Nick Irelan (Photo Courtesy of Erik Drost)
Nick Irelan

2 Nick Irelan

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    London
  • High School:
    Olentangy Liberty
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Digital Media & Design
m 15
k/s 2.90
h % .268
a/s 0.13
b/s 0.23
sa/s 0.10
d/s 1.93

2024

  • Appeared in 15 matches and 40 sets
  • Fourth on the team with 116 kills
  • Second on the team with 2.9 kills per set
  • Recorded 77 digs
  • Second on the team with 1.93 digs per set
  • Added nine total blocks (0.23 per set)
  • Tallied five assists (0.13 per set) and four service aces (0.1 per set)
  • Fifth on the team with a .268 hitting percentage
  • Registered 124.5 total points

2023

  • Academic All-Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League honoree
  • Appeared in 11 matches
  • Recorded 74 kills, averaging 2.11 per set
  • Second on the team with 0.40 service aces per set
  • Tallied 14 aces
  • Added 55 digs and six blocks
  • Earned third varsity letter

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

  • 20 kills at Penn State Behrend on Jan. 27, 2024
  • 15 digs (2x) with last vs Geneva on Feb. 4, 2022
  • Three blocks at Wittenberg on Jan. 13, 2021
  • 22 assists vs Mt. Joseph on March 13, 2021
  • Four aces (2x) with last vs. Wabash on March 25, 2022
  • Hit .778 at Fontbonne (Mo.) on Apr. 1, 2023

High School

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

Personal

  • Digital marketing major
  • Son of Rich and Lori Irelan
This page was last updated on April 16, 2024

 

Recent Games
Mar 22 at Calvin (Mich.) W, 3-1
Mar 23 at Trine (Ind.) W, 3-0
Mar 29 Fontbonne (Mo.) W, 3-0
Mar 30 Wabash (Ind.) W, 3-0
Apr 6 at Mount Union L, 3-1
Apr 12 vs. Trine (Ind.) L, 3-2
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 15 5
Sets 40 15
Kills 116 51
Kills per set 2.90 3.40
Errors 43 14
Total Attacks 272 108
Hitting Percentage .268 .343
Assists 5 1
Assists per set 0.13 0.07
Service Aces 4 2
Service Errors 22 10
Service Aces per set 0.10 0.13
Receptions 238 90
Reception Errors 8 5
Digs 77 25
Digs per set 1.93 1.67
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 9 4
Block Total 9 4
Blocks per set 0.23 0.27
Block Errors 5 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 124.5 55.0
Points per set 3.1 3.7
Matches started 8 4
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 20 Buffalo St. (N.Y.) W, 3-1 - 1 0 2 2 -1.000 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jan 21 Elmira (N.Y.)   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 21 Eastern Mennonite (Va.) W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jan 27 at Penn State Behrend W, 3-2 1 5 20 7 35 .371 0 1 5 31 0 11 0 1 2 1 0 21.5
Jan 27 vs. #5 St. John Fisher (N.Y.) L, 3-0 - 1 4 2 9 .222 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Feb 3 Geneva (Pa.) W, 3-0 1 3 9 3 28 .214 0 0 2 26 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Feb 3 #17 Benedictine (Ill.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 9 at Hobart (N.Y.) L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 10 vs. #16 Misericordia (Pa.) L, 3-0 1 1 2 0 6 .333 2 0 0 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Feb 10 vs. #1 Wentworth (Mass.) L, 3-0 - 2 3 2 9 .111 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Feb 15 #10 North Central (Ill.) L, 3-1 - 2 6 3 20 .150 1 1 3 10 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Feb 16 Messiah (Pa.) L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 17 #9 Nazareth (N.Y.) L, 3-2 - 4 12 6 30 .200 0 0 0 22 0 8 0 2 2 2 0 13.0
Feb 24 at Hiram W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 24 vs. #9 Juniata (Pa.) L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 1 Adrian (Mich.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 2 Olivet (Mich.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 7 at #6 California Lutheran L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 8 vs. #16 UC Santa Cruz (Calif.) L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 9 at Aurora (Ill.) L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 15 at Mount St. Joseph W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 16 at Wittenberg L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 22 at Calvin (Mich.) W, 3-1 - 2 4 2 9 .222 0 0 0 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Mar 23 at Trine (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 10 4 25 .240 0 0 2 19 2 5 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Mar 29 Fontbonne (Mo.) W, 3-0 1 3 11 0 20 .550 0 2 2 20 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 14.0
Mar 30 Wabash (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 11 6 31 .161 0 0 1 15 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 11.0
Apr 6 at Mount Union L, 3-1 1 4 15 2 23 .565 1 0 5 27 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Apr 12 vs. Trine (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 9 4 25 .200 0 0 0 32 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
  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
Total 15 40 116 2.90 43 272 .268 5 0.13 4 0.10 238 8 77 1.93 0 9 9 0.23 124.5 3.1
Conference 5 15 51 3.40 14 108 .343 1 0.07 2 0.13 90 5 25 1.67 0 4 4 0.27 55.0 3.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 7 17 49 2.88 20 131 .221 1 0.06 3 0.18 96 2 34 2.00 0 5 5 0.29 54.5 3.2
Away 4 14 49 3.50 15 92 .370 1 0.07 1 0.07 86 4 30 2.14 0 3 3 0.21 51.5 3.7
Neutral 4 9 18 2.00 8 49 .204 3 0.33 0 0.00 56 2 13 1.44 0 1 1 0.11 18.5 2.1
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Wins 8 21 65 3.10 24 150 .273 0 0.00 3 0.14 123 4 40 1.90 0 6 6 0.29 71.0 3.4
Losses 7 19 51 2.68 19 122 .262 5 0.26 1 0.05 115 4 37 1.95 0 3 3 0.16 53.5 2.8
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January 4 8 24 3.00 11 46 .283 0 0.00 1 0.13 38 1 13 1.63 0 1 1 0.13 25.5 3.2
February 5 12 32 2.67 14 93 .194 4 0.33 1 0.08 78 2 30 2.50 0 3 3 0.25 34.5 2.9
March 4 11 36 3.27 12 85 .282 0 0.00 2 0.18 63 4 16 1.45 0 4 4 0.36 40.0 3.6
April 2 9 24 2.67 6 48 .375 1 0.11 0 0.00 59 1 18 2.00 0 1 1 0.11 24.5 2.7