Mac May

MacKenzie Caitlin May (born January 12, 1999) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the Italian Series A1 professional team Volley Bergamo. Collegiately, she played for UCLA.

Mac May
May in 2022
Personal information
Full nameMacKenzie Caitlin May
NicknameMac
Nationality United States
Born (1999-01-12) January 12, 1999
Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.
HometownDubuque, Iowa, U.S.
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
College / UniversityUCLA
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubItaly Volley Bergamo
Number13
Career
YearsTeams
2017–2021United States UCLA
2021–Italy Volley Bergamo
National team
2022– United States
Honours
Volleyball
Representing the  United States
Indoor Volleyball
Pan-American Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hermosillo
U20 Pan-American Cup
Gold medal – first place2017 San JoséTeam

Personal life

May was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa. She began playing volleyball at age 7 and by age 8 she was playing on a team for 13 year olds.[2] She attended Wahlert Catholic High School where she was a three-sport athlete as she played volleyball, track and field and soccer. She was considered the number 10 national recruit in her graduating class.[3]

Career

College

May played both indoor and beach volleyball while at UCLA. She played indoor college volleyball for a total of five years, as she opted to use the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team in 2017. During her final three seasons, she was named an All-American and was a two-time Pac-12 Player of the Year. She finished her indoor career at UCLA as the only Bruin in program history to rank top 3 on UCLA's all-time kills (3rd, 2,065) and aces (3rd, 178) lists.[3]

She played beach volleyball for UCLA in 2018, 2019, and 2020 where she finished with a career record of 38-13.[4] She was part of UCLA's back-to-back NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship titles in 2018 and 2019.[5]

Professional clubs

 
                Budowlani Łódź /2023-

Awards and honors

College
  • Three-time AVCA All-American (First Team – 2021, 2020; Second Team – 2019)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Year (2019, 2021)

References
  1. "MACKENZIE MAY - Volley Bergamo Roster". volleybergamo1991.it. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  2. "Bruin volleyball player Mac May reflects on roots before final NCAA tournament run". dailybruin.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  3. "Mac May - UCLA Indoor Bio". uclabruins.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  4. "Mac May - UCLA Beach Bio". uclabruins.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  5. "How UCLA volleyball star Mac May mastered the art of failing". LA Times. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
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