4 Deklan Wingo
4 - Deklan Wingo
Height: 6-4
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Chester, Va.
High School: Thomas Dale HS
Position: OH
Major: Criminal Justice
m 28
k/s 5.05
h % .348
a/s 0.17
b/s 0.47
sa/s 0.38
d/s 1.58

Career: Leader in kills per set (2.70), points per set (3.19)... Second in kills (723), attempts (1680), attempts per set (6.27), hitting percentage (.221), solo blocks (34), block assists (89), total blocks (123), points (855.5)... Third in service aces (54)... Fourth in digs (277), sets played (268), matches played (76)... Fifth in service aces per set (.20).

2024: Off the Block All-America second team... IVA Offensive Player of the Year... All-IVA first team... IVA All-Tournament Team... Played in 107 sets across all 31 matches, missing just one frame during the season... Totaled 371 kills (TU season record) on 874 attempts (TU season record), 8.17 attempts per set (TU season record), 20 assists, 16 service aces, 150 digs (TU season record), and 33 total blocks (15 solo, 18 assists)...3.47 kills per set and 1.40 digs per set rank second for a single-season in TU history... First player to reach 20 kills in a three-set match (vs. Maryville on Mar. 2)... Career-high 24 kills vs. Thomas More on Mar. 29, setting a program-record with 53 attempts... Hit .526 vs. King on Apr. 9 (12-2/19)... Four-time Off the Block Offensive Player of the Week... Recorded double-digit kills in 22 matches, including four with 20+... Had a span of 10-straight matches with double-digit kills (Jan. 28-Mar. 8)... Minimum of three kills in every match... At least one dig in 29-of-31 contests... Match highs include: 24 kills, two assists (three times), four aces, 11 digs (three times), five total blocks.

2023: Played in 85 sets across 24 matches... Totaled 240 kills (second-most on the team), nine assists, 22 service aces (second on the team), 101 digs, and 44 total blocks (nine solo, 35 assists; second-most on the team)... Hit .722 vs. Queens on Feb. 9 (13-0-18)... Hit .700 at Morehouse on Feb. 25 (8-1-10)... 11 double-digit kill matches... Recorded at least one ace in 14 contests... Credited with at least one block in 21-of-24 appearances... Off the Block national offensive player of the night (Jan. 17 vs. Erskine) with 14 kills on a .345 hitting percentage... IVA Defensive Player of the Week averaging 3.38 kills, 2.38 digs, and 0.38 blocks per set in back-to-back matches Mar. 10-11... Match-highs include: 22 kills (Mar. 25 at Queens), four service aces (Jan. 7 at Emmanuel), career-high 14 digs vs. Emmanuel on Mar. 11, career-high six block assists at Fort Valley State on Feb. 24.

2022: Played in 76 sets across 21 matches during his freshman season... Totaled 112 kills on a team-best .249 hitting percentage (fourth-best in a single season), eight assists, 16 service aces, 26 digs, and 46 total blocks (10 solo, 36 assists) (fourth-most in a single season)... His 0.61 blocks per set rate is fourth-highest for a single season in program history... Match-highs include: 11 kills (Feb. 26 at Randolph-Macon), two assists (Mar. 5 at Mount Olive), four aces (Feb. 22 at Emmanuel) (fourth-most in a five-set match), four digs (three times), and four total blocks (twice)... Registered three double-digit kill matches... Hit .667 vs. Fort Valley St. on Feb. 18 (6-0-9) and .500 vs. Limestone on Feb. 11 (4-0-8)... Averaged .444 vs. King on Mar. 10 (10-2-18), .429 at Barton on Mar. 4 (8-2-14), and .412 at Queens on Mar. 26 (10-3-17).

High School: Graduated from Thomas Dale HS in Chester, Va... Coached by Joshua Forbes... Lettered three years in men's volleyball and two in baseball... 2021 Metro, Regional, and 6A State Player of the Year... Twice named all-state and all-region, and once all-metro... 2021 Team MVP... 2019 and 2021 6A/6B state runner-up... 254 kills, 125 digs, 37 service aces, and 43 blocks as a senior... 511 career kills... School-record for most kills in a match (33)... Played for Richmond Volleyball Club, coached by Mark Drooker... 2019 nationals... 2021 JVA All-American Watchlist.

Personal: Born Apr. 19, 2003 in Chesterfield, Va... Son of David and Beverly Wingo... Sister Corinne Wingo... Criminal justice major with a minor in psychology... Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Plans after graduation: Become a federal agent... Hobbies: Fishing, golfing... Favorite class at TU: Life Span Development... Favorite midnight snack: Cheese-Itz... Favorite movie: "Harry Potter"... Favorite sports team: Baltimore Orioles... Favorite food: Sushi... What people don't know about him: He can do a backflip.

Recent Games
Mar 28 at Thomas More W, 3-2
Apr 1 North Greenville L, 3-2
Apr 4 at Catawba W, 3-1
Apr 11 Catawba L, 3-2
Apr 12 Thomas More W, 3-1
Apr 18 vs. Missouri S&T L, 3-2
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 28 6
Sets 104 24
Kills 525 125
Kills per set 5.05 5.21
Errors 159 37
Total Attacks 1051 257
Total Attacks per set 10.11 10.71
Hitting Percentage .348 .342
Assists 18 2
Assists per set 0.17 0.08
Service Aces 39 10
Service Errors 84 21
Service Aces per set 0.38 0.42
Receptions 612 144
Reception Errors 42 7
Digs 164 38
Digs per set 1.58 1.58
Block Solo 24 9
Block Assist 25 9
Block Total 49 18
Blocks per set 0.47 0.75
Block Errors 5 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 600.5 148.5
Points per set 5.8 6.2
Matches started 27 6
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 9 vs. #15 CSUN L, 3-0 1 3 9 5 22 .182 0 0 4 17 4 1 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Jan 10 vs. #3 UC Irvine L, 3-0 1 3 9 2 16 .438 0 0 2 14 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Jan 11 at #16 UC Santa Barbara L, 3-0 1 3 9 3 19 .316 0 0 2 19 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Jan 17 at Erskine W, 3-0 1 3 11 3 24 .333 1 0 2 14 0 6 2 1 0 3 0 13.5
Jan 19 at Queens (N.C.) L, 3-1 1 4 18 8 39 .256 0 1 4 15 4 5 1 0 1 1 0 20.0
Jan 19 vs. Barton L, 3-1 1 4 24 10 45 .311 4 2 1 30 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 28.0
Jan 21 Quincy W, 3-1 1 4 28 3 49 .510 1 0 2 27 1 8 2 1 0 3 0 30.5
Jan 28 at North Greenville W, 3-1 1 4 26 10 52 .308 0 1 3 14 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 27.5
Jan 30 at #8 Ball St. L, 3-0 1 3 12 3 29 .310 2 0 3 21 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Jan 31 at #8 Ball St. L, 3-0 1 3 11 6 25 .200 2 0 1 12 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Feb 4 at Lees-McRae W, 3-0 1 3 17 4 29 .448 0 0 5 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 17.0
Feb 12 at #17 Lincoln Memorial L, 3-0 1 3 17 5 33 .364 0 0 5 29 0 4 1 2 0 3 0 19.0
Feb 15 Erskine W, 3-0 1 3 14 6 37 .216 0 5 1 16 0 8 1 2 0 3 0 21.0
Feb 18 Bluefield University W, 3-1 1 3 20 3 31 .548 0 1 3 19 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 21.5
Feb 27 Cumberland (Tenn.) W, 3-0 1 3 22 5 37 .459 0 2 2 14 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 24.0
Mar 5 Lees-McRae W, 3-1 1 4 19 4 35 .429 0 6 4 23 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 26.5
Mar 8 at King (Tenn.) W, 3-2 1 5 25 8 56 .304 1 0 5 24 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 25.0
Mar 11 at Bluefield University W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 12 Belmont Abbey W, 3-1 1 4 18 10 48 .167 1 1 2 20 1 21 0 2 1 2 0 20.0
Mar 14 at Charleston (W.V.) L, 3-0 1 3 16 5 32 .344 1 2 3 29 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 20.0
Mar 15 at Charleston (W.V.) W, 3-2 1 5 26 5 43 .488 1 2 4 42 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 30.0
Mar 18 #16 Lincoln Memorial L, 3-0 1 3 9 7 32 .063 0 1 1 12 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Mar 26 King (Tenn.) W, 3-0 1 3 13 3 24 .417 0 4 4 12 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18.0
Mar 28 at Thomas More W, 3-2 1 5 21 6 48 .313 1 1 2 32 3 6 3 3 0 6 0 26.5
Apr 1 North Greenville L, 3-2 1 5 21 8 45 .289 1 1 4 39 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 23.5
Apr 4 at Catawba W, 3-1 1 4 26 2 43 .558 0 2 3 21 0 9 3 1 0 4 1 31.5
Apr 11 Catawba L, 3-2 1 5 31 14 68 .250 1 2 6 32 0 10 1 2 0 3 0 35.0
Apr 12 Thomas More W, 3-1 1 4 21 3 33 .545 0 4 4 18 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 26.5
Apr 18 vs. Missouri S&T L, 3-2 - 5 32 8 57 .421 1 1 2 36 2 7 0 3 0 3 0 34.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2021-22 21 76 112 1.47 52 241 .249 8 0.11 16 0.21 12 0 26 0.34 10 36 46 0.61 156.0 2.1
2022-23 24 85 240 2.82 130 565 .195 9 0.11 22 0.26 373 15 101 1.19 9 35 44 0.52 288.5 3.4
2023-24 31 107 371 3.47 169 874 .231 20 0.19 16 0.15 572 53 150 1.40 15 18 33 0.31 411.0 3.8
2024-25 28 104 525 5.05 159 1051 .348 18 0.17 39 0.38 612 42 164 1.58 24 25 49 0.47 600.5 5.8
Total 104 372 1248 3.35 510 2731 .270 55 0.15 93 0.25 1569 110 441 1.19 58 114 172 0.46 1456.0 3.9
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 28 104 525 5.05 159 1051 .348 18 0.17 39 0.38 612 42 164 1.58 24 25 49 0.47 600.5 5.8
Conference 6 24 125 5.21 37 257 .342 2 0.08 10 0.42 144 7 38 1.58 9 9 18 0.75 148.5 6.2
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Home 11 41 216 5.27 66 439 .342 4 0.10 27 0.66 232 12 72 1.76 8 11 19 0.46 256.5 6.3
Away 13 48 235 4.90 68 472 .354 9 0.19 9 0.19 283 18 78 1.63 14 8 22 0.46 262.0 5.5
Neutral 4 15 74 4.93 25 140 .350 5 0.33 3 0.20 97 12 14 0.93 2 6 8 0.53 82.0 5.5
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Wins 15 57 307 5.39 75 589 .394 6 0.11 29 0.51 307 12 103 1.81 16 14 30 0.53 359.0 6.3
Losses 13 47 218 4.64 84 462 .290 12 0.26 10 0.21 305 30 61 1.30 8 11 19 0.40 241.5 5.1
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January 10 34 157 4.62 53 320 .325 10 0.29 4 0.12 183 22 56 1.65 7 6 13 0.38 171.0 5.0
February 5 15 90 6.00 23 167 .401 0 0.00 8 0.53 89 2 27 1.80 2 5 7 0.47 102.5 6.8
March 8 32 147 4.59 48 318 .311 5 0.16 17 0.53 194 13 49 1.53 9 6 15 0.47 176.0 5.5
April 5 23 131 5.70 35 246 .390 3 0.13 10 0.43 146 5 32 1.39 6 8 14 0.61 151.0 6.6