Personal
Born in Panorama City, Calif. ... parents are Andrew and Valorie Gorny ... one of nine children ... sister, Alison, plays volleyball for Idaho State University ... enjoys rock climbing and fishing ... lists Lance Armstrong as his sports hero because, "he beats up the French,"...majoring in health science.
Before BYU
Attended Little Rock HS ... named Scholar Athlete in 1997 and 1998 ... earned Most Valuable Player honors in 1998 and 1999 ... a three-time All-Golden League performer (1997, 1998, 1999) ... set the league and CIF single-match record with 115 kills as a senior ... holds the league single-match record with 37 blocks ... earned high school All-America honors as a senior ... tallied over 1,000 kills and over 500 blocks in a three-year span ... earned Volleyball Magazine Fab-50 status as a senior ... participates on the US Junior Olympic Team ... played for Alvin Lammar on Team LA, earning All-America honors in 1999.
Summary
Gorny was a starter three of his four years and a member of the 2001 and 2004 national championship teams ... missed time both his junior and senior years due to injury ... known for blocking ability ... second on the team in blocks as a junior ... used as a blocking specialist in 2004 MPSF and NCAA tournaments ... finished his career with 276 total blocks and a 1.10 per game average ... earned All-MPSF Honorable Mention honors as a sophomore ... played in 72 matches finishing with a career .360 hitting percentage ... attended Little Rock High School where he earned All-American honors and Volleyball Magazine Fab-50 status as a senior.
Stats
Career Match HighsKills: 16 vs. Stanford, 1/12/02Attempts: 26 vs. Stanford, 1/12/02Hitting Percentage: .846 (11-0-13) vs. Hawaii, 4/24/03Digs: 5 (twice) vs. UC San Diego, 2/8/03; at Pepperdine, 4/11/03Block Assists: 9 vs. Ball State, 3/16/02Block Solos: 3 at Long Beach State, 2/8/02 Total Blocks: 9 (four times)Service Aces: 4 (twice) vs. Pacific, 1/18/02; vs. Penn State, 5/18/03Assists: 2 vs. Hawaii, 4/24/03Year-by-Year Statistics
Year | MP | GP | K | K/G | E | TA | PCT | A | SA | SE | RE | D | BS | BA | TB | B/G | BE | BHE |
2001^ | 5 | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 5 | 29 | 0.379 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1.11 | 3 | 0 |
2002 | 30 | 108 | 204 | 1.89 | 68 | 415 | 0.328 | 2 | 7 | 75 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 136 | 147 | 1.36 | 18 | 5 |
2003 | 23 | 88 | 171 | 1.94 | 55 | 303 | 0.383 | 4 | 11 | 50 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 83 | 90 | 1.02 | 8 | 1 |
2004^ | 14 | 47 | 57 | 1.21 | 12 | 109 | 0.413 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 0.62 | 1 | 1 |
2004 Match-by-Match Statistics
|-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Jan 28, 2004 at No. 2 Long Beach St. 5 12 2 17 .588 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.0 0 Jan 30, 2004 at No. 2 Long Beach St. 5 11 2 22 .409 0 0 1 0 4 1 8 0 9.0 0 Feb 06, 2004 NO. 12 PACIFIC......... 3 9 1 12 .667 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 3.0 0 Feb 07, 2004 NO. 12 PACIFIC......... 3 8 1 15 .467 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 0 8.0 1 Feb 20, 2004 NO. 11 STANFORD........ 2 5 2 14 .214 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2.0 0 Apr 08, 2004 at No. 3 UCLA.......... 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 09, 2004 at No. 3 UCLA.......... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 15, 2004 USC.................... 2 3 1 10 .200 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2.0 0 Apr 17, 2004 USC.................... 5 2 0 2 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 Apr 24, 2004 NO. 8 UC IRVINE........ 2 2 0 4 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 29, 2004 NO. 4 PEPPERDINE....... 3 3 1 4 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 May 01, 2004 NO. 2 LONG BEACH ST.... 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 May 06, 2004 vs No. 4 Lewis......... 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 May 08, 2004 vs No. 2 Long Beach St. 5 1 2 8 -.125 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 Totals.............................. 47 57 12 109 .413 3 0 9 0 7 4 25 1 29.0 1 Games played: 47 Kills per game: 1.21 Assists per game: 0.06 Digs per game: 0.15 Blocks per game: 0.622003 Match-by-Match Statistics |-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Jan 17, 2003 at No. 12 Stanford..... 5 7 1 11 .545 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 1.0 0 Jan 18, 2003 at No. 12 Stanford..... 5 12 4 24 .333 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 2 2.0 0 Jan 20, 2003 at No. 15 Pacific...... 5 10 3 23 .304 0 0 5 0 3 0 5 0 5.0 0 Jan 21, 2003 at No. 15 Pacific...... 5 9 2 14 .500 0 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 3.0 0 Jan 31, 2003 NO. 7 UCLA............. 3 7 4 14 .214 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4.0 0 Feb 01, 2003 NO. 7 UCLA............. 3 3 1 4 .500 0 1 1 0 2 0 7 1 7.0 0 Feb 07, 2003 UC SAN DIEGO........... 3 7 2 11 .455 0 0 1 0 3 0 7 0 7.0 0 Feb 08, 2003 UC SAN DIEGO........... 4 5 5 11 .000 0 1 2 0 5 2 7 1 9.0 0 Feb 14, 2003 at No 13 UCSB.......... 3 6 1 8 .625 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 0 Feb 15, 2003 at No. 13 UCSB......... 3 7 1 9 .667 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 0 Feb 20, 2003 NO. 2 HAWAII........... 3 7 4 14 .214 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 5.0 0 Feb 21, 2003 NO. 2 HAWAII........... 4 8 3 15 .333 0 2 2 0 3 1 5 0 6.0 0 Mar 01, 2003 at USC................. 3 7 0 10 .700 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2.0 0 Mar 07, 2003 NO. 10 PENN STATE...... 4 4 1 9 .333 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 4.0 0 Mar 28, 2003 NO.4 LONG BEACH ST..... 3 5 1 9 .444 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4.0 0 Mar 29, 2003 NO.4 LONG BEACH ST..... 3 7 1 11 .545 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 4.0 0 Apr 11, 2003 at No. 1 Pepperdine.... 5 12 4 19 .421 0 0 1 0 5 0 4 0 4.0 0 Apr 12, 2003 at No. 1 Pepperdine.... 3 3 5 10 -.200 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.0 0 Apr 19, 2003 NO. 10 CS NORTHRIDGE... 4 8 2 13 .462 1 0 4 0 1 0 3 1 3.0 1 Apr 24, 2003 vs No. 2 Hawaii........ 3 11 0 13 .846 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 26, 2003 at No. 1 Pepperdine.... 5 15 4 23 .478 0 1 4 0 2 2 3 0 5.0 0 May 01, 2003 NO. 10 PENN STATE...... 4 4 3 11 .091 0 4 2 0 2 1 5 1 6.0 0 May 03, 2003 vs Lewis University.... 5 7 3 17 .235 0 1 3 0 3 0 4 0 4.0 0 Totals.............................. 88 171 55 303 .383 4 11 50 0 45 7 83 8 90.0 1 Games played: 88 Kills per game: 1.94 Assists per game: 0.05 Service aces per game: 0.12 Digs per game: 0.51 Blocks per game: 1.022002 Match-by-Match Statistics |-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Jan 11, 2002 #4 STANFORD............ 4 7 3 16 .250 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 3 3.0 0 Jan 12, 2002 #4 STANFORD............ 5 16 2 26 .538 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 6.0 1 Jan 18, 2002 #15 PACIFIC............ 4 5 4 18 .056 0 4 4 0 3 1 3 0 4.0 2 Jan 19, 2002 #15 PACIFIC............ 4 7 1 12 .500 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 0 5.0 0 Jan 25, 2002 #12 USC................ 3 2 1 10 .100 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 2.0 0 Jan 26, 2002 #12 USC................ 3 8 3 17 .294 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 1 5.0 0 Feb 01, 2002 #12 OHIO STATE......... 3 2 5 8 -.375 0 0 4 0 2 0 5 1 5.0 1 Feb 02, 2002 #12 OHIO STATE......... 4 5 3 17 .118 0 0 5 0 2 1 7 2 8.0 0 Feb 06, 2002 at # 14 Long Beach St.. 3 3 3 7 .000 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 4.0 0 Feb 08, 2002 at # 14 Long Beach St.. 5 7 4 14 .214 0 0 2 0 1 3 6 1 9.0 0 Feb 09, 2002 at # 14 Long Beach St.. 4 7 1 12 .500 0 1 2 0 1 1 6 0 7.0 0 Feb 20, 2002 at #8 UC Irvine........ 4 6 1 11 .455 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3.0 0 Feb 21, 2002 at #1 UCLA............. 4 9 0 16 .562 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 0 6.0 0 Feb 23, 2002 at #1 UCLA............. 5 13 4 21 .429 0 1 5 0 1 0 6 1 6.0 0 Mar 01, 2002 PEPPERDINE............. 3 1 0 7 .143 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 3.0 0 Mar 02, 2002 PEPPERDINE............. 3 6 4 16 .125 1 0 2 0 1 1 4 0 5.0 0 Mar 08, 2002 CONCORDIA.............. 2 5 3 10 .200 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1.0 0 Mar 09, 2002 #9 LEWIS............... 4 6 3 15 .200 0 0 4 0 2 0 6 1 6.0 0 Mar 15, 2002 #9 BALL STATE.......... 3 9 1 11 .727 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 6.0 0 Mar 16, 2002 #9 BALL STATE.......... 4 10 2 17 .471 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 9.0 1 Mar 21, 2002 #9 CS NORTHRIDGE....... 3 6 4 16 .125 0 0 1 0 3 0 5 1 5.0 0 Mar 22, 2002 #9 CS NORTHRIDGE....... 3 4 1 9 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 5.0 0 Mar 28, 2002 #5 UC SANTA BARBARA.... 3 4 1 7 .429 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2.0 0 Mar 29, 2002 #5 UC SANTA BARBARA.... 3 5 3 9 .222 0 0 4 0 2 0 5 1 5.0 0 Apr 09, 2002 at UC San Diego........ 4 11 0 19 .579 0 0 2 0 3 0 6 0 6.0 0 Apr 10, 2002 at UC San Diego........ 3 4 1 9 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 4.0 0 Apr 12, 2002 at No. 2 Hawai'i....... 3 9 2 18 .389 0 0 3 0 2 0 4 1 4.0 0 Apr 13, 2002 at No. 2 Hawai'i....... 3 12 2 18 .556 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 5.0 0 Apr 20, 2002 #4 STANFORD............ 5 11 4 17 .412 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 2 2.0 0 Apr 25, 2002 at Pepperdine.......... 4 4 2 12 .167 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 6.0 0 Totals..............................108 204 68 415 .328 2 7 75 0 40 11 136 18 147.0 5 Games played: 108 Kills per game: 1.89 Assists per game: 0.02 Service aces per game: 0.06 Digs per game: 0.37 Blocks per game: 1.36