2018 USC Men's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Gert Lisha
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Naperville, IL
- High School:
- Naperville High/Lewis
CAREER: In his 3-year career at Lewis and USC, he has 1,599 assists, 41 kills (hitting .121), 167 digs, 74 blocks and 26 aces while appearing in 67 matches (starting 39 times) ... In his 2-year USC career, he has 1,452 assists, 37 kills (hitting .130), 155 digs, 59 blocks and 19 aces while appearing in 41 matches (starting 38 times).
2018: Lisha returns as the starting setter as a senior in 2018.
2017: He started at setter as a junior in 2017 ... Overall in 2017 while appearing in (and starting) 26 matches, he had a team-best 1,074 assists, was second on USC in digs (124), blocks (44) and aces (15) and he had 25 kills (hitting .185) ... He had 5-plus digs 11 times, including once ewith 10-lus digs ... He was second nationally in assists (10.85, second in MPSF).
2016: He was a part-time starting setter as a sophomore in 2016 after transferring to USC in the fall of 2015 from Lewis ... Overall in 2016 while appearing in 15 matches (starting 12), he had 378 assists, 12 kills, 31 digs, 15 blocks and 4 aces ... He had 5-plus digs twice and 5-plus blocks once ... He missed 6 of USC's first 7 matches of 2016 with a broken left hand ...
LEWIS: He played 2 seasons (2014-15) at Lewis, as the Flyers appeared in a pair of NCAA Final Sixs (including finishing as runnersup in 2015) … He saw action in 26 matches (starting once) as a redshirt freshman at Lewis … Overall in 2015, he had 147 assists, 15 blocks, 12 digs, 7 aces and 4 kills … He redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2014…He was named to the 2014 and 15 Academic All-MIVA Team ... He also received the Br. David Delahanty Award in 2014, given to Lewis student-athletes for academic excellence ...
HIGH SCHOOL: He was a 4-year starter at Naperville (Ill.) High … He made the 2012 All-Dupage Valley Conference team and Dupage Valley Conference All-Academic ... He spent his freshman year of high school in Albania ...
PERSONAL: He was born in the U.S., but has dual citizenship in Albania … He played for Albania in the 2016 CEV European League and in the 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix, causing him to miss the end of his senior season at Naperville High … He played for the Sports Performance 18 Mizuno club volleyball team … He participated in the 2013 and 2012 USA High Performance A2 Camp, making All-Tournament in 2013 … His parents, Besnik and Valbona, played professional volleyball in Albania (his father, Besnik, was on the Albanian national team) ... He is a close family friend with former USC College Player of the Year (2000) and 2-time U.S. Olympian (2004, 2012) Donald Suxho, a native of Albania ... The letters OMSMP that are tattooed on the inside of his right arm stands for the Latin phrase "Omnia Mea Simul Mecum Porto" (All That Is Mine I Carry With Me), which Lisha interprets as "My Wisdom Is My Greatest Wealth" based on how the saying was passed to him from his dying grandfather, Albanian author Mentor Quku ... He travels annually to visit family in Albania ... He is a social sciences economics major at USC ... Birthdate is June 28, 1995.
| S | M | K | E | TA | PCT | AST | SA | SE | RE | DG | BS | BA | BE | |
| 2015 (Fr.)* | 50 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 15 | .067 | 147 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| 2016 (So.)** | 43 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 38 | .053 | 378 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 13 | 6 |
| 2017 (Jr.)** | 88 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 54 | .185 | 1074 | 15 | 66 | 2 | 124 | 10 | 34 | 11 |
| CAREER... | 181 | 67 | 41 | 28 | 107 | .121 | 1599 | 26 | 117 | 2 | 167 | 13 | 61 | 19 |
| USC CAREER... | 131 | 41 | 37 | 25 | 92 | .130 | 1452 | 19 | 104 | 2 | 155 | 12 | 47 | 17 |
** At USC
Career single-match highs: 4 kills** (UC Irvine, 2016), 12 digs** (UC Irvine, 2017), 5 blocks** (UC San Diego, 2016).
**At USC
