2016 Men's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Micah Ma'a
- Position:
- Setter/Hitter
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Kaneohe, Hawai'i
- High School:
- Punahou School
2019 — Starter in all 28 matches ... Saw action at both setter and hitter ... Started 22 matches at setter and had six starts at outside hitter ... Set the school single-season record with 67 aces and achieved a school career record of 208 aces ... Recorded the nation’s only triple-double (15 kills, 44 set assists, 15 digs) at BYU ... First-team AVCA All-America selection ... First-team All-MPSF selection ... MPSF Player of the Week (Feb. 4) ... Off the Block National Setter of the Week (Feb. 26) and Off the Block National Hitter of the Week (Apr. 1) ... Finalist for Off the Block's Lloy Ball Setter of the Year Award and the Server of the Year Award ... Had 13 matches with at least three aces (high of six vs. Grand Canyon) ... Registered at least one ace in 25 of the 28 matches ... Finished third in the nation in service ace average (0.64) ... Team ranked among the top ten in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.323) ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete team ... Member of UCLA's All-Academic team ... Winner of UCLA'a Academic and Student Services SUCCESS Award.
2018 — Starter in all 34 matches ... Named first-team AVCA and VolleyMob All-America ... First-team All-MPSF ... NCAA All-Tournament selection ... Named AVCA National Player of the week (Feb. 13) and VolleyballMob National Player of the Week (Feb. 6) ... Ranked 14th in NCAA in aces/set (0.44) ... His 56 aces tied for second-most in school single-season history (rally scoring era) ... Had multiple aces in 19 matches ... Fourth in the NCAA in set assists (10.55) ... Team ranked second in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.350) ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete team.
2017 — Saw action in 22 matches with 19 starts at setter/opposite ... Moved up to sixth on the all-time school list for career aces after recording 27 during the season ... Ranked 25th in the nation in aces per set (0.33) ... Had four matches with three or more aces with best of six at BYU... Led the team in block assists in six matches, with best of seven at Loyola-Chicago ... Named AVCA National Player of the Week on Jan. 17 for his play in wins over UC Irvine (8 kills, .800, 3 aces, 7 digs) and UCSD (3 aces, 6 digs, 2 blocks) ... Honorable mention All-MPSF team selection ... Named to the MPSF MVB All-Academic Scholar-Athlete team.
2016 — Appeared in all 121 sets during the season ... Set a school record (rally scoring era) with 58 service aces and destroyed the old freshman school mark of 39 ... Ranked fifth in the nation (second in MPSF) in aces per set (0.48) ... Recorded 11 double-digit kill matches (high of 18 kills in win at Hawai’i) ... Had 16 matches with multiple aces, seven contests with three or more ... Had 13 matches with at least 3.0 blocks ... Registered a triple-double with 10 kills, 14 digs and 24 set assists vs. BYU (4/2) ... Named Off the Block’s Server of the Year ... First-team AVCA All-America ... First-team All-MPSF ... Named to the All-MPSF Tournament team ... Off the Block Freshman All-America selection ... Four times named co-National Freshman of the Week by Off the Block.
HIGH SCHOOL — Three-sport athlete at Punahou School and three-time Male Athlete of the Year Hawai’i Hall of Honor selection ... Lettered four years in volleyball as a setter and outside hitter ... Also lettered in basketball as a shooting guard and three years in varsity football as a wide receiver ... Four-time State champs in volleyball ... Named State Volleyball Player of the Year in 2015 ... Also a four-time All-State and All-League selection in basketball ... Won the basketball State title in 2012 ...Captured one State championship in football and was a second-team selection.
USA VOLLEYBALL — Selected to the 25-man roster which trains to compete for the U.S. Men's National Team in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League ... Named to the 2017 U.S. Men's Volleyball Junior National Team which played in the U21 World Championships in Czech Republic ... Played on the USA Youth National Team which finished first at the NORCECA Tournament ... Named Best Setter ... His Youth World Championship team finished in seventh place.
CLUB VOLLEYBALL — Played for Ka Ulukoa and Pacific Rim Volleyball Club ... Ka Ulukoa was six-time National Champion (2008-13) ... Four-time All-Tournament selection ... Pacific Rim won the 2014 National Championship and he was selected MVP of the 18 Open Nationals.
PERSONAL — Has three sisters - Misty, Mehana and Maluhia ... Son of Pono and Lisa Strand-Ma’a ... Chose UCLA for a great education, great volleyball and great tradition ... Lists his biggest achievement as winning the basketball State championship in his freshman year ... Lists the NFL’s Tom Brady as the famous athlete he most admires ... Hobbies included bodyboarding and basketball ... Dad was a two-time men's volleyball All-American at the University of Hawai’i (1984, 1986) and played for the USA National Team in 1986 ... He also played pro beach volleyball ... Mom played pro beach volleyball and was a two-time national champion in college at UH in 1982 and 1983 ... Earned a spot on the Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2018 and Winter 2019 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... Political Science major.
