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St. John Fisher University Athletics

2023 Men's Volleyball Roster

Hanife Gundogdu | @haniflicks
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4 Josh Bigford

4 Josh Bigford

  • Position:
    OH
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    190
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown:
    Cicero
  • Highschool:
    Cicero-North Syracuse

Summary

Biography

2023: Played in 102 sets across 30 matches... Named To UVC All-Conference First-Team... Named to Empire 8 All-Conference First-Team... Named to AVCA All-Region Team... Named to AVCA First-Team All-America... Recorded 324 kills, 41 aces, 123 digs, 53.0 total blocks and 396.5 points... He averaged 3.18 kills, 0.40 aces, 1.21 digs, 0.52 blocks and 3.89 points per set... Finished with a career high hitting percentage of .333.

2022: Named an AVCA All-American for the third-straight season ... Named the AVCA North Region and UVC Player of the Year ... Named the UVC Championships Most Outstanding Player in the programs first UVC Championship victory ... Appeared in 30 games for the Cardinals ... Bigford's incredible 2022 campaign saw him rank among the conference leaders in hitting percentage (.316) and kills per set (3.46) ... Amassed 345 kills, 160 digs, 43 total blocks, and 32 aces ... Bigford also became the first player in team history to surpass 1,000 kills and is fourth among active players in Division III with 1,160.

2021: Named an AVCA All-American for a second consecutive year ... Selected as an All-Region honoree and recognized as First-Team All-UVC ... Ranked first on the team and fourth in the conference with 130 kills ... among the statistical leaders in the UVC at eighth in hitting percentage (.238) and sixth in digs with 77 ... Appeared in 12 matches, starting 11 of them and playing in 49 sets ... Averaged 3.14 points per set and 2.65 kills per set ... Had a season-best 20 kills on a ..486 hitting percentage on March 20 vs New Paltz ... tallied two double-doubles on the year, both against Nazareth, the first on March 17  (10 kills, 15 digs) and on March 30 (12 kills, 14 digs) ... Named the UVC Player of the week on March 22. 

2020: One of Fisher Men's Volleyball's first AVCA All-American after being named first-team ... Appeared in 17 matches and 66 sets as a sophomore ... AVCA North Region Player of the Year ... First Team All-Conference in both E8 and UVC ... E8 Player of the Year and UVC Co-Player of the Year ... Led the team with 264 kills while hitting .325 on the season ... Ranked 11th in the nation for total kills on the season ... Second-most digs (112) and third-most service aces (23) on the team ... Career-high 27 kills at No. 5 Vassar on February 21 ... Career-high 21 digs to go along with 18 kills in win against Wentworth on January 25 ... Had at least 10 kills in all but one match he played in during the season ... Tallied 25 total blocks ... Named E8 Player of the Week three times throughout the year ... Collected the program's first-ever UVC Player of the Week award on February 24. 

2019: Played in all 119 sets as a freshman ... Led the team in points (474.5) and kills (421) on the season ... Scored 15 or more kills in 13 games this season, including a career high 24 kills against Johnson and Wales on March 8th, 2019 ... First overall in kills and Second overall in points in the United Volleyball Conference ... Awarded UVC Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Conference ... holds the regular season program record in kills with 395.

High School: Participated in two years of Varsity Wrestling and three years of Varsity Volleyball ... Was named CNY Player of the Year 2017 Volleyball ... Named First Team All NYS Volleyball 2017 ... Named First Team All CNY Volleyball 2015, 2016, 2017 ... League and Section Champions 2015, 2016, 2017 ... Regional Champions Volleyball 2015, 2016 ... Led Section III in kills 2017.

Personal: Josh is the son of Wendy and Dereck ... He is a Sports Management major.
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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

    OH
    6'4" 180 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2020Sophomore

    OH
    6'4" 190 lbs
    4
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    2021Junior

    OH
    6'4" 190 lbs
    4
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    2022Senior

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    6'4" 190 lbs
    4
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    2023Fifth Year

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    6'4" 190 lbs
    4