2018 Volleyball Roster
Pressly, Julia
Jersey Number 20
Julia Pressly
- Position:
- OH
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Marketing
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
Bio
2019 (SENIOR SEASON)
Exceptional final year, appearing in all 31 matches, making 25 starts...reached the 200 or more kill mark in a season for the fourth year in a row and finishes with 887 total kills over four seasons...finished third on the team with 220 kills, averaging 2.14 per set...finished fourth in blokcs with 57...had a season-high 16 kills in two matches, in a victory over NJIT (9/10) and a win at Lafayette (9/27)...notched a 10 kill-13 dig double-double in a victory over Penn (9/6)...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2018 (JUNIOR SEASON)
Saw action in 28 matches with 24 starts...she posted 200-plus kills for her third-straight season and was ranked third on the team with 260...She recorded her season high, 17 kills, against Army (10/27)...against Colgate (10/12) she recorded a season high 9 digs...Pressly posted a hitting percentage above .300 on six separate occasions throughout the year, including a season-high .556 against Manhattan Sept. 1...arguably her best performance of the season came at Bucknell (10/7) where she tallied 13 kills on 25 attempts and hit .480 in four sets...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017 (SOPHOMORE SEASON)
Saw action in 28 matches, including 21 starts…posted 200-plus kills for the second-straight season with 202…ranked third on the team with 2.27 kills per set…improved her block total from her rookie season with 30 as a sophomore…recorded a season-high 18 kills against American (11/4).
2016 (FRESHMAN SEASON)
Saw action in 25 matches, including 17 starts…led the team in kills (205) and total attacks (676)…ranked second in kills per set (2.47)…registered double-digit kills in 12 matches, including a season-high 18 kills against Navy (10/22)…posted a season-high five blocks against Northwestern State (9/9).
CAREER STATISTICS
BEFORE LEHIGH
Pressly, an outside hitter, is a two-time first team All-District honoree out of Plano, Texas. Pressly earned All-State recognition following her senior season at Plano West High School and was named her team's MVP in addition to earning the squad's Offensive Player of the Year award as a junior and senior. The outside hitter competed in the USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championships for six years, helping her 2013 team claim the national title. Pressly was also a member of the National Junior Honor Society.
Exceptional final year, appearing in all 31 matches, making 25 starts...reached the 200 or more kill mark in a season for the fourth year in a row and finishes with 887 total kills over four seasons...finished third on the team with 220 kills, averaging 2.14 per set...finished fourth in blokcs with 57...had a season-high 16 kills in two matches, in a victory over NJIT (9/10) and a win at Lafayette (9/27)...notched a 10 kill-13 dig double-double in a victory over Penn (9/6)...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2018 (JUNIOR SEASON)
Saw action in 28 matches with 24 starts...she posted 200-plus kills for her third-straight season and was ranked third on the team with 260...She recorded her season high, 17 kills, against Army (10/27)...against Colgate (10/12) she recorded a season high 9 digs...Pressly posted a hitting percentage above .300 on six separate occasions throughout the year, including a season-high .556 against Manhattan Sept. 1...arguably her best performance of the season came at Bucknell (10/7) where she tallied 13 kills on 25 attempts and hit .480 in four sets...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017 (SOPHOMORE SEASON)
Saw action in 28 matches, including 21 starts…posted 200-plus kills for the second-straight season with 202…ranked third on the team with 2.27 kills per set…improved her block total from her rookie season with 30 as a sophomore…recorded a season-high 18 kills against American (11/4).
2016 (FRESHMAN SEASON)
Saw action in 25 matches, including 17 starts…led the team in kills (205) and total attacks (676)…ranked second in kills per set (2.47)…registered double-digit kills in 12 matches, including a season-high 18 kills against Navy (10/22)…posted a season-high five blocks against Northwestern State (9/9).
CAREER STATISTICS
| Year | MP | K | E | TA | PCT. | SA | SE | DIG | BS | BA | TB | A |
| 2016 | 25 | 205 | 92 | 676 | .167 | 5 | 17 | 56 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 4 |
| 2017 | 28 | 202 | 103 | 600 | .165 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 7 |
| 2018 | 28 | 260 | 109 | 765 | .197 | 1 | 2 | 110 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 6 |
| 2019 | 31 | 220 | 106 | 622 | .183 | 2 | 13 | 133 | 2 | 55 | 57 | 4 |
| Totals | 112 | 887 | 410 | 2663 | .179 | 9 | 39 | 354 | 9 | 134 | 143 | 21 |
BEFORE LEHIGH
Pressly, an outside hitter, is a two-time first team All-District honoree out of Plano, Texas. Pressly earned All-State recognition following her senior season at Plano West High School and was named her team's MVP in addition to earning the squad's Offensive Player of the Year award as a junior and senior. The outside hitter competed in the USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championships for six years, helping her 2013 team claim the national title. Pressly was also a member of the National Junior Honor Society.
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