Tina Dimitrijevs

Height:
6-0
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
North Royalton
Hometown:
Broadview Heights, Ohio

All-MAC Second Team (2010)

As a Senior (2011): Redshirted 10 matches intothe season due to injury ... Before her year was cut short, she wasnamed MAC East Offensive Player of the Week Sept. 5 after leadingthe Zips to a sweep of their own Akron Invitational and tyingseveral career-best records ... Her award-winning performanceduring that stretch included 33 kills with just three errors in 56attempts for a .536 hitting percentage, averaging 3.30 kills perset ... averaged 2.46 kills per set overall, while hitting .367 ...tallied 16 kills in the win over Canisius (Sept 3).

As a Junior (2010): Started 20 matches andappeared in 22 total as a middle blocker … Earned All-MACSecond Team honors after leading the league in hitting percentagewith a mark of .367 in 83 sets played … Swatted 207 kills in411 attempts for an average of 2.49 kills per set … Her 0.94blocks per set also finished fourth in the MAC, as she denied 78blocks, 13 solo … Averaged 3.05 points per set, good forsecond on the team, and tallied 253.5 total points.

As a Sophomore (2009): Started in 29 matchesand played in 122 games finishing in second place in blocks for theteam posting 69, including 19 solo (.57 B/G) ... was fourth inkills with 245 (2.01 K/G) ... had a season high 14 kills againstBuffalo (Oct. 8) and .750 hitting percentage against Bowling Green(Oct. 31) ... recorded double figure kills in ten contests.

As a Freshman (2008): Quickly made a name forherself in the Mid-American Conference in her inaugural year ofcompetition starting 28 matches playing in 101 games ... was namedto the league’s all-freshman squad, the first Zip to be namedto an all-MAC team since 2003 and the first to make the freshmanteam since the 2000 season ... finished tied for second in blocksposting 70, including 18 solo (.69 B/S) ... was third in killspounding 197 (1.95 K/G) ... in her first collegiate contest posted11 kills against Northern Arizona (Aug. 29) ... tallied aseason-high 17 kills vs. Kent State (Sept. 27) and .556 hittingpercentage vs. Syracuse (Sept. 14) ... recorded 22 digs in twomatches against Bowling Green (Oct. 10 & Nov. 15) adding acombined four digs and two assists ... recorded double-figure killsin five contests.

At North Royalton High School: All-districtselection as a senior after posting averages of 2.52 kills and 2.13blocks per game ... holds the single-match school records for kills(25) and blocks (29) ... guided the Bears to a 16-9 record and aNortheast Ohio Conference championship as a senior ... also was astate qualifier for the high jump in 2006 (3rd-place finish) and2007 (3rd) and three-time all-conference performer for the trackand field team ... in 2008 was named the high jump state champion... also played volleyball for the Akron-Canton Elite (A.C.E) 17Junior Olympic team and placed fifth at the nationaltournament.

Personal: Daughterof Len and Darlene Dimitrijevs ... has an older sister, Aleksandra... mother, Darlene, ran track at Ohio Northern University ...played with former Akron player Courtney Jarvis on A.C.E. ...majoring in marketing management.