2014 (Senior): Started all 27 matches playing 95 sets at outside hitter… averaged 1.86 kills, 1.18 digs, and 0.43 blocks per set…hit .166 and finished second on the team with 17 service aces…posted double figure kills in five matches…career-best 15 kills on .400 hitting against Penn State (Jan. 10) in the Outrigger Invitational…followed with 13 kills and three blocks against UCLA (Jan. 11)…notched 11 kills each against Cal Baptist (Feb. 12), in which he hit .421 and against UC Irvine (March 7)…posted 10 kills hitting for a career-best .533 at Cal State Northridge (Feb. 7)…hit .300 or better in six matches…career-high nine digs at Pacific (March 18)… also posted eight digs against UC San Diego (Jan. 26) and BYU (Apr. 4)…served two aces each in five different matches.
2013 (Junior): Started 11 matches at outside hitter…appeared in 27 matches and 93 sets…started the first seven matches and final three at outside hitter…averaged 1.08 kills, 0.55 digs, and 0.26 blocks per set…also tallied 11 service aces…career-best 11 kills along with eight digs, and two aces against Ohio State (Jan. 10) in the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Invitational…recorded 10 kills in UH debut at BYU (Jan. 4)…also notched 10 kills, hitting .474 at California Baptist (March 16)…had nine kills with a career-best three aces against BYU (April 20) in the MPSF Tournament quarterfinals…career-high eight digs each against Ohio State (Jan. 10) and Pacific (March 23).
Prior To UH: Attended Penn. State for two years…member of EIVA championship team in 2011 and ’12…earned second team all-EIVA honors in 2011...appeared in 50 career matches with 41 starts…as a sophomore, appeared in 20 matches with 14 starts…averaged 1.81 kills, 1.19 digs, and 0.31 blocks per set…had 12 service aces…as a freshman, started 27 of 30 matches played…finished the season third on the team with 193 kills, averaging 2.03 kills per set, fourth with 26 aces and also totaled 99 digs and 28 total blocks.
Prep: A 2010 graduate of Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif…team captain senior year...named Most Improved in 2006 and 2009, Best Blocker in 2007 and Best Attacker in 2009...guided his team to the 2008 Best of the West Championship...selected 2009 Bay League Co-MVP...guided Mira Costa to the 2008 and 2009 Bay League Championships and a runner-up finish in the 2009 CIF...named 2010 Bay League MVP and guided his team to the 2010 State Championship...was a 2010 CIF Finalist...MVP of the Karch Kiraly Tournament of Champions...played for the SCVC in Southern California...named to the Junior Olympics All-Tournament Team in 2008 and 2009...2010 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50...2010 ESPN The Magazine Top 25...was a three-time HP Indoor A1 alternate for USA Volleyball...member of the Youth National Beach Team...participated in the 2009 World Beach Championship in Alayna, Turkey and the 2010 World Beach Championship in Porto, Portugal
Personal: Born Chandler, Ariz…intends to major in communications…has one sister…parents are Jim and Gina Olsen of Hermosa Beach, Calif.
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