14 Ben Brinkman
Ben Brinkman
  • Height:
    6-8
  • Hometown:
    Appleton, Wis.
  • Position:
    MH
  • Year:
    So.
  • Previous School:
    Appleton North HS
  • m
    26
  • k/s
    1.52
  • h %
    .314
  • a/s
    0.08
  • b/s
    1.14
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.20

Bio

Parents: David and Sara Brinkman
Birth Date: May 19, 2006
Major: Sports Management

High School: Honorable-Mention All-State performer at Appleton North HS…First-team all-conference honoree.

Athletic Honors
2025
One-time Heart Defender of the Week
Letterwinner

Career Highs
Kills--13 (vs. Culver-Stockton, 3/8/25)
Assists--3 (vs. Mount Mercy, 4/12/25)
Digs--2 (Numerous)
Blocks--9 (vs. Mount Mercy, 4/12/25)

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 31 Ottawa W, 3-2
Apr 4 at Park L, 3-0
Apr 7 at Grand View W, 3-1
Apr 11 Grand View L, 3-1
Apr 28 vs. The Master's L, 3-0
Apr 29 vs. St. Thomas (FL) W, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 26 19
Sets 91 67
Kills 138 96
Kills per set 1.52 1.43
Errors 49 35
Total Attacks 283 205
Total Attacks per set 3.11 3.06
Hitting Percentage .314 .298
Assists 7 6
Assists per set 0.08 0.09
Service Total Attempts 3 0
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 2 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 6 5
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 18 14
Digs per set 0.20 0.21
Block Solo 8 4
Block Assist 96 67
Block Total 104 71
Blocks per set 1.14 1.06
Block Errors 7 6
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 194.0 133.5
Points per set 2.1 2.0
Matches started 26 19
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 23 at Lourdes W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 24 vs. Hope International W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 7 .571 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Feb 6 at Olivet Nazarene (IL) W, 3-1 1 4 10 4 20 .300 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 10 0 15.5
Feb 7 at Saint Xavier (IL) L, 3-0 1 3 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 2.5
Feb 10 at Mount Mercy L, 3-0 1 3 7 4 13 .231 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Feb 13 at Morningside W, 3-2 1 5 6 4 14 .143 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Feb 14 at Dordt (IA) W, 3-1 1 4 8 0 14 .571 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 9.5
Feb 17 Clarke (IA) W, 3-0 1 1 1 0 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Feb 22 Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 11 .545 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 9.5
Feb 25 Grand View L, 3-2 1 5 6 1 10 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 11.0
Mar 3 at Graceland W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 8 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Mar 6 at Missouri Valley L, 3-0 1 3 1 2 5 -.200 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 3.5
Mar 7 at Culver-Stockton (MO) W, 3-2 1 5 3 1 11 .182 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3.5
Mar 10 Mount Mercy L, 3-1 1 4 6 2 13 .308 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 6 0 9.0
Mar 11 Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) W, 3-0 1 3 9 2 11 .636 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Mar 13 Dordt (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 6 1 12 .417 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 8.0
Mar 14 Morningside W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 6 .167 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 7 0 4.5
Mar 17 at Clarke (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 7 .571 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 7.0
Mar 20 Missouri Baptist W, 3-0 1 2 2 0 4 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 5.0
Mar 21 UHSP W, 3-2 1 5 6 4 15 .133 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 8.0
Mar 27 Graceland W, 3-0 1 3 1 3 10 -.200 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Mar 31 Ottawa W, 3-2 1 5 13 1 21 .571 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 1 6 0 16.5
Apr 4 at Park L, 3-0 1 3 0 6 8 -.750 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 7 at Grand View W, 3-1 1 4 12 3 20 .450 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 14.5
Apr 11 Grand View L, 3-1 1 4 6 1 11 .455 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 9 0 11.0
Apr 28 vs. The Master's L, 3-0 1 2 3 2 5 .200 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Apr 29 vs. St. Thomas (FL) W, 3-2 1 5 10 4 22 .273 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 7 0 13.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2024-25 24 84 157 1.87 51 334 .317 3 0.04 0 0.00 4 0 12 0.14 19 79 98 1.17 215.5 2.6
2025-26 26 91 138 1.52 49 283 .314 7 0.08 0 0.00 6 0 18 0.20 8 96 104 1.14 194.0 2.1
Total 50 175 295 1.69 100 617 .316 10 0.06 0 0.00 10 0 30 0.17 27 175 202 1.15 409.5 2.3
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 26 91 138 1.52 49 283 .314 7 0.08 0 0.00 6 0 18 0.20 8 96 104 1.14 194.0 2.1
Conference 19 67 96 1.43 35 205 .298 6 0.09 0 0.00 5 0 14 0.21 4 67 71 1.06 133.5 2.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 12 41 64 1.56 16 127 .378 4 0.10 0 0.00 3 0 7 0.17 3 55 58 1.41 94.5 2.3
Away 11 40 57 1.43 27 122 .246 3 0.07 0 0.00 2 0 9 0.23 5 31 36 0.90 77.5 1.9
Neutral 3 10 17 1.70 6 34 .324 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 2 0.20 0 10 10 1.00 22.0 2.2
Result Wins 18 64 109 1.70 30 216 .366 6 0.09 0 0.00 3 0 12 0.19 3 68 71 1.11 146.0 2.3
Losses 8 27 29 1.07 19 67 .149 1 0.04 0 0.00 3 0 6 0.22 5 28 33 1.22 48.0 1.8
Month January 1 3 4 1.33 0 7 .571 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.33 0 2 2 0.67 5.0 1.7
February 8 28 45 1.61 15 87 .345 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 7 0.25 3 32 35 1.25 64.0 2.3
March 12 42 58 1.38 18 123 .325 5 0.12 0 0.00 3 0 8 0.19 4 41 45 1.07 82.5 2.0
April 5 18 31 1.72 16 66 .227 2 0.11 0 0.00 1 0 2 0.11 1 21 22 1.22 42.5 2.4