Micah Maʻa (born April 16, 1997) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Halkbank Ankara and the U.S. national team.[1][2][3]
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| Nationality | American | ||||
| Born | April 16, 1997 Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m) | ||||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||
| Spike | 131 in (333 cm) | ||||
| Block | 125 in (318 cm) | ||||
| College / University | UCLA | ||||
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| Position | Setter / Outside hitter | ||||
| Current club | Halkbank Ankara | ||||
| Number | 13 | ||||
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Personal life edit
Maʻa was born in Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi to Pono and Lisa Strand-Maʻa.[4][5]
Career edit
Maʻa was a standout 3 sport athlete at Punahou winning a state basketball title in 2012, a state football title in 2013, four state volleyball titles and earning the Hawaiʻi state volleyball player of the year his senior season in 2015 at Punahou. At UCLA he earned AVCA first-team All-America, first team All-MPSF and Off the Block's Server of the Year in his freshman season in 2016, all 2018 NCAA volleyball tournament honors when the Bruins finished runner-up in the championship game against the 49ers of Long Beach State, and AVCA first-team All-America, first-team All-MPSF, setting the UCLA Bruins single-season record of 67 aces his senior season in 2019. He graduated from UCLA in 2019 with a major in political science.[4][5][6]
2022–23 CEV Champions League is his debut in Champions League with Halkbank Ankara.[7]
Honors edit
College edit
- Domestic
- 2018
NCAA national championship, with UCLA Bruins[8]
- 2018
Club edit
- Domestic
- 2019–20
French Cup, with Stade Poitevin Poitiers
- 2019–20
Youth national team edit
Individual awards edit
- 2014: NORCECA U19 Championship – Best setter
- 2018: NCAA national championship – All-tournament team
References edit
- ^ "Deux nouvelles recrues à Poitiers". lequipe.fr (in French). June 3, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ "FRA M: One of the biggest world volleyball prospects joins Poitiers". worldofvolley.com. June 7, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ "Micah Ma'a nowym siatkarzem GieKSy". gkskatowice.eu (in Polish). May 7, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ a b "Micah Ma'a". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "2019 Volleyball roster: Micah Ma'a bio". UCLA Bruins website. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ^ "UCLA's Ma'a eyes showdown with hometown 'Bows". Hawai'i News Now. April 6, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ^ "Halkbank's Micah Ma'a excited ahead of Champions League debut | ChampionsLeague". championsleague.cev.eu. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- ^ "No. 3 UCLA Falls Just Short in National Title Match". uclabruins.com. May 5, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
External links edit
- Player profile at TeamUSA.org
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
- UCLA Bruins 2019 roster – Micah Maʻa