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2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

8 Paula Guersching

8 Paula Guersching

  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany

Summary

Biography

2023 (Junior):
All-Big West Honorable Mention
  • Played in 24 matches with 10 starts and 61 sets.
  • Ranked fourth on the team with 2.54 points per set and 2.11 kills per set.
  • Posted 15 service aces, all coming in Big West play.
  • Recorded double-digit kills in three matches with a season-high 16 kills with a .366 hitting percentage against UC Santa Barbara (Oct. 13).
  • Posted a season-high 10 digs against UC Irvine (Oct. 7) and CSUN (Oct. 27).
  • Served up a season-high five aces against UC San Diego (Sept. 30).

Prior to UH
  • Played two record-setting seasons at Youngstown State
  • In 2022, became YSU's first ever AVCA All-America Honorable Mention awardee
  • In 2022, became the first Penguin to be voted the Horizon League's Player of the Year, as well as Offensive Player of the Year while also earning all-league First Team honors for the second-straight season
  • Recorded YSU's most prolific sophomore campaign ever as she set numerous school and conference records
    • Finished 2022 ranked in the top five nationally while setting YSU single-season records in several statistical categories
      • No. 3 - 5.24 kill/set and 5.87 points/set
      • No. 5 - 12.84 attacks/set and 576 total kills
      • No. 6 - 646.0 total points
    • Her 576 kills set a new single-season league record for kills during the 25-point, rally-scoring era
  • Buried a career-high 35 kills at Northern Kentucky to set a new league and school record in the 25-point rally-scoring match.
  • Was named Horizon League Player of the Week a record six times (8/31, 9/14, 10/5, 10/12, 11/2, 11/9)
  • Became the fastest player in YSU history to reach 1,000 career kills finishing her Penguin career with 1,006 total kills
  • Earned Horizon League All-Academic honors in 2022
Prep
  • Competed on both the German junior national indoor and beach volleyball circuits
  • Helped the beach team to a ninth-place finish at the U18/U19 junior championship
  • Competed at the club level with TG Bad Soden in the 2. Bundesliga in 2020 and helped her team to a sixth-place finish at the Junior German Championship.

Personal
  • Majoring in business
  • Parents are Ralph and Barbara
  • Has one sister

Career Highs
at Youngstown State (2021, '22)
  • Kills - 35 at Northern Kentucky (10/15/22)
  • Attempts - 87, at Northern Kentucky (10/15/22)
  • Assists - 3, at IUPUI (10/29/22)
  • Service Aces - 6, at Buffalo (9/9/22)
  • Digs - 24, Cleveland State (9/20/22)
  • Total Blocks - 5, Kent State (9/16/22)
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