University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics

2021 (Sr.): Capped career by earning honorable mention All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference accolades, helping UAA to 19-12 overall record, GNAC runner-up finish and NCAA Tournament berth ... ranked 2nd in GNAC with .330 attack pct. (67th nationally) and 8th with 1.05 blocks per set, while producing 1.82 kills per set … named GNAC Defensive Player of the Week for play in home wins over Central Washington (7 kills, .333, 9 total blocks) and Northwest Nazarene (7 kills, .700, 4 blks) ... hit .500 or better in 12 matches and .700 or better three times, breaking 20-year-old school record for attack percentage with .917 (11 kills, no errors, 12 attacks) performance in Aug. 28 win at Hawaii Pacific ... other top season efforts included 11 kills on .474 hitting in road sweep of MSU Billings; 9 kills on .571 hitting and 4 blocks in home sweep of Alaska Fairbanks; and 6 kills on .545 hitting and 7 blocks in 4-set road loss to eventual West Region champion Western Washington … finished 5th on UAA's career list in blocks per set (1.10), 2nd in block assists (399), 3rd in total blocks (448), 8th in attack pct. (.279), t-7th in victories (81), and 15th in both matches played (115) and sets played (406) … earned program-record fourth straight GNAC All-Academic Team award with 3.44 overall GPA … graduated in December 2021 with B.S. in natural sciences and minor in psychology.

2020-21: Played in all 57 sets, averaging 1.70 kills on .253 hitting and 1.02 blocks per set, to help Seawolves go 11-4 in pandemic-shortened spring season … produced at least four kills in every match and had multiple blocks in 13 of 15 contests … named GNAC Defensive Player of the Week after posting career-high 11 blocks Mar. 27 against Alaska Fairbanks … ripped season-high 10 kills on .304 hitting and had five block assists to aid season-opening 4-set win at Saint Martin’s … other top efforts included nine kills on .313 kills in sweep of Seattle Pacific; eight kills on .412 hitting and five block assists in 4-set win at Central Washington; and seven kills on .429 hitting in road sweep of Alaska Fairbanks … repeated on GNAC All-Academic Team.

2019 (Jr.): Second-leading percentage hitter (.293) and fourth-leading point producer (2.02 per set) for Seawolf club that finished 23-7, placed runner-up in GNAC and advanced to NCAA Tournament Second Round … ranked 3rd in GNAC and 21st nationally with 1.27 blocks per set, plus 6th in GNAC in hitting percentage … had 10 matches with 5-plus kills on .300-plus hitting, and 15 matches with at least 5 total blocks … ripped career-high 11 kills on .474 hitting to aid 5-set home win over Alaska Fairbanks; other top matches included 10 kills on .533 hitting in 4-set home win over MSU Billings; 10 kills and 6 block assists in 5-set loss to eventual NCAA semifinalist Regis; 8 kills and 4 block assists in 5-set road win over No. 4 Western Washington; 9 kills on .438 hitting and 6 total blocks in road sweep of Concordia-Portland; and 5 kills on .385 hitting and 8 block assists in 4-set NCAA loss to eventual national champ CSU San Bernardino … made GNAC All-Academic Team with 3.29 overall GPA … finished 3rd on UAA single-season list for block assists with 128, along with 8th in bps, 9th in total blocks (143) and 18th in attack pct. … on UAA career lists, finished junior season 14th in attack pct. (.254), 12th in total blocks (275), 4th in blocks per set (1.16) and 9th in block assists (248).

2018 (So.): Joined regular rotation, seeing action in 26 of 28 matches for Seawolf club that went 21-7 overall and 14-6 (3rd place) in the GNAC ... ranked 2nd in GNAC and 29th nationally with 1.19 blocks per set ... had  5-plus total blocks in 14 matches, including UAA season-high-tying 11 in 3-1 win at Simon Fraser, 7 in home sweep of SFU and 7 in 4-set loss at eventual NCAA runner-up Western Washington ... claimed GNAC Defensive Player of the Week honors with 22 total blocks as Seawolves went 3-0 in season-opening UAA Invitational, including 7-kill, 8-block effort in 3-2 win over NCAA qualifier Michigan Tech ... connected for .395 attack percentage (59 kills-10 errors-124 attacks) over her final 10 matches, hitting 1.000 (6-0-6) in home sweep of Concordia-Portland, .750 (6-0-8) in road loss to UAF, .583 (8-1-12) in 3-1 home win over Saint Martin's, and .500 (7-1-12) in home sweep of MSU Billings ... made GNAC All-Academic Team with 3.29 overall GPA.
 
2017 (Fr.): Played in 13 matches for Seawolf team that produced 19-11 record and NCAA Tournament berth ... delivered 7 kills on .556 hitting and 4 digs in first career start, Nov. 4 at Simon Fraser ... posted 6 block assists in just one set of home victory over Saint Martin's ... aided 5-set win over No. 25 Central Washington with a kill and 2 block assists.
 
CLUB TEAM: Played on European club circuit with TJ Slavia Hradec Kralove, serving as team captain.

MAJOR: Natural sciences
 
PERSONAL: Born Nov. 14, 1997 ... daughter of Pavel Pluhar and Rut Pluharova ... has three sisters … name is pronounced ploo-HAH-zhuh-vuh.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Kills – 11, three times (last: at Montana State Billings, 10/23/21)
Attacks – 23 at Saint Martin's, 3/19/21
Att.% – .917 (11-0-12) at Hawaii Pacific, 8/28/21 (school record)
Aces – 3 vs Alaska Fairbanks, 3/26/21
Assists – 2, twice (last: at Hawaii Hilo, 4/24/21)
Block Assists – 9, three times (last: at Seattle Pacific, 10/21/21)
Block Solos – 2, 12 times (last: vs Central Washington, 10/7/21)
Total Blocks – 11, twice (last: vs Alaska Fairbanks, 3/27/21)
Digs – 4, four times (last: vs Central Washington, 10/7/21)
 
CAREER STATS
Season     SP- MP   K  K/S   E   TA  Pct  A  A/S SA SA/S SE
2017 (Fr)  24- 13  13 0.54   6   34 .206  0 0.00  0 0.00  0
2018 (So) 101- 26 102 1.01  43  279 .211  4 0.04  0 0.00  0
2019 (Jr) 113- 30 148 1.31  46  348 .293  2 0.02  1 0.01  6
2020-21    57- 15  97 1.70  37  237 .253  4 0.07  6 0.11 13
2021 (Sr) 110- 31 200 1.82  54  442 .330  4 0.02  6 0.05 15
TOTALS    406-115 560 1.38 186 1340 .279 14 0.02 17 0.02 34
 
Season  DIG  D/S RE BS  BA  TB  B/S BE BHE Points Pts/S
2017      9 0.38  0  1  11  12 0.50  1   0   19.5  0.81
2018     18 0.18  1 11 109 120 1.19  7   1  167.5  1.65
2019     22 0.19  4 15 128 143 1.27  5   0  228.0  2.02
2020-21  21 0.37  0  6  52  58 1.02  5   0  135.0  2.37
2021     36 0.33  0 16  99 115 1.05  6   0  217.5  2.47
TOTALS  106 0.26  5 49 399 448 1.10 24   1  821.5  2.02