13 Courtney Paxton
Courtney Paxton
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Hometown:
    Pella, Iowa
  • Position:
    OH
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • High School:
    Pella
  • m
    24
  • k/s
    1.00
  • h %
    .052
  • a/s
    0.02
  • b/s
    0.44
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.39

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • Central/Grinnell All-Tournament Team (2021)
  • Four-time letterwinner (2021, 22, 23, 24)
2024 | senior
  • Played in 24 matches
  • Knocked down 82 kills
  • Tallied 32 digs
2023 | junior
  • Appeared in 18 matches and 58 sets
  • Recorded 88 kills for 1.52 per set
  • Added 31 digs and 25 blocks
2022 | sophomore
  • Appeared in 22 matches
  • Achieved 87 kills in 66 sets for 1.32/set
  • Added one assist and 41 digs
  • Contributed 20 blocks
2021 | freshman
  • Played in 17 matches
  • Knocked down 119 kills in 59 sets (2.02/set)
  • Ranked second on the team in kills and kills per set
  • Finished the season with 14 blocks, third-most on the team
  • Added 19 digs and three assists
  • Had a season-high 15 kills against Wis.-Superior on Sept. 3
  • Reached double-digit kills three times
Personal
  • Majoring in sports administration and minoring in marketing communications and coaching

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 25 vs. No. 9 Millikin L, 3-1
Oct 26 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 3-0
Oct 26 vs. Albion L, 3-1
Nov 1 Coe L, 3-1
Nov 2 Wartburg W, 3-0
Nov 6 Luther W, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 24 7
Sets 82 22
Kills 82 26
Kills per set 1.00 1.18
Errors 66 24
Total Attacks 309 95
Total Attacks per set 3.77 4.32
Hitting Percentage .052 .021
Assists 2 0
Assists per set 0.02 0.00
Service Total Attempts 0 0
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 2 0
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 32 6
Digs per set 0.39 0.27
Block Solo 4 1
Block Assist 32 7
Block Total 36 8
Blocks per set 0.44 0.36
Block Errors 3 3
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 102.0 30.5
Points per set 1.2 1.4
Matches started 3 2
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 30 vs. Saint Mary's (Minn.) W, 3-1 - 4 6 2 15 .267 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Aug 30 vs. Wis.-Platteville L, 3-0 - 3 5 2 10 .300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Aug 31 vs. Rose-Hulman W, 3-2 - 4 1 2 14 -.071 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Aug 31 vs. St. Scholastica W, 3-0 - 3 4 0 8 .500 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 6 vs. Saint Benedict W, 3-1 - 4 2 1 10 .100 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 7 vs. Bethel (Minn.) L, 3-1 - 3 2 2 13 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 4 0 4.5
Sep 7 vs. St. Olaf L, 3-0 - 3 3 1 12 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4.5
Sep 13 vs. North Central (Ill.) L, 3-0 - 3 1 2 7 -.143 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Sep 14 vs. Augsburg L, 3-0 - 3 7 2 16 .313 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Sep 14 at No. 21 Cornell College W, 3-2 - 5 5 5 23 .000 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 5 0 7.5
Sep 18 at Grinnell L, 3-2 - 5 1 5 14 -.286 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Sep 20 vs. Saint Benedict W, 3-2 - 5 1 5 14 -.286 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 3 0 3.0
Sep 21 vs. Wis.-Superior L, 3-2 - 5 7 6 19 .053 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 21 vs. St. Olaf L, 3-2 - 5 7 3 20 .200 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Oct 2 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 3-2 - 5 6 2 13 .308 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 7.0
Oct 11 at Loras L, 3-1 - 4 9 3 25 .240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Oct 12 at Dubuque L, 3-0 - 3 3 6 14 -.214 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.0
Oct 16 at Central (Iowa) L, 3-0 - 3 1 4 9 -.333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.5
Oct 23 Buena Vista W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 13 .231 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 7.0
Oct 25 vs. No. 9 Millikin L, 3-1 - 2 1 3 5 -.400 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Oct 26 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 3-0 1 2 3 1 11 .182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3.5
Oct 26 vs. Albion L, 3-1 - 1 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 1 Coe L, 3-1 - 1 1 1 5 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 2 Wartburg W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 Luther W, 3-1 1 3 1 6 16 -.313 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2021-22 17 59 119 2.02 86 391 .084 3 0.05 0 0.00 5 1 19 0.32 3 11 14 0.24 127.5 2.2
2022-23 22 66 87 1.32 79 314 .025 1 0.02 0 0.00 3 0 41 0.62 3 17 20 0.30 98.5 1.5
2023-24 18 58 88 1.52 60 305 .092 1 0.02 0 0.00 2 0 31 0.53 3 22 25 0.43 102.0 1.8
2024-25 24 82 82 1.00 66 309 .052 2 0.02 0 0.00 2 0 32 0.39 4 32 36 0.44 102.0 1.2
Total 81 265 376 1.42 291 1319 .064 7 0.03 0 0.00 12 1 123 0.46 13 82 95 0.36 430.0 1.6
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 24 82 82 1.00 66 309 .052 2 0.02 0 0.00 2 0 32 0.39 4 32 36 0.44 102.0 1.2
Conference 7 22 26 1.18 24 95 .021 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 6 0.27 1 7 8 0.36 30.5 1.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 3 7 7 1.00 9 34 -.059 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 4 0.57 1 4 5 0.71 10.0 1.4
Away 7 27 28 1.04 26 109 .018 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 6 0.22 0 11 11 0.41 33.5 1.2
Neutral 14 48 47 0.98 31 166 .096 2 0.04 0 0.00 2 0 22 0.46 3 17 20 0.42 58.5 1.2
Result Wins 8 31 25 0.81 23 113 .018 2 0.06 0 0.00 2 0 19 0.61 2 15 17 0.55 34.5 1.1
Losses 16 51 57 1.12 43 196 .071 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 13 0.25 2 17 19 0.37 67.5 1.3
Month August 4 14 16 1.14 6 47 .213 1 0.07 0 0.00 1 0 4 0.29 0 4 4 0.29 18.0 1.3
September 10 41 36 0.88 32 148 .027 1 0.02 0 0.00 1 0 20 0.49 3 18 21 0.51 48.0 1.2
October 8 23 28 1.22 21 93 .075 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 6 0.26 1 8 9 0.39 33.0 1.4
November 2 4 2 0.50 7 21 -.238 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 2 0.50 0 2 2 0.50 3.0 0.8

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