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2019 Women's Volleyball Roster

Shane Rodrigues
Andrew Lee
Julie Kim
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Warren Haraki
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Warren Haraki
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Gary Breedlove

20 McKenna Ross

20 McKenna Ross

  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Aliso Viejo, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    Aliso Niguel HS

Summary

Biography

Awards & Honors:
  • 2019 All-Big West Honorable Mention
  • 2019 UH Scholar-Athlete 
  • 2018 UH Scholar-Athlete with honors
  • 2017 Big West All-Academic
  • 2017 UH Scholar-Athlete with highest honors
  • 2016 UH Scholar-Athlete

Senior (2019):
  • Missed the first six matches of the season due to injury, but appeared in the last 24 matches of the season with 23 starts at outside hitter
  • Recorded career-highs across the board for the season with 201 kills, 141 digs, 27 blocks and nine assists.
  • Posted a career-high 14 kills twice in her senior season—once at CSUN (9/28/19) and in the NCAA First Round against Northern Colorado (12/6/19)
  • Her 37 attacks against UC Santa Barbara (11/1/19) was a career-high
  • Ross’ .688 hitting percentage at UC Riverside was a career-high
  • Recorded 11 double-digit kill matches and two double-digit dig matches as a senior
  • Notched her first career double-double in a four-set win against league-rival Cal Poly (11/3/19) with 10 kills and 10 digs
  • Finished the season strong, tallying double-digit kills in seven of the last nine matches of the season—including all three NCAA tournament matches
2018 (Junior):
  • Played in 21 matches with three starts at outside hitter
  • Recorded 86 kills, 60 digs and eight blocks
  • Posted a career-high 11 kills at UC Irvine (9/23/18) to help UH outlast the Anteaters in five sets
  • Twice posted double-digit digs--10 at Cal State Fullerton (10/20/18) and a season-high 11 digs at Pepperdine (11/6/18).

2017 (Sophomore):
  • Appeared in 25 matches with 77 sets played and one start in UH’s opener vs. Marquette (8/25)
  • Saw action both as an outside hitter and as serving/defensive specialist
  • Recorded a career-high 10 kills and hit a season-high hitting percentage of .348 (10-2-23) against Northern Arizona (9/16)
  • Came off the bench to spark UH against Illinois in the NCAA first round match in Seattle, Wash. (12/1) she buried nine kills and had a career-high 13 digs against the Fighting Illini
  • Posted double-digit digs in three matches this season against Illinois (12/1), UC Davis (9/23) and at Cal Poly (10/27)
  • For the season, tallied career-highs of 46 kills, seven service aces, 108 digs and 9.0 total blocks.

2016 (Freshman): 
  • Appeared in 14 matches
  • Recorded 14 kills, 13 digs and two blocks in her rookie season
  • Helped to spark UH’s five-set win over Arizona with seven kills in 14 attempts (.429 attack percentage) with five digs—all career-highs
  • Recorded a block at UC Riverside (10/28/16) and vs. UC Riverside in Honolulu (10/2/16)\
  • Earned UH Manoa Scholar-Athlete honors.

Prep: 
  • A 2016 graduate of Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo, Calif.
  • Earned three varsity letters in indoor volleyball
  • Helped to lead the Wolverines to a 2014 state championship
  • Earned second team all-league honors as a sophomore and junior and was named a first team all-league player as a senior
  • Earned all-state honorable mention honors.
 
Personal:  
  • Plans to major in public health
  • Born in Aliso Viejo, Calif.
  • Played for Laguna Beach volleyball club for seven seasons
  • Has one older sister and one younger brother
  • Older sister Kyla won a gold medal at both the artistic gymnastics team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2014 World Gymnastic Championships in Nanning, China
  • Parents are Jason and Kiana Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif.
  • Father Jason played both football (1993-94) and baseball (1994-96) at the Univeristy of Hawai‘i, he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 13th round of the 1996 MLB Draft and played in the Braves’ farm system from 1996-2001 finishing his career with the Triple A Richmond Braves of the International League.
  • Her aunt, Nohea Tano Laboy  played three seasons at middle blocker/outside hitter for the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team (2001-03)

Career Highs
  • Attack %: .668 (11-0-16) at UC Riverside (11/10/19)
  • Kills: 14(2x), last Northern Colorado* (12/6/19)
  • Attempts: 37, UC Santa Barbara (11/1/19)
  • Assists: 2 (3x), Long Beach State (11/22/19)
  • Digs: 13, vs. Illinois (12/1/17)
  • Service Aces: 2, Nevada (9/9/17)
  • Blocks: 3.0 (4x), last San Diego** (12/7/19)
  • Points: 17.0, Northern Colorado*, (12/6/19)

*NCAA First Round
**NCAA Second Round

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2016Freshman

    Defensive Specialist
    5'10"
    20
  • 20

    2017Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    20
  • 20

    2018Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    20
  • 20

    2019Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    20