Elena Baka

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Thessaloniki, Greece

Honors
K-State Invitational MVP (2022)
K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
UCF Challenge All-Tournament Team (2022)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2022)

2022 (Senior)
One of three players to start in all 29 matches and appear in all 110 sets in her first season at K-State … Led the team with 314 kills (2.85 per set) while hitting .207 … Turned in a team-leading 11 double-doubles … Second on the team with 260 total digs with 2.36 digs per set … Added 40 digs (0.36 per set), 26 assists and 33 aces … Reached double-figure kills 18 times, with a season-high 23 against Texas Tech on November 23 at a .322 clip … Hit a season-best .563 in a four-set match up with Oklahoma on November 16, putting down 11 kills on 16 swings (two errors) … Hit .300 or higher seven times and reached the .400 mark three times … Season-high 21.5 points against Baylor (20 kills, one solo block, one block assist) … Four matches with at least four blocks, turning in a season-high seven against Texas Tech on November 23 … Appeared in all 16 matches during Big 12 play, finished with 135 kills (2.70 per set) at a .213 hitting percentage to go with 24 blocks (0.39 per set) and 142 digs (2.33 per set).

Saint Mary's (2019-21)
Played three seasons at Saint Mary's (Calif.), playing both indoor and beach for the Gaels ... During her three-year indoor career at SMC, she totaled over 660 kills in 66 matches (2.73 kills per set) while adding 566 digs (2.33 per set) ... Appeared in every set as a freshman, finishing second on her team with 280 kills while adding 56 blocks ... As a sophomore, she was named to the preseason All-West Coast Conference team and went on to earn All-WCC Honorable Mention ... Led the Gaels with 194 kills (3.08 per set) and 25 aces and was second with 161 digs ... She recorded four double-doubles as a junior in 2021, tying her career high with 17 kills to go with 17 digs against San Jose State ... Led SMC with 28 aces in 2021 and finished her Saint Mary's career with 67 aces ... In two beach volleyball campaigns, she posted a 16-11 record and was the only SMC athlete to be named All-WCC First Team.

Personal
Graduated from Hellenic College of Thessaloniki in Thessaloniki, Greece in 2019 ... Won the national championship in 2016 with U15 Greece national team, the 2017 national title in 2017 with the U17 club and again in 2018 ... Named MVP of her 2016 national championship team and received two national MVP awards in addition to the Best Attacker award ... Recruited from Greece by Stanford, USC, Florida State, Pepperdine and Saint Mary's ... She becomes the first athlete from Greece in K-State history.

Head Coach Suzie Fritz
“We were looking to add a versatile outside hitter with well-round skills. We feel as though we found that in Elena. She is an accomplished player, both indoor and outdoor, who brings experience and competitiveness into our gym.”