Nick Irelan (photo courtesy of Brittany Webb '23)
Nick Irelan (photo courtesy of Lauren Gardner '25)
Nick Irelan and Chris Moehl (photo courtesy of Lauren Gardner '25)
Nick Irelan passing (photo courtesy of Lauren Gardner '25)
Nick Irelan serving (photo courtesy of Dustin Johnson '24)
Nick Irelan

2 Nick Irelan

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Powell
  • High School:
    Olentangy Liberty
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Digital Media & Design
m 25
k/s 2.71
h % .221
a/s 0.11
b/s 0.14
sa/s 0.32
d/s 1.60

2022

  • Appeared in 24 matches and 80 sets
  • Recorded 214 total kills, setting a career-high
  • Averaged a .215 hitting percentage, second on the team
  • Second on the team in service aces, tallying 25
  • Posted a total of 129 digs, averaging 1.61 digs per set
  • Earned a reception average of .960 with the third most attempts (396)
  • Added 11 total blocks and nine assists
  • Earned his second varsity letter

2021

  • Appeared in all 16 matches, and played in 58 sets
  • Tallied 143 kills, for the second highest total on the team
  • Averaged 2.47 kills per set 
  • Second highest dig count on the team, posting 107
  • Added 39 assists (second highest on the team) and 16 service aces
  • Recorded 18 total blocks
  • Earned his first varsity letter

Career Bests

  • 17 kills (2x) with the last coming at Wittenberg on Feb. 13, 2021
  • 22 assists vs. Mount St. Joseph on March 13, 2021
  • 15 digs at Trine (Ind.) on Jan. 30, 2021 (Match #2)
  • Three blocks with the last coming at Wittenberg on Feb. 13, 2021
  • Four service aces vs. Wabash (Ind.) on Feb. 22, 2021

High School

  • Four-year letter winner in volleyball
  • Two-time All-District and All-Regional
  • Named to 2020 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) High School All-American Watch List
  • Three-year letter winner in cross country
  • Three-time All-Ohio, All-District and All-Regional
  • Won the Ohio Athletic Academic Award

Personal

  • Son of Rich and Lori Irelan
This page was last updated on July 27, 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 25 7
Sets 85 25
Kills 230 78
Kills per set 2.71 3.12
Errors 98 29
Total Attacks 597 181
Hitting Percentage .221 .271
Assists 9 1
Assists per set 0.11 0.04
Service Aces 27 11
Service Errors 55 19
Service Aces per set 0.32 0.44
Receptions 416 122
Reception Errors 19 7
Digs 136 46
Digs per set 1.60 1.84
Block Solo 3 0
Block Assist 9 2
Block Total 12 2
Blocks per set 0.14 0.08
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 264.5 90.0
Points per set 3.1 3.6
Matches started 11 2
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 9 1 23 .348 0 2 3 18 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Jan 18 St. Norbert (Wis.)   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 21 at Penn State Altoona   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 22 at #3 Dominican (Ill.) L, 3-0 1 3 3 3 9 .000 0 1 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Jan 22 at #12 Juniata L, 3-0 1 3 7 2 11 .455 0 0 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Jan 29 Elmira (N.Y.) W, 3-0 - 3 14 2 22 .545 0 0 1 18 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Jan 29 Millikin (Ill.)   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 30 Thiel (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 7 5 24 .083 1 0 1 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Feb 4 Geneva (Pa.) W, 3-1 - 4 9 4 37 .135 1 1 1 23 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Feb 5 at Hiram L, 3-1 - 4 19 6 41 .317 0 1 2 23 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 20.0
Feb 5 vs. Eastern Mennonite (Va.) W, 3-0 - 3 6 2 12 .333 1 1 3 13 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Feb 12 vs. #7 Rutgers-Newark (N.J.) L, 3-0 - 3 5 3 16 .125 0 0 4 11 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Feb 12 at #14 St. John Fisher (N.Y.) L, 3-0 - 3 9 2 21 .333 1 3 2 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Feb 13 at #13 Nazareth (N.Y.) L, 3-0 1 3 7 4 22 .136 0 1 1 10 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 9.0
Feb 13 at Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.) W, 3-2 1 5 12 8 27 .148 0 1 2 28 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Feb 19 Olivet (Mich.) W, 3-0 - 2 9 2 13 .538 0 2 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Feb 20 Adrian (Mich.) L, 3-2 - 5 13 11 38 .053 0 1 2 21 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Mar 2 at Geneva (Pa.) L, 3-1 1 4 11 6 43 .116 0 0 4 25 0 10 1 1 0 2 0 12.5
Mar 4 at Wittenberg L, 3-1 1 4 13 2 29 .379 0 1 5 16 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Mar 5 at Mount St. Joseph W, 3-2 1 5 16 4 40 .300 0 2 4 21 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 18.5
Mar 11 vs. UC Santa Cruz (Calif.) L, 3-0 1 3 7 1 19 .316 0 0 1 23 0 8 1 1 0 2 0 8.5
Mar 11 vs. #11 Wentworth (Mass.) L, 3-0 1 3 4 5 14 -.071 0 1 1 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 5.0
Mar 12 at California Lutheran L, 3-0 1 3 5 3 18 .111 2 1 3 15 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Mar 12 vs. Marymount (Va.) L, 3-0 1 3 6 5 20 .050 0 1 2 13 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Mar 19 at Mount Union L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 23 Hiram L, 3-1 - 4 12 7 37 .135 2 2 5 18 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Mar 25 Wabash (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 11 1 19 .526 1 4 4 10 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Mar 26 Fontbonne (Mo.) L, 3-0 - 3 11 4 27 .259 0 1 0 31 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Apr 2 at Trine (Ind.) L, 3-0 - 3 5 5 15 .000 0 0 3 19 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
  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 25 85 230 2.71 98 597 .221 9 0.11 27 0.32 416 19 136 1.60 3 9 12 0.14 264.5 3.1
Conference 7 25 78 3.12 29 181 .271 1 0.04 11 0.44 122 7 46 1.84 0 2 2 0.08 90.0 3.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 8 27 86 3.19 36 217 .230 5 0.19 11 0.41 136 4 51 1.89 0 2 2 0.07 98.0 3.6
Away 12 43 116 2.70 46 299 .234 3 0.07 13 0.30 213 13 66 1.53 2 3 5 0.12 132.5 3.1
Neutral 5 15 28 1.87 16 81 .148 1 0.07 3 0.20 67 2 19 1.27 1 4 5 0.33 34.0 2.3
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Wins 8 28 84 3.00 28 194 .289 4 0.14 11 0.39 128 7 48 1.71 0 3 3 0.11 96.5 3.4
Losses 17 57 146 2.56 70 403 .189 5 0.09 16 0.28 288 12 88 1.54 3 6 9 0.16 168.0 2.9
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January 5 15 40 2.67 13 89 .303 1 0.07 3 0.20 66 2 17 1.13 0 2 2 0.13 44.0 2.9
February 9 32 89 2.78 42 227 .207 3 0.09 11 0.34 152 11 52 1.63 1 3 4 0.13 102.5 3.2
March 10 35 96 2.74 38 266 .218 5 0.14 13 0.37 179 5 62 1.77 2 4 6 0.17 113.0 3.2
April 1 3 5 1.67 5 15 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 19 1 5 1.67 0 0 0 0.00 5.0 1.7