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2021 Men's Volleyball

3 Ryan Steele

  • Major Political Science
  • Hometown Sacramento, CA
  • Previous School Rio Americano High School
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 175
  • Position S

Biography

Career Notes: Program's all-time assists leader with 2,309 career assists and 8.4 assists per set...Program's all-time games played leader appearing in 275 sets over his career...Is tied for first in program history with 51 service aces...Currently ranked third with 138 blocks and fourth with 427 digs...Eighth with a .267 hitting percentage...Career-high's of 59 assists, 15 digs, eleven kills, six blocks and four service aces...Recorded the program's first ever triple-double on March 16, 2019...Ten assist/dig double-double's...2X California Pacific Conference Setter of the Year and All-Cal Pac First Team selection...2X GSAC All-Conference selection...5X Setter of the Week (GSAC, 4X Cal Pac).

2021: California Pacific Conference Setter of the Year...All-California Pacific Conference First Team selection...2X Cal Pac Player of the Week...Ranked second in the Cal Pac and 15th in the NAIA with nine assists per set...Ran the Bobcats offense to a program-record .313 success rate and the success rate was also good for third in the country...Finished second on the team and led all Cal Pac setters with 1.89 digs per set...Also averaged 0.5 blocks per set, 0.3 service aces per set and totaled 30 kills...Was one of three players in the nation to average at least nine assists, 1.5 digs, 0.5 blocks and 0.3 service aces per set...Tallied 28 assists and ran the offense to a .429 success rate in the season opener against University of Saint Katherine (2/20)...Neared a three-set career-high with 35 assists while also tallying three kills and three blocks against Simpson (3/2)...Recorded 37 assists in the front end of the doubleheader against Park - Gilbert (3/13) before posting an all-around performance of 25 assists, nine digs, four kills and a block in the latter half...Totaled 25 assists in just two sets at Pacific Union College (3/23), his best assists per set average in a two-year span...Notched a double-double on Senior Night against Simpson (3/27) and stuffed the stat sheet with 19 assists, 13 digs, eight kills, three blocks and two service aces...Recorded a season-high 51 assists in the California Pacific Conference Jamboree Semifinal against Simpson (4/6)...Neared a double-double in the Jamboree Finale against BenU Mesa (4/7) with 25 assists and nine digs.

2020: All-California Pacific Conference Setter of the Year and First Team Selection...Also an All-Golden State Athletic Conference selection...Ranked 13th in the NAIA W/ 590 assists, 18th with 8.1 assists per set and 23rd with a .363 hitting percentage...Ranked second on the team with 191 digs which averaged to a career-high 1.9 digs per set...Also ranked second on the team with a career-high 13 solo blocks and was tied for second on the team with 14 service aces...Finished fifth on the team with 71 total kills which averaged out to a career-high 1.06 kills per set...Had 32 total blocks...Stuffed the stat sheet with a match-high 34 assists, eleven digs, three blocks and a service ace in the season opener at UC Santa Cruz (1/3)...Ran the Bobcats offense to a .406 hitting percentage with 26 assists against Westcliff University (1/11)...Registered 36 and 37 assists, respectively, against Hope International University and Siena Heights University on the first day of the Oak Invitational (1/17)...Also had a season-high five blocks against HIU...Became the program's all-time assists leader on the second day of the Oak Invitational (1/18) while quarterbacking the offense against the host and seventh-ranked Menlo College...Tallied 36 assists and tied his career-high with four service aces while running the offense to a .500 hitting percentage at University of Saint Katherine (1/25)...Put up 20 assists, six kills (.556%) and tied his career-high with two solo blocks against Simpson University (2/2)...Was named the California Pacific Conference Setter of the Week on February 4...Earned second double-double of the season as he finished with 44 assists, 13 digs and seven kills against OUAZ (2/8)...Quarterbacked the Bobcats to a program-best .507 hitting percentage against The Master's University (2/15) and finished with 31 assists and a three-set career-high ten digs...Erupted for his fourth double-double of the season at Arizona Christian University (2/22) with 32 assists and a career-high 15 digs and led the Bobcats to their first 0-1 comeback sicne March 4, 2019...Was named California Pacific Conference Setter of the Week for the second time on February 24...Tied his four-set season-high of 44 assists to go along with four kills, three digs and a block against Hope International University (2/27)...Tallied 30 assists and had five kills without an error against Vanguard University (2/28)...Totaled a road GSAC three-set career-high with 29 assists at OUAZ (3/7)...Had a season-high 48 assists to go along with nine digs and five kills at first-time opponent Park University Gilbert (3/8).

2019: All-Golden State Athletic Conference selection...Tabbed GSAC Setter of the Week on February 4...Reigstered three double-doubles...Registered first triple-double in program history consisting of 22 assists, a career-high eleven kills and ten digs at OUAZ (3/16)...Was one of four players in NAIA to record assist/kill/dig triple-double, only one west of the Mississippi...Also had two solo blocks in historical match...Started the season with back-to-back service aces at CSUN, also had eleven assists and five kills (1/11)...Was good for 30 assists & five blocks against Westcliff (1/27)...35 assists, seven digs and a service ace vs. Graceland University (2/01)...Led the Bobcats to a 3-1 win over #6 St. Ambrose University with 35 assists and a career-high four service aces...Had 31 assists vs. Culver-Stockton College and ran the Bobcats offense to a program-record .475 hitting percentage (2/02)...Was good for 41 assists, including his 1,000th career assist in a win over OUAZ (2/15)...Fastest Bobcat ever to 1,000 assists...Turned in a season-best 51 assists vs. UC Santa Cruz (2/17)...Tallied 35 assists in a sweep over Menlo College (2/23)...25 assists and four blocks vs. University of Saint Katherine (2/24)...47 assists at Hope International University (3/02)...Notched 48 assist, 11 dig double-double in program's first ever win vs. UC Santa Cruz (3/04)...Stuffed stat sheet with ten assists, seven kills, six digs and two blocks in sweep over Arizona Christian (3/23)...Registered 37 assists and eleven digs in GSAC Consolation Match (4/06)

2018: As a freshman, appeared in all 24 matches and played 80 sets...averaged 8.9 assists/set, good for eleventh in the NAIA...broke the program's single-season assists record and finished the year with 714 assists...recorded 16 straight games of 20+ assists from 2/11-3/17...registered a career-high 59 assists in a win against Menlo College on 2/15...registered 57 assists in a win against Hope International University on 3/17...also contributed 47 kills, nine service aces and 43 blocks...was one of five Bobcats to eclipse the 100 dig mark (105).

Personal: Majoring in political science...Has two siblings...Wants to work in law enforcement after he accomplishes his goal of playing professional volleyball...Favorite food is Mexican food...Favorite athlete is Emmitt Smith and favorite team is the Dallas Cowboys...Favorite musician is Luke Combs and favorite movie is Happy Gilmore...Can be seen playing golf on his off days...Lists his dad as his biggest influence because he has gone through a similar journey as him.

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