Melissa Kolurbasi

Photo by: Parker Waters

Height:
6-2
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Anabilim Anatolian High School
Hometown:
Istanbul, Turkey

2022: Appeared in 117 sets while seeing action in 31 matches and starting in 24 during her only season with the Green Wave…Lead the team in kills with 311, averaging 2.66 per set…Claimed a total of 67 digs, seven solo blocks, and 39 block assists…Added seven assists and eight service aces in 2022…Set new career highs in attacks against Temple (9/30) with 52 and digs against Ohio (9/02), tallying eight.

2021 (Kent State): Saw action in 111 sets and 30 matches... Totaled 290 kills and averaged a .190 hitting percentage... Totaled 58 digs, 58 blocks and 3 assists... Posted season-high 19 kills vs. Duquesne (Sept. 18)... Had 13 kills and a season -high .390 hitting percentage vs Ohio (Oct. 20)... Posted double-figure kills in 15 matches.

2021 Spring (Kent State): Saw action in 56 sets and 18 matches... Totaled 142 kills and averaged a .205 hitting percentage... Totaled 26 digs, 19 blocks and 4 assists... Posted career-high 20 kills vs. Bowling Green (Feb. 26)... Had 13 kills and a career -high .667 hitting percentage vs Ohio (Feb 25)... Posted double-figure kills in seven matches.

2019 (Kent State): Saw action in 63 sets and 22 matches... Totaled 147 kills and averaged a .217 hitting percentage... Totaled 20 digs, 14 blocks and 2 assists... Posted career-high 16 kills vs. Idaho State (Sept. 7)... Had 11 kills and a season -high .611 hitting percentage at Buffalo (Oct. 11)... Posted double-figure kills in five matches.

2018 (Kent State): Saw action in 31 matches, making 16 starts... Totaled 173 kills and averaged a .199 hitting percentage... Totaled 38 blocks and .39 blocks per set... Had a season-high 14 kills vs Northern Illinois and Akron... Had a season-high .444 hitting percentage at Akron...Totaled 8 assists and 36 digs.

High School: Melissa comes to New Orleans from Istanbul, Turkey, where she attended Anabilim Anatolian High School…During her time at Anabilim Anatolian High School she helped her team place fourth in the Turkish Championships.

Personal: Melissa is the daughter of Christine Quentrec and Serdar Kolurbasi…Melissa is the oldest of three with a younger brother, Ata Kolurbasi, and sister, Define Kolurdasi…In the future Melissa plans to either play pro volleyball in Europe or get a job as a consultant in the United States.