Matt Adler
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Matt Adler

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Bay Village, Ohio

High School:
St. Ignatius

Height:
6-11

Position:
MH

2010: Started 21 matches at middle hitter, racking up 125 kills, a .366 hitting percentage and 86 total blocks (15 solo, 71 assist), which tied him for the team lead...tallied a career-high 10 block assists against George Mason (3/26), good for a tie for the eighth-most block assists in a single match in Loyola history...set three career highs against Juniata (2/19), posting a team-high 13 kills, three digs and 14.5 points...notched four solo blocks at Ohio State (4/9)...posted 11 kills against IPFW (3/27) and 10 at Grand Canyon (4/2) and IPFW (1/22).

2009: Saw action in 12 games...made his first career start in the first match of the season versus Carthage (1/14), tallying a season-high five kills...recorded his first career dig at then-No. 15 George Mason (1/23)...posted two block assists at Rutgers-Newark (1/24).

2007-08: Was a member of Loyola's men's basketball team the past three seasons...appeared in three games, playing a career-high six minutes in a victory over Saint Mary's (Minn.)...also saw action at Purdue and Saint Louis.

2006-07: Missed the first 19 games of the season while recovering from off-season knee surgery...made first career appearance and hauled in a rebound in a victory over IPFW...also saw brief action versus Youngstown State.

2005-06: Sat out the season as a redshirt.

High School: Prolific shot-blocker who graduated as St. Ignatius' career leader (135) in that category...contributed 6.5 ppg, 8.3 rpg, and 4.0 bpg as a senior...also established the St. Ignatius single-season record for blocked shots with 93...helped St. Ignatius to an 18-5 record his senior year...as a junior, averaged 6.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg and 3.5 bpg...set a St. Ignatius record with 14 blocked shots in a single game in 2003-04...earned the team's Best Rebounder and Best Defender Awards as a senior...high school coach was Brian Becker...played AAU for CBIZ.