2016 Men's Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 9
JT Hatch
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 182
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Mesa, Ariz.
- High School:
- Mesa
Bio
2018 — Saw action in 33 matches ... Made 15 starts at outside hitter and 18 at libero ... Honorable mention AVCA All-America ... Second-team All-MPSF ... Registered seven double-digit kill matches with a high of 16 vs. Ohio State ... Hit .331 for the season ... Had at least five digs in 22 matches ... Finished his career fourth on the all-time school list for digs (634) ... Had a season-high 11 digs in the NCAA Championship match.
2017 — Saw action in 26 matches with 15 starts at outside hitter and libero (last six matches of season) ... Hit a career-best .328 for the season, which ranked 23rd in the NCAA ... Had seven 10-kill matches ... Led the team in digs in six matches and had at least 10 digs in a team-best four matches ... Had a career-high 24 kills and 16 digs in a win at Pepperdine ... Served a career-best four aces in win over Lewis ... Named honorable mention All-MPSF.
2016 — Appeared in 30 matches with 25 starts ... Recorded double-digit kills in 14 matches (high of 20 vs. CSUN) ... Had five matches with at least three aces and 11 matches overall with multiple aces (high of 4 at USC and vs. BYU) ... Had a least five digs in 18 matches (high of 12 v. Long Beach State and Ohio State) ... His 0.39 aces per set mark was tied for eighth-best on the school rally scoring season list and ranked fourth in the MPSF ... Honorable mention All-MPSF selection.
2015 — Appeared in all 27 matches with 18 starts ... Saw action at outside hitter and libero ... Led the team in kills and points ... AVCA Honorable Mention All-America ... Off the Block Freshman All-America selection ... Named MPSF Freshman of the Year ... Second-team All-MPSF selection ... Twice named Off the Block National Freshman of the Week (matches at USC, at Cal Baptist/matches vs. CSUN, Long Beach) ... Topped the team with 13 double-digit kill efforts, including a team-best two 20-plus kill performances (25 at USC, 23 v. Long Beach) ... Second on the team in digs ... Had best of 10 digs in matches at UCSB and vs. UCSD ... Recorded five 20-point matches ... Ranked 13th in the MPSF in kills per set (2.91) and 46th in the NCAA ... Ranked 32nd in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.296) ... Named to the U21 US Junior National Team which competed this summer in Mexico.
High School — Lettered four years in varsity volleyball at Mesa HS for coach Tony Millanes playing setter, libero and outside hitter ... The team made it to the state semifinals in 2013 and to the state championship match in 2014 ... Served as team captain his junior and senior seasons ... Named first-team All-Arizona after his junior and senior campaigns ... Selected Section Player of the Year as a junior (setter) and the Arizona Player of the Year as a senior (outside hitter) ... First-team All-America pick as a senior ... Recorded a state-high of 533 kills, 74 service aces (3rd in state) and 231 digs as a senior.
Club Volleyball — Played for Spiral 18 UA ... Team finished fifth in open at the 2013 Junior Olympics after being the first Arizona team to ever qualify for the open ... In 2014, finished first in the open at Junior Olympics and became the first Arizona team to ever win open at that level ... Named 2014 MVP Award at Junior Olympics.
Personal — Parents, Kirk Hatch (basketball) and Amy Strawn (volleyball) are both coaches ... Has two younger brothers, Drew and Mark, and two younger sisters, Annie and Kate ... Lists his biggest thrill in sports to date as winning the gold medal match at Junior Olympics ... Hobbies include coaching and watching volleyball ... Earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll in Winter 2015 ... Psychology major.
2017 — Saw action in 26 matches with 15 starts at outside hitter and libero (last six matches of season) ... Hit a career-best .328 for the season, which ranked 23rd in the NCAA ... Had seven 10-kill matches ... Led the team in digs in six matches and had at least 10 digs in a team-best four matches ... Had a career-high 24 kills and 16 digs in a win at Pepperdine ... Served a career-best four aces in win over Lewis ... Named honorable mention All-MPSF.
2016 — Appeared in 30 matches with 25 starts ... Recorded double-digit kills in 14 matches (high of 20 vs. CSUN) ... Had five matches with at least three aces and 11 matches overall with multiple aces (high of 4 at USC and vs. BYU) ... Had a least five digs in 18 matches (high of 12 v. Long Beach State and Ohio State) ... His 0.39 aces per set mark was tied for eighth-best on the school rally scoring season list and ranked fourth in the MPSF ... Honorable mention All-MPSF selection.
2015 — Appeared in all 27 matches with 18 starts ... Saw action at outside hitter and libero ... Led the team in kills and points ... AVCA Honorable Mention All-America ... Off the Block Freshman All-America selection ... Named MPSF Freshman of the Year ... Second-team All-MPSF selection ... Twice named Off the Block National Freshman of the Week (matches at USC, at Cal Baptist/matches vs. CSUN, Long Beach) ... Topped the team with 13 double-digit kill efforts, including a team-best two 20-plus kill performances (25 at USC, 23 v. Long Beach) ... Second on the team in digs ... Had best of 10 digs in matches at UCSB and vs. UCSD ... Recorded five 20-point matches ... Ranked 13th in the MPSF in kills per set (2.91) and 46th in the NCAA ... Ranked 32nd in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.296) ... Named to the U21 US Junior National Team which competed this summer in Mexico.
High School — Lettered four years in varsity volleyball at Mesa HS for coach Tony Millanes playing setter, libero and outside hitter ... The team made it to the state semifinals in 2013 and to the state championship match in 2014 ... Served as team captain his junior and senior seasons ... Named first-team All-Arizona after his junior and senior campaigns ... Selected Section Player of the Year as a junior (setter) and the Arizona Player of the Year as a senior (outside hitter) ... First-team All-America pick as a senior ... Recorded a state-high of 533 kills, 74 service aces (3rd in state) and 231 digs as a senior.
Club Volleyball — Played for Spiral 18 UA ... Team finished fifth in open at the 2013 Junior Olympics after being the first Arizona team to ever qualify for the open ... In 2014, finished first in the open at Junior Olympics and became the first Arizona team to ever win open at that level ... Named 2014 MVP Award at Junior Olympics.
Personal — Parents, Kirk Hatch (basketball) and Amy Strawn (volleyball) are both coaches ... Has two younger brothers, Drew and Mark, and two younger sisters, Annie and Kate ... Lists his biggest thrill in sports to date as winning the gold medal match at Junior Olympics ... Hobbies include coaching and watching volleyball ... Earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll in Winter 2015 ... Psychology major.
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