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2014 Men's Volleyball

16 Nick Madden

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • Highschool Cathedral Catholic High School

Biography

Second on Harvard’s all-time digs list with486.
Third on Harvard''s all-time kills list with 857.
Fourth on Harvard''s all-time block assists list with215.
Fifth on Harvard''s all-time total block list with235.
Sixth on Harvard''s all-time service aces list with60.
Has recorded eight double-doubles. 

Career Highs
Kills: 27, at Cal-Baptist, Mar. 13, 2012
Attacks: 42, at Cal-Baptist, Mar. 13,2012
Attack pct: .571, vs. NJIT, Mar. 31, 2012(13-1-21)
Assists: 2, four times
Serve aces: 4, twice
Digs: 18, at George Mason, March 2, 2012
Blocks: 11, vs. MIT, Feb. 5, 2011
Block solo: 3, vs. Newbury, Jan. 25,2011
Block assist: 11, vs. MIT, Feb. 5,2011 

Senior • 2014
All-EIVA first team selection ... EIVA All-Academic Team... Team captain ... Second on the team in kills per set (2.55) anddigs per set (2.20) … Totaled 176 digs to rank seventh inHarvard’s annals … Registered six kills, 12 digs andthree blocks in the championship round of the 50th AsicsInvitational against Long Beach State (Jan. 4) ... Recorded 13kills, 15 digs and four blocks in two exhibition matches at Laval(Jan. 8-9) ... Notched seven kills, three digs and two aces againstLewis (Jan. 24) ... Tallied six kills with a .308 hittingpercentage and five digs versus Loyola Chicago (Jan. 25) ...Contributed 12 kills, four service aces, three digs and two blocksat MIT (Feb. 1) ... Recorded three kills, three digs and threeblocks at Sacred Heart (Feb. 7) ... Tallied 17 kills on a .351hitting clip and added seven digs and two blocks against Princeton(Feb. 13) ... Registered five kills, two digs, one ace and oneblock versus George Mason (Feb. 16) ... Posted a double-double (14kills, 13 digs) at Saint Francis (Pa.) (Feb. 21) ... Notched 12digs, six kills and two blocks at Penn State (Feb. 22) ... Postedseven kills, six digs and two blocks against Concordia (Feb. 25)... Scored nine kills, five digs, two service aces and one blockversus Rutgers-Newark (Feb. 28) ... Contributed 12 digs, sevenkills, two aces and one block against NJIT (March 1) ... Registeredseven kills and eight digs at George Mason (March 7) ... Posted adouble-double (11 kills, 10 digs) with four blocks at Princeton(March 8) ... Named EIVA Defensive Player of the Week for averaging2.13 kps, 2.39 dps and .500 bps in a 1-1 week for the Crimson(March 10) ... Notched two digs and one kill versus Marymount (Va.)(March 11) ... Turned in 17 kills, hitting .394, 16 digs, fourblocks and two aces at Ball State (March 16) ... Named EIVADefensive Player of the Week for his efforts at Ball State (March17) ... Contributed 11 kills, six digs and five blocks at OhioState (March 18) ... Named EIVA Defensive Player of the Week forhis contribution at Ohio State (March 23) ... Recorded 13 digs,five blocks, four kills and one ace against Sacred Heart (March 28)... Notched 10 kills, five digs and one block versus Penn State(April 4) ... Tallied 13 kills while hitting .440 and added eightdigs, two aces and one block against Saint Francis (Pa.) (April 5)... Registered 17 kills on a .438 hitting clip and added 10 digsand one ace at NJIT (April 11) ... Contributed six kills, threedigs and one block at Rutgers-Newark (April 12) … Postednine kills and 11 digs in the EIVA semifinal match againstPrinceton (April 24).

Junior• 2013
Team captain ... Totaled six kills and eight digs againstStevens (Jan. 18) ... Scored a match-high 13 kills at NYU (Jan. 19)... Registered seven kills, four blocks and three digs at St.Francis (Pa.) (Jan. 25) ... Turned in nine kills, five blocks andseven digs at No. 6 Penn State (Jan. 26) ... Scored 10 killsagainst Loyola-Chicago (Feb. 1) ... Registered a match-high 20kills and had a hitting percentage of .351 against Juniata (Feb. 2)... Tallied 14 kills against Rivier (Feb. 5) ... Had 10 killsas the Crimson defeated No. 9 Penn State’s (Feb. 16) in threegames … Notched seven kills in a contest against St. Francis(Pa.) (Feb. 17) ... Credited with three kills in a matchup withGeorge Mason (Mar. 1) ... Posted nine kills against Princeton (Mar.2) ... Tallied 11 kills, three digs and three block shots in avictory over MIT (Mar. 5) ... Registered six kills, five digs, anda block in a win over Emmanuel (Mar. 7) ... Had a team-high 16kills and posted a .438 hitting percentage while also recordingeight digs and three blocks in a win over Sacred Heart (March 13)… Recorded eight kills, five digs and two blocks in amatchup with UC Santa Barbara (March 15) … Tallied 12 kills,five digs and one block against California Baptist (March 18)… Credited with 11 kills, four digs and oneblock versus Concordia (March 19) ... Recorded eight kills, ateam-best four digs and a match-high six blocks in a victory overErskine (March 30) … Registered a double-double with 12kills, a team-high 11 digs and four blocks in a victory overPrinceton (April 5) … Posted a match-high 15 kills, whilealso being credited with two digs and one block versus George Mason(April 6) ... Registered five kills, three digs and one block in awin against NJIT (April 12) … Credited with eight kills,three digs and four service aces in a victory over Rutgers-Newark(April 13) ... Posted 11 kills and a hitting percentage of .550while also recording seven digs in a victory against Sacred Heart(April 20) ... Notched 16 kills, 10 digs and two blocks in an EIVAsemifinals victory over George Mason (April 25) … Creditedwith six kills, six digs and one block against Penn State (April27).

Sophomore • 2012
Started all 24 matches for Harvard in 2012 … Had acareer-high 27 kills against Cal Baptist on March 13 …Tallied double digit kill totals in 14 matches … Recordeddouble-doubles against George Mason (13 kills, 18 digs) and CalBaptist (27 kills, 10 digs) … His 268 kills rank eighth insingle-season program history … Ended the season with 3.01kills per set, 1.48 digs per set and 3.58 points per set. 

Freshman • 2011
Slammed home 15 kills and blocked 13 attacks in wins over Newburyand Endicott ... Recorded 11 block assists in 3-1 win over MIT ...Had eight kills, two solo blocks and two block assists in victoryover Rivier Feb. 9 ... Had nine block assists and six kills in 3-1win over Springfield Feb. 14 ... Recorded 11 kills on a 45 percentattack rate against St. Francis Feb. 18 ... Recorded 11 kills on a52.6 percent attack rate in 3-2 win over Princeton April 2 ...Played in 82 of 84 games, averaging 2.3 points per game, 1.66 killsper game and 1.06 blocks per game.

Before Harvard
Was a four-year varsity member of the volleyball and basketballteams and two-year track and field participant (high jump and shotput) at Cathedral Catholic High School (Calif.) … Captainedthe basketball team from 2008-10 and volleyball team in 2009 and2010 … In basketball, second team all-league member 2007-09,and first team in 2010 … Second-team All-CaliforniaInterscholastic Federation (CIF) member 2008-09, and first-team in2010 … MVP of high school team in 2010 … Member ofthe All-CIF all-star team in 2010 … In volleyball,second-team All-CIF 2009 … First-team All-CIF and all-leaguein 2010 … Received the coaches’ award for leadership2006-10 … Completed almost 700 volunteer hours coachingyouth flag football, basketball, baseball, participating in Build AMiricale and a variety of other activities … Received theCathedral Cares Scholarship Award … Received thePresident’s Outstanding Academic Excellence Award in 2010… Enjoys playing beach volleyball, playing the guitar andplaying KanJam … Father, Nils, played basketball for theUniversity of San Diego, making the NCAA tournament twice andplayed professionally overseas in Germany.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2011First-Year

    Middle Blocker
    6'5" 205 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2012Sophomore

    Opposite Hitter
    6'5" 205 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2013Junior

    Opposite Hitter
    6'5" 205 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2014Senior

    Opposite Hitter
    6'5" 205 lbs
    16