Ali Frantti

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Ali Frantti #5 OH 6’1″

Russ Rose Then (2017): “Ali was the national Freshman of the Year in 2014 and has had flashes of that her entire career. She’s an experienced hitter and a confident passer with the physicality to control a match and we need her to throughout the year.”

Russ Rose Now (2025):

2017 Stats Leaders

2017 Cumulative Team Stats

2017 Season (Senior) Highlights and Awards: named an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American …  named to AVCA Northeast Region team  … for her career, Frantti tallied 1,283 kills on .257 hitting, 807 digs, 241 total blocks and 73 aces … after graduating from Penn State, Frantti played on multiple overseas professional teams and made her debut with the U.S. National team in 2022.

Season Recap: Started all 35 matches and played in 119 of 125 sets … averaged 2.47 kills/set, adding 1.81 digs and 0.55 blocks/set … had 2 double-doubles and added a career defensive performance when she scooped up 17 digs against Minnesota to help the Nittany Lions secure a share of the Big Ten title.

NCAA Tournament: Averaged 2.84 kills/set in Penn State’s 5 NCAA Tournament matches, including 11 kills on .455 hitting in the Regional Semifinal sweep of Missouri (12/8).

2016 Season (Junior)

2015 Season (Sophomore)

2014 Season (Freshman)

2017 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 20 09/09/2017 Stanford
Assists 3 09/02/2017 Texas A&M
Points 22.5 09/09/2017 Stanford
Aces 4 10/07/2017 Maryland
Digs 17 11/25/2017 Minnesota
Total Blocks 5 12/02/2017 Pittsburgh

Career Offensive Statistics

Season Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2014-15 Penn St. 122 39 391 3.205 113 898 0.310 21 0.172 28 0.230 41
2015-16 Penn St. 115 34 303 2.635 112 799 0.239 19 0.165 10 0.087 17
2016-17 Penn St. 121 34 295 2.438 99 861 0.228 41 0.339 16 0.132 22
2017-18 Penn St. 119 35 294 2.471 95 808 0.246 16 0.134 19 0.160 31
Totals: 477 142 1283 2.690 419 3366 0.257 97 0.203 73 0.153 111
Career Defensive Statistics
Season Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2014-15 Penn St. 159 1.303 13 10 48 58 0.475 2 2 453 3.713
2015-16 Penn St. 214 1.861 25 11 44 55 0.478 7 1 346 3.009
2016-17 Penn St. 219 1.810 43 20 42 62 0.512 2 0 352 2.909
2017-18 Penn St. 215 1.807 22 21 45 66 0.555 3 0 356.5 2.996
Totals: 807 1.692 103 62 179 241 0.505 14 3 1507.5 3.160
2017 Match Stats Attack Set Serve Defense Block
Date Opponent Score K E TA % AST E SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE TB BHE PTS
08/25/2017 vs UT Martin W 3 – 0 2 1 4 0.25 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 5.5
08/26/2017 at West Virginia W 3 – 0 4 0 8 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
08/26/2017 at Delaware W 3 – 0 5 0 6 0.833 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
09/01/2017 at Stanford W 3 – 1 10 4 34 0.176 2 4 2 2 0 14 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
09/02/2017 at Texas A&M W 3 – 2 16 4 37 0.324 3 4 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 16
09/08/2017 vs Colorado W 3 – 0 17 2 32 0.469 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 17.5
09/09/2017 at Stanford W 3 – 2 20 7 42 0.31 0 7 1 3 1 5 1 1 0 2 0 22.5
09/15/2017 vs Yale W 3 – 0 3 1 9 0.222 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 4.5
09/16/2017 vs Wake Forest W 3 – 0 4 3 9 0.111 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
09/16/2017 vs Ohio W 3 – 0 5 2 12 0.25 0 2 0 0 1 10 1 1 0 2 0 6.5
09/22/2017 vs Nebraska L 0 – 3 9 4 26 0.192 0 4 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
09/23/2017 vs Iowa W 3 – 1 10 2 23 0.348 2 2 0 0 0 7 1 1 0 2 0 11.5
09/29/2017 vs Illinois W 3 – 0 5 4 20 0.05 0 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5
09/30/2017 vs Northwestern W 3 – 0 8 2 15 0.4 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 4 0 11
10/06/2017 at Ohio St. W 3 – 2 13 3 31 0.323 1 3 2 1 0 7 0 3 0 3 0 16.5
10/07/2017 at Maryland W 3 – 0 4 4 24 0 0 4 4 1 1 12 0 2 1 2 0 9
10/13/2017 vs Michigan St. W 3 – 1 8 1 27 0.259 0 1 1 0 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 11
10/14/2017 vs Michigan W 3 – 0 9 4 19 0.263 0 4 2 0 0 11 1 0 0 1 0 12
10/20/2017 at Purdue W 3 – 1 15 5 42 0.238 0 5 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 16.5
10/21/2017 at Indiana W 3 – 0 4 1 9 0.333 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 5.5
10/25/2017 vs Wisconsin W 3 – 1 6 4 26 0.077 1 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
10/28/2017 at Illinois W 3 – 0 5 1 16 0.25 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 4 0 7.5
11/01/2017 at Michigan St. W 3 – 1 13 5 35 0.229 2 5 1 2 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 15
11/04/2017 vs Rutgers W 3 – 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
11/08/2017 at Iowa W 3 – 0 8 2 18 0.333 1 2 0 1 0 4 2 1 0 3 0 10.5
11/11/2017 vs Maryland W 3 – 0 5 3 20 0.1 0 3 0 1 1 6 2 3 0 5 0 8.5
11/15/2017 vs Indiana W 3 – 0 9 2 21 0.333 0 2 0 2 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
11/18/2017 at Rutgers W 3 – 0 5 0 13 0.385 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6
11/24/2017 at Wisconsin W 3 – 1 11 2 31 0.29 0 2 0 1 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
11/25/2017 at Minnesota W 3 – 1 6 3 35 0.086 1 3 1 2 0 17 2 2 0 4 0 10
12/01/2017 vs Howard W 3 – 1 12 3 31 0.29 0 3 0 0 1 6 1 2 0 3 0 14
12/02/2017 vs Pittsburgh W 3 – 1 14 3 37 0.297 0 3 0 1 0 8 1 4 1 5 0 17
12/08/2017 vs Missouri W 3 – 0 11 1 22 0.455 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 12
12/09/2017 vs Michigan St. W 3 – 0 8 4 31 0.129 1 4 0 1 4 10 0 1 1 1 0 8.5
12/14/2017 vs Nebraska L 2 – 3 9 7 41 0.049 0 7 0 1 5 10 0 2 0 2 0 10
Totals: 294 95 808 0.246 16 95 19 31 22 215 21 45 3 66 0 356.5
Before Penn State: Led her high school team, to a state title in 2013 … earned First Team All-State honors and Chicago Sun-Times All-Area honors in 2012 … A 3-time MVP and 2-year captain at Richmond Burton high school … helped her club team — Club Fusion — to back-to-back AAU titles, collecting MVP honors in 2012 and all-tournament team honors in 2013 … 2013-14 Under Armour First Team All-American … 2013 Mizuno First Team All-American … 2013 Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year.

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