Micah Maʻa
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| Born | April 16, 1997 Kaneohe, Hawaii, U.S. | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Volleyball information | |||||
| Position | Setter | ||||
| Current club | Halkbank Ankara | ||||
| Number | 13 | ||||
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Micah Maʻa (/ˈmɑːʔɑː/; born April 16, 1997)[1] is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Halkbank Ankara and the U.S. national team.[2][3][4] He won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Personal life
[edit]Maʻa was born in Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi to Pono and Lisa Strand-Maʻa.[5][6]
Career
[edit]Maʻa was a standout 3 sport athlete at Punahou, 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.[5][6][7]
The 2022–23 CEV Champions League is his debut in the top European competition with Halkbank Ankara.[8]
Ma'a was named to the U.S Men's Volleyball team for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Honors
[edit]College
[edit]- Domestic
- 2018
NCAA national championship, with UCLA Bruins[9]
- 2018
Club
[edit]- Domestic
- 2019–20
French Cup, with Stade Poitevin Poitiers
- 2019–20
Youth national team
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Individual awards
[edit]- 2014: NORCECA U19 Championship – Best setter
- 2018: NCAA national championship – All-tournament team
References
[edit]- ^ "MA'A Micah". 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
- ^ "Deux nouvelles recrues à Poitiers". L'Équipe (in French). June 3, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ "FRA M: One of the biggest world volleyball prospects joins Poitiers". WorldofVolley. June 7, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ "Micah Ma'a nowym siatkarzem GieKSy". GKS Katowice (in Polish). May 7, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ a b "Micah Ma'a". Team USA. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "2019 Volleyball roster: Micah Ma'a bio". UCLA Bruins. 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". CEV. November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- ^ "No. 3 UCLA Falls Just Short in National Title Match". UCLA Bruins. 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
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Hawaii
- American men's volleyball players
- American expatriate volleyball players in France
- American expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- American expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- UCLA Bruins men's volleyball players
- GKS Katowice (volleyball) players
- Halkbank volleyball players
- Setters (volleyball)
- Outside hitters
- Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century American sportsmen