Ali Frantti

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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 (2026): “Ali was one of the top recruits in the country. Athletically, she was long and explosive and she had exceptional attacking skills. She was a player who would step up in big occasions and take a big swing and block. She made incredible contributions to the program while she was here. The fact that she was an All American, that she is still playing professionally in Italy, and that she was with the national team for an extended period, all reflect on the type of player she was.  She was a great talent, and was a goofball, so she was fun to have around all the time.”

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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