JJ Sowa

+ Academic All-MIVA (2025)

2025: Played in all 105 sets of Loyola’s 29 matches as starting libero...Averaged 1.75 digs/set and totaled 184 digs, good for 8th in the league, clocking a season and career-high 19 at McKendree (Feb. 15)...Recorded a .955 reception percentage, 86 total assists and one kill...Marked a season-high seven assists two times, at CSUN (March 22) and vs. Pepperdine (May 8), to match his career-high...First time Academic All-MIVA recipient.

2024: Earned the starting libero role midway through the season, playing in 15 matches and 50 sets … Averaged a team-high 2.16 digs per set and totaled 108 … Had just eight reception errors through the season, culminating in a 97-percent reception average … Racked up double-figure digs three times, including a career-high 15 in the team’s four-set win at Lindenwood on Feb. 24 … Had his first collegiate kill in that same match … Logged a career-high seven assists at McKendree on March 23.

2023: Played in 21 matches and 72 sets in his first year on the team … Averaged .47 digs per set and racked up 34 total … Against Maryville on Jan. 27, notched a season-high 13 digs in four sets of action … Had a season-high three assists in that same match.

High School: A libero hailing from Orange, Calif. … Played for Mater Dei High School under coaches Pat Connolly and Jake Nuneviller … Helped his team win the Trinity League Championship ... In club action, played at Pulse Athletics under Coach Glenn Henry ... Led his team to a first-place finish at the SoCal Winter Cup and a third-place finish at the SoCal Cup Showcase ... His team ended their run at Nationals with a fifth-place finish ... Received All-Tournament team honors at the SoCal Cup.