2018 (Sophomore): Appeared in 25 matches, making nine starts at outside hitter…made seven consecutive starts during the month of March…finished the season with averages of 1.91 kills, 0.83 digs, and 0.26 blocks per set…led the team with 24 service aces which ranked fifth in the Big West (0.36)…hit .349 on the season which ranked fourth in the Big West and 16
thnationally…tallied seven matches with double figure kill totals…season-high 15 kills, hitting .440, with 10 digs against Concordia-Irvine (March 2)…career-high five aces – all in the first set – along with 11 kills and six digs against BYU (March 10) in championship match of the Outrigger Resorts Invitational…recorded 12 aces in three matches during the Outrigger Invitational, one shy of the tournament record…also had four aces against Lewis (March 8) and three versus Penn State (March 9) in the tournament…selected to the Outrigger all-tournament team…posted 18 aces during a five-match stretch in early March.
- Named academic all-Big West.
2018 Match-by-Match Statistics
2017 (Freshman): Appeared in 26 matches, making 12 starts at outside hitter…started the first nine matches of the season…averaged 2.07 kills, 1.02 digs, and 0.39 blocks per set…hit .270 for the season and totaled 13 aces…season-high 16 kills with nine digs at Long Beach State (Jan. 18)…recorded four aces in his collegiate debut against Erskine (Jan. 5)…posted a double-double with 13 kills and 13 digs against Ball State in the Outrigger Resorts Invitational (Jan. 7)…named to the Outrigger all-tournament team after averaging 2.86 kills and 2.00 digs per set with six aces…talled 13 kills, hitting .370 against Grand Canyon (Jan. 11)…finished the year with three double-figure kill matches…had seven kills with no errors in nine attempts off the bench against Penn State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament (May 2).
2017 Match-by-Match Statistics
National Team: Member of the 2017 U.S. Junior National team which competed at the FIVB U21 World Championships in the Czech Republic...member of USA Volleyball Junior National Team which won the NORCECA U21 Continental Championship in July 2016…also member of the High Performance A1 team and was an alternate for the U.S. Youth National Team…in 2013, his team captured first place in the USA Youth National Championships in Reno, Nev.
Prep: A 2016 graduate of Moanalua High School in Honolulu, O‘ahu…a four-year varsity letterman for the Na Menehune, led the school to three straight third place finishes in the Hawai'i High School Athletic Association State Tournament and a runner-up finish in his senior year, which he led the tourney with 78 kills…named to the all-tournament team in 2015 and ’16…led school to four straight OIA titles…four-time
Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s Fab 15 all-state selection – was No. 2 in 2016, No. 3 in 2015, No. 4 in 2014, No. 8 in 2013…three-time OIA Red Player of the Year and four-time all-OIA Red first team…had 35 kills in a state quarterfinal match win over Kamehameha-Kapalama in 2015…selected to
Volleyball Magazine's Top 5 for its 2016 Fab 50 list and picked as a 25 Underclassmen To Watch in 2015…selected to 2016 HHSAA/Enterprise Hall of Honor.
Club: Played for A‘o a Koa Volleyball Club in 2016 under UH assistant coach Milan Zarkovic which placed 17
th at Boys Junior Nationals 18 Open division…member of Hawai‘i Elite Southside Volleyball Club in 2015 and helped the squad to a 15
th place finish at the Boys Junior National Championships…as a member of Ka Ulukoa Volleyball Club in 2014, he helped the team to the Boys Junior National Championships 16s Club Division title and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player…in 2013, he was also named tourney MVP and helped the 15s Club team to the national championship…also played for Ku'ikahi Volleyball Club for two seasons...recruited heavily by USC, Penn State, Lewis, Loyola, UCLA, and UC Irvine…regarded as the nation’s fourth-best prospect by
Volleyball Magazine.
Personal: Born in Honolulu, O‘ahu…sister Gabriella is a manager for the UH men’s volleyball team…parents are Martin and Shelly Matautia of ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu.
CAREER HIGHS
K 16 at Long Beach State (1/18/17)
E 6, 2x, last at UC Irvine (1/21/17)
TA 40 at Long Beach State (1/18/17)
Hit% .778 (7-0-9) vs. Penn State (5/2/17)
AST 3 vs. Concordia (3/4/18)
SA 5 vs. BYU (3/10/18)
D 13 vs. Ball State (1/7/17)
BS 1, 3x, last vs. BYU (3/10/18)
BA 3, 3x, last vs. Stevens (1/4/18)
TB 3, 5x, last vs. BYU (3/10/18)
PTS 19.0 vs. Concordia (3/2/18)
