Devin Stearns

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Los Altos Hills, Calif.
High School:
Mountain View

At Princeton — 2015: ranked second on the team and 12th in the EIVA with 2.59 kills per set … earned EIVA Offensive Player of the Week honors after recording a career-best 20 kills in 3-2 comeback win over NJIT … had seven matches with double-digit kills, including 16 apiece in road matches at both Ball State and Harvard; he added a season-best 13 digs at nationally ranked Ball State … hit .500 (11-1-20) in regular season match at Penn State … averaged 10 kills and five digs per match against eventual EIVA finalist George Mason. 2014: earned second-team All-EIVA honors … ranked third on the team in both kills (3.03) and points (3.44) per set; both totals ranked in the Top 10 in the EIVA and in the Top 50 nationally … had a career performance in Princeton’s first win over Penn State since 1998; recorded 18 kills, three blocks and two aces, and hit .353 for the match … had 16 matches with double-digit kills, including 17 in EIVA semifinal win over Harvard … had two double-doubles, including 13-kill, 14-dig effort against nationally ranked IPFW. 2013: started 21 matches and ranked second on the team in total kills (192) and total points (212) … had nine matches with double-digit kills, including season-high 17 in road win at Saint Francis … recorded 14 kills and hit .323 in collegiate debut, a 3-1 win at No. 12 UC Santa Barbara … had 16 kills in near road upset of nationally ranked Loyola-Chicago … recorded season-high 11 digs at Saint Francis … had nine matches with multiple blocks.

Before Princeton — named to the all-tournament team at the Open Division of the 2012 USA Junior Nationals; led team to bronze medal … led Mountain View to league titles, including one as a senior; team set a program record with 31 victories … also led team to bronze medal at 2011 Junior Nationals Open Division … led club program to pair of Far Western Bid Tournament titles and several other finals … named 2012 De Anza League MVP and both Sophomore of the Year (2010) and Junior of the Year (2011) … two-time team MVP … 2012 team captain … two-time first-team All-Central Coast Section … two-time all-tournament selection for the Bellarmine Invitational … all-time kills leader at Mountain View; set Central Coast Section record with 14 kills in a single game … four-time scholar-athlete honoree … four-time junior beach tournament winner.

Personal — born Nov. 1, 1993 … son of Daniel Stearns and Carol Lobitz-Stearns … mother played college volleyball at Cal Lutheran … father is a physicist; mother is a physical therapist … has two younger brothers, Connor and Colton … enjoys hiking and playing the guitar … may study Economics at Princeton.

Unofficial Team Role — Head of Recruiting Delegations

Year	SP	Kills	K/s	E	TA	Pct.	Ast	SA	SE	RE	D	BS	BA	TB	Pts.
2013	75	192	2.6	76	488	.238	15	5	25	20	94	3	24	27	212.0
2014	86	261	3.0	93	565	.297	11	11	65	19	94	6	35	41	295.5
2015	63	163	2.6	74	373	.239	6	13	59	20	55	6	23	29	193.5
Totals	224	616	2.8	243	1426	.262	32	29	149	59	243	15	82	97	507.5