UC San Diego

MEDIA
• Feature Story (5/25/23)
• Senior Night Interview (4/7/23)

AS A SENIOR IN 2023
CSC Academic All-District ... Big West Spring All-Academic ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (Highest Honors) ... Returned to play after missing the previous two seasons due to a ruptured Achilles tendon ... ... Played in 23 of the team's 25 matches, starting 21 of those ... Led Tritons in service aces (16) ... Third on team in digs (114) and digs/set (1.46) ... Fourth in points (149), kills (116), kills/set (1.49), blocks (32) ... Fifth in points/set (1.91) ... Dropped a career-high 15 kills against USC (1/7) in his second match back in action and repeated that vs. CSUN (2/24) ... Also had a career-best 17.5 points vs. CSUN (2/24) ... Registered a career-high 14 digs against UC Santa Barbara (4/7) ... Multiple digs in 22 matches and multiple blocks in eight.

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR IN 2022
Did not play due to injury ... Triton Athletes' Council team representative ...  UC San Diego Mark Applebaum Academic Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award winner (highest GPA of all men's scholar-athletes).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2021
Redshirt due to injury ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll Highest Honors.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2020
Big West Spring All-Academic Team ... Saw action in all 19 matches for 61 sets ... Fifth on the team with eight aces ... Had a monster match against McKendree (1/25), setting career highs with 12 points, nine kills, nine digs, and a .353 hitting percentage.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019
Made collegiate debut at Pepperdine (1/4) ... Played in 27 matches with three starts ... Totaled 28 kills, 11 aces, and 42 points over 69 sets ... Top performance was against Grand Canyon (1/26) with seven kills, four digs, three blocks, two aces, 10.5 points, and a .308 hitting percentage ... Registered 17 assists and three aces at Sacred Heart (1/11).

CLUB
Competed with Coast VBC for four years.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of La Jolla ... Four-year varsity player and two-year team captain for the Vikings ... One of 10 players chosen to American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) High School Senior All-America Second Team (2018) ... All-CIF San Diego Section First Team (2018) ... Two-time All-Western League First Team (2017, 2018) ... San Diego Union Tribune Volleyball All-Academic ... La Jolla High School's San Diego HSSA Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2018) ... San Diego HSSA Senior All-Star Player (2018) ... CIF San Diego Section Scholar-Athlete (2017) ... As a senior, collected 1,118 assists, 229 digs, 90 kills, 80 aces, and 70 blocks ... Finished junior season with 574 assists, 215 digs, 141 kills, 60 blocks, and 42 aces ... Vikings were ranked 15th nationally at the end of the 2018 season ... Team won 2017 CIF San Diego Section Open Division championship ... La Jolla won Western League titles in 2017 and 2018 ... CIF San Diego Section Open Division Runner-Up (2018) ... CIF Southern California Division 1 fifth place (2017, 2018) ... CIF San Diego Section Open Division third place (2015, 2016) ... Played football as a freshman ... Class valedictorian ... Scholar-Athlete.

PERSONAL
Born July 22 in La Jolla ... Mom played volleyball at Montana State ... Has a brother named Vail and a sister named Cienna ... Vail plays football at Trinity University ... A management science major at Marshall College ... Interested in becoming a marketing consultant or talent scout in the sports or music industries ... A fan of the Tennessee Titans and Orlando Magic ... Most-admired athlete is Bill Russell ... Favorite movie is Master of Disguise ... Listens to CeeLo Green, Jain, Aeris Roves, BROCKHAMPTON, and Quinn XCII ... Tik Tok is top social media outlet ... Likes poke ... Enjoys art history and visiting museums ... Hobbies include fantasy sports, swimming, and music.