Micah Maʻa

Micah Maʻa (born April 16, 1997) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Halkbank Ankara and the U.S. national team.[1][2][3]

Micah Maʻa
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1997-04-16) April 16, 1997
Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States
Height6 ft 4 in (1.92 m)
Weight194 lb (88 kg)
Spike131 in (333 cm)
Block125 in (318 cm)
College / UniversityUCLA
Volleyball information
PositionSetter / Outside hitter
Current clubHalkbank Ankara
Number13
Career
YearsTeams
2015–2019
2019–2021
2021–2022
2022–		UCLA Bruins
Stade Poitevin Poitiers
GKS Katowice
Halkbank Ankara
National team
 United States
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  United States
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 Japan
Bronze medal – third place2019 Japan
FIVB Nations League
Silver medal – second place2019 Chicago
Silver medal – second place2023 Gdańsk
NORCECA Championship
Gold medal – first place2023 Charleston
Silver medal – second place2019 Winnipeg

Personal life

Maʻa was born in Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi to Pono and Lisa Strand-Maʻa.[4][5]

Career

Maʻa was a standout 3 sport athlete at Punahou winning a state basketball title in 2012, 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.[4][5][6]

2022–23 CEV Champions League is his debut in Champions League with Halkbank Ankara.[7]

Honors

College

Club

Youth national team

Individual awards

References
  1. "Deux nouvelles recrues à Poitiers". lequipe.fr (in French). June 3, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  2. "FRA M: One of the biggest world volleyball prospects joins Poitiers". worldofvolley.com. June 7, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  3. "Micah Ma'a nowym siatkarzem GieKSy". gkskatowice.eu (in Polish). May 7, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  4. "Micah Ma'a". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  5. "2019 Volleyball roster: Micah Ma'a bio". UCLA Bruins website. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  6. "UCLA's Ma'a eyes showdown with hometown 'Bows". Hawai'i News Now. April 6, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  7. "Halkbank's Micah Ma'a excited ahead of Champions League debut | ChampionsLeague". championsleague.cev.eu. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  8. "No. 3 UCLA Falls Just Short in National Title Match". uclabruins.com. May 5, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
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