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2016 Carthage College Men's Volleyball Roster

Brittney DeMik
Matt Thome
Mike Gryniewicz
Mike Gryniewicz

12 J.P. Tulacka

  • Position MB
  • Class Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 225
  • Hometown Westmont, Ill.
  • High School Downers Grove-North

Biography

2016: Named Men's Volleyball Most Valuable Performer... Recipient of the Joseph F. Simmons Award...Played and started in 27 matches.... Led the team with 131 blocks and 1.46 blocks per set...Finished third on the team with 167 kills and 1.86 kills per set.... Tallied 46 digs...Second on the team with 32 service aces...Named Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League Defensive Player of the Week on February 3 and March 9... Named Midwest Collegiate Volleyball Conference Defensive Player of the Year.... First Team All-MCVL....American Volleyball Coaches Association First Team All-American... Finished second in NCAA Division III with 1.46 blocks per set....Finished 13th in NCAA Division III with a .394 hitting percentage

2015:  Played in 17-of-29 matches and made 12 starts…averaged 1.78 kills per set with a .357 attack percentage and 1.02 blocks per set…had a career-high 17 kills at Lakeland on March 25.

2014:  Named American Volleyball Coaches Association second-team All-America and All-Continental Volleyball Conference…played in 29-of-31 matches and made 22 starts…averaged 1.88 kills per set with a .466 attack percentage and 0.89 blocks per set…collected a season-high 10 kills in both the March 29 Dominican (Ill.) match and the April 5 Mount St. Joseph contest…credited with eight blocks (1 solo, 7 assisted) against Fontbonne on March 7.

2013:  Played in 27-of-32 matches…compiled a .334 attack percentage and averaged 1.77 kills per set averaged 1.07 blocks per set and ranked 13th among NCAA Division III leaders…collected a season-high 16 kills in the March 8 UC-Santa Cruz match…had three block solos and five block assists versus Quincy on Jan. 20.

High School:  Named Chicago Sun-Times first-team all-area his senior year…a three-time All-West Suburban League Silver honoree and a three-time Daily Herald DuPage County all-area pickalso named all-area his junior year by the Westland Progress, Bugle Newspapers and Suburban Life…both his sophomore and senior-year teams won regional titles…coached by Mark Wasik…played baseball his freshman year.

Personal:  Finance major…named to the fall 2012 Carthage dean’s list.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2013Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'5" 202 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2014Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'5" 202 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2015Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'5" 225 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2016Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'5" 225 lbs
    12