Colorado State University Athletics
2019 Volleyball Roster
Katie Oleksak
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Position:
- Setter
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- High School:
- Sunnyslope HS
- Major:
- Health and Exercise Science
- Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- Sportwomen of Colorado Volleyball Player of the Year (2019)
- AVCA Honorable Mention All-America (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- AVCA All-Pacific North Region (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- Mountain West Player of the Year (2017, 2018, 2019)
- Mountain West All-Conference (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- CoSIDA Academic All-America (2019)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District (2019)
- Mountain West Preseason Player of the Year (2018, 2019)
- Mountain West Preseason Team (2017, 2018,2019)
- Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 6, 2017)
- PrepVolleyball All-Freshman Team (2016)
- Mountain West Freshman of the Year (2016)
- Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 26, 2016)
2018 (Junior) [Match-by-Match]: Started all 31 matches at setter ... Totaled 1,288 assists and averaged 11.50 per set - both led the Mountain West for the third-consecutive season and ranked 30th and 13th, respectfully in the country ... Led the Rams to a .262 hitting percentage, which led the Mountain West and ranked No. 23 in the NCAA ... Totaled 19 matches with 40-plus assists ... Dished out a season-best 61 assists at Boise State on Nov. 10, which bettered her previous record for assists in a four-set match in modern scoring ... Recorded seven double-doubles during the season with assists/digs ... Had a season-best 13 digs against TCU on Sept. 2 ... Added 90 blocks on the year for a .80 average ... Put up a season-high nine blocks against TCU on Sept. 2 ... Posted 54 kills during the season, finishing with a .312 hitting mark.
2017 (Sophomore) [Match-by-Match]: Continued her outstanding career starting all 33 matches at setter ... Made new marks for total assists in a season with 1,385 which is the most in the modern scoring era ... Averaged 11.94 assists per set which ranked No. 8 in the nation ... Had 20 matches with 40-plus assists ... Started the season with a season-best 59 assists against Duke on Aug. 25 ... Recorded 45 assists against Utah State on Nov. 2 which set a program record in the modern scoring era for most assists in a three-set match ... Recorded five double-doubles with assists/digs ... Had a career-best 16 digs against Colorado on Sept. 16 ... Posted six blocks twice during the season ... Added 64 kills during the season, finishing with a .342 hitting percentage ... Played in the summer of 2019 for the Mountain West All-Stars.
2016 (Freshman) [Match-by-Match]: Started all 30 matches at setter, racking up 1,250 total assists (11.26 per set) ... Her assists per set ranked 16th in the NCAA and first among all freshmen ... Was the only player in the nation to have 11-plus assists, 2-plus digs and at least 0.90 blocks per set ... Her 0.94 blocks per set ranked second among all NCAA setters ... Was one of two freshman setters in the nation to earn All-America recognition (MacKenzi Welsh, Michigan) and one of two freshmen to earn All-Pacific North Region honors (Kathryn Plummer, Stanford) ... Set a pair of CSU assists records under the modern scoring format - 59 assists in four sets versus Fresno State on Sept. 22 and 71 assists in five sets against Wyoming on Nov. 22 ... Earned Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 29 following a 100-assist week across two matches ... Led the CSU offense to a .279 team hitting percentage, good for ninth in the NCAA ... Her 2.05 digs per set was second-best on the team; posted double-digit dig totals in seven matches ... Led the team with eight double-doubles, with three in her first three career matches and four in her first five ... Had 51 assists with a season-high 15 digs in a five-set win over New Mexico on Nov. 5 ... Had a personal-high 10 blocks (2 solo) at San Jose State on Oct. 20 to go along with 50 assists... Had a season-high four kills on three occasions; had 50 kills on the year (.306 hitting).
High School: Was a Third Team Under Armour All-America selection ... In both 2013 and 2014, was honored as part of her state’s all-division first team and all-section first team, and in 2014 was named both Division and Section Player of the Year ... In both 2013 and 2014, Oleksak led the Vikings to win the Arizona State Championship, where she won the team’s Offensive Award in 2013, and MVP in 2014 ... She also starred for her club team, the Arizona Storm, who were Colorado Crossroads 18's Open Champions, Southern California 18's Open Champions, Salt Lake Tournament of Champions 18's Open Champions in 2016 ... Led the Storm to multiple National Championships ... Made her school’s Principal’s List for academics for both the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years, has been a member of the National Honors Society since 2013, and has been an Honor Roll student since 2012.
Personal: Born Sept. 22, 1997, in Phoenix Ariz. ... Parents are Jennie and Wayne Oleksak ... Has an older brother, Steven ... Majoring in health and exercise science.
Hilbert on Oleksak: “Katie Oleksak is a leader. She is a very talented setter. She is very active and mobile and athletic. Her club team is laced with top volleyball talent going to places like USC and Arizona and Nebraska, so she’s played volleyball with great players for a long time and she understands how to create things through tempo and deception. In my opinion, she is ready to go as a player, as much as anyone has been. I look across the country and I see a lot of great setters, and Katie is right there with them. So because of the success of her team and what she’s done to help them win, that’s why I feel she’s the top setting prospect in the country.”
