2 Megan Utlak
Megan Utlak
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Year:
    5th
  • Hometown:
    Parma, Ohio
  • High School:
    Parma
  • Position:
    DS
  • m
    32
  • k/s
    0.02
  • h %
    .400
  • a/s
    0.42
  • b/s
    0.00
  • sa/s
    0.17
  • d/s
    2.87

Bio

Spring 2021: Named to the All-GLIAC Second Team … Received the team’s Digger Award for the third straight season and the Scholastic Achievement Award for the second year in a row … Appeared in all 15 matches … Tallied 279 digs, averaging 4.89 per set to rank fifth in the GLIAC and the third-best mark in program history … Tallied double-digit digs in all 15 matches and hit the 20-dig mark six times while tying a career-high with 32 digs at Grand Valley State (Mar. 27) … Had 27 digs versus Ferris State (Mar. 12) and at GVSU (Mar. 26) … Tallied 26 digs at Northwood (Feb. 28), 21 the night before against the Timberwolves and 20 against Northern Michigan (Apr. 2).

2019: All-GLIAC Honorable Mention … Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team … Received the team’s Digger Award and Scholastic Achievement Award ...Recorded 1,000th career dig on Oct. 18 … Appeared in all 32 matches and 112 sets … Anchored the backcourt with 4.85 digs per set to rank second in the GLIAC and fourth in program history ... Her 543 dig total led the league and was second in team history ... Ranks sixth in program history with 1,296 digs … Tallied 20 digs in 10 matches this while also tallying 78 assists … Tied a career-high with 32 digs in the NCAA Regional Semifinal against Hillsdale (Dec. 6) … Tallied 30 digs against Ferris State (Nov. 8) … Had 25 digs and nine assists at Parkside (Oct. 25) … Had 23 digs and seven assists at Davenport (Sept. 21).

2018: All-GLIAC Honorable Mention … Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team … Received the Team Digger Award ... Attended the 2019 NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum ... Voted team co-captain for the 2019 season  … Appeared in all 30 matches and played in all 113 sets from the libero position … Finished the season with the third-most digs in a season (511) and fourth-most digs per set in a season (4.52) in Michigan Tech history … Also recorded 92 assists (.81/set) and 19 service aces (.17/set) … Recorded double-digit digs in 27 matches and 20 or more in 11 matches … Tallied personal-best 32 digs vs. Alaska Anchorage (Aug. 25) … Named to the UAA Invitational All-Tournament Team after combining for 80 digs (4.70 digs/set) and nine assists (1.8 assists/set) over four matches.

2017: Played in all 31 matches as a defensive specialist... Averaged 2.14 digs/set (242 total digs)... had 11 double-digit digs including a career-high 17 digs in a road loss against Grand Valley on Sept. 29.

High School: Four-year starter at Parma High School and four-time Northeast Ohio Conference All-Division selection … Was team captain, team MVP, and one of the top students in her class … Played club for The Academy Volleyball of Cleveland.

Personal: Holds a 4.0 GPA in Finance with a minor in Psychology ... Born on March 10, 1999… Hobbies include spending time outdoors, fishing, and playing with dogs... Has an older sister, Nicole… Daughter of Christine and Michael Utlak.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 13 at Wayne State W, 3-0
Nov 17 Northwood W, 3-0
Nov 20 Davenport W, 3-1
Nov 21 Ferris State L, 3-2
Dec 2 vs. Wayne State W, 3-2
Dec 3 vs. Hillsdale L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 32 15
Sets 115 48
Kills 2 1
Kills per set 0.02 0.02
Errors 0 0
Total Attacks 5 2
Hitting Percentage .400 .500
Assists 48 20
Assists per set 0.42 0.42
Service Aces 19 8
Service Errors 28 7
Service Aces per set 0.17 0.17
Receptions 450 183
Reception Errors 14 7
Digs 330 143
Digs per set 2.87 2.98
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 21.0 9.0
Points per set 0.2 0.2
Matches started 7 5
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 2 Minnesota Duluth W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 17 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 3 Minnesota State L, 3-2 - 5 1 0 1 1.000 0 1 2 16 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 3 St. Cloud State L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 11 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 4 Concordia-St. Paul L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 13 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 10 vs. McKendree W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 11 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 10 vs. NW Missouri State W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 4 1 2 21 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 11 vs. Lake Erie W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 11 at Illinois-Springfield W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 1 0 7 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 17 Grand Valley State L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 14 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 18 Davenport W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 0 1 16 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 19 Ferris State W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 9 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 24 at Lake Superior State W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 13 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 25 at Northwood W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 2 1 2 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 1 Wayne State W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 18 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 2 Saginaw Valley State W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 10 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 9 Northern Michigan W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 15 vs. Lewis W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 1 1 8 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 15 vs. Missouri S&T W, 3-2 1 5 0 0 1 .000 1 3 2 17 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 16 vs. Hillsdale W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 19 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 22 at Parkside W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 10 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 23 at Purdue Northwest W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 2 .500 3 4 0 8 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 26 at Minnesota Duluth L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 2 0 2 14 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 30 at Northern Michigan W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 5 Northwood W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 10 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 6 Lake Superior State W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 2 1 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 12 at Saginaw Valley State W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 13 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 13 at Wayne State W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 17 Northwood W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 3 2 12 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Nov 20 Davenport W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 5 0 1 19 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 21 Ferris State L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 3 0 1 32 2 31 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dec 2 vs. Wayne State W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 0 0 2 14 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dec 3 vs. Hillsdale L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 31 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2017-18 31 113 1 0.01 2 5 -.200 16 0.14 19 0.17 461 26 242 2.14 0 0 0 0.00 20.0 0.2
2018-19 30 113 3 0.03 0 7 .429 92 0.81 19 0.17 429 24 511 4.52 0 0 0 0.00 22.0 0.2
2019-20 32 112 3 0.03 1 14 .143 78 0.70 17 0.15 680 35 543 4.85 0 0 0 0.00 20.0 0.2
2020-21 15 57 1 0.02 1 6 .000 52 0.91 6 0.11 264 10 279 4.89 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 0.1
2021-22 32 115 2 0.02 0 5 .400 48 0.42 19 0.17 450 14 330 2.87 0 0 0 0.00 21.0 0.2
Total 140 510 10 0.02 4 37 .162 286 0.56 80 0.16 2284 109 1905 3.74 0 0 0 0.00 90.0 0.2
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 32 115 2 0.02 0 5 .400 48 0.42 19 0.17 450 14 330 2.87 0 0 0 0.00 21.0 0.2
Conference 15 48 1 0.02 0 2 .500 20 0.42 8 0.17 183 7 143 2.98 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 15 55 1 0.02 0 1 1.000 27 0.49 7 0.13 225 10 191 3.47 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.1
Away 9 29 1 0.03 0 3 .333 11 0.38 7 0.24 99 1 69 2.38 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.3
Neutral 8 31 0 0.00 0 1 .000 10 0.32 5 0.16 126 3 70 2.26 0 0 0 0.00 5.0 0.2
Result Wins 25 82 1 0.01 0 3 .333 40 0.49 17 0.21 319 11 226 2.76 0 0 0 0.00 18.0 0.2
Losses 7 33 1 0.03 0 2 .500 8 0.24 2 0.06 131 3 104 3.15 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 0.1
Month September 13 46 1 0.02 0 1 1.000 18 0.39 5 0.11 168 5 141 3.07 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.1
October 10 35 1 0.03 0 4 .250 13 0.37 8 0.23 126 4 84 2.40 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.3
November 7 24 0 0.00 0 0 - 17 0.71 6 0.25 111 4 85 3.54 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.3
December 2 10 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 0 0.00 45 1 20 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0

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