Rutgers-Newark Athletics

HONORS: 2015 CVC Champion ... 2015 NCAA 'Elite 8' ... 2015 CVC All-Tournament team

2015: Played in 31 matches and 104 sets, making 26 starts for the CVC Champs ... finished the year averaging 2.88 points per set, 2.31 kills per set, 1.24 digs per set ... had a hitting percentage of .200 and finished the season second on the team in kills with 240 ... had 12 assists and 13 service aces and was third on the team with 299.5 points ... fourth on the team with 129 digs ... second on the team with 77 blocks ... had 11 matches with double-digit kills, including 12 in the CVC title match and 10 in the NCAA Tournament win over Endicott ... had three double-doubles (kills-digs), one at Thiel (February 14), one at Juniata (February 24) and one in the CVC title match against Stevenson on April 11.

2014: Led team in points and kills while playing in every match for the 9-17 Raiders… piled up 264 points (3.03 per game) on 219 kills, eight aces, 9 solo blocks and 56 blocking assists in 87 games… averaged 2.52 kills and 1.21 digs (105) per game… hit .197 (219 kills, 112 errors, 542 attacks)… tied for second on squad in total blocks (65)… netted double figure points a dozen times with nine double-digit kill efforts… rang up a career-high 21 kills four assisted blocks in a 3-1 win over NJIT (4/2/14), hitting .529 (21-3-34)… registered a double-double with 15 kills and a career-high 10 digs in a 3-2 win over Belmont Abbey (3/21/14)… followed that effort with a 16-kill, 9-dig outburst in a 3-2 loss to Coker (3/21/14) in the second game of a tri-match… notched 16 kills and eight digs in a 3-2 loss at NJIT (3/6/14)… got in on six blocks (1 solo, 5 assists) while adding nine kills in a 3-1 win at Vassar (4/5/14).

2013: One of two freshmen to start in every match and play in every game for the 4-21 Raiders… led the team with a .304 hitting percentage, 15 solo blocks, 40 assisted blocks and 55 total blocks… ranked second on the squad in points (232.0), points average (2.76), kills (187) and kills average (2.23)… totaled 10 aces and 35 digs… notched nine double-digit points matches and seven double-figure kills efforts… posted career-highs of 23.0 points, 16 kills, four aces and five blocks ( one solo, four assisted) in a 3-2 loss to Sacred Heart (4/12/13)… started off his career with 16 kills, a solo and two assisted blocks for 18.0 points in a 3-2 win over Kean (1/25/13)… hit a season-high 61.1% with 13 kills while adding five blocks (two solo, three assisted) in a 3-2 loss to Sage (3/30/13)… registered 14 kills with three blocking assists in a 3-1 loss to Eastern Mennonite (2/16/13).

HIGH SCHOOL: Helped Emmaus HS to back-to-back District XI titles as a junior and senior under coaches Debra Schlosser and Joe Mahan… four-year letter winner who was an All-LVIAC pick three times and a two-time team MVP for the Hornets… squad took LVC title during his senior year… played with R-N classmate Quocmy Nguyen for three seasons on Hornet varsity.

CLUB: Has developed as member of Club Lehigh since 2005 under coaching by Debra Schlosser, Joe Mahan and Jarad Kostic… played with R-N classmates Cody Chidsey and Quocmy Nguyen on Club Lehigh.

PERSONAL: Plans to major in accounting at R-N… son of Kathleen and Roger Mintzer… has an older sister (Erin).