Jake Downs
10 Jake Downs
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Hometown:
    Cincinnati, OH
  • Position:
    L
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • High School:
    Milford
  • m
    25
  • k/s
    0.00
  • h %
    -.091
  • a/s
    0.37
  • b/s
    0.00
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    2.78
Bio

Sophomore Season (2024):

Played in 26 matches... Starting 1 of them... Posted a season-high of 14 digs twice this season against Illinois Tech on 2/09/2024 and Wabash on 2/17/2024... Finished the seaosn with 15 total attacks... Assisted 7 tigers with 0.07 assists per set... Successfully received 84 receptions

 MCVL All-Academic Team

Freshman Season (2023):

Played in 27 matches... Starting 7 of them... Collected his first kill as a tiger against East. Mennonite on 1/14/2023... Posted a season-high of 18 digs against Trine on 3/31/2023... Finished the season 13 total attacks with a .077 hitting percentage... Assisted 22 tigers with 0.25 assists per set... Earned 2 service aces... Posted 158 digs and 1.82 digs per set

My Wittenberg Experience

Economics and Finance Major... 2x MCVL All Academic Team. 

Why Wittenberg?

The coaches, players and campus.

High School

ECC First Team (x2)... ECC Honorable Mention... ECC Player of the Year... All-Southwest Ohio 2nd team...Ohio All State Honorable Mention.

Personal

Son of Keith and Melissa Downs.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Mar 21 Olivet W, 3-0
Mar 22 Adrian W, 3-0
Mar 28 at Mount St. Joseph W, 3-0
Apr 4 at Calvin W, 3-0
Apr 5 at Trine W, 3-1
Apr 11 vs. Baldwin Wallace L, 3-1
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 25 7
Sets 87 24
Kills 0 0
Kills per set 0.00 0.00
Errors 1 0
Total Attacks 11 1
Total Attacks per set 0.13 0.04
Hitting Percentage -.091 .000
Assists 32 9
Assists per set 0.37 0.38
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 376 80
Reception Errors 25 6
Digs 242 71
Digs per set 2.78 2.96
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 0.0 0.0
Points per set 0.0 0.0
Matches started - -
Game Log - Offense
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Jan 10 Roanoke W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0.0
Jan 11 Concordia Chicago W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Jan 11 Thiel W, 3-1 - 4 0 1 1 -1.000 1 0.0
Jan 17 at #14 St. John Fisher L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0.0
Jan 18 vs. Buffalo St. L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 0.0
Jan 18 vs. Penn St.-Behrend W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Jan 24 Randolph W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Jan 24 #11 Loras L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 1 0.0
Jan 25 #1 Southern Virginia L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 2 .000 0 0.0
Jan 25 Edgewood W, 3-1 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Jan 30 Hiram W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 3 .000 1 0.0
Feb 7 at (RV) Benedictine (IL) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0.0
Feb 8 at Augustana (IL) L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 1 0.0
Feb 8 at MSOE W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 4 0.0
Feb 14 Wis. Lutheran W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Feb 14 East. Mennonite W, 3-1 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0.0
Feb 15 Westminster (MO) W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 4 0.0
Feb 15 Illinois Tech W, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Feb 21 at #5 Juniata L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 2 0.0
Feb 22 vs. Arcadia W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0.0
Feb 22 at Penn St.-Altoona L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Feb 27 Wabash W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Mar 14 at #12 Baldwin Wallace W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 0.0
Mar 15 at Mount Union L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 1 0.0
Mar 18 at Charleston (W.V.) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0.0
Mar 21 Olivet W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Mar 22 Adrian W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Mar 28 at Mount St. Joseph W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0.0
Apr 4 at Calvin W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0.0
Apr 5 at Trine W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 3 0.0
Apr 11 vs. Baldwin Wallace L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 1 0.0
Game Log - Defense
Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Jan 10 Roanoke W, 3-0 - 3 9 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 11 Concordia Chicago W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Jan 11 Thiel W, 3-1 - 4 12 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 17 at #14 St. John Fisher L, 3-0 - 3 6 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 18 vs. Buffalo St. L, 3-1 - 4 15 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 18 vs. Penn St.-Behrend W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 24 Randolph W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Jan 24 #11 Loras L, 3-1 - 4 10 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 25 #1 Southern Virginia L, 3-0 - 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 25 Edgewood W, 3-1 - 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 30 Hiram W, 3-0 - 3 6 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 7 at (RV) Benedictine (IL) L, 3-0 - 3 6 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 8 at Augustana (IL) L, 3-2 - 5 22 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 8 at MSOE W, 3-2 - 5 20 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 14 Wis. Lutheran W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Feb 14 East. Mennonite W, 3-1 - 3 14 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 15 Westminster (MO) W, 3-1 - 4 12 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 15 Illinois Tech W, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Feb 21 at #5 Juniata L, 3-2 - 5 9 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 22 vs. Arcadia W, 3-0 - 3 9 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 22 at Penn St.-Altoona L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Feb 27 Wabash W, 3-0 - 3 6 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 14 at #12 Baldwin Wallace W, 3-1 - 4 15 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 15 at Mount Union L, 3-1 - 4 8 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 18 at Charleston (W.V.) L, 3-0 - 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 21 Olivet W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Mar 22 Adrian W, 3-0 - 3 9 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 28 at Mount St. Joseph W, 3-0 - 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 4 at Calvin W, 3-0 - 3 16 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 5 at Trine W, 3-1 - 4 12 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 11 vs. Baldwin Wallace L, 3-1 - 4 8 0 0 0 0 0
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date Opponent Score ms s ta sa se r re
Jan 10 Roanoke W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 7 0
Jan 11 Concordia Chicago W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Jan 11 Thiel W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 24 1
Jan 17 at #14 St. John Fisher L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 26 2
Jan 18 vs. Buffalo St. L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 26 1
Jan 18 vs. Penn St.-Behrend W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 24 Randolph W, 3-1 - - - - - - -
Jan 24 #11 Loras L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 30 1
Jan 25 #1 Southern Virginia L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 15 0
Jan 25 Edgewood W, 3-1 - 3 0 0 0 11 1
Jan 30 Hiram W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 11 0
Feb 7 at (RV) Benedictine (IL) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 15 1
Feb 8 at Augustana (IL) L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 21 2
Feb 8 at MSOE W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 26 4
Feb 14 Wis. Lutheran W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Feb 14 East. Mennonite W, 3-1 - 3 0 0 0 7 0
Feb 15 Westminster (MO) W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 14 0
Feb 15 Illinois Tech W, 3-2 - - - - - - -
Feb 21 at #5 Juniata L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 23 1
Feb 22 vs. Arcadia W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 12 2
Feb 22 at Penn St.-Altoona L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Feb 27 Wabash W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 6 0
Mar 14 at #12 Baldwin Wallace W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 8 1
Mar 15 at Mount Union L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 26 2
Mar 18 at Charleston (W.V.) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 8 1
Mar 21 Olivet W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Mar 22 Adrian W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 9 0
Mar 28 at Mount St. Joseph W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 13 0
Apr 4 at Calvin W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 8 0
Apr 5 at Trine W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 10 3
Apr 11 vs. Baldwin Wallace L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 20 2
m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
2022-23 27 87 1 0.01 0 13 0.15 .077 22 0.25 3.0 0.0
2023-24 26 94 1 0.01 2 15 0.16 -.067 7 0.07 1.0 0.0
2024-25 25 87 0 0.00 1 11 0.13 -.091 32 0.37 0.0 0.0
Total 78 268 2 0.01 3 39 0.15 -.026 61 0.23 4.0 0.0

Career Stats: Offense

m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
2022-23 27 87 158 1.82 0 0 0 0.00
2023-24 26 94 169 1.80 0 0 0 0.00
2024-25 25 87 242 2.78 0 0 0 0.00
Total 78 268 569 2.12 0 0 0 0.00

Career Stats: Defense

m s ta sa sa/s se r re
2022-23 27 87 185 2 0.02 8 280 17
2023-24 26 94 7 0 0.00 1 84 8
2024-25 25 87 0 0 0.00 0 376 25
Total 78 268 192 2 0.01 9 740 50

Career Stats: Serve/Receive

m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
Event
Total 25 87 0 0.00 1 11 0.13 -.091 32 0.37 0.0 0.0
Conference 7 24 0 0.00 0 1 0.04 .000 9 0.38 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 10 33 0 0.00 1 8 0.24 -.125 10 0.30 0.0 0.0
Away 11 42 0 0.00 0 3 0.07 .000 18 0.43 0.0 0.0
Neutral 4 12 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 4 0.33 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 15 49 0 0.00 1 5 0.10 -.200 22 0.45 0.0 0.0
Losses 10 38 0 0.00 0 6 0.16 .000 10 0.26 0.0 0.0
Month
January 9 28 0 0.00 1 8 0.29 -.125 7 0.25 0.0 0.0
February 8 31 0 0.00 0 1 0.03 .000 15 0.48 0.0 0.0
March 5 17 0 0.00 0 2 0.12 .000 5 0.29 0.0 0.0
April 3 11 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 5 0.45 0.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Offense

m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event
Total 25 87 242 2.78 0 0 0 0.00
Conference 7 24 71 2.96 0 0 0 0.00
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 10 33 86 2.61 0 0 0 0.00
Away 11 42 123 2.93 0 0 0 0.00
Neutral 4 12 33 2.75 0 0 0 0.00
Result
Wins 15 49 151 3.08 0 0 0 0.00
Losses 10 38 91 2.39 0 0 0 0.00
Month
January 9 28 67 2.39 0 0 0 0.00
February 8 31 98 3.16 0 0 0 0.00
March 5 17 41 2.41 0 0 0 0.00
April 3 11 36 3.27 0 0 0 0.00

Splits Stats: Defense

m s ta sa sa/s se r re
Event
Total 25 87 0 0 0.00 0 376 25
Conference 7 24 0 0 0.00 0 80 6
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 10 33 0 0 0.00 0 134 3
Away 11 42 0 0 0.00 0 184 17
Neutral 4 12 0 0 0.00 0 58 5
Result
Wins 15 49 0 0 0.00 0 166 12
Losses 10 38 0 0 0.00 0 210 13
Month
January 9 28 0 0 0.00 0 150 6
February 8 31 0 0 0.00 0 124 10
March 5 17 0 0 0.00 0 64 4
April 3 11 0 0 0.00 0 38 5

Splits Stats: Serve/Receive

News mentions
Michael Yurk (Indianapolis, IN / Bishop Chatard) tallied 10 kills in the Tigers' 3-1 Victory over Trine, to bring his season total to 304. 

Photo By John Coffman
Adam Blair had four block assists and one solo block in Witt's 3-0 win over Wabash.

Photo By John Coffman
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Witt MVB
Yurk, Michael