2018 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Gabri Olhava
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- High School:
- John Hersey
- Hometown:
- Mount Prospect, Ill.
- Major:
- Social Work
COLLEGIATE ACCOLADES
• America East All-Conference First Team (2017)
• 2x America East All-Conference Second Team (2016, 2018)
• 2x America East Commissioner's Honor Roll (2017, 2018)
• 2x America East Co-Player of the Week (09/11/18, 10/23/18)
2018
Played in all 26 matches so far, and all 98 sets, one of six Wildcats to do so... leads the team in points (379.5) kills (328) blocks (76) and hitting percentage (.277) ... Second on team in total attacks (794) ... Recorded a career high 20 kills twice, most recently against Army West Point (09/08) ... Leads America East in total points, ranked No. 5 in points per set (3.61) and kills per set (3.12), No. 4 in hitting percentage... 18 games with 10 or more kills, 22 games with 10 or more points... Season high .613 hitting percentage against Yale (09/08)... Higher than .350 hitting percentage nine times, and higher than .500 four times... Five total blocks in five games... Twice named America East co player of the Week (09/11, 10/23)... 18 kills and 19.5 points, .531 hitting percentage at Milwaukee (08/24)... 13 kills, 16.5 points at UConn (08/31)... 20 kills and 22 points, alongside a .613 hitting percentage against Yale (09/08)... 19 kills and three blocks against Stony Brook (09/30)... 20 kills on 41 attacks at Army West Point, and 20 kills on 31 attacks against Yale (09/08)... Four blocks alongside 12 kills during the home opener against Northeastern (09/11)... Successful in conference, with 16 kills at UMBC (10/05) followed by 17 kills at Lowell (10/19) as well as against Binghamton (11/02)... Recorded nine kills and a career high six blocks in her final home game against UMBC (11/04)... 11 kills, three blocks, and a .500 hitting percentage in her last collegiate game against Albany (11/16)
2017
Played in all 27 matches, and only Wildcat to play all 102 sets... Team leader in solo blocks (20), assisted blocks (58) and total blocks (78), as well as blocks per set (0.76)... Team-high .296 hitting percentage... Ranked second in points (349) and points/set (3.42), kills (269) and kills/set (2.63), and service aces (31)... On the America East leaderboard, was No. 3 in hitting percentage, No. 5 in points and aces, No. 6 in aces/set, No. 7 in kills and points/set, and No. 9 in kills/set... In 12 conference matches, averaged 2.62 kills/set on a .335 hitting percentage, as well as 0.71 blocks/set... Career-high 10 blocks (0-10-10) at Fairfield (09/09), most by a 'Cat since Oct. 19, 2014... Personal-best five service aces at Northeastern (09/12); also had 14 kills and five blocks that match... Matched her career high of 17 kills against Rhode Island (09/16); also had a season high of seven digs vs. URI... Season high of 22.5 points at Northeastern (09/12)... Season-high .667 hitting percentage (13K, 1E, 18 TA) vs. Siena (09/15) was best by a Wildcat in 2017... Recorded 7 of the team's top 10 single-match block totals of the season... Recorded double-digit kills 17 of 27 matches... 16 kills and .310 hitting percentage at Stony Brook (11/05)... 14 kills in three matches: at St. John's (.296%), at Northeastern (.243%) and vs. UMBC (.379%)... Higher than .350 attack percentage 11 times... .636% (7K, 0E, 11 TA) vs. Hartford (10/14)... 13 kills, .458%, four digs and three blocks in the regular-season finale at UMBC (11/12).
2016
Played in all 32 matches and 102 of 116 sets… Amassed 264.5 points… Recorded 212 kills (2.08 per set) with a .271 hitting percentage, 86 blocks and 35 digs… Led the team in blocks and blocks/set (0.84)… Second in hitting percentage… Third in points… Fourth in kills… In America East, ranked fourth in hitting percentage and eighth in blocks/set… double-digit kills in 11 matches, including 11 kills with a .320 hitting percentage against #1 Nebraska in the NCAA first round… Career-high 17 kills and .481 hitting percentage at Hartford… 15 kills and .433 hitting percentage at UMBC… Nine kills on 12 swings for a .750 hitting percentage vs. Stony Brook… 13 kills, .524 hitting percentage and four blocks at Maryland Eastern Shore… Season-high seven blocks vs. UMBC… Six blocks against both Northeastern and Albany (last weekend of regular season)… In 12 America East conference matches (44 sets), tallied 103 kills (2.34/set) with a .357 hitting percentage and 43 blocks (0.98/set)… In the America East Championship tourney (two matches), recorded 17 kills on a .268 hitting percentage… During UNH’s 10-match win streak, averaged 2.56 kills and 0.82 blocks per set with a .382 hitting percentage.
2015
Appeared in 17 matches and started in 4 playing 38 sets... Seventh on the team with 71.5 points ... Fifth with 1.34 kps and seventh attacking at a .168 clip... Defensively, was fourth in blocks with 34 and led the team with 0.89 blocks/set.
BEFORE UNH
Olhava played for John Hersey High School. Additionally, she played for Wildcat Juniors under Karen Sonders, Cassie Rose, and Evelyn Kim... A two-time All-Conference selection who led John Hersey to a Lake Park Tournament Championship and a 60-0 conference recorded... Was an All-State nominee and All-Area captain.
PERSONAL
Born August 9, 1997 in Chicago, Illinois… Daughter of Antonella and Steve Olhava... Lists Jonathan Toews as her favorite athlete.
