Shippensburg University Athletics

2008 (Junior): Antolik battled a lingering injury while maintaining her excellent production on the court as a team leader for the Lady Raiders. She was selected to the All-PSAC Eastern Division Second Team and was selected for the second consecutive year to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 2 Second Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The junior was one of just three players from a PSAC institution on the second team and one of eight PSAC selections on either the first, second or third team in the District 2 College Division. Antolik was named the PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Week on October 14 after finishing a 3-1 week for the Lady Raiders with 38 kills and a .354 hitting percentage. For the season, Antolik compiled a .268 hitting percentage with 267 kills while totaling 100 blocks for the second consecutive season. She is already the school-record holder for block assists with 204 through three seasons and became the first player to record triple-digit block totals in consecutive seasons since Dana Boyer achieved the feat three straight years from 1986-88. Antolik totaled 10 or more kills in a match 13 times this season, including a career-high 21 kills against West Chester on September 30 where she hit .514 in the match after committing just three errors. Once again, Antolik led the team in blocks with 100, including 70 block assists. Antolik posted a team-best 30 block solos and finished third on the team in 267 kills, averaging seven kills per match. Her hitting percentage of .268 ranked second mark on the team. Durability was once again showcased as Antolik was one of just three players to appear in all 38 matches while appearing in all but 14 sets during the season. Over the final six matches of the season, Antolik had at least five kills in each appearance. At the end of the season, Antolik was awarded with the Jack A. Mildred Prince Squires Scholarship through the John L. Grove College of Business. The award, open to all seniors within the college, is a full year’s tuition.

2007 (Sophomore): Antolik expanded upon a dynamite debut season with stellar performances, becoming one of the team’s most integral members. She received her first ever postseason honors when she was selected to the All-PSAC Eastern Division First Team and was named an AVCA All-Atlantic Region selection as a middle blocker for the Lady Raiders. Antolik earned a spot on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II Third Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and was one of just three players from the PSAC to achieve this feat. She posted a 3.84 grade-point average and was named the PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Week twice during the campaign, earning the award on Sept. 24 and Oct. 9 after combining for 119 kills over that span. The sophomore totaled 10 or more kills in a match 24 times this season, including a career-high 18 kills against Bryant on Sept. 21 while also leading the team in blocks with 114, including 93 block assists that set a new school, single-season record. Antolik posted a team-best 21 block solos and finished second on the team in 435 kills, averaging three kills per game and totaling 959 attempts, the third-most on the team. She recorded a hitting percentage of .300, the second-best mark on the team, and racked up 25 service aces, tied for seventh-best on the team. Durability was also showcased as Antolik played in 145 of a possible 151 games on the season, the second-most on the team. Additionally, she compiled 42 digs and nine assists on the year while amassing 527.5 points, the second-most on the team. She produced 10 or more kills in seven consecutive matches from Oct. 2-9 and in 11 out of 12 matches. Antolik posted 17 kills in the team’s PSAC Tournament appearance against Clarion and put up a season-high five service aces against Alderson-Broaddus on Aug. 25 while collecting a season-high eight digs against Millersville on Sept. 11. She tallied a team-high 18 kills and a season-high 11 blocks against Bryant on Sept. 18 and accumulated at least five kills in 39 of 42 matches.

2006 (Freshman): Antolik quickly emerged as one of the team’s top players, appearing in 33 straight matches after recovering from an injury that forced her to miss the first four matches of the season. She excelled at the middle blocker position, where she ranked second on the team in block solos (18), block assists (41) and total blocks (59). Her 0.66 block per game average ranked second on the team, and she totaled 214 kills, which was fourth-best on the squad. Antolik tallied a .254 hitting percentage and showed versatility with 18 service aces. By the end of the season she was producing her best numbers, recording double digit kills in 10 of her last 14 matches. She finished the year with two or more blocks in 17 matches and posted then-career highs with four block solos and three block assists on Sept. 5 against Elizabethtown. Later, she would add five block solos against Kutztown on Oct. 17 and notched her first double-digit kill performance against Millersville on Oct. 3. Antolik also tallied 14 kills and three block assists against West Chester on Oct. 10 and posted a career-best 16 kills in the Oct. 14 win over Lock Haven. She led the team with 16 kills, two block solos and two block assists against Millersville on Oct. 28 and was named PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Week on Oct. 10.

Westmont Hilltop High School: She produced an incredibly successful high school career as a middle blocker at Westmont Hilltop High School. Antolik comes from a winning program that won the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference title in 2004 and 2005, as her team finished as District VI runner-up in 2004 and captured the district title in 2005. Her performance helped squad to state playoffs during her junior and senior seasons and she led team in blocks and kills for two-straight seasons, posting 527 kills, 78 digs and 64 blocks while delivering a .300 hitting percentage during her junior season. She was named First Team All-LHAC, first team all-district, and second team all-state and as a senior, she delivered 406 kills and 57 blocks and earned spots as a first team all-conference and all-district performer for second-straight season. She concluded her high school career as a first team all-state selection and won the William Askey Most Outstanding Volleyball Player Award. Antolik was an excellent student and a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Kali Elizabeth Antolik was born on May 24, 1988 and is the daughter of Peggy and David Antolik. Her major is supply chain management, along with a minor in economics. She is one of three children along with older sister Lindsey and younger brother Zachary.