Michael Beard
Michael Beard (photo courtesy Lauren Gardner '25)
Michael Beard (photo courtesy of Lauren Gardner '25)
Michael Beard (photo courtesy of Lauren Gardner '25)
Michael Beard (photo courtesy of Lauren Gardner '25)
Michael Beard

1 Michael Beard

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Hilliard
  • High School:
    Darby
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Accounting
m 26
k/s 3.06
h % .208
a/s 0.14
b/s 0.33
sa/s 0.28
d/s 1.70

2022 

  • Earned All-Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League Second Team honors
  • Was named an Academic All-Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League recipient
  • Named MCVL Defensive Player of the Week on February 1, 2022
  • Appeared in 25 matches and played in 82 sets
  • Notched a career-high 252 kills, leading the team
  • Second on the team in total digs, tallying 142 (1.73 digs per set)
  • Posted 22 total blocks, 21 service aces, and 10 assists
  • Averaged 3.07 kills per set, leading the team and was fifth in the MCVL
  • Earned a .948 serve reception percentage with a team-high 496 attempts
  • Earned his second varsity letter

2021

  • Named a Second Team All-MCVL selection
  • Earned Academic All-Midwest College Volleyball League honors
  • Appeared in all 16 matches and played in 57 sets
  • First on the team in kills, totaling 187
  • Averaged 3.28 kills per set
  • Third on team in digs, posting a 102 total
  • Recorded 16 total blocks, 15 assists, and 15 service aces
  • Earned his first varsity letter

Career Match Bests

  • 23 kills vs. Wabash (Ind.) on Feb. 22, 2021
  • Two assists (5x) with the last coming vs. Mount St. Joseph on March 13, 2021
  • Four service aces at Mount Union on Mar. 27, 2021
  • 14 digs vs. Adrian (Mich.) on Mar. 7, 2021
  • Six blocks vs. Adrian (Mich.) on Mar. 7, 2021

High School

  • Three-year letter winner in volleyball
  • Three-year letter winner in golf
  • Two-year letter winner in bowling
  • National Honor Society member
  • Four-year Honor Roll recipient

Personal

  • Dean's List student
  • Jacket Scholar
  • Son of Andrew Beard and Lisa Pomarico
This page was last updated on August 12, 2022

 

Recent Games
Mar 12 vs. Marymount (Va.) L, 3-0
Mar 19 at Mount Union L, 3-0
Mar 23 Hiram L, 3-1
Mar 25 Wabash (Ind.) W, 3-0
Mar 26 Fontbonne (Mo.) L, 3-0
Apr 2 at Trine (Ind.) L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 26 8
Sets 87 29
Kills 266 94
Kills per set 3.06 3.24
Errors 126 37
Total Attacks 673 232
Hitting Percentage .208 .246
Assists 12 5
Assists per set 0.14 0.17
Service Aces 24 10
Service Errors 72 21
Service Aces per set 0.28 0.34
Receptions 526 183
Reception Errors 29 13
Digs 148 57
Digs per set 1.70 1.97
Block Solo 7 1
Block Assist 22 4
Block Total 29 5
Blocks per set 0.33 0.17
Block Errors 2 1
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 308.0 107.0
Points per set 3.5 3.7
Matches started 12 3
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 18 at Hiram L, 3-0 - 3 11 4 24 .292 1 0 4 16 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Jan 18 St. Norbert (Wis.)   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 21 at Penn State Altoona   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 22 at #3 Dominican (Ill.) L, 3-0 1 3 4 5 17 -.059 0 1 4 26 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 7.5
Jan 22 at #12 Juniata L, 3-0 1 3 10 5 22 .227 0 1 4 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Jan 29 Elmira (N.Y.) W, 3-0 - 3 10 8 28 .071 0 1 5 14 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Jan 29 Millikin (Ill.)   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 30 Thiel (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 8 7 22 .045 0 1 3 11 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Feb 4 Geneva (Pa.) W, 3-1 - 4 15 5 33 .303 0 2 1 14 1 10 1 3 0 4 0 19.5
Feb 5 at Hiram L, 3-1 - 4 14 8 37 .162 0 1 3 22 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Feb 5 vs. Eastern Mennonite (Va.) W, 3-0 - 3 11 2 25 .360 0 2 4 7 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 15.0
Feb 12 vs. #7 Rutgers-Newark (N.J.) L, 3-0 - 3 11 5 23 .261 0 0 2 21 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 11.5
Feb 12 at #14 St. John Fisher (N.Y.) L, 3-0 - 3 4 5 19 -.053 1 0 2 11 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Feb 13 at #13 Nazareth (N.Y.) L, 3-0 1 3 4 4 17 .000 1 0 3 23 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Feb 13 at Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.) W, 3-2 1 5 13 6 35 .200 1 1 3 19 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Feb 19 Olivet (Mich.) W, 3-0 - 3 12 1 19 .579 0 2 3 28 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Feb 20 Adrian (Mich.) L, 3-2 - 5 24 5 39 .487 1 3 1 33 4 15 0 2 0 2 0 28.0
Mar 2 at Geneva (Pa.) L, 3-1 1 4 20 8 47 .255 1 1 5 31 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 21.0
Mar 4 at Wittenberg L, 3-1 1 4 13 8 38 .132 1 1 4 32 3 10 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Mar 5 at Mount St. Joseph W, 3-2 1 5 14 7 43 .163 2 3 4 30 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 17.0
Mar 11 vs. UC Santa Cruz (Calif.) L, 3-0 1 2 4 2 9 .222 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Mar 11 vs. #11 Wentworth (Mass.) L, 3-0 1 3 7 3 18 .222 0 2 3 36 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 10.5
Mar 12 at California Lutheran L, 3-0 1 3 8 5 23 .130 0 0 2 18 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Mar 12 vs. Marymount (Va.) L, 3-0 1 2 3 3 13 .000 0 0 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Mar 19 at Mount Union L, 3-0 1 3 7 3 25 .160 0 0 2 10 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Mar 23 Hiram L, 3-1 - 4 15 4 29 .379 2 1 1 35 0 11 1 0 0 1 0 17.0
Mar 25 Wabash (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 7 2 19 .263 0 1 1 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Mar 26 Fontbonne (Mo.) L, 3-0 - 3 7 7 25 .000 1 0 4 13 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Apr 2 at Trine (Ind.) L, 3-0 - 3 10 4 24 .250 0 0 2 23 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
  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
Total 26 87 266 3.06 126 673 .208 12 0.14 24 0.28 526 29 148 1.70 7 22 29 0.33 308.0 3.5
Conference 8 29 94 3.24 37 232 .246 5 0.17 10 0.34 183 13 57 1.97 1 4 5 0.17 107.0 3.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 8 28 98 3.50 39 214 .276 4 0.14 11 0.39 162 6 63 2.25 2 9 11 0.39 115.5 4.1
Away 13 46 132 2.87 72 371 .162 8 0.17 9 0.20 287 19 75 1.63 2 10 12 0.26 148.0 3.2
Neutral 5 13 36 2.77 15 88 .239 0 0.00 4 0.31 77 4 10 0.77 3 3 6 0.46 44.5 3.4
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Wins 8 29 90 3.10 38 224 .232 3 0.10 13 0.45 137 7 47 1.62 3 7 10 0.34 109.5 3.8
Losses 18 58 176 3.03 88 449 .196 9 0.16 11 0.19 389 22 101 1.74 4 15 19 0.33 198.5 3.4
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January 5 15 43 2.87 29 113 .124 1 0.07 4 0.27 93 4 22 1.47 1 6 7 0.47 51.0 3.4
February 9 33 108 3.27 41 247 .271 4 0.12 11 0.33 178 13 54 1.64 3 10 13 0.39 127.0 3.8
March 11 36 105 2.92 52 289 .183 7 0.19 9 0.25 232 11 65 1.81 2 6 8 0.22 119.0 3.3
April 1 3 10 3.33 4 24 .250 0 0.00 0 0.00 23 1 7 2.33 1 0 1 0.33 11.0 3.7