8 Ben Cemeno-Castillo
Ben Cemeno-Castillo
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Hometown:
    Joliet, Ill.
  • Position:
    OH
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Previous School:
    Joliet West HS
  • m
    27
  • k/s
    3.66
  • h %
    .248
  • a/s
    0.10
  • b/s
    0.41
  • sa/s
    0.20
  • d/s
    1.61

Bio

Parents: Jerry and Natalie Castillo
Birth Date: June 22, 2004
Major: Business Management

High School: All-conference performer at Joliet West HS…Tallied 186 kills and 31 blocks…Had a top performance of 13 kills.

Athletic Honors
2024
Letterwinner
2023
Letterwinner

Career Highs
Kills--5 (vs. Culver-Stockton, 3/23/24)
Assists--1 (Numerous)
Digs--3 (vs. Mount Mercy, 3/19/24)
Blocks--1 (Numerous)
Aces--1 (Numerous)

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 28 Graceland W, 3-0
Mar 31 at Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-0
Apr 1 at Ottawa L, 3-0
Apr 5 Park L, 3-1
Apr 8 Grand View W, 3-0
Apr 12 at Mount Mercy L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 27 19
Sets 98 67
Kills 359 240
Kills per set 3.66 3.58
Errors 126 83
Total Attacks 941 617
Total Attacks per set 9.60 9.21
Hitting Percentage .248 .254
Assists 10 3
Assists per set 0.10 0.04
Service Aces 20 12
Service Errors 76 52
Service Aces per set 0.20 0.18
Receptions 510 306
Reception Errors 22 13
Digs 158 108
Digs per set 1.61 1.61
Block Solo 7 6
Block Assist 33 19
Block Total 40 25
Blocks per set 0.41 0.37
Block Errors 5 4
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 402.5 267.5
Points per set 4.1 4.0
Matches started 27 19
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 24 at Governors State L, 3-2 1 5 16 3 40 .325 0 0 4 13 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 17.0
Jan 25 vs. Oakland City L, 3-1 1 4 16 8 45 .178 1 1 4 24 0 7 0 3 0 3 0 18.5
Jan 25 at St. Ambrose (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 11 4 25 .280 0 0 4 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Jan 31 Arizona Christian (AZ) W, 3-0 1 3 8 7 27 .037 1 2 2 23 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Feb 1 Arizona Christian (AZ) L, 3-2 1 5 26 8 58 .310 2 0 3 40 4 11 1 0 0 1 0 27.0
Feb 7 at Indiana Tech W, 3-0 1 3 18 2 39 .410 2 2 3 21 1 5 0 3 0 3 0 21.5
Feb 8 vs. Lawrence Tech L, 3-1 1 4 11 3 47 .170 1 3 3 30 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Feb 11 Mount Mercy L, 3-1 1 4 12 6 44 .136 0 0 5 29 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 13.0
Feb 14 at Dordt (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 9 2 29 .241 0 0 1 12 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 10.5
Feb 15 at Morningside W, 3-1 1 4 16 9 45 .156 0 1 3 23 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 17.5
Feb 18 at Clarke (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 12 2 32 .313 0 1 3 8 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Feb 25 at Grand View W, 3-2 1 5 16 7 42 .214 0 3 6 14 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 19.0
Feb 28 at Graceland W, 3-0 1 3 8 2 16 .375 0 0 2 7 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 8.5
Mar 7 Missouri Valley L, 3-1 1 4 10 5 43 .116 1 0 3 23 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
Mar 8 Culver-Stockton (MO) W, 3-0 1 3 10 0 27 .370 0 1 2 9 1 5 0 1 1 1 0 11.5
Mar 11 at Mount Mercy L, 3-2 1 5 13 8 38 .132 0 0 2 22 1 10 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Mar 14 Morningside W, 3-0 1 3 16 0 26 .615 0 1 3 21 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 17.5
Mar 15 Dordt (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 13 0 18 .722 0 0 3 7 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 14.5
Mar 18 Clarke (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 12 4 33 .242 0 0 3 13 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 12.5
Mar 21 at Missouri Baptist L, 3-1 1 4 10 4 28 .214 1 1 3 18 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Mar 22 at UHSP W, 3-1 1 4 15 7 39 .205 1 0 1 22 0 7 1 2 0 3 0 17.0
Mar 28 Graceland W, 3-0 1 3 11 5 24 .250 0 3 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Mar 31 at Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-0 1 3 16 6 34 .294 0 0 3 7 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Apr 1 at Ottawa L, 3-0 1 3 16 9 39 .179 0 1 3 17 0 5 1 1 1 2 0 18.5
Apr 5 Park L, 3-1 1 4 13 4 32 .281 0 0 1 33 1 9 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Apr 8 Grand View W, 3-0 1 3 12 3 28 .321 0 0 1 15 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Apr 12 at Mount Mercy L, 3-1 1 4 13 8 43 .116 0 0 1 34 0 8 0 5 1 5 0 15.5
  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
2022-23 7 9 8 0.89 6 19 .105 3 0.33 1 0.11 10 0 5 0.56 0 2 2 0.22 10.0 1.1
2023-24 11 16 14 0.88 9 36 .139 0 0.00 1 0.06 6 3 5 0.31 0 2 2 0.13 16.0 1.0
2024-25 27 98 359 3.66 126 941 .248 10 0.10 20 0.20 510 22 158 1.61 7 33 40 0.41 402.5 4.1
Total 45 123 381 3.10 141 996 .241 13 0.11 22 0.18 526 25 168 1.37 7 37 44 0.36 428.5 3.5
    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
Event Total 27 98 359 3.66 126 941 .248 10 0.10 20 0.20 510 22 158 1.61 7 33 40 0.41 402.5 4.1
Conference 19 67 240 3.58 83 617 .254 3 0.04 12 0.18 306 13 108 1.61 6 19 25 0.37 267.5 4.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 11 38 143 3.76 42 360 .281 4 0.11 7 0.18 219 9 69 1.82 4 9 13 0.34 158.5 4.2
Away 14 52 189 3.63 73 489 .237 4 0.08 9 0.17 237 12 78 1.50 3 21 24 0.46 211.5 4.1
Neutral 2 8 27 3.38 11 92 .174 2 0.25 4 0.50 54 1 11 1.38 0 3 3 0.38 32.5 4.1
Result Wins 16 52 203 3.90 60 484 .295 4 0.08 14 0.27 227 12 77 1.48 3 17 20 0.38 228.5 4.4
Losses 11 46 156 3.39 66 457 .197 6 0.13 6 0.13 283 10 81 1.76 4 16 20 0.43 174.0 3.8
Month January 4 15 51 3.40 22 137 .212 2 0.13 3 0.20 79 3 22 1.47 0 6 6 0.40 57.0 3.8
February 9 34 128 3.76 41 352 .247 5 0.15 10 0.29 184 11 52 1.53 3 8 11 0.32 145.0 4.3
March 10 35 126 3.60 39 310 .281 3 0.09 6 0.17 148 7 59 1.69 3 9 12 0.34 139.5 4.0
April 4 14 54 3.86 24 142 .211 0 0.00 1 0.07 99 1 25 1.79 1 10 11 0.79 61.0 4.4

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