Career Notes: 2021 NAIA Honorable Mention All-American...Named NAIA Attacker of the Week on March 16, 2021...Currently ranked second in program history with 3.43 kills per set and sixth with a .308 hitting percentage...Is seventh in program history with 360 total kills...First in program history with 0.3 service aces per set and sixth with 1.65 digs per set...Sixth with 32 total service aces and tenth with 173 total digs...Is also ranked tenth with 0.47 blocks per set...Career-high's of 20 kills, 15 digs, four aces and four blocks...One kill/dig double-double...2020 All-GSAC and All-Cal Pac First Team selection...2021 All-Cal Pac First Team selection...3X Cal Pac Player of the Week.
2021: NAIA and AVCA Honorable Mention All-American...All-California Pacific Conference First Team selection...NAIA National Attacker of the Week (3/15)...Had a career-year ranking 12th in the nation with four kills per set and 16th in the nation with a .386 hitting percentage...Had the fifth highest hitting percentage of any player with a minimum of 250 attempts...14th in the nation with 0.51 service aces per set...Both his kills and service aces averages were good for the second best in the program's single-season history...Ended up being one of just two players in the last five years to average at least four kills and 0.5 service aces per set while maintaining at least a .380 hitting percentage...3X Cal Pac Attacker of the Week...Also averaged 1.5 digs and 0.5 blocks per set...Totaled 12 kills and delivered three service aces in match one of the season-opening doubleheader against University of Saint Katherine (2/20)...Pounded out a three-set career-high 15 kills on a .400 hitting percentage and tied his three-set career-high with three blocks in the latter end of the doubleheader against Saint Katherine (2/20)...Stuffed the stat sheet with ten kills, seven digs and three blocks against Simpson University (3/2)...Had a career-day against Park University - Gilbert (3/13), averaging over five kills per set and a .465 hitting percentage in a doubleheader...Tallied a career-high 20 kills and four service aces in the first match, becoming just the third Bobcat in program history to tally at least 20 kills in a match...Added 17 more kills in match two, enough to earn him both the California Pacific Conference Attacker of the Week and the NAIA Attacker of the Week award...Was the Bobcats spark against Simpson (3/28), providing 14 kills and three services in the regular season home finale...Registered a 16-kill, 11-dig double-double while hitting .378 in the Cal Pac Jamboree Semifinal match against Simpson (4/6)...Had eleven kills in the title match against Benedictine University Mesa (4/7).
2020: All-California Pacific Conference First Team selection and All-Golden State Athletic Conference selection...Only Bobcat to play in all 70 sets...Led the Bobcats with 218 kills and 3.11 kills per set...Kills total was good for second on the program's single-season record list...Totaled 544 attempts and a .268 hitting percentage...Finished second on the team with 14 service aces and third on the team with 121 digs and 33 blocks (11 solo)...Service aces and digs number good for eighth on the program's single-season record list...Third Bobcat ever with 150+ kills and 100+ digs in a season...Also had nine assists...Ranked 28th in the NAIA with 218 kills...Debuted and started at UC Santa Cruz (1/3) and impressed with 17 kills, nine digs and two blocks...Became the first true freshman in program history with 15+ kills in a debut...Was good for eight kills on a .800 hitting percentage against University of Saint Katherine (1/9)...Registered a strong first day at the Oak Invitational (1/17) as he tallied nine kills and a career-high 15 digs against Siena Heights before posting a team-high 14 kills and ten digs against Hope International...Smacked 12 kills at Menlo College (1/18) and at University of Saint Katherine (1/25)...Also had nine digs and a solo block at Menlo College (1/18)...Showed versatility in his first career GSAC match with nine kills, six digs and three blocks at The Master's University (1/24)...Stuffed the stat sheet and notched first career double-double against OUAZ (2/8) with 17 kills and 14 digs to go with a career-high four blocks and two service aces...Top performer at NCAA Division One opponent CSUN (2/14) with seven kills and two blocks, one solo...Pounded out a three-set career-high 13 kills at 2019 NAIA National Champion Benedictine University Mesa (2/21)...Tied his career-high with 17 kills and hit .324 with his first career road service ace at Arizona Christian University (2/22)...Both 17-kill performances came in GSAC four-set matches...Tallied match point and totaled 14 kills against Hope International University (2/27) to extend his already career best double figure kills streak to four matches...Also tied his career-high with four blocks and two service aces against HIU...Was good for nine kills on a .381 hitting percentage against Vanguard University (2/28)...Set a three-set career-high with eleven digs at OUAZ (3/7)...Shared team-high with 15 kills while hitting a stellar .429 at Park University Gilbert (3/8), becoming the only Bobcat this season to record at least 15 kills on less than 25 attempts...Also had a career-high three solo blocks against the future Cal Pac opponent.
Personal: Undeclared major...Has two siblings...Both parents are former athletes, mom played basketball at San Jose State University...Lists mom, Mary, and younger brother, Jack, as his biggest influences...Is currently a videographer for UC Merced Athletics...Enjoys playing guitar in his free time...Favorite food is pistachios...Lists favorite athlete as Derrick Rose...Favorite musician is Eddie Van Halen and favorite movie is La La Land...Competing against the best, while he is at his best, is when he is the happiest on the court
