16 Caleb Fries
Caleb Fries
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Hometown:
    Altoona, PA
  • Position:
    OPP
  • Year:
    So
  • High School:
    Altoona
  • m
    26
  • k/s
    3.04
  • h %
    .171
  • a/s
    0.11
  • b/s
    0.48
  • sa/s
    0.53
  • d/s
    1.36

Bio

2025: Played in all 27 matches for the Lions during his freshman campaign with the Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball program, appearing in 99 of the team’s 100 sets…was voted the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Newcomer of the Year…was also a first-team All-AMCC selection…led the conference in points (418.5), kills (333), service aces (52), and service aces per set (0.53)…also ranked second in the AMCC in points per set (4.2) and kills per set (3.36), fifth in block assists (49), seventh in digs (180), eighth in total blocks (58), 10th in digs per set (1.82), 11th in blocks per set (0.59), 12th in hitting percentage (.175) and solo blocks (9)…was a three-time AMCC Offensive Player of the Week pick, earning the recognition on Feb. 24, Mar. 3, and Apr. 8…took a spot on the AMCC Academic All-Conference team as a Peak Performer.

High School: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division first-team all-star selection in both 2023 and 2024...was PVCA first-team all-district in 2022, 2023, and 2024...was the Altoona Area High School MVP in the 2022 and 2023 seasons...finished his high school career ranked fourth all-time in kills at AAHS...four-year honor roll student.

Personal: Son of Jeanine and John Fries...majoring in Architectural Engineering.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 28 at Houghton L, 3-0
Mar 31 at Mount Aloysius W, 3-0
Apr 1 at Carlow W, 3-0
Apr 3 at Buffalo St. L, 3-2
Apr 4 at Hilbert W, 3-1
Apr 8 at Buffalo St. L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 26 12
Sets 92 43
Kills 280 152
Kills per set 3.04 3.53
Errors 151 64
Total Attacks 756 343
Total Attacks per set 8.22 7.98
Hitting Percentage .171 .257
Assists 10 4
Assists per set 0.11 0.09
Service Total Attempts 366 187
Service Aces 49 30
Service Errors 72 38
Service Aces per set 0.53 0.70
Receptions 12 4
Reception Errors 4 2
Digs 125 61
Digs per set 1.36 1.42
Block Solo 12 7
Block Assist 32 14
Block Total 44 21
Blocks per set 0.48 0.49
Block Errors 5 3
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 357.0 196.0
Points per set 3.9 4.6
Matches started 26 12
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 23 at Gallaudet W, 3-0 1 3 6 7 32 -.031 0 1 5 1 0 5 2 2 0 4 0 10.0
Jan 23 vs. Lynchburg L, 3-1 1 4 11 6 30 .167 0 1 5 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Jan 28 vs. St. Vincent L, 3-0 1 3 7 4 25 .120 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Jan 30 vs. Geneva L, 3-1 1 4 10 9 34 .029 1 0 2 4 0 7 1 1 0 2 0 11.5
Jan 31 vs. Grove City L, 3-0 1 3 10 4 25 .240 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Jan 31 vs. Hiram L, 3-2 1 3 6 7 26 -.038 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 6.5
Feb 3 at Chatham L, 3-2 1 5 10 17 54 -.130 2 1 4 0 0 14 0 7 0 7 0 14.5
Feb 7 at Wilkes L, 3-1 1 4 5 7 27 -.074 0 4 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 10.0
Feb 7 vs. Cairn W, 3-1 1 4 19 6 38 .342 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 22.5
Feb 14 Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-0 1 3 11 9 30 .067 0 2 3 1 1 10 2 0 1 2 0 15.0
Feb 17 Carlow W, 3-0 1 3 14 9 30 .167 1 1 5 1 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 16.0
Feb 20 at Shenandoah L, 3-0 1 3 6 4 22 .091 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Feb 21 vs. Roanoke L, 3-1 1 4 14 6 33 .242 0 6 3 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 21.0
Feb 21 at Randolph L, 3-0 1 3 7 2 21 .238 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Feb 25 Mount Aloysius W, 3-1 1 4 10 0 16 .625 0 3 5 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 14.5
Mar 3 at No. 6 Messiah L, 3-0 1 3 7 2 14 .357 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 8.0
Mar 6 No. 19 Buffalo St. L, 3-0 1 3 6 4 15 .133 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.0
Mar 7 Hilbert W, 3-2 1 5 22 5 41 .415 0 2 6 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 25.0
Mar 20 Houghton W, 3-1 1 4 17 4 34 .382 0 2 4 0 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 20.0
Mar 21 at Penn St.-Behrend L, 3-0 1 3 12 8 34 .118 1 1 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Mar 28 at Houghton L, 3-0 1 3 8 2 24 .250 0 1 4 1 0 6 1 1 0 2 0 10.5
Mar 31 at Mount Aloysius W, 3-0 1 3 12 3 19 .474 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 19.5
Apr 1 at Carlow W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 15 .467 1 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Apr 3 at Buffalo St. L, 3-2 1 5 11 11 38 .000 0 1 3 0 0 5 3 2 0 5 0 16.0
Apr 4 at Hilbert W, 3-1 1 4 21 8 47 .277 1 4 3 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 25.5
Apr 8 at Buffalo St. L, 3-0 1 3 10 6 32 .125 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
  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
2024-25 27 99 333 3.36 186 839 .175 8 0.08 52 0.53 7 3 180 1.82 9 49 58 0.59 418.5 4.2
2025-26 26 92 280 3.04 151 756 .171 10 0.11 49 0.53 12 4 125 1.36 12 32 44 0.48 357.0 3.9
Total 53 191 613 3.21 337 1595 .173 18 0.09 101 0.53 19 7 305 1.60 21 81 102 0.53 775.5 4.1
    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 26 92 280 3.04 151 756 .171 10 0.11 49 0.53 12 4 125 1.36 12 32 44 0.48 357.0 3.9
Conference 12 43 152 3.53 64 343 .257 4 0.09 30 0.70 4 2 61 1.42 7 14 21 0.49 196.0 4.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 22 80 3.64 31 166 .295 1 0.05 11 0.50 2 2 31 1.41 3 7 10 0.45 97.5 4.4
Away 13 45 123 2.73 78 379 .119 6 0.13 27 0.60 5 1 61 1.36 7 18 25 0.56 166.0 3.7
Neutral 7 25 77 3.08 42 211 .166 3 0.12 11 0.44 5 1 33 1.32 2 7 9 0.36 93.5 3.7
Result Wins 9 33 129 3.91 43 272 .316 3 0.09 27 0.82 3 1 38 1.15 4 13 17 0.52 166.5 5.0
Losses 17 59 151 2.56 108 484 .089 7 0.12 22 0.37 9 3 87 1.47 8 19 27 0.46 190.5 3.2
Month January 6 20 50 2.50 37 172 .076 3 0.15 4 0.20 6 1 30 1.50 3 6 9 0.45 60.0 3.0
February 9 33 96 2.91 60 271 .133 3 0.09 20 0.61 4 3 46 1.39 5 13 18 0.55 127.5 3.9
March 7 24 84 3.50 28 181 .309 2 0.08 14 0.58 1 0 32 1.33 1 9 10 0.42 103.5 4.3
April 4 15 50 3.33 26 132 .182 2 0.13 11 0.73 1 0 17 1.13 3 4 7 0.47 66.0 4.4

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