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2024 Women's Volleyball Roster

Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego

4 Ava McInnes

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tustin, Calif.
  • High School Tustin HS
  • Major Public Health
  • College Muir

Biography

MEDIA
Fab Five (7/11/22)
Tritoncast podcast (9/28/22)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Four-time All-Big West honoree (freshman team, honorable mention in 2021, second team in 2022 and 2024, first team in 2023)…CSC Academic All-District Team (2024)...Four-time Big West Fall All-Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)…Two-time All-Triton Scholar-Athlete Team (2023, 2024)…Two-time Big West Offensive Player of the Week (2022, 2023)…Thirteen-time UCSDTritons.com/UCU Athlete of the Week...Three-time Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll, With Honors and two Highest Honors...Set the UC San Diego all-time program record with 1,543 career kills, becoming the first Triton competing their entire career in the Division I era to hold an all-time career record in any sport at UC San Diego…Holds the program's career kills record (1,543), the single match kills record (31 vs Long Beach State; Oct. 14, 2022) and the second-place spot in single season kills (469; 2022).

AS A SENIOR IN 2024
All-Big West Second Team...CSC Academic All-District Team...Big West Fall All-Academic Team...Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll, Highest Honors...Three-time UCU Athlete of the Week (Oct. 14, Nov. 11 and Nov. 25)...Erie Insurance Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 15)...Big West Preseason Coaches' Team...Set the UC San Diego all-time program record with 1,543 career kills, breaking the previous record on her senior night vs Cal State Bakersfield (Nov. 23)...Only Triton to appear in all 30 matches, making 21 starts…Averaged 3.37 points, 2.91 kills, 1.56 digs and 0.38 blocks per se...Ranked 11th in the Big West in total kills (341) and total points (394)…Led the team in points and kills and ranked third in aces (24)…Recorded double-figure kills in 21 matches with five double-doubles…Tallied a season-best 21 kills and 25 points at UC Riverside (Sept. 26)…Collected 19 digs at USC (Sept. 21)…Recorded a career-best six aces at James Madison (Sept. 12).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023
All-Big West First Team... Fall Big West All-Academic Team...Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll, Highest Honors...Named to the All-Triton Scholar-Athlete team at the 2024 Triton Awards...Big West Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 18)...Bulldog Brawl All-Tournament Team (Aug. 26)...TSU/Belmont Invitational tournament MVP (Sept. 15)...Two-time UCU Athlete of the Week (Sept. 18) and (Oct. 30)...By the end of the season she ranked fourth all-time in the UC San Diego record books in career kills (1,201) and second in attack attempts (3,468)… Recorded her 1,000th career kill on Sept. 23 against Cal Poly and her 3,000th attack attempt on Oct. 6 at CSUN...Ranked second in the Big West in both kills (3.69 per set) and points (4.39 per set)…Finished the season with 373 kills, hitting .253 which ranked 16th in the conference and tallied a team-best 443.5 points (nearly double the next closest Triton)…Second on the team with 31 aces and tied for 10th in the Big West in service aces per set (0.31)…Averaged 2.09 digs per set and collected 68.0 total blocks which ranked third on the team…Started 27 matches for the Tritons…Recorded double-figure kills in 21 matches with six double-doubles…Recorded a season-high 24 kills, hitting .354 and collected 11 digs at Tennessee State (Sept. 14)…Collected season-highs in digs (18) and blocks (5), adding 17 kills against UC Irvine (Oct. 21).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022
All-Big West Second Team...Fall Big West All-Academic Team...Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll, With Honors…Named to the All-Triton Scholar-Athlete team at the 2023 Triton Awards...Big West Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 17)…Two-time UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (Aug. 29) and (Oct. 17)…Led The Big West in kills per set (3.81), total kills (469) and total points (535.5)…Finished third in the conference in points per set (4.35)…Her 469 kills ranks second in the all-time single season records and first for the Division I era…Her 1,374 attack attempts also ranks first all-time for a single season…Career-high 31 kills against Long Beach State (Oct. 14) tied the all-time single match record for UC San Diego…Finished second on the team with 29 aces, third in blocks (65.0) and fifth in digs (1.72 avg/s)...One of two Tritons to start all 32 matches...Recorded double figure kills in 28 matches with six double-doubles.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021
All-Big West Honorable Mention ... Big West All-Freshman Team ... Big West Fall All-Academic Team ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll With Honors ... Named to the all-tournament team at New Mexico's UNM Classic (9/11) ... Three-time UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (8/30, 9/13, 11/29) ... Played in 30 matches with 27 starts ... Saw time in 112 of 121 sets ... Made collegiate debut vs. New Mexico State (8/27) ... Led the Tritons in points (404.5), points per set (3.61), kills (359), kills per set (3.21), attack attempts (1,110), and service aces (23) ... Third on team in total serve receptions (324) and fourth in digs (184) and blocks (36) ... Among all Big West players in conference matches, ranked fifth in kills (245) and kills per set (3.50) ... Had a double-digit kill total in 20 matches ... Finished with at least 15 kills nine times and at least 20 kills three times ... Multiple blocks in nine matches ... Recorded five double-doubles ... In second career match (vs. Marist on 8/27), finished with 24 kills and a career-best 24 digs ... Set a career-high with 25 kills at Cal State Fullerton (11/20) ... Against CSU Bakersfield (11/26), set career-highs with 28 points and four aces ... Her five blocks vs. Southeastern Louisiana (9/10) were a career-best.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020
Season canceled due to the pandemic.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
A 2020 graduate of Tustin High School in Tustin, Calif. ... A four-year Varsity letter winner and three-time all-league first team selection. As a Senior: Captain ... CIF Division V Player of the Year ... Empire League Co-MVP ... All-Empire League First Team ... Team MVP ... Orange County Register Female Athlete of the Week ... Won CIF Division V, a first for any girls' team in the history of Tustin High School. As a Junior: Captain ... All-Empire League First Team ... Team MVP. As a Sophomore: All-Empire League First Team ... Team MVP...With A4 Volleyball 18's, qualified for Open bid to Junior Olympics in 2018 and 2019.

PERSONAL
Born on Dec. 24 to Sherri and Brian McInnes in Irvine, Calif. ...Has three siblings, Preston, Erin and Kate...Both of her parents played basketball at the University of Redlands...Majoring in public health with a concentration in medicine at Muir College ... Plans to apply to a physician assistant grad program...Enjoys surfing, hiking and watching live music.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Kills 31 vs Long Beach St. 10/14/22
Assists 4 at James Madison 9/12/24
Aces 6 at James Madison 9/12/24
Digs 24 vs Marist 8/27/21
Blocks 7 vs Pacific 9/10/22
Points 32 vs Long Beach St. 10/14/22

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2020Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    4
  • 4

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    4
  • 4

    2022Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    4
  • 4

    2023Junior

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    4
  • 4

    2024Senior

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    4

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