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Maleia Thurber

13 Maleia Thurber

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Temecula, Calif.
  • High School:
    Chaparral
  • Position:
    MH
m 25
k/s 1.66
h % .288
a/s 0.06
b/s 0.52
sa/s 0.00
d/s 0.10

2023

  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team honoree
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • Appeared in 25 matches and 83 sets
  • Third on the team with 138 kills
  • Second on the team and fourth in the OAC with a .288 hitting percentage
  • Second on the team with 43 total blocks
  • Added eight digs and five assists

2022

  • Appeared in 23 matches and 79 sets
  • Totaled 153 kills, third on the team
  • Led the team in hitting percentage, hitting .270 on the year
  • Was second on the team in total blocks with 50
  • Added 18 digs and four assists
  • Earned first varsity letter

Career Match Bests

  • 17 kills at Mount Union in OAC Tournament Quarterfinals on Nov. 7, 2023
  • Three block solos vs Hanover at Cedar Point on Sept. 3, 2022
  • Eight total blocks vs Capital on Oct. 28, 2023
  • Three digs (2x) with last vs Bethany (W.Va.) on Sept. 9, 2022

High School

  • 11-year club volleyball player
  • Three-year varsity letterwinner
  • Three-sport high school athlete
  • All-Region first-team (2022)
  • All-State second-team (2022)
  • All-Star Player (2022)
  • Two-time honor roll recipient
  • Web Design Student of the Year honoree 
  • Computer Science Sterling Scholar recipient

Personal

  • Communication sciences and disorders major
  • Dean's list student
  • Daughter of Alan and Kala Thurber

 

This page was last updated on December 12, 2023
Recent Games
Oct 14 Juniata (Pa.) L, 3-0
Oct 18 at Heidelberg W, 3-0
Oct 21 Otterbein L, 3-0
Oct 25 at Ohio Northern L, 3-0
Oct 28 at Capital W, 3-0
Nov 7 at Mount Union L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 25 9
Sets 83 26
Kills 138 48
Kills per set 1.66 1.85
Errors 42 11
Total Attacks 333 115
Hitting Percentage .288 .322
Assists 5 1
Assists per set 0.06 0.04
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 8 0
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 8 1
Digs per set 0.10 0.04
Block Solo 6 3
Block Assist 37 14
Block Total 43 17
Blocks per set 0.52 0.65
Block Errors 5 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 162.5 58.0
Points per set 2.0 2.2
Matches started 19 9
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 vs. Bethany (W.Va.) L, 3-0 1 3 2 1 5 .200 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Sep 1 vs. Grove City (Pa.) L, 3-2 - 5 7 3 12 .333 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 4 0 9.5
Sep 2 vs. Suffolk (Mass.) W, 3-0 - 3 6 1 11 .455 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 6 at Hiram W, 3-0 - 3 4 3 9 .111 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 8 at Berea (Ky.) W, 3-1 1 4 7 2 17 .294 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Sep 9 vs. Centre (Ky.) L, 3-1 - 4 5 2 16 .188 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 6.5
Sep 9 vs. Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 6 0 12 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Sep 13 Case Western Reserve L, 3-0 1 3 3 0 10 .300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 15 vs. #22 Mount St. Joseph L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 13 .000 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3.0
Sep 15 vs. Earlham (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 4 2 10 .200 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 5.0
Sep 22 vs. Olivet (Mich.) W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 14 .214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 5.0
Sep 23 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 3-1 1 4 5 5 20 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 6.5
Sep 23 vs. Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 6 1 10 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 7.5
Sep 26 at Kenyon W, 3-1 - 4 8 1 15 .467 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 9.5
Sep 30 at Marietta L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 10 .200 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Oct 4 Mount Union L, 3-0 1 3 9 1 15 .533 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 10.5
Oct 7 at Wilmington W, 3-0 1 1 2 0 3 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 11 John Carroll W, 3-1 1 4 9 1 20 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Oct 14 Muskingum W, 3-0 1 3 3 2 15 .067 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Oct 14 Juniata (Pa.) L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 7 .286 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Oct 18 at Heidelberg W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 11 .273 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 21 Otterbein L, 3-0 1 3 5 1 13 .308 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Oct 25 at Ohio Northern L, 3-0 1 3 5 1 16 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 6.0
Oct 28 at Capital W, 3-0 1 3 6 1 12 .417 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 8 0 11.0
Nov 7 at Mount Union L, 3-1 1 4 17 5 37 .324 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 18.5
  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 25 83 138 1.66 42 333 .288 5 0.06 0 0.00 8 0 8 0.10 6 37 43 0.52 162.5 2.0
Conference 9 26 48 1.85 11 115 .322 1 0.04 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.04 3 14 17 0.65 58.0 2.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 6 19 33 1.74 7 80 .325 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.00 1 6 7 0.37 37.0 1.9
Away 10 32 63 1.97 22 150 .273 1 0.03 0 0.00 2 0 4 0.13 3 16 19 0.59 74.0 2.3
Neutral 9 32 42 1.31 13 103 .282 4 0.13 0 0.00 5 0 4 0.13 2 15 17 0.53 51.5 1.6
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Wins 12 37 66 1.78 15 149 .342 2 0.05 0 0.00 3 0 3 0.08 2 20 22 0.59 78.0 2.1
Losses 13 46 72 1.57 27 184 .245 3 0.07 0 0.00 5 0 5 0.11 4 17 21 0.46 84.5 1.8
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September 15 53 73 1.38 26 184 .255 5 0.09 0 0.00 7 0 5 0.09 3 20 23 0.43 86.0 1.6
October 9 26 48 1.85 11 112 .330 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 1 0.04 3 14 17 0.65 58.0 2.2
November 1 4 17 4.25 5 37 .324 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 2 0.50 0 3 3 0.75 18.5 4.6