2013 (Sophomore): Started 24 matches and appeared in 97 sets at outside hitter…missed the team’s final three matches due to an eligibility issue…averaged 2.56 kills per set and led the team with a 1.68 dig average…also finished second on the team with 23 service aces and averaged 0.49 blocks per set….tallied a career-high 22 kills with a career-best .444 hitting percentage in a win over USC (March 10)…posted double-digit kill totals in 12 matches and double-figure dig totals in four matches…had three double-doubles…recorded 19 kills in a five-set loss to Ohio State (Jan. 10) during the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Invitational…also reached 18 kills twice against UCLA (Jan. 12) – once during the Outrigger and the other in a five-set victory (Feb. 16) in which he hit .417 (18-3-36)…notched three service aces each against BYU (Jan. 5), Stanford (Feb. 2), and Cal State Northridge (March 3)…career-high 16 digs against Peppedine (Jan. 25)…during his career, hit for double figures 23 times and had 46 career service aces.
2012 (Freshman): Started 26 matches at outside hitter…appeared in all 27 matches and played in 94 sets…averaged 2.30 kills, 1.17 digs and 0.46 blocks per set… hit .173 on the year…also ranked 13th in the MPSF in service aces (0.24)...had 11 matches with double-figure kills…season-high 19 kills against BYU (March 16)…season-high 10 digs against UC Irvine (Feb. 10)…named to the Outrigger Hotels Invitational all-tournament team after averaging 3.36 kills and 1.27 digs per set…hit .429 (12-3-21) and had eight digs against Springfield (Jan. 12)…tallied 18 kills on .419 hitting and six digs in four-set win at Stanford (March 7).
National Team: Member of the Germany Junior and Youth National teams from 208-11…played 44 matches with the junior national team…helped team qualify for the World Championships in 2011…team placed sixth at the European Championships in 2010…led team to Eight Nation Tournament title in 2010 and runner-up finish in 2009.
Prep: A 2011 graduate of Coubertin-Gymnasium in Berlin, Germany…played club ball in volleyball, tennis, field hockey, and handball…member of Schwerin Sport Club for volleyball at youth and junior championships…played with the Volleyball Club Olympia Berlin for three years in professional leagues throughout Germany…with Schwerin, played in two different age groups…teams finished runner-up at nationals in 2007, ’09, and ’11)…six-time regional and state championship teams.
Personal: Born in Hamburg, Germany…intends to major in business…has two brothers…parents are Volker and Christina Marks of Schwerin, Germany.
Career Highs:
K 22 vs. USC (3/10/13)
Hit% .444 (33-6-36) vs. USC (3/10/13)
SA 3, 5x, last vs. Cal State Northridge (3/3/13)
BS 2, 3x, last vs. USC (3/10/13)
BA 5 vs. Stanford (2/2/13)
TB 5 vs. Stanford (2/2/13)
D 16 vs. Pepperdine (1/25/13)
AST 4 at Long Beach State (1/18/13)
2013 Match-by-Match Statistics
2012 Match-by-Match Statistics
Career Statistics
Season SP MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SESA
2012 94 27 216 2.30 121 549 .173 20 0.21 23 0.24 82
2013 97 24 248 2.56 129 604 .197 17 0.18 23 0.24 64
TOTAL 191 51 464 2.43 250 1153 .186 37 0.19 46 0.24 146
Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Points Pts/S
2012 110 1.17 26 9 34 43 0.46 2 0 265.0 2.82
2013 163 1.68 32 6 42 48 0.49 0 1 298.0 3.07
TOTAL 273 1.43 58 15 76 91 0.48 2 1 563.0 2.95
