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- Height:
- 6-5
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, IN
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- High School:
- Bishop Chatard
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- Position:
- OH
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- m
- 27
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- k/s
- 3.35
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- h %
- .336
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- a/s
- 0.37
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- b/s
- 0.31
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- sa/s
- 0.10
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- d/s
- 1.49
Bio
Junior Season (2025):
Played in 27 matches... Starting 25 of them... Had a season-high with 20 kills and 20 points against Mount Union on 3/15/2025... Tallied 11 kills in the final match of the season to bring his season total to 315, in the process placing himself as the program record holder for career kills surpassing Ashton Sellars, who had 841 between 2015-2019. Yurk has now compiled 850 kills in just three season with the Tigers... Was MCVL Offensive Player of the Week Jan. 15 landing 35 kills with a blistering .406 hitting percentage to help Wittenberg go 3-0 in the Wittenberg Kickoff Classic...Led the team with 315 kills on 669 total attacks for a hitting percentage of .336 on the season... Averaged 3.35 kills and 7.12 attacks per set...Had 35 total assists for an average of .37 per set... Collected 9 service aces and 493 receptions... Recorded 140 digs a 1.49 digs per set... Blocked 29 opponents with 11 solo blocks... Scored 344 points for the Tigers.
All-MCVL
- Second Team
MCVL Player of the Week
- Jan. 15
Sophomore Season (2024):
Played in 27 matches... Starting 26 of them... Exceeded his last season-high with 26 kills and 28 points against Wabash on 2/17/2024... Posted another season-high better than the last with 13 digs against North Park on 2/10/2024... Finished the season with 342 kills and 3.49 kills per set... Totalld 767 attacks with a .276 hitting percentage... Assisted 16 tigers with 0.16 assists per set... Collected 34 service aces... Recorded 164 digs a 1.67 digs per set... Blocked 32 opponents... Scored 396.5 points for the tigers
CSC Academic All-District
All-MCVL
- First Team
All-MCVL Tournament Team
MCVL Player of the Week
- March 19
- Jan. 16
Freshman Season (2023):
Played in 25 matches... Starting 17 of them... Earned a season-high of 23 kills and 24 points against Kentucky State on 3/07/2023... Posted 6 digs twice this season against Roanoke on 1/13/2023 and Kentucky State on 3/07/2023... Finished the season with 193 kills and 2.35 kills per set... Totalled 513 attacks with a .207 hitting percentage... Assisted 5 tigers with 0.06 assists per set... Collected 6 service aces... Recorded 55 digs and 0.67 digs per set... Blocked 27 opponents... Scored 214 points for the team this season
My Wittenberg Experience
Finance Major...MCVL 1st Team All Conference... MCVL All Tournament Team... 3x MCVL Player of the Week.
Why Wittenberg?
The location and size were exactly what I was looking for. Having the opportunity to keep playing volleyball at the next level was also a big selling point.
High School
2x All State...2x All Conference.
Personal
Son of Russ and Katy Yurk.
Recent games
Season Statistics
| Overall | Conference | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | 27 | 8 |
| Sets | 94 | 24 |
| Kills | 315 | 87 |
| Kills per set | 3.35 | 3.63 |
| Errors | 90 | 25 |
| Total Attacks | 669 | 186 |
| Total Attacks per set | 7.12 | 7.75 |
| Hitting Percentage | .336 | .333 |
| Assists | 35 | 10 |
| Assists per set | 0.37 | 0.42 |
| Service Aces | 9 | 1 |
| Service Errors | 65 | 12 |
| Service Aces per set | 0.10 | 0.04 |
| Receptions | 493 | 137 |
| Reception Errors | 15 | 4 |
| Digs | 140 | 41 |
| Digs per set | 1.49 | 1.71 |
| Block Solo | 11 | 4 |
| Block Assist | 18 | 2 |
| Block Total | 29 | 6 |
| Blocks per set | 0.31 | 0.25 |
| Block Errors | 0 | 0 |
| Ball Handling Errors | 0 | 0 |
| Points | 344.0 | 93.0 |
| Points per set | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| Matches started | 25 | 8 |
Game Log - Offense
| Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10 | Roanoke | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 19 | .474 | 2 | 10.5 |
| Jan 11 | Concordia Chicago | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 20 | .400 | 3 | 12.5 |
| Jan 11 | Thiel | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 25 | .360 | 4 | 15.5 |
| Jan 17 | at #14 St. John Fisher | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | .214 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Jan 18 | vs. Buffalo St. | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 13 | 6 | 33 | .212 | 3 | 17.0 |
| Jan 18 | vs. Penn St.-Behrend | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 18 | .389 | 2 | 11.0 |
| Jan 24 | Randolph | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jan 24 | #11 Loras | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 29 | .414 | 1 | 17.5 |
| Jan 25 | #1 Southern Virginia | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | .313 | 0 | 8.0 |
| Jan 25 | Edgewood | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 27 | .481 | 0 | 16.0 |
| Jan 30 | Hiram | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 21 | .524 | 1 | 12.5 |
| Feb 7 | at (RV) Benedictine (IL) | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 23 | .217 | 1 | 10.0 |
| Feb 8 | at Augustana (IL) | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 33 | .303 | 2 | 16.0 |
| Feb 8 | at MSOE | W, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 37 | .378 | 0 | 17.0 |
| Feb 14 | Wis. Lutheran | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 14 | East. Mennonite | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 43 | .209 | 2 | 19.5 |
| Feb 15 | Westminster (MO) | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 32 | .438 | 1 | 17.5 |
| Feb 15 | Illinois Tech | W, 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 21 | at #5 Juniata | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 25 | .400 | 0 | 13.5 |
| Feb 22 | vs. Arcadia | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 18 | .444 | 2 | 11.0 |
| Feb 22 | at Penn St.-Altoona | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 27 | Wabash | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | .333 | 1 | 6.0 |
| Mar 14 | at #12 Baldwin Wallace | W, 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -.375 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Mar 15 | at Mount Union | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 42 | .333 | 1 | 20.0 |
| Mar 18 | at Charleston (W.V.) | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 20 | .350 | 0 | 8.0 |
| Mar 21 | Olivet | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 17 | .529 | 3 | 13.0 |
| Mar 22 | Adrian | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 21 | .571 | 1 | 14.5 |
| Mar 28 | at Mount St. Joseph | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 25 | .480 | 2 | 17.0 |
| Apr 4 | at Calvin | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 23 | .348 | 1 | 11.0 |
| Apr 5 | at Trine | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 35 | .143 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Apr 11 | vs. Baldwin Wallace | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 30 | .067 | 1 | 11.5 |
Game Log - Defense
| Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10 | Roanoke | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 11 | Concordia Chicago | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 11 | Thiel | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jan 17 | at #14 St. John Fisher | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jan 18 | vs. Buffalo St. | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 18 | vs. Penn St.-Behrend | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jan 24 | Randolph | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jan 24 | #11 Loras | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jan 25 | #1 Southern Virginia | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 25 | Edgewood | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jan 30 | Hiram | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 7 | at (RV) Benedictine (IL) | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 8 | at Augustana (IL) | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 8 | at MSOE | W, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 14 | Wis. Lutheran | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 14 | East. Mennonite | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Feb 15 | Westminster (MO) | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 15 | Illinois Tech | W, 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 21 | at #5 Juniata | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 22 | vs. Arcadia | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 22 | at Penn St.-Altoona | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 27 | Wabash | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 14 | at #12 Baldwin Wallace | W, 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 15 | at Mount Union | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 18 | at Charleston (W.V.) | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 21 | Olivet | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 22 | Adrian | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 28 | at Mount St. Joseph | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Apr 4 | at Calvin | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 5 | at Trine | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 11 | vs. Baldwin Wallace | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Game Log - Serve/Receive
| Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | ta | sa | se | r | re |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10 | Roanoke | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jan 11 | Concordia Chicago | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 2 |
| Jan 11 | Thiel | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jan 17 | at #14 St. John Fisher | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
| Jan 18 | vs. Buffalo St. | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| Jan 18 | vs. Penn St.-Behrend | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Jan 24 | Randolph | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jan 24 | #11 Loras | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 |
| Jan 25 | #1 Southern Virginia | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Jan 25 | Edgewood | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| Jan 30 | Hiram | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Feb 7 | at (RV) Benedictine (IL) | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
| Feb 8 | at Augustana (IL) | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| Feb 8 | at MSOE | W, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| Feb 14 | Wis. Lutheran | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 14 | East. Mennonite | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Feb 15 | Westminster (MO) | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Feb 15 | Illinois Tech | W, 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 21 | at #5 Juniata | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 1 |
| Feb 22 | vs. Arcadia | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Feb 22 | at Penn St.-Altoona | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feb 27 | Wabash | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Mar 14 | at #12 Baldwin Wallace | W, 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mar 15 | at Mount Union | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 1 |
| Mar 18 | at Charleston (W.V.) | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 1 |
| Mar 21 | Olivet | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Mar 22 | Adrian | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
| Mar 28 | at Mount St. Joseph | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 |
| Apr 4 | at Calvin | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Apr 5 | at Trine | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 1 |
| Apr 11 | vs. Baldwin Wallace | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 1 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | ta/s | pct | a | a/s | pts | pts/s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | ||||||||||||
| Total | 27 | 94 | 315 | 3.35 | 90 | 669 | 7.12 | .336 | 35 | 0.37 | 344.0 | 3.7 |
| Conference | 8 | 24 | 87 | 3.63 | 25 | 186 | 7.75 | .333 | 10 | 0.42 | 93.0 | 3.9 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Location | ||||||||||||
| Home | 12 | 41 | 151 | 3.68 | 35 | 285 | 6.95 | .407 | 19 | 0.46 | 163.0 | 4.0 |
| Away | 11 | 39 | 123 | 3.15 | 38 | 285 | 7.31 | .298 | 8 | 0.21 | 130.5 | 3.3 |
| Neutral | 4 | 14 | 41 | 2.93 | 17 | 99 | 7.07 | .242 | 8 | 0.57 | 50.5 | 3.6 |
| Result | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 17 | 56 | 196 | 3.50 | 46 | 404 | 7.21 | .371 | 26 | 0.46 | 216.0 | 3.9 |
| Losses | 10 | 38 | 119 | 3.13 | 44 | 265 | 6.97 | .283 | 9 | 0.24 | 128.0 | 3.4 |
| Month | ||||||||||||
| January | 10 | 34 | 111 | 3.26 | 27 | 222 | 6.53 | .378 | 16 | 0.47 | 127.0 | 3.7 |
| February | 8 | 32 | 104 | 3.25 | 29 | 226 | 7.06 | .332 | 9 | 0.28 | 110.5 | 3.5 |
| March | 6 | 17 | 69 | 4.06 | 18 | 133 | 7.82 | .383 | 8 | 0.47 | 74.0 | 4.4 |
| April | 3 | 11 | 31 | 2.82 | 16 | 88 | 8.00 | .170 | 2 | 0.18 | 32.5 | 3.0 |
Splits Stats: Offense
| m | s | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | ||||||||
| Total | 27 | 94 | 140 | 1.49 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 0.31 |
| Conference | 8 | 24 | 41 | 1.71 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.25 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Location | ||||||||
| Home | 12 | 41 | 57 | 1.39 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0.41 |
| Away | 11 | 39 | 62 | 1.59 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.21 |
| Neutral | 4 | 14 | 21 | 1.50 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.29 |
| Result | ||||||||
| Wins | 17 | 56 | 94 | 1.68 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0.38 |
| Losses | 10 | 38 | 46 | 1.21 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.21 |
| Month | ||||||||
| January | 10 | 34 | 45 | 1.32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0.47 |
| February | 8 | 32 | 52 | 1.63 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.19 |
| March | 6 | 17 | 20 | 1.18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.29 |
| April | 3 | 11 | 23 | 2.09 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.18 |
Splits Stats: Defense
| m | s | ta | sa | sa/s | se | r | re | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | ||||||||
| Total | 27 | 94 | 294 | 9 | 0.10 | 65 | 493 | 15 |
| Conference | 8 | 24 | 98 | 1 | 0.04 | 12 | 137 | 4 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Location | ||||||||
| Home | 12 | 41 | 125 | 2 | 0.05 | 34 | 180 | 4 |
| Away | 11 | 39 | 114 | 1 | 0.03 | 20 | 241 | 10 |
| Neutral | 4 | 14 | 55 | 6 | 0.43 | 11 | 72 | 1 |
| Result | ||||||||
| Wins | 17 | 56 | 186 | 6 | 0.11 | 38 | 266 | 8 |
| Losses | 10 | 38 | 108 | 3 | 0.08 | 27 | 227 | 7 |
| Month | ||||||||
| January | 10 | 34 | 82 | 5 | 0.15 | 35 | 133 | 3 |
| February | 8 | 32 | 107 | 3 | 0.09 | 15 | 173 | 6 |
| March | 6 | 17 | 69 | 1 | 0.06 | 10 | 112 | 4 |
| April | 3 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 75 | 2 |
Splits Stats: Serve/Receive
