7 Maritza Mesa
Maritza Mesa
  • Height:
    5'8
  • Year:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • High School:
    Politecnico Madre Rafaela Ybarra
  • Position:
    RS
  • m
    38
  • k/s
    3.42
  • h %
    .296
  • a/s
    0.10
  • b/s
    0.55
  • sa/s
    0.24
  • d/s
    2.64

Bio

*Fall Athletic Directors Honor Roll (2016)

*Fall KJCCC All-Academic (2016)

*Honorable Mention NJCAA All-American (2016)

*1st Team All-Region VI (2016)

*1st Team All-Jayhawk West (2016)

*Jayhawk West Defensive Player of the Week (October 24-30, 2016)

*Odessa Classic All-Tournament Team (2016)

*Jayhawk West Player of the Week (August 28-September 4, 2016)

*NMMI Classic All-Tournament Team (2016)

*Wyo-Braska All-Tournament Team (2015)

Freshman (2015): Mesa was a key cog for the Lady Saints runner-up finish in the Jayhawk West and Region VI Tournament in 2015 as the Dominican right side was one of just two players on the Seward roster to have seen action in all 41 matches and all 158 sets on the year.  A solid all-around player for the Lady Saints, Mesa finished her freshman season with 322 kills, 144 digs, and 72 blocks on the year.  She reached double figures in kills in 12 different matches, posting her career highs against top 25 teams in back to back matches of the Tyler Tournament with 16 against New mexico Military and 15 against Panola.  On the defensive end, she also chalked up her career high in digs against NMMI, pulling up 16 early in the year against the Broncs.  At the net she anchored the right side for Seward with a career high eight blocks midseason against Laramie County.  

High School: Mesa played for God's Hour Club for three seasons, receiving Most Valuable Player honors at the Caco Tournament.  She helped God's Hour to a Regional Championship in 2013 and was named top hitter at the tournament.  

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 2 Dodge City Community College W, 3-0
Nov 6 vs. Colby Community College W, 3-0
Nov 6 at Hutchinson Community College W, 3-1
Nov 17 vs. Polk State College L, 3-0
Nov 18 vs. Monroe College W, 3-1
Nov 18 vs. Tyler Junior College L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 38 16
Sets 137 53
Kills 469 189
Kills per set 3.42 3.57
Errors 123 50
Total Attacks 1167 474
Hitting Percentage .296 .293
Assists 14 4
Assists per set 0.10 0.08
Service Aces 33 8
Service Errors 49 21
Service Aces per set 0.24 0.15
Receptions 539 227
Reception Errors 43 23
Digs 362 156
Digs per set 2.64 2.94
Block Solo 8 4
Block Assist 68 24
Block Total 76 28
Blocks per set 0.55 0.53
Block Errors 21 7
Ball Handling Errors 4 1
Points 544.0 213.0
Points per set 4.0 4.0
Matches started 38 16
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 18 Oklahoma Panhandle State W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 19 .211 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Aug 20 at Oklahoma Panhandle State T, 1-1 1 2 6 1 13 .385 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Aug 20 vs. West Texas A&M T, 1-1 1 2 5 0 11 .455 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Aug 20 vs. Trinidad State Junior College W, 2-0 1 2 6 2 17 .235 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Aug 26 vs. Cedar Valley College W, 3-0 1 3 13 2 21 .524 0 2 2 7 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 15.5
Aug 26 vs. Pima Community College W, 3-0 1 3 12 1 28 .393 0 0 1 13 0 9 1 3 2 4 0 14.5
Aug 27 vs. Eastern Arizona College W, 3-1 1 4 13 5 38 .211 0 2 3 18 0 13 0 3 0 3 0 16.5
Aug 27 vs. South Mountain Community College L, 3-2 1 5 19 6 49 .265 0 2 3 17 2 6 0 4 2 4 1 23.0
Aug 31 at Hutchinson Community College L, 3-0 1 3 10 3 26 .269 1 1 2 15 1 6 0 1 1 1 0 11.5
Sep 2 Butler Community College W, 3-1 1 4 17 3 32 .438 0 1 2 15 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 19.0
Sep 5 at Pratt Community College W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 25 .320 0 1 0 16 3 4 0 1 3 1 0 11.5
Sep 9 vs. New Mexico Military Institute W, 3-1 1 4 12 6 33 .182 0 5 3 18 4 14 0 3 0 3 1 18.5
Sep 9 at Odessa College L, 3-2 1 5 10 6 34 .118 0 2 2 45 3 13 2 3 0 5 0 15.5
Sep 10 vs. Midland College W, 3-1 1 4 11 2 25 .360 0 1 2 24 0 9 0 3 0 3 0 13.5
Sep 10 vs. Lamar Community College W, 3-0 1 3 11 0 16 .688 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 12 at Cloud County Community College W, 3-0 1 3 11 1 20 .500 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 14 Garden City Community College W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 17 .235 0 0 0 8 2 12 0 1 0 1 1 5.5
Sep 16 vs. Laramie County Community College W, 3-2 1 5 16 2 45 .311 3 1 0 15 1 11 1 3 1 4 0 19.5
Sep 16 at Western Nebraska Community College L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 17 .118 0 0 0 12 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 4.0
Sep 17 vs. Sheridan College W, 3-1 1 4 18 6 42 .286 2 0 1 12 0 15 0 3 1 3 0 19.5
Sep 17 vs. Northwest College L, 3-1 1 4 15 1 33 .424 0 2 2 14 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 17.0
Sep 21 Dodge City Community College W, 3-0 1 3 11 2 20 .450 1 0 1 9 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 24 at Barton Community College W, 3-1 1 4 18 2 38 .421 0 1 2 17 0 7 1 2 0 3 0 21.0
Sep 26 Hutchinson Community College W, 3-2 1 5 15 7 44 .182 0 0 2 30 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Sep 28 at Colby Community College L, 3-0 1 3 5 2 28 .107 0 1 0 21 7 12 0 3 1 3 0 7.5
Sep 30 vs. Panola College L, 3-0 1 3 7 6 19 .053 0 1 1 25 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 30 vs. Navarro College L, 3-2 1 5 18 6 41 .293 0 0 0 10 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 18.5
Oct 1 vs. San Jacinto College-Central W, 3-0 1 3 14 1 24 .542 0 1 0 22 0 8 0 6 0 6 0 18.0
Oct 1 vs. Missouri State University - West Plains L, 3-1 1 4 14 2 32 .375 0 0 2 25 0 10 0 1 2 1 0 14.5
Oct 5 at Butler Community College W, 3-0 1 3 15 3 43 .279 0 2 0 7 0 9 0 4 1 4 0 19.0
Oct 12 Pratt Community College W, 3-0 1 3 14 3 26 .423 0 0 2 10 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Oct 15 at Garden City Community College W, 3-0 1 3 12 4 27 .296 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Oct 17 at Dodge City Community College W, 3-0 1 3 12 4 30 .267 1 0 0 8 1 11 1 2 0 3 0 14.0
Oct 19 Cloud County Community College W, 3-0 1 3 11 5 33 .182 1 1 4 17 1 10 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Oct 26 Barton Community College W, 3-1 1 4 13 6 38 .184 0 0 2 24 2 27 1 2 1 3 0 15.0
Oct 29 Colby Community College W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 27 .296 0 0 2 17 3 15 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
Nov 2 Dodge City Community College W, 3-0 1 3 9 5 29 .138 1 1 1 12 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Nov 6 vs. Colby Community College W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 27 .148 0 2 0 11 2 13 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Nov 6 at Hutchinson Community College W, 3-1 1 4 18 4 47 .298 0 1 2 12 0 11 0 3 1 3 1 20.5
Nov 17 vs. Polk State College L, 3-0 1 3 12 0 26 .462 0 1 0 - 2 15 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Nov 18 vs. Monroe College W, 3-1 1 4 12 6 31 .194 3 1 2 - 2 9 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Nov 18 vs. Tyler Junior College L, 3-2 1 5 15 1 36 .389 1 0 1 - 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
  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
2015-16 41 158 322 2.04 113 836 .250 3 0.02 7 0.04 156 9 144 0.91 10 62 72 0.46 370.0 2.3
2016-17 38 137 469 3.42 123 1167 .296 14 0.10 33 0.24 539 43 362 2.64 8 68 76 0.55 544.0 4.0
Total 79 295 791 2.68 236 2003 .277 17 0.06 40 0.14 695 52 506 1.72 18 130 148 0.50 914.0 3.1
    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 38 137 469 3.42 123 1167 .296 14 0.10 33 0.24 539 43 362 2.64 8 68 76 0.55 544.0 4.0
Conference 16 53 189 3.57 50 474 .293 4 0.08 8 0.15 227 23 156 2.94 4 24 28 0.53 213.0 4.0
Exhibition 4 9 22 2.44 4 60 .300 0 0.00 4 0.44 13 0 11 1.22 0 9 9 1.00 30.5 3.4
Location Home 9 31 105 3.39 34 266 .267 3 0.10 3 0.10 142 13 110 3.55 2 9 11 0.35 114.5 3.7
Away 11 37 125 3.38 33 335 .275 2 0.05 9 0.24 166 15 86 2.32 4 21 25 0.68 148.5 4.0
Neutral 18 69 239 3.46 56 566 .323 9 0.13 21 0.30 231 15 166 2.41 2 38 40 0.58 281.0 4.1
Result Wins 27 94 340 3.62 88 826 .305 12 0.13 23 0.24 355 26 269 2.86 6 54 60 0.64 396.0 4.2
Losses 11 43 129 3.00 35 341 .276 2 0.05 10 0.23 184 17 93 2.16 2 14 16 0.37 148.0 3.4
Month August 5 18 67 3.72 17 162 .309 1 0.06 7 0.39 70 3 37 2.06 1 12 13 0.72 81.0 4.5
September 18 68 214 3.15 57 529 .297 6 0.09 16 0.24 296 25 148 2.18 5 26 31 0.46 248.0 3.6
October 9 29 115 3.97 30 280 .304 2 0.07 4 0.14 138 7 105 3.62 2 21 23 0.79 131.5 4.5
November 6 22 73 3.32 19 196 .276 5 0.23 6 0.27 35 8 72 3.27 0 9 9 0.41 83.5 3.8

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