2024 (Junior): Played in 39 sets across 15 matches with seven starts…Finished second on the team in assists with 109 while also adding seven service aces and 40 digs…Amassed six double-digit assist games…Recorded a season-high 15 assists and a season-high nine digs on Sept. 5 against Georgia Southern…
PRIOR TO UMES:
2023 (Sophomore): Played at Garden City Community College (Garden City, Kansas)...Maczka earned Player of the Week honors, Second Team All-Conference recognition, and GCCC Setter of the Week awards … Named scholar athlete of the year in GCCC … Finished the 2023 season with 1130 assists, 9.91 assists per set, 42 service aces, 302 digs, 23 total blocks, and 49 kills across 30 matches played for the Garden City Broncbusters…led her team to an 18-13 record…Broke the record for aces per season and for assists per season
2022 (Freshman): Played at Garden City Community College...Played in 32 matches across 117 sets...Recorded 622 assists (5.32 assists per set), 61 kills, 274 digs, and 55 service aces...
High School/Club: Attended Lxii Liceum Ogólnoksztalcace Mistrzostwa Sportowego School…A native of Warsaw, Poland, she also competed in club volleyball with Plas Warszawa and Sparta Warszawa, where she helped her team win regional titles …
Personal: Tola Maczka, a 10-year volleyball veteran, is transferring to UMES from Garden City Community College with a perfect 4.0 GPA… Sociology major at UMES … Aims to play volleyball and potentially pursue a career in journalism after graduation … Maczka enjoys hiking, long walks, reading and follows the PlusLiga league, cheering for her favorite team, ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle…Her favorite pro athletes are Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek, US Setter Micah Christenson, and the whole Polish National Team … Maczka cherishes the opportunity to meet new people and share lasting memories of all the great moments with people that she loves spending time with through volleyball … She chose UMES for the friendly interactions with the coaching staff and faculty … Enjoys being a volleyball player because, “Being involved in something bigger! It's not just a sport, it is a community, a loving environment, and support for myself and each other. This sport gave me a lot of life lessons.” Enjoys playing at an HBCU because of the great people and good education. She also enjoys being at an HBCU because everybody here seems to really have great care for one another…
