2024: EIVA Second Team All-Conference...EIVA All-Academic Selection...EIVA Offensive Player of the Week (4/1)...AVCA National Player of the Week (4/1)...EIVA All-Tournament Team...Appeared in 79 sets across 22 matches...Second on the team with 256 kills, tallying double-digit kills in 15 matches...Registered a career-high 23 kills against Sacred Heart on March 29...Fifth on the team with 99 digs, double-digits digs in two matches...Recorded 38 total blocks including three solo blocks...EIVA Championship game vs Penn State on April 20, Jack Bolz recorded 20 kills, four digs, one service ace, one block, and scored 21.5 points.
2023: EIVA All-Academic selection...Appeared in 84 sets across 25 matches... Third on the team with 234 kills, tallying double-digit kills in nine matches... Registered a season-high 19 kills against Purdue Fort Wayne on Feb. 4... Also third on the team with 126 digs, setting a new career-high of 17 in a double-double performance against Loyola Chicago (March 26) to go with 17 kills... Recorded 41 total blocks on 39 block assists and two solo blocks... Season-high five blocks against Purdue Fort Wayne (Feb. 4)... Had his most efficient hitting performance against Princeton with 13 kills on 22 swings for a .500 efficiency... Ranked third on the team with 29 services aces, with a season-high four against Charleston (WV) on Feb. 24... Contributed eight assists, matching his career-high of three against Charleston (WV).
2022: EIVA Second Team All-Conference and EIVA All-Academic selection... Played in 25 matches, totaling 94 sets played... Tallied 337 kills, 10 assists, 135 digs, 64 total blocks and 25 service aces... Recorded three assists at Mount Olive on January 15... Tallied seven block assists and seven total blocks at Purdue Ft. Wayne on January 20... Earned three solo blocks at St. Francis Brooklyn on February 12... Notched career highs in kills (22), total attacks (59), and digs (14) in the five set victory over St. Francis Brooklyn on March 26... Recorded five service aces at Charleston (WVa.) on April 2…Earned EIVA Player of the Week honors three times during the season, the first three of his career.
2021: EIVA All-Academic selection... Played in 14 matches, making four starts, totaling 32 sets played... Tallied 87 kills, 37 digs, 22 total blocks and a service ace... Recorded 11 kills and his first collegiate ace at Saint Francis (Pa.) on March 27... Tallied nine kills, six digs and four total blocks in a win at Saint Francis (Pa.) on March 26... Earned seven kills versus NJIT on March 6... Notched 11 kills in three sets played in a victory over Saint Francis (Pa.) on Feb. 19... Recorded a season-high 15 kills, coupled with seven digs and three blocks versus Ball State on Jan. 23... Earned his first collegiate kill, assist, dig and block in his first career start versus Ball State on Jan. 22.
2020: Redshirted during the season.
PREP: A three-year letter winner at Maine South High School, Bolz was a two-time team captain for the Hawks and a two-time All-Conference selection... Recorded 345 kills, 155 digs, 90 blocks and 48 aces... Selected to the 2019 Lincoln-Way All-Tournament team... During his senior season, Bolz helped lead the Hawks to a 27-10 regular season record... Played basketball his freshman year but decided to focus on volleyball, where he started playing club his sophomore season... A member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Son of John and Tara Bolz... Has two siblings Sam and Brigid... Intends to major in English, as he pursues a career in education... Outside of the court, Bolz enjoys family time, listening to music, playing golf, and watching the Chicago Bears... Born on July 11, 2001.
Career Highs
Kills: 23 vs. Sacred Heart (3/29/24)
Assists: 3, three times, last vs. Sacred Heart (1/20/24)
Service Aces: 5 at Charleston (WV) (4/2/22)
Digs: 17 vs. Loyola Chicago (3/26/23)
Blocks: 7 at Purdue Fort Wayne (1/20/22)
