Max Lipsitz
Position: Middle blocker
Height: 6-7 (201cm)
Weight: 215 (97.5kg)
College: Penn State
Joined A2 Team: 2010
PERSONAL: Born Max Lazarus Lipsitz on Jan. 18, 1988 in Williamsville, N.Y. ... parents are Gregg and Ruth Lipsitz... Has two older brothers, Daniel and Joey… Started playing volleyball in 2004… Max was a six-time letterwinner (three volleyball, three basketball) at Williamsville North (N.Y.) High School... He was a two-year volleyball team captain for the Spartans... Twice named team's Most Valuable Player… Name Most Improved Varsity Player during sophomore season... All-area in basketball and named the Most Valuable Player at the basketball Senior All-Star game... Member of the Eden Volleyball Club program in Eden, N.Y., which was the 18s East Coast Championship title winner... Named to the 16s East Coast Championship All-Tournament team... Member of the National Honor Society and the Honor Roll... Earned the Scholar-Athlete Award during senior year… Graduated from high school in 2006… Graduated from Penn State in 2010 with a degree in finance… Favorite musical group is the Beatles… Favorite team is the Buffalo Bills… Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan… Favorite food is pizza.
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2007 – FIVB Junior Men’s World Championship (7th).
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2007 – Started 23 sets for the United States Junior National Team that placed seventh at the World Championship in Rabat, Morocco... Led the team in blocks (14) and blocks per game (0.61)... Produced a team-high 61 percent kill efficiency... Recorded 41 kills on .433 hitting, good for 1.78 kills per set... Averaged 2.48 points per set with two aces and three digs.
COLLEGE: 2010 – Served as Penn State’s team captain… Named first-team All-America by the American Volleyball Coaches Association… First Team All-EIVA… Guided the 2010 Penn State men's volleyball team to the program's sixth NCAA Championship match appearance where it lost to Stanford… Named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team… Lipsitz was a 2010 first team Academic All-District honoree and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 2… Max led the nation with a .524 hitting percentage and led the Nittany Lions in blocking, averaging 1.42 blocks per set… Ranked third on the team in 3.61 kills per set. 2009 – AVCA First Team All-American... First Team All-EIVA... Outrigger Invitational All-Tournament Team... EIVA Player of the Week (1/26)... Played in 97 sets, recording 272 kills (2.80 kills per set) on .490 hitting with 21 aces, 30 digs and 118 total blocks (1.22 blocks per set)... His hitting percentage ranked third in the nation... His 118 total blocks led the team... Recorded double-digit kills in 12 matches, including a career-high 22 at IPFW (2/21)... Registered at least two blocks in 26 matches, including a season-high 10 at IPFW (2/21). 2008 – Helped Penn State to win the NCAA Men’s National Championship… AVCA Second Team All-American... ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic All-American... NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team... First Team All-EIVA... Academic All-EIVA... Played in all 103 games, recording 252 kills (2.45 kills per game) on .499 hitting with 15 aces, 41 digs and 121 total blocks (1.17 blocks per game)... Recorded 10 double-digit kill matches, including a career-high 17 on .500 hitting in the NCAA Championship match against Pepperdine (5/3). 2007 – First Team All-East... Played in all 107 games of the season... Averaged 2.21 kills per game on .477 hitting, good for eighth on the all-time single-season chart... Also provided 24 service aces, 37 digs and 110 total blocks, good for second on the squad.
