Tony Price

Position:
Outside Hitter
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.
High School:
Woodlan

• 2018-19 MIVA Academic All-League
• Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week (March 13, 2018)
• MIVA Offensive Player of the Week (March 13, 2018)

2019: Started 18 of the 21 matches in which he competed ... Had four matches with double-digit kills ... Knocked down 10 kills vs. No. 10 Cal State Northridge (Jan. 19) and No. 10 Loyola Chicago (March 23) ... Terminated 11 attacks against Lindenwood (April 13) and 12 vs. Lewis (March 21) ... Had a season-high four blocks against NJIT (Jan. 4) in the season opener ... Had double-digit digs twice, with 10 at No. 8 Stanford (Jan. 25) and 12 at McKendree (April 6) ... Had two aces vs. (RV) Princeton (Jan. 5), at McKendree (April 6) and at No. 10 Loyola Chicago (April 17) in the MIVA semifinal.

2018: Started all 29 matches in 2018, four at middle blocker and 25 on the left side ... Earned MIVA Offensive Player of the Week and Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week behind strong performances in California at No. 3 UC Irvine (March 7), No. 14 UC Santa Barbara (March 9) and No. 14 Concordia Irvine (March 10) ... Hit .625 for 15 kills at No. 14 Concordia Irvine (March 10) with no errors ... Had 10 kills for a .364 clip at (RV) Princeton (Jan. 12) ... Tallied 16 kills at (RV) Saint Francis (Pa.) (Feb. 2) ... Had seven matches in which he had 10 kills or more ... Earned one double-double, a 10 kill/10 dig performance at McKendree (Feb. 7) ... Totaled 216 kills, 17 aces, 131 digs and 66 blocks ... Finished in the top 100 in the nation in blocks per set, hitting percentage and kills per set.

2017: Started the first match of the season, but fell to injury in the second set ... Had six kills for a .357 percentage and two digs ... Did not return to the court for the rest of the season ... Took a medical redshirt.

2016: Started all 29 matches for Purdue Fort Wayne … Earned 327 points off 267 kills and 68 total blocks … Earned 25 serving aces and 152 digs on the year … Recorded two double-doubles on the season, against Sacred Heart (17 kills, 11 digs), and at Ohio State (11 kills, 14 digs) … Hit a season-high .500 (17-3-28) against Sacred Heart (Jan. 15) … Earned a season-high 20 kills and 23 points at NJIT (Jan. 30).

2015: Appeared in 11 matches for Purdue Fort Wayne, starting three … Earned a season high 13 kills and four digs at Belmont Abbey on March 10 … finished season with 26 kills, 11 digs, and two blocks.

High School: Attended Bishop Dwenger and Woodlan high schools.

Personal: Son of Julie and John Price ... Has one brother, Jarrod, and one sister, Bailee ... Majoring in management.