LA JOLLA, Calif. — For the third-consecutive season, UC San Diego men's volleyball standout Kyle McCauley earned All-America recognition as the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and National Volleyball Association (NVA) announced their annual honorees Monday.

A senior outside hitter, McCauley was selected to the NVA/AVCA All-America Second Team.

In 2022, McCauley led UC San Diego to a 13-11 overall record and a 5-5 mark in the Big West Conference. The Tritons, ranked as high as No. 8 in the nation this year, won seven matches against other ranked teams including No. 2 Long Beach State, No. 3 Hawaii, No. 11 BYU (twice), No. 12 Stanford, and No. 13 UC Irvine (twice).

In 2020, McCauley's first season with the Tritons after transferring from Orange Coast College, he was named an AVCA First Team All-American. In 2021, he was an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention.

The Huntington Beach native and urban studies and planning major is a three-time All-Big West Conference First Team performer.

Here's a look at McCauley's accomplishments in 2022.

KYLE McCAULEY
Senior / Outside Hitter
Huntington Beach, Calif. / Edison High School
• Third career All-America recognition (2021 Honorable Mention, 2020 First Team)
• Third career All-Big West Conference First Team selection (2021, 2020)
• Off the Block Preseason All-America Second Team
• Three-time Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Week (2/14, 3/7, 3/28)
• Off the Block National Outside Attacker of the Week (3/28)
• Three-time UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (1/17, 2/14, 3/7)
• Led team in points (438.5), points/set (4.87), kills (369), kills/set (4.1), total attack attempts (787), service aces (47), and service aces/set (0.52)
• Second on team in digs (146), digs/set (1.62), and reception attempts (486)
• Third on team in blocks (42)
• Nationally, seventh in aces/set, eighth in points/set, and 10th in attacks/set and kills/set
• In Big West, first in aces (20), second in aces/set (0.51), third in points (188.5), points/set (4.83), and kills (162), fourth in kills/set (4.15), ninth in digs (57), and 11th in digs/set (1.46)
• Posted a double-digit kill total in 21 of 23 matches played
• Multiple service aces in 14 matches, including a career-high five twice
• Career-high 27 kills at NJIT (1/28) 

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After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.