Paula Guersching Season 2024-25

#18

PositionOutside Hitter

Height6-1

ClassSenior

HometownSchwalbach am Taunus, Germany

Previous SchoolHawai'i

Played in 71/121 sets and 25/33 matches; started in 14 matches
Tallied 128 kills for fourth most on team; averaged 1.80 kills per set
Notched 163.5 points and averaged 2.30 points per set
Claimed 87 digs and 28 blocks
Earned 21 service aces and earned five aces to rank second in a four set match in Miami history

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

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

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