Davide Gardini - M Volleyball

Davide Gardini

Outside Hitter #1

Class

Senior

Hometown

Ravenna,

Italy

Last School

Manfredi Azzarita

Roster Years

2019-2022

Father is Andrea Gardini and mother is Novella Cristofoletti
Father, Andrea won the FIVB World Championships three times and was a three-time Olympian in 1996, 2000 and 2004)
Major: Pre-Business
Speaks Italian

High School:

Member of the U-19 National Team in 2016 and 2017
Member of the U-21 National Team in 2016 and 2017
Competed in the U-19 FIVB World Championships in Bahrain
Competed in the U-21 FIVB World Championships in Czech Republic
Helped the U-19 National Team win Gold at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival
Helped the U-19 National Team place second at the 2017 European Championships, where he received the Best Outside Spikers award

Club:

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2019

MPSF Freshman of the Year
All-MPSF Second Team
MPSF All-Freshman Team
Three-time Off the Block National Freshman of the Week
MPSF Offensive Player of the Week
Second on the team in kills (319), digs (125) and aces (28)
Started all 24 matches played in 2019
Topped 20+ kills seven different matches
Recorded aces in 17 different matches
Had double-digit digs in three matches
Recorded a career-high 26 kills (0.432 clip) along with five digs, three total blocks and an ace vs. Grand Canyon (4/4)
Totaled 23 kills (0.277 clip) and a career-high five aces to help BYU beat Stanford in the MPSF Tournament (4/13)
Collected 20 kills (0.421 clip), 10 digs and five total blocks vs Concordia (3/28)

Sophmore Year 2020

General Notes
(2020 season canceled 18 matches into the season due to COVID-19)

Back-to-back MPSF weekly awards to start the season:
- MPSF Defensive Player of the Week (1/6) - Recorded 15 digs and eight blocks while totaling 40 kills on a .412 clip in wins over No. 6 Lewis and No. 11 Loyola Chicago
- MPSF Offensive Player of the Week (1/13) - Totaled 24 kills on an exceptional .600 hitting percentage while recording a pair of aces in consecutive sweeps over No. 15 Penn State
Started all 18 matches and was the only player to play in all 64 sets helping BYU to a 17-1 record
Recorded double-digit kills in 14 of the 18 matches, leading the team in six matches
Led the team with 126 digs and 1.97 digs per set
Second on the team in kills (231), kills per set (3.61), aces (16) and points (276)
Third on the team with 58 blocks
Had a hitting percentage of .370, 17th-best in the NCAA
Tied for the 10th highest hitting percentage in a single match (min. 12 kills) with a total of 13 kills on a .750 clip against Penn State (1/10)
Opened the year with a season-high 21 kills against No. 11 Loyola Chicago (1/3)
Recorded three double-doubles on the year
Matched his career-high of six blocks against No. 1 Hawai'i (3/6)
Totaled a career-high 12 digs against No. 5 UC Irvine (1/24), later matched the number at No. 1 Hawai'i (3/6)

Junior Year 2021

Started in all 24 matches and played all 81 sets
Totaled 247 Kills on 496 attempts for a .327 hitting percentage
Ranks 20th in the country and 4th in conference in aces per set with .410 and 33 total
Leads the team in digs with 130
First team All- America
All- MPSF First team
MPSF Offensive Player of the Week, week of March 23

Senior Year 2022

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year