Katie Sparks

7 Katie Sparks

Height:

5-8
Year:

Sr.
Hometown:

Macedonia, Ohio
High School:

Trinity
Position:

OH

m

32
k/s

3.35
h %

.187
a/s

0.20
b/s

0.32
sa/s

0.34
d/s

3.11

Bio

2018 (JUNIOR)

All-PAC First Team … PAC Sportsmanship Team … ninth all time with 1019 career kills … holds the single season record for kills per set with 4.10 … led the PAC with 447 kills (4.10 per set) … third on the team in digs with 351 … third on the team in blocks with 40 … finished the season 16 kill-dig double-doubles … posted a career high 25 kills against Saint Vincent and posted 19 digs … tallied 20+ kills five times throughout the season … registered 23 kills on 56 attacks (.286) and recorded 16 digs against Geneva … PAC Fall Academic Honor Roll

2017 (SOPHOMORE)
All-PAC Second Team ... PAC Sportsmanship Team ... led the team and ranked fourth in the PAC with 451 kills (3.37 per set) ... ranked fourth on the team with 361 digs ... tied for fourth with 55 total blocks and ranked sixth on the team with 33 service aces ... finished with 16 kill-dig double-doubles ... posted 16 kills, 18 digs and a season-high three assists versus Wooster ... tallied 20 kills, 16 assists and a season-high five blocks (all assisted) at Washington & Jefferson ... collected 20 kills on 42 attacks (.333 hitting percentage) in a three-set win versus Waynesburg ... established a season-high with 23 kills and 14 digs in the PAC Tournament Semifinals against Westminster ... posted 17 kills and registered a season-high 25 digs in the ECAC Tournament Quarterfinals versus Brandeis ... PAC Fall Academic Honor Roll

2016 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in 33 matches and finished the year with 121 kills, 24 service aces and 202 digs (1.96 per set) ... ranked fifth on the team in kills ... ranked sixth on the team in service aces ... made her collegiate debut in the season-opening match versus Grove City ... established season-highs with nine kills and 21 digs versus Washington & Jefferson ... recorded a season-high with four service aces at Grove City

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Trinity ... all-district

PERSONAL
Daughter of Randy and Gerry Sparks ... has four sisters ... majoring in environmental science

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 24	St. Vincent	W, 3-0
Oct 26	at Chatham	W, 3-1
Oct 29	Westminster (Pa.)	W, 3-2
Oct 31	Waynesburg	W, 3-0
Nov 2	at Grove City	W, 3-2
Nov 5	Grove City	L, 3-1

	Overall	Conf
Matches	32	16
Sets	119	60
Kills	399	199
Kills per set	3.35	3.32
Errors	170	91
Total Attacks	1223	643
Hitting Percentage	.187	.168
Assists	24	11
Assists per set	0.20	0.18
Service Aces	40	20
Service Errors	30	13
Service Aces per set	0.34	0.33
Receptions	499	300
Reception Errors	40	20
Digs	370	224
Digs per set	3.11	3.73
Block Solo	5	1
Block Assist	33	18
Block Total	38	19
Blocks per set	0.32	0.32
Block Errors	4	2
Ball Handling Errors	0	0
Points	460.5	229.0
Points per set	3.9	3.8
Matches started	26	13

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	k	e	ta	pct	a	sa	se	r	re	digs	bs	ba	be	tot	pts
Aug 30	vs. Utica	W, 3-0	1	3	14	4	23	.435	0	3	1	-	0	6	0	0	0	0	17.0
Aug 31	vs. Kenyon	W, 3-2	1	5	16	6	45	.222	1	4	2	14	0	17	0	0	0	0	20.0
Aug 31	at Case Western Reserve	L, 3-0	1	3	12	6	38	.158	1	1	4	14	2	11	0	1	0	1	13.5
Sep 6	vs. Mount Union	L, 3-0	-	3	4	3	32	.031	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	5.0
Sep 6	vs. Fredonia	L, 3-2	-	5	13	2	39	.282	1	1	2	0	0	11	1	2	0	3	16.0
Sep 7	vs. Defiance	L, 3-1	1	4	18	10	53	.151	1	1	3	21	2	7	0	1	0	1	19.5
Sep 7	at Penn St.-Behrend	W, 3-1	1	4	18	6	52	.231	2	2	0	18	3	13	0	1	1	1	20.5
Sep 11	Franciscan	L, 3-1	-	4	13	4	34	.265	0	1	1	15	2	9	0	2	0	2	15.0
Sep 14	at Grove City	W, 3-2	1	5	16	6	54	.185	3	1	2	22	1	16	0	1	0	1	17.5
Sep 14	at Westminster (Pa.)	L, 3-0	1	3	6	4	33	.061	0	0	1	21	1	11	0	0	0	0	6.0
Sep 18	at Muskingum	L, 3-0	1	3	8	4	26	.154	0	0	1	16	0	6	0	0	0	0	8.0
Sep 21	Wash. & Jeff.	W, 3-0	1	3	10	6	28	.143	0	3	1	8	0	7	0	1	1	1	13.5
Sep 21	Chatham	W, 3-0	1	3	16	3	33	.394	0	0	1	12	1	14	0	0	0	0	16.0
Sep 27	vs. Catholic	L, 3-1	1	4	7	8	36	-.028	0	0	0	-	1	8	0	0	0	0	7.0
Sep 27	vs. Chris. Newport	L, 3-0	1	3	8	4	25	.160	0	2	1	17	3	1	0	1	0	1	10.5
Sep 28	vs. York (Pa.)	L, 3-0	1	3	11	2	32	.281	1	1	0	15	3	10	0	3	0	3	13.5
Sep 28	vs. Penn St.-Abington	W, 3-1	1	4	21	4	49	.347	1	1	0	17	0	6	1	1	0	2	23.5
Oct 1	at Thiel	L, 3-2	1	5	14	11	49	.061	0	0	0	20	1	22	0	3	0	3	15.5
Oct 5	vs. Cabrini	L, 3-1	1	4	15	7	33	.242	3	0	2	-	0	13	1	0	0	1	16.0
Oct 5	at Lebanon Valley	W, 3-0	1	3	11	2	27	.333	1	0	0	23	4	11	0	0	0	0	11.0
Oct 9	at Geneva	W, 3-1	1	4	17	5	42	.286	1	0	0	20	2	18	1	2	0	3	19.0
Oct 12	vs. Waynesburg	W, 3-0	1	3	3	8	24	-.208	1	3	1	-	2	8	0	2	0	2	7.0
Oct 12	at St. Vincent	L, 3-1	1	4	14	8	46	.130	2	0	0	-	1	7	0	0	0	0	14.0
Oct 17	Thiel	W, 3-0	-	3	10	3	33	.212	0	1	1	17	0	16	0	1	0	1	11.5
Oct 19	Geneva	L, 3-0	1	3	11	4	31	.226	0	0	1	22	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.0
Oct 22	at Wash. & Jeff.	W, 3-1	1	4	17	5	52	.231	2	1	3	23	1	12	0	3	0	3	19.5
Oct 24	St. Vincent	W, 3-0	1	3	10	4	26	.231	0	6	2	19	2	15	0	0	0	0	16.0
Oct 26	at Chatham	W, 3-1	1	4	14	4	42	.238	2	3	0	41	1	28	0	0	0	0	17.0
Oct 29	Westminster (Pa.)	W, 3-2	-	5	17	9	64	.125	0	0	0	47	1	18	0	2	1	2	18.0
Oct 31	Waynesburg	W, 3-0	-	3	12	5	33	.212	0	1	0	28	3	17	0	1	0	1	13.5
Nov 2	at Grove City	W, 3-2	1	5	12	6	53	.113	0	1	0	-	0	12	0	2	0	2	14.0
Nov 5	Grove City	L, 3-1	1	4	11	7	36	.111	1	3	0	29	0	15	0	3	0	3	15.5

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	r	re	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
2016-17	33	103	121	1.17	83	495	.077	14	0.14	24	0.23	176	17	202	1.96	2	32	34	0.33	163.0	1.6
2017-18	36	134	451	3.37	200	1472	.171	15	0.11	33	0.25	277	29	361	2.69	11	44	55	0.41	517.0	3.9
2018-19	31	109	447	4.10	157	1375	.211	19	0.17	42	0.39	289	33	351	3.22	6	34	40	0.37	512.0	4.7
2019-20	32	119	399	3.35	170	1223	.187	24	0.20	40	0.34	499	40	370	3.11	5	33	38	0.32	460.5	3.9
Total	132	465	1418	3.05	610	4565	.177	72	0.15	139	0.30	1241	119	1284	2.76	24	143	167	0.36	1652.5	3.6

		m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	r	re	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Event	Total	32	119	399	3.35	170	1223	.187	24	0.20	40	0.34	499	40	370	3.11	5	33	38	0.32	460.5	3.9
	Conference	16	60	199	3.32	91	643	.168	11	0.18	20	0.33	300	20	224	3.73	1	18	19	0.32	229.0	3.8
	Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location	Home	9	31	110	3.55	45	318	.204	1	0.03	15	0.48	197	12	114	3.68	0	10	10	0.32	130.0	4.2
	Away	12	47	159	3.38	67	514	.179	14	0.30	9	0.19	218	17	167	3.55	1	13	14	0.30	175.5	3.7
	Neutral	11	41	130	3.17	58	391	.184	9	0.22	16	0.39	84	11	89	2.17	4	10	14	0.34	155.0	3.8
Result	Wins	17	64	234	3.66	86	680	.218	14	0.22	30	0.47	309	21	234	3.66	2	17	19	0.30	274.5	4.3
Result	Losses	15	55	165	3.00	84	543	.149	10	0.18	10	0.18	190	19	136	2.47	3	16	19	0.35	186.0	3.4
Month	August	3	11	42	3.82	16	106	.245	2	0.18	8	0.73	28	2	34	3.09	0	1	1	0.09	50.5	4.6
	September	14	51	169	3.31	66	526	.196	9	0.18	13	0.25	182	17	121	2.37	3	13	16	0.31	191.5	3.8
	October	13	48	165	3.44	75	502	.179	12	0.25	15	0.31	260	21	188	3.92	2	14	16	0.33	189.0	3.9
	November	2	9	23	2.56	13	89	.112	1	0.11	4	0.44	29	0	27	3.00	0	5	5	0.56	29.5	3.3