Lion Career
2007 (Summer): Played in 23 games for the United States Junior National Team at the World Championship in Rabat, Morocco ... was a starting middle hitter for the U.S. ... the squad finished seventh in the world ... led the team in blocks (14) and blocks per game (0.61) ... produced a team-high 61% kill efficiency ... recorded 41 kills on .433 hitting, good for 1.78 kills per game ... averaged 2.48 points per game with two aces and three digs.

2007 (Freshman): First Team All-East ... two-time EIVA Player of the Week (3/27, 4/10) ... played in all 107 games of the season ... averaged 2.21 kills per game on .477 hitting, good for eighth on the all-time single-season chart ... also provided 24 service aces, 37 digs and 110 total blocks, good for second on the squad ... tallied at least one kill in every match of the year, including 11 double-digit kill matches ... in his first collegiate match at Ball State, recorded eight kills on eight swings to hit a school-record-tying 1.000 ... notched a career-high 16 kills on .565 hitting at George Mason (4/7) ... posted 15 kills on .700 hitting at Rutgers-Newark (3/23) ... had at least one ace in 14 matches, including a personal-best four at Ohio State (4/4) ... posted a career-high four digs against Princeton (4/26) in the EIVA Semifinals ... recorded a block in all but one match ... notched three or more blocks 23 times ... provided a career-high 10 blocks at Juniata (3/28), for his first career double-double (12 kills).

High School
Six-time letterwinner (three volleyball, three basketball) at Williamsville North (N.Y.) High School ... two-year volleyball team captain for the Spartans ... twice named team's Most Valuable Player while picking up Most Improved Varsity Player during sophomore season ... all-area in basketball and named the Most Valuable Player at the basketball Senior All-Star game ... member of the Eden Volleyball Club program in Eden, N.Y. ... team was the 18's East Coast Championship title winner ... named to the 16's East Coast Championship All-Tournament team ... member of the National Honor Society and the Honor Roll ... earned the Scholar-Athlete Award during senior year.

Personal
Born Max Lazarus Lipsitz on Jan. 18, 1988 in Williamsville, N.Y. ... parents are Gregg and Ruth Lipsitz ... has two brothers, Daniel (23) and Joey (21) ... names Billy Joel as favorite musical entertainer, economics as favorite subject, the Buffalo Bills as favorite pro sports team, Michael Jordan as favorite athlete, "Tuesdays With Morrie" as favorite book, "The Simpsons" as favorite TV show, "Wedding Crashers" as favorite movie and Cancun as favorite place to visit ... majoring in business.

Quoting Coach Pavlik
"Max is coming off an outstanding freshman year and summer where he played with the USA Junior National Team. He has developed nicely into a collegiate middle blocker and we will look for him to continue his improvement this year."