and against Lindenwood (March 31).

2017: Played in 24 matches in his freshman campaign, starting 23 ... Hit a team second-best .308 on the year ... Averaged 0.68 blocks per set and 1.72 kills per set ... Recorded double-digit kill outings in three matches against No. 14 CSUN, Lindenwood and No. 10 Loyola ... Hit .600 (13-1-20) at Lindenwood ... Blocked eight attempts against No. 12 George Mason, which was the highest in a single match by anyone on Purdue Fort Wayne's roster ... Had five blocks in Purdue Fort Wayne's five-set win over McKendree.

High School: Team captain at Dr. Phillips high school ... Principal honor roll ... Helped win Metro West Championship ... Played with 2014 USA Volleyball High Performance A1 Team.

Personal: Son of Rich and Terry Diedrich ... Has three siblings, Jon, Tierney and Ashley ... Pursuing a master's degree in Organizational Leadership & Supervision.