Pelegrin Vargas

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Position:
Outside Hitter
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
San Juan, Puerto Rico
High School:
Colegio San José

• 2018, 2019, 2020 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
• 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 All-MIVA First Team
• 2017 All-MIVA Honorable Mention
• 2017 MIVA All-Freshman Team
• 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 MIVA Academic All-Conference
• MIVA Defensive Player of the Week (3/5/2019)
• MIVA Offensive Player of the Week (2/26/2019, 3/19/2019, 4/2/2019,1/21/20, 1/28/2020, 3/9/2020)
• Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week (2/5/2019,1/21/20)
• Purdue Fort Wayne Top 50 Student (2021)

Feature Story: Unfinished Business: Vargas and Diedrich Return to Mastodon Men's Volleyball (6/29/2020), Pelegrin Vargas is Finding His Own Volleyball Path (9/14/2020)

2021: Started in all 15 matches played ... Led the 'Dons in kills with 220 with a .236 hitting percentage ... had a season-high 24 kills at Lindenwood (April 2) and three blocks at Lindenwood (April 3) ... Had double-digit kills in 13 matches with 20+ in three: 21 against Loyola Chicago (March 12), 24 at Lindenwood (April 2) and 23 at McKendree (April 10) ... Finished the season third in the MIVA for kills (220) and seventh in kills per set with 3.58.

2020: Played in 15 matches, starting in all of them ... Finished his senior season with 1,256 career kills and 539 digs ... Earn Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week (Jan. 21) after slamming down 22 kills at CSUN (Jan. 15) and 12 at No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 17) with .588 and .500 hitting percentages respectively ... Earned MIVA Offensive Player of the Week three times ... Finished the season leading the MIVA and fourth in the nation for kills per set with 4.38 ... Had three double-doubles during the season, 20 kills and 10 digs at George Mason (Jan. 25), 15 kills and 11 digs against McKendree (Feb. 29) and 22 kills and 12 digs against Loyola (March 5) ... Tallied double-digit kills in 14 matches with a season-high 24 at Quincy (Feb. 15) ... Finished the season with 232 kills, 89 digs, 30 total blocks and a .296 hitting.

2019: Started all 29 matches in his junior campaign ... Heading into senior season, he will be third among active Division I/II players in career kills (1,024) ... Became the 19th Mastodon to join the 1,000 kill club ... Earn Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week (Feb. 5) after slamming down 15 kills at Sacred Heart (Feb. 1) and 18 at Harvard (Feb. 2) with .385 and .441 hitting percentages respectively ... Earned MIVA Offensive Player of the Week three times ... Earned MIVA Defensive Player of the Week once (March 5) ... Became the first MIVA player to earn MIVA Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks since Darryl Shank in 2011 ... Only MIVA player to earn both MIVA honors and Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week this season ... Finished the season ranked third in the MIVA (12th nationally) in kills per set with 3.83 and second in the MIVA (11th nationally) in points per set at 4.47 ... Led the MIVA in overall kills with 406 ... Ninth in the MIVA in hitting percentage with .280 ... Eighth in the MIVA in digs per set with 1.74 ... Ninth in the MIVA in aces per set with .321 ... Had double-digit kills in 22 matches, including a career-high-tying 25 kills at McKendree (April 6) ... Hit .500 at Queens (12-2-20, Jan. 12), vs. (RV) Ohio State (15-2-26, Feb. 8) and against Quincy (6-1-10, March 4) ... Notched a double-double against McKendree (Feb. 8) with 13 kills and 12 digs ... Dug out 12 attacks against Lindenwood (March 3) ... Tallied a career-high seven blocks against No. 7 Lewis (March 21).

2018: Started all 29 matches for the 2018 season ... Tallied at least 10 kills in 24 matches ... Finished the season with 3.75 kills per set, which led the MIVA in the regular season ... Had career-high 25 kills in four sets against Lindenwood (March 31) which was seventh in the nation in four-setters ... Earned 24 kills against No. 6 Loyola and No. 11 Ball State ...Hit .275 for the season ... Added 26 aces on the year, including five at Quincy (Feb. 24) ... Recorded two double-doubles on the year: at Quincy (Feb. 24) with 17 kills and 11 digs, No. 11 Ball State (March 14) with 24 kills and 15 digs.

2017: Started all 20 matches in which he participated ... Fell to injury and did not compete in the final eight matches of the year ... Had a season-high 22 kills at Quincy for a .341 percentage (22-8-41) ... Earned his first-career double-double at Quincy by recording 10 digs ... Blocked four attempts against No. 12 George Mason (Jan. 27) and McKendree (Feb. 3) ... Led the team in kills per set with 3.18.

Prior to Purdue Fort Wayne: Onda Deportiva high school player of the year in both 2014 and 2015 ... Two-time member of PRHSAA All-Alliance Team ... Named to Boys Junior National Championships All-Tournament Team in 2014 and 2015 ... Second Honors for achieving a 3.5 GPA at Colegio San José.

Personal: Fourth grade spelling bee champion with a winning word of cabinet... son of Pelegrin Vargas and Ana Colorado ... One sibling, Jose Maria ... Pursuing a master's degree in Organizational Leadership & Supervision.