18 Presley Shairs
Presley Shairs
  • Height:
    5'10
  • Hometown:
    Salem, Mass.
  • Position:
    MB
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • High School:
    Salem
  • Major:
    Business
  • m
    23
  • k/s
    2.77
  • h %
    .224
  • a/s
    0.01
  • b/s
    0.55
  • sa/s
    0.33
  • d/s
    0.71

Bio

AS A SENIOR...

  • Tied career-high in matches played (23).
  • Recorded 202 kills, 24 service aces, 52 digs, and a career-high 40 blocks. 
  • Posted a season-high 16 kills twice (Sept. 9 vs. Albertus Magnus and Oct. 25 at MCLA).
  • Had 11 contests with 10 or more kills.
  • Named MASCAC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 20).
  • Placed on MASCAC Fall-Winter Academic Team.

AS A JUNIOR...

  • Played in 23 matches.
  • Finished with a career-high 225 kills.
  • Dished out 10 assists.
  • Posted a career-high 83 digs.
  • Notched a career-best 26 service aces.
  • Recorded a career-high 21 kills Oct. 26 vs. MCLA.
  • Had 10 contests with 10 or more kills.
  • Finished with a career-high 10 digs Oct. 26 vs. MCLA.
  • Swatted away 31 shots.

AS A SOPHOMORE...

  • Appeared in 20 matches.
  • Posted 147 kills.
  • Recorded 45 digs.
  • Blocked 22 shots.
  • Had six contests with 10 or more kills.
  • Finished with 17 service aces.

AS A FIRST YEAR...

  • Played in 21 matches.
  • Recorded 147 kills.
  • Dished out 11 assists.
  • Finished with 76 digs.
  • Posted 10 or more kills in five matches.
  • Made collegiate debut on Sept. 3 at Emmanuel (Mass.).
  • Earned first start on Sept. 17 vs. Curry.

PLAYER PROFILE

What is your major?: Business

Playing Honors/ Scholastic Awards (All-Conference/All-Academic): 2024 MASCAC All-Conference Second Team...2023 MASCAC Fall Sportsmanship Team.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 22 at Anna Maria W, 3-1
Oct 25 at MCLA L, 3-1
Oct 29 Bridgewater St. L, 3-1
Nov 5 at Eastern Conn. St. L, 3-0
Nov 8 Mass. Maritime W, 3-1
Nov 11 at Framingham St. L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 23 8
Sets 73 27
Kills 202 90
Kills per set 2.77 3.33
Errors 78 30
Total Attacks 554 218
Total Attacks per set 7.59 8.07
Hitting Percentage .224 .275
Assists 1 1
Assists per set 0.01 0.04
Service Total Attempts 142 51
Service Aces 24 9
Service Errors 12 3
Service Aces per set 0.33 0.33
Receptions 4 2
Reception Errors 2 1
Digs 52 24
Digs per set 0.71 0.89
Block Solo 20 6
Block Assist 20 8
Block Total 40 14
Blocks per set 0.55 0.52
Block Errors 7 0
Ball Handling Errors 3 2
Points 256.0 109.0
Points per set 3.5 4.0
Matches started 21 8
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 31 Yeshiva W, 3-0 1 2 5 1 13 .308 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 5 at Mass.-Boston L, 3-1 1 4 10 9 39 .026 0 0 3 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 1 11.0
Sep 6 vs. Saint Benedict L, 3-0 1 3 4 3 16 .063 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 7.0
Sep 6 vs. Emerson L, 3-0 1 3 3 3 16 .000 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.0
Sep 9 Albertus Magnus W, 3-1 1 4 16 5 44 .250 0 2 1 0 0 5 2 1 3 3 0 20.5
Sep 11 Suffolk L, 3-1 1 4 12 7 40 .125 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 17.5
Sep 13 Rhode Island Col. L, 3-0 1 3 7 3 27 .148 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 5 0 10.5
Sep 13 Lesley W, 3-0 - 3 10 0 19 .526 0 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Sep 16 at U. of New England L, 3-0 1 3 6 4 26 .077 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 9.5
Sep 18 Gordon L, 3-0 1 3 4 7 22 -.136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Sep 20 at Vermont State Johnson W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 12 .333 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 8.0
Sep 20 at Vermont State Johnson W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 7 .429 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5.0
Sep 24 at Emmanuel (Mass.) L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 Framingham St. L, 3-1 1 4 13 4 31 .290 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 14.5
Oct 1 at Westfield St. L, 3-0 1 3 13 3 23 .435 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Oct 7 at Lesley W, 3-0 - 2 10 0 14 .714 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
Oct 10 at Worcester St. L, 3-1 1 4 9 4 26 .192 0 3 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 12.5
Oct 14 Fitchburg St. W, 3-1 1 4 13 5 41 .195 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 3 0 17.0
Oct 18 at Norwich W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 23 .304 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 9.0
Oct 22 at Anna Maria W, 3-1 1 3 11 3 20 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 12.5
Oct 25 at MCLA L, 3-1 1 4 16 5 38 .289 0 3 2 0 0 5 1 3 0 4 1 21.5
Oct 29 Bridgewater St. L, 3-1 1 4 13 5 30 .267 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 15.0
Nov 5 at Eastern Conn. St. L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Mass. Maritime W, 3-1 1 1 2 1 9 .111 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 11 at Framingham St. L, 3-0 1 3 8 3 18 .278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.0
  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
2022-23 21 73 147 2.01 90 518 .110 11 0.15 20 0.27 89 20 76 1.04 14 5 19 0.26 183.5 2.5
2023-24 20 69 147 2.13 78 426 .162 5 0.07 17 0.25 28 6 45 0.65 18 4 22 0.32 184.0 2.7
2024-25 23 83 225 2.71 98 659 .193 10 0.12 26 0.31 32 4 83 1.00 21 10 31 0.37 277.0 3.3
2025-26 23 73 202 2.77 78 554 .224 1 0.01 24 0.33 4 2 52 0.71 20 20 40 0.55 256.0 3.5
Total 87 298 721 2.42 344 2157 .175 27 0.09 87 0.29 153 32 256 0.86 73 39 112 0.38 900.5 3.0
    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
Event Total 23 73 202 2.77 78 554 .224 1 0.01 24 0.33 4 2 52 0.71 20 20 40 0.55 256.0 3.5
Conference 8 27 90 3.33 30 218 .275 1 0.04 9 0.33 2 1 24 0.89 6 8 14 0.52 109.0 4.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 10 32 95 2.97 38 276 .207 0 0.00 15 0.47 3 1 26 0.81 9 10 19 0.59 124.0 3.9
Away 11 35 100 2.86 34 246 .268 1 0.03 9 0.26 1 1 25 0.71 9 8 17 0.49 122.0 3.5
Neutral 2 6 7 1.17 6 32 .031 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.17 2 2 4 0.67 10.0 1.7
Result Wins 10 28 84 3.00 18 202 .327 1 0.04 12 0.43 1 0 27 0.96 9 4 13 0.46 107.0 3.8
Losses 13 45 118 2.62 60 352 .165 0 0.00 12 0.27 3 2 25 0.56 11 16 27 0.60 149.0 3.3
Month August 1 2 5 2.50 1 13 .308 0 0.00 1 0.50 1 0 2 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 3.0
September 12 40 94 2.35 47 299 .157 0 0.00 14 0.35 2 1 25 0.63 13 13 26 0.65 127.5 3.2
October 8 27 93 3.44 26 215 .312 1 0.04 9 0.33 1 1 24 0.89 7 7 14 0.52 112.5 4.2
November 2 4 10 2.50 4 27 .222 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.25 0 0 0 0.00 10.0 2.5

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