2014 (Junior Season): Voted to the All-MIVA Second Team for the second straight season while starting all 26 matches played … team-leading 3.59 kills/set and 4.10 points/set ranked 22nd and 27th nationally … those averages were slotted fourth and sixth, respectively, in the MIVA … took 846 attack attempts, the 16th highest total in school history … enters senior campaign ranking in OSU career top-15 with 3.55 kills/set and 4.08 points/set … racked up season totals of 401.5 points, 352 kills, 139 digs, 56 blocks (13s, 43a) and 15 aces … named the MIVA Offensive Player of the Week three times … owner of two double-doubles and a team-best 16 double-digit kills performances, including a trio of 20-plus kills efforts … also dug up 10 or more balls three times … earned MIVA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honors.
2013 (Sophomore Season): Played in 25 matches … totaled a career-best 20 kills and 41 attempts at Hawai[apos]i (1/10) … three double-doubles (kills/digs) on the season … set a career-high with six service aces against Quincy (4/12) … career-best five blocks at IPFW (3/23) … totaled four blocks on six occasions: Hawai[apos]i (1/10), at Saint Francis (1/20), Ball State (2/17), Penn State (3/16), at Loyola-Chicago (4/6), Quincy (4/13) … finished the season with 290 kills … averaged 3.49 kills per set … team-best 18 matches with double-digit kills … MIVA All-Conference Second Team.
2012 (Freshman Season): Did not play … Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
2011 (Redshirt Season): NCAA Champions … MIVA Academic All-Conference … Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
Prior to Ohio State: Played three years for coach Andrew Viselli at St. John[apos]s Prep High School … 2008 state champion … MVC Division 2 Player of the Year, Boston Globe Athlete of the Year, Boston Herald All-Scholastic and team captain as a senior … All-Conference and Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic as a junior.
Personal: Son of James and Susan Lutz … has three brothers, Brendan, Chris and Brian … majoring in health promotion, nutrition and exercise science.
