2018 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 17
Blayke Hranicka
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Denver, Colo.
- High School:
- Mullen
- Prev School:
- NC State
Senior - 2018
- Notched a pair of kills on a .500 hitting percentage, including the match-wining kill at Northwestern (11/14).
- Saw action in a win at Maryland (11/4), notching a block and the match-winning kill.
- Turned in three blocks in a win at Indiana (9/23).
- Totaled five blocks in a win over No. 10 Creighton (9/15).
- Registered 11 kills and four blocks in a win at No. 25 Colorado State (8/25).
- Led the Illini with five blocks in a win at Northern Colorado (8/25).
Junior - 2017
- Bobcat Classic All-Tournament Team
- Saw action in 23 matches, starting 20 and playing in 64 sets.
- Registered 105 kills for a 1.64 kills per set average on a team-high .380 hitting percentage, while also totaling 59 blocks - including four solo stuffs, 16 digs, seven service aces and two assists.
- Totaled nine kills and zero errors on 13 swings for a .692 hitting percentage and five blocks in a win over Iowa (11/22).
- Tied a season-high with six blocks at Indiana (9/20).
- Notched a season-high 12 kills on a .550 hitting percentage against Tennessee State (9/16).
- Served up a career-high four aces against Chattanooga (9/15).
- Equaled a season-high with six blocks against Colorado (9/9).
- Hit double figures for the first time this season with 11 kills on a .625 hitting percentage against Louisville (9/2).
- Registered a season-high hitting percentage of .750 (6-0-8) against No. 24 Western Kentucky (9/2).
- Registered 20 kills and 13 blocks at the Bobcat Classic en route to being named to the All-Tournament Team.
Sophomore - 2016
- Saw action in seven matches, starting one.
- Totaled nine kills, 19 blocks and two digs, while hitting .200 in her first season with the Illini.
- Made her Illini debut at Colorado (9/4), posting three kills on four attacks and a .750 hitting percentage.
- Registered her first three blocks as an Illini against Saint Mary’s (9/10). Earned her first career start in the Orange & Blue against Rutgers (9/24), totaling three kills and five blocks.
Freshman - 2015 // at NC State
- 2015 All-ACC Freshman Team
- N.C. State Hilton Garden Inn Cary Classic All-Tournament Team (9/4-5/15)
- Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic All-Tournament (9/11-12/15)
- Garnered All-ACC Freshman Team honors, after a fantastic rookie season with the Wolfpack
- Started all 32 matches and appeared in all 119 of the team’s sets
- Led the team with 409.5 points scored, the most by a freshman in program history
- Finished fourth on the squad in kills with 299, an average of 2.51 per set
- Notched double-digit kills in 14 matches, leading the Pack in kills on seven occasions
- Swatted a season-high 17 kills against Miami
- Ended the year with a .356 attacking percentage, the fifth best in the ACC and best on the team among players with at least five attacks
- Recorded an attacking percentage of .300 or better in 21 matches, highlighted by an .875 hitting percentage against Southeastern Louisiana
- Defensively, charted the second-most blocks on the team with 139, including eight solo blocks
- Her 1.17 blocks per set average ranks among the top 10 in the ACC
- Tied the program record with 12 blocks against Tennessee, the most in a three-set match by a freshman in the NCAA this season
- Smacked 37 service aces, the second most on the team, fifth most in the conference and third most during the rally-scoring era in program history
- Also chipped in with 40 digs
- Earned all-tournament team honors at the NC State Hilton Garden Inn Cary Classic and the Tulane Tournament
High School
- Split her high school career between Holy Family and 5A Mullen High School, advancing to the Colorado State Tournament as a senior
- Also led her high school teams to the state tournament all four years
- Tabbed a second-team all-state selection following her junior year and selected to the Colorado High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) 3A Elite Team
- Was an honorable mention all-state selection her sophomore season
- Competed for the Front Range Volleyball Club, a nationally acclaimed junior Olympic training club, coached by Jim Miret and Steve Colpus
- Started for the FRVBC's elite 18-1 team, which won a bronze medal in the 18 Open division at the 2015 AAU National Championships
- Her squad also claimed a fifth-place finish at the 2015 USAV National Championships
Personal
- Born on June 18, 1997.
- Daughter of Mike and Suzy Hranicka.
- Has a younger brother, Jack and a younger sister, Lindsey.
Career Single-Match Highs
K: 17, 2x-last vs. Miami (10/16/15)*
TA: 34 vs. Miami (10/16/15)*
Pct.: .875 vs. Southeastern Louisiana (8/29/15)*
A: 1, 6x-last at Wake Forest (11/28/15)*
SA: 4 vs. Wake Forest (10/2/15)*
D: 3, 4x-last at Virginia (11/20/15)*
BS: 2 vs. Florida State (10/18/15)*
BA: 12 vs. Tennessee (9/19/15)*
TB: 12 vs. Tennessee (9/19/15)*
*At N.C. State
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