Buffalo State University Athletics

Coaching Records

Name Seasons Years Record Win Pct. Daniel Miranda 3      2024- 64-34 .653 Totals 3 2024- 64-34 .653

Year-by-Year Results
2024: 14-15, 2025: 21-14 (6-0 AMCC). 2026: 29-5 (12-0 AMCC)

AMCC Championships

• Year Result
  • 2025 - #1 Buffalo State - 3, #4 Mount Aloysius College - 0; #1 Buffalo State - 3, #2 - Penn St-Behrend - 0 (AMCC Champions)
  • 2026 - #1 Buffalo State - 3, #4 Penn St-Altoona - 0; #1 Buffalo State - 3, #2 Penn St.-Behrend - 0 (AMCC Champions)

NCAA Championships

• Year Result
  • 2025 - Baruch College - 3, Buffalo State - 1 (First Round) 
  • 2026 - Buffalo State - 3, New Jersey City - 2 (Play-In/First Round)
  • 2026 - Springfield - 3, Buffalo State - 0 (Sweet 16)

AMCC All-Conference

• 2025 - Malachi Jackson (1st%), Kaden Strong (1st), Alex Vega (1st), Drew Bowman (2nd)
• 2026 - Gavin Wilczewski (1st%), Kaden Strong (1st), Drew Bowman (2nd), Brady Bowman (2nd), Kellen Palmer ($)

% Player of the Year $ Newcomer of the Year

AVCA All-Region

• 2025 - Alex Vega (2nd Team)
• 2026 - Gavin Wilczewski (2nd Team)

AVCA All-America

• 2026 - Gavin Wilczewski (2nd Team)

Coaching Honors

• Daniel Miranda - AMCC Coach of the Year (2025)
• Daniel Miranda - AMCC Coach of the Year (2026), AVCA Region II Coach of the Year (2026)

TEAM RECORDS (SEASON):

• Most wins in a season: 29 (2026)
• Fewest loses in a season: 5 (2026)
• Highest winning percentage in a season: .853 (2026)
• Most home wins in a season: 10 (2026)
• Most road wins in a season: 11 (2026
• Longest winning streak in a season: 11 (3/25/25-4/17/25)
• Most kills in a season: 1,454 (2026)
• Most assists in a season: 1,344 (2026)
• Most aces in a season: 239 (2026)
• Most digs in a season: 1,264 (2025)
• Most blocks in a season: 201.5 (2026)

 
TEAM RECORDS (GAME HIGH):

• Highest attack percentage: .500 (4/11/25 vs. Mount Aloysius)
• Most kills: 67 (2/6/26 vs. St. John Fisher)
• Most kills in 3-sets: 48 (4/11/25 vs. Mount Aloysius and 4/12/25 vs. Penn St-Behrend)
• Most kills in 4-sets: 58 (1/25/25 vs. King's College Pa.)
• Most kills in 5-sets: 67 (2/6/26 vs. St. John Fisher)
• Most assists: 63 (2/6/26 vs. St. John Fisher)
• Most assists in 3-sets: 46 (4/11/25 vs. Mount Aloysius)
• Most assists in 4-sets: 55 (1/25/25 vs. King's College Pa.)
• Most assists in 5-sets: 63 (2/6/26 vs. St. John Fisher)
• Most digs: 68 (1/18/25 vs. Wittenberg)
• Most digs in 3-sets: 55 (2/15/25 vs. Thiel)
• Most digs in 4-sets: 68 (1/18/25 vs. Wittenberg)
• Most digs in 5-sets: 58 (1/21/24 vs. East Mennonite)
• Most aces: 20 (2/24/24 vs. Purchase and 2/7/26 vs. Carlow)
• Most blocks: 14 (2/20/24 vs. Mount Union)

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (SEASON):

KILLS:

• Gavin Wilczewski: 373 (2026)
• Malachi Jackson: 271 (2025)
• Kaden Strong: 253 (2026)
• Gavin Wilczewski: 248 (2024)
• Gavin Wilczewsk: 233 (2025)

 
ASSISTS:

• Drew Bowman: 1,034 (2026)
• Jackson Stang: 889 (2024)
• Drew Bowman: 667 (2025)
• Jackson Stang: 440 (2025)
• Jackson Stang: 164 (2026)

DIGS:

• Alex Vega: 339 (2025)
• Alex Nuez: 227 (2024)
• Gavin Wilczewski: 200 (2026)
• Xzavier Vanderstouw: 174 (2026)
• Drew Bowman: 166 (2026)

 
SERVICE ACES:

• Gavin Wilczewski: 49 (2026)
• Kaden Strong: 42 (2026)
• Kaden Strong (2025), Jackson Stang (2024): 35 
• Jackson Stang: 34 (2026)
• Gavin Wilczewski: 33 (2024)

BLOCKS:

• Kaden Strong: 92.0 (2026)
• Kaden Strong: 81.0 (2024)
• Kaden Strong: 71.0 (2025)
• Kellen Palmer: 68.0 (2026)
• Hayden McCue: 58.0 (2025)

 
POINTS:

• Gavin Wilczewski: 447.5 (2026)
• Kaden Strong: 352.5 (2026)
• Malachi Jackson: 310.5 (2025)
• Kaden Strong (2025), Gavin Wilczewski (2024): 304.0
• Brady Bowman: 271.5 (2026)

SETS PLAYED:

• Drew Bowman: 123 (2026)
• Kaden Strong: 121 (2026)
• Kellen Palmer: 119 (2026)
• Jackson Stang: 118 (2026)
• Brady Bowman: 114 (2026)

 
ATTACK PERCENTAGE (minimum 100 attempts):

• Kaden Strong: .415 (2026)
• Kaden Strong: .371 (2025)
• Hayden McCue: .333 (2025)
• Gavin Wilczewski: .323 (2026)
• Kellen Palmer: .308 (2026)

 
KILLS PER SET:

• Malachi Jackson: 3.71 (2025)
• Gavin Wilczewski: 3.38 (2025) 
• Gavin Wilczewski: 3.30 (2026)
• Jake Woelfel and Malachi Jackson: 2.88 (2024)
• Gavin Wilczewski: 2.79 (2024)

 
ASSISTS PER SET:

• Drew Bowman: 9.81 (2025) 
• Jackson Stang: 9.07 (2024)
• Drew Bowman: 8.41 (2026)
• Jackson Stang: 6.88 (2025)
• Sean Denniston: 5.10 (2024)

 
DIGS PER SET:

• Alex Vega: 3.36 (2025)
• Alex Nuez: 2.41 (2024)
• Xzavier Vanderstouw: 1.83 (2026)
• Drew Bowman: 1.82 (2025)
• Gavin Wilczewski: 1.77 (2026)

 
BLOCKS PER SET:

• Hayden McCue: 1.00 (2026)
• Kaden Strong: 0.84 (2024)
• Kaden Strong: 0.76 (2026)
• George Muriel: 0.75 (2024)
• Kaden Strong: 0.68 (2025)

 
POINTS PER SET:

• Malachi Jackson: 4.25 (2025)
• Gavin Wilczewski: 3.96 (2026)
• Gavin Wilczewski: 3.78 (2025)
• Jake Woelfel: 3.58 (2024)
• Malachi Jackson: 3.49 (2024)

 
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (GAME HIGH):

• Highest attack percentage (minimum 12 kills): .750 (Malachi Jackson vs. Mount Aloysius 4/11/25)
• Most kills: 22 (Malachi Jackson vs. Elmira 3/16/24; Gavin Wilczewki three times in 2026)
• Most kills in 3-sets: 19 (Malachi Jackson vs. Penn St-Behrend 4/12/25)
• Most kills in 4-sets: 21 (Gavin Wilczewski vs. King's College 1/25/25)
• Most kills in 5-sets: 22 (Malachi Jackson vs. Elmira 3/16/24; Gavin Wilczewki three times in 2026)
• Most assists: 55 (Drew Bowman vs. St. John Fisher 2/6/26)
• Most assists in 3-sets: 41 (Drew Bowman vs. Mount Aloysius 4/11/25)
• Most assists in 4-sets: 51 (Drew Bowman vs. Mount Aloysius 3/29/25)
• Most assists in 5-sets: 55 (Drew Bowman vs. St. John Fisher 2/6/26)
• Most digs: 28 (Alex Vega vs. Wittenberg 1/18/25)
• Most digs in 3-sets: 22 (Alex Vega vs. Thiel 2/15/25)
• Most digs in 4-sets: 28 (Alex Vega vs. Wittenberg 1/18/25)
• Most digs in 5-sets: 19 (Alex Nuez vs. Elmira 3/16/24)
• Most aces: 8 (Jackson Stang vs. Purchase 2/24/24)
• Most blocks: 8 (Kieran Eagen vs. Mount Union (2/21/26)
• Most points: 26.5 (Gavin Wilczewski vs. New Jersey City 4/16/26)
• Most points in 3-sets: 21 (Jake Woelfel vs. Houghton 3/16/24)
• Most points in 4-sets: 24 (Gavin Wilczewski vs. King's College 1/25/25)
• Most points in 5-sets: 26.5 (Gavin Wilczewski vs. New Jersey City 4/16/26)

(UPDATED 4/29/26)