2024 Volleyball Roster

Paul Vernon
Paul Vernon
Paul Vernon
Paul Vernon

15 Ava Kutilek

  • Class Senior
  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height' 6-1
  • Letters 3
  • Hometown Wilmette, Ill.
  • Major(s) Business administration
  • High School New Trier

Biography

2024: Won third-team All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors as middle blocker...played in 28 matches and won fourth letter.
  • Ranked seventh in NCAC in blocks per set (0.65) and ninth in hitting percentage (.258).
  • Shared team lead with 2 blocks vs. Widener Aug. 31.
  • Led Bishops with 4 blocks vs. 18th-ranked Calvin Sept. 7.
  • Had kill, block, and ace during 7-2 run in second set that helped Bishops take 2-0 lead in match vs. Texas Lutheran Sept. 12...finished with team-high 4 blocks.
  • Led Bishops with 16 kills and 3 blocks vs. Capital Sept. 13.
  • Recorded team-best 6 blocks vs. Case Reserve Sept. 14.
  • Had team-high 5 blocks at Carnegie Mellon Sept. 21.
  • Shared team lead with 3 aces vs. Capital Sept. 25.
  • Led Bishops with 3 blocks at Oberlin Oct 4.
  • Posted team-high 8 kills vs. Earlham Oct 8.
  • Finished with 10 kills in NCAC win vs. DePauw Oct. 29.
  • Contributed 10 kills vs. Hiram Nov. 2.
  • Delivered kill to break 9-9 tie and put Bishops ahead to stay in fifth set of NCAC tournament championship at Denison Nov. 16.
  • Collected 12 kills and 8 block assists in NCAC tournament championship at Denison Nov. 16...the win gave the Bishops their first NCAC tournament title since 1996 and clinched Ohio Wesleyan’s first-ever NCAA Division III playoff appearance.
2023: Won third letter as middle blocker...saw action in 13 matches.
  • Contributed 10 kills vs. Albion Sept. 8.
  • Led Bishops with 4 blocks vs. Spalding Sept. 15.
  • Recorded team-high 4 blocks in NCAC tournament semifinal vs. Wittenberg Nov. 10.
2022:  Won second letter as middle blocker...played in 21 matches.
  • Ranked 13th in NCAC in hitting percentage (.237).
  • Contributed 7 kills vs. Anderson Sept. 16.
  • Finished with 6 kills vs. Trine Sept. 17.
  • Led Bishops with 5 blocks vs. Muskingum Sept. 21.
  • Shared team lead with 2 blocks and contributed 7 kills at Denison Oct. 8.
  • Led Bishops with 4 blocks at Wooster Oct. 12.
  • Shared team lead with 3 blocks vs. Wisconsin-River Falls Oct. 22.
  • Recorded 10 kills in NCAC tournament semifinal vs. Denison Nov. 5.
2021:  Won honorable mention All-NCAC recognition as middle blocker...played in all 27 matches and won first letter.
  • Led NCAC in block assists (81)... also tied for fourth in total blocks (86) and ranked seventh in blocks average (0.89/set) and eighth in attack percentage (.269).
  • Shared team lead with 3 kills at 16th-ranked Muskingum Sept. 1.
  • Led Bishops with 3 blocks vs. Bluffton Sept. 4.
  • Had team-best 4 blocks vs. 11th-ranked Ohio Northern Sept. 8.
  • Shared team lead with 3 blocks vs. Albion Sept. 10.
  • Contributed 9 kills at John Carroll Sept. 15...also shared team lead with 3 blocks.
  • Led Bishops with 7 blocks and added 9 kills vs. Transylvania Sept. 17.
  • Finished with team bests of 8 kills and 3 blocks vs. Anderson Sept. 17.
  • Led Bishops with 5 blocks vs. Mount Union Sept. 18.
  • Racked up team-high 8 blocks vs. Defiance Sept. 18.
  • Named to all-tournament team at Bishop Invitational.
  • Shared team lead with 3 blocks vs. Wooster Sept. 24.
  • Posted team-high 5 blocks vs. Wittenberg Sept. 28.
  • Led Bishops with 11 kills and 4 blocks at Denison Oct. 6.
  • Recorded team-best 5 blocks at DePauw Oct. 23.
  • Had team-high 7 blocks at Kenyon Oct. 27.
  • Led team with 5 blocks vs. Baldwin Wallace Oct. 30.
  • Posted team-best 6 blocks and added 8 kills in NCAC tournament quarterfinal win vs. DePauw Nov. 5.
High School:  Lettered in volleyball.
  • Was all-conference selection.
  • Served as team captain.
  • Helped club team to second-place national finish.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2021Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    15
  • 15

    2022Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    15
  • 15

    2023Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    15
  • 15

    2024Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    15