UC San Diego

MEDIA
• Off the Block National Media Day Zoom - 1/28/21
• Volleyball Mag feature - 4/24/20
• Viral Volley Podcast (video) - 4/20/20
• CBS8 Interview (video) - 4/14/20

NATIONAL
Named to the U.S. Men's National Team for the 2023 Volleyball Nation's League ... Named to the U.S. Men's U21 Team that won a bronze medal at the 2021 NORCECA Pan-Am Cup in the Dominican Republic. Read more here.

AS A SENIOR IN 2022
NVA/AVCA All-America Second Team ... All-Big West Conference First Team ... Three-time Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Week (2/14, 3/7, 3/28) ... Off the Block Preseason All-America Second Team ... Off the Block National Outside Attacker of the Week (3/28) ... UC San Diego Outstanding Senior Scholar-Athlete ... UC San Diego All-Triton Scholar-Athlete Team ... A three-time UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (1/17, 2/14, 3/7).

AS A SENIOR IN 2021
NVA/AVCA All-America Honorable Mention ... All-Big West Conference First Team ... Off the Block Preseason All-America First Team ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll With Honors ... Big West All-Academic ... UC San Diego All-Triton Scholar-Athlete Team selection ... UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (4/26) ... Started all 18 matches and played in all 68 sets ... Led the Tritons in points/set (4.24), kills/set (3.63), aces (29), total attack attemps (616), and reception percentage (.939) ... Second on team in digs/set (1.76) ... Among all Big West players in conference matches, ranked fourth in aces/set (0.38), fifth in kills/set (3.38), points/set (3.90), and attacks (306), and ninth in digs/set (1.62) ... Nationally, ranked ninth in attacks/set (9.06), 16th in aces/set (0.42), 23rd in points/set, and 25th in kills/set ... Finished with 10 or more kills in 16 of 18 matches, including a season-high 22 against CSUN (4/3) ... Recorded four double-doubles, three of those coming at the Big West Championship ... His 12 digs vs. CSUN in the first round of the Big West tourney were a career-best ... Had 40-plus attacks in six matches ... Put down a career-high four service aces against both No. 1 Hawaii (4/23) and No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (4/24) at the conference tournament ... Finished with three aces five times.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2020
AVCA All-America First Team ... AVCA Newcomer of the Year ... All-Big West Conference First Team ... UC San Diego Athlete of the Year ... AVCA National Player of the Week (1/14) ... Two-time Big West Conference Player of the Week (1/13, 2/17) ... San Diego Sports Association Star of the Month for January ... UCSDtritons.com Athlete of the Week (1/13) ... Played in 18 of 19 matches, starting all of those ... Led team in kills and points and was third in hitting percentage, fourth in aces, and fifth in blocks .. Nationally, ranked ninth in kills/set, 14th in points/set, 23rd in attacks/set, and 30th in hitting percentage ... Among Big West Conference players, ranked first in kills and points, second in kills/set and attacks, and third in points/set ... Had 10+ kills in 15 of 18 matches, 15+ kills in 11, and 20+ kills in four ... Career-high 24 kills at UC Irvine (2/15), which was team's first-ever Big West win ... Two double-doubles ... Totaled at least 11 kills in 10 of his last 11 matches ... Made Triton debut on Jan. 9 at home, recording 20 kills, six digs, two aces, and two blocks in a five set victory over No. 11 Loyola.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT ORANGE COAST COLLEGE IN 2019
Orange Empire Conference MVP ... Played in 21 of 23 matches and 60 of 78 sets ... Led team in kills (193), kills/set (3.2), service aces (42), points (261), and points/set (4.3) ... Third in digs (83) ... Fourth in blocks (48) ... Hit .380 on the year ... Pirates went 22-1 overall and 8-0 in conference play ... Lost to Irvine Valley in CCCAA Final Four ... Totaled 18 kills and 10 digs in that match.

AS A FRESHMAN AT ORANGE COAST COLLEGE IN 2018
Played in 21 of 23 matches and 62 of 78 sets ... First Team All-Orange Empire Conference ... All-California Community College Athletic Association Tournament ... Led the Pirates in kills (255), kills/set (2.1), attack attempts (512), points (292), and points/set (4.7) ... Second on squad in digs (123) and digs/set (2.0) ... Third in aces (19) ... Fourth in blocks (36) ... Hit .309 for the season ... Team went 20-3 overall and 8-0 in conference ... OCC advanced to CCCAA state title match and lost to LA Pierce ... Had 17 kills in that match.

CLUB
Played for Balboa Bay.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2016 graduate of Edison High School in Huntington Beach ... First Team All-Sunset League and team's most valuable offensive player as a senior ... Also played basketball for the Chargers.

PERSONAL
Born Jan. 23 in Newport Beach ... Has a sister named Kali ... An urban studies and planning major out of Sixth College ... A fan of the LA Lakers ... The Big Lebowski is his favorite movie ... Listens to Cage the Elephant and Stick Figure ... Hobbies include surfing.