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Paula Guersching

position

Outside Hitter

Height

6-1

Class

Senior

Hometown

Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany

High School

TG Bad Soden

Instagram

@paulaguersching

TikTok

@paula.2803

Previous School

Hawai'i

Paula Guersching - Volleyball - University of Miami Athletics
at Hawai'i (2023)
  • Earned All-Big West Honors despite starting the season with an injury
  • Against conference opponents, was second on the team in kills (129) for a .235 hitting percentage
  • Led the team with 15 service aces vs. Big West teams
  • Recorded 80 digs, 21 total blocks and 155.0 points
at Youngstown State (2021-22)
  • In 2022, became YSU’s first ever AVCA All-America Honorable Mention awardee and the first Penguin to be voted the Horizon League’s Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year and all-league first team honors for the second-straight season
  • Recorded YSU’s most prolific sophomore campaign ever after setting numerous school and conference records
    • Finished 2022 ranked in the top five nationally while setting YSU’s single-season records in several statistical categories
    • No. 3 – 5.24 kills/set and 5.87 points/set
    • No. 5 – 12.84 attacks/set and 576 total kills
    • No. 6 – 646.0 total points
  • Buried a career-high 35 kills at Northern Kentucky to set a new league and school record
  • Named Horizon League Player of the Week a record six times
Prior to College
  • Competed on both the German junior national indoor and beach volleyball circuits
  • Helped the beach team to a ninth-place finish at the U18/U19 junior championship
  • Played at the club level with TG Bad Soden in the 2. Bundesliga in 2020 and helped her team to a sixth-place finish at the Junior German Championship
Personal
  • Majoring in Business
  • Parents are Ralph and Barbara
  • Has one sister