May Named Iowa's Gatorade Player of the Year

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Incoming freshman Mac May was announced on Tuesday as Iowa's Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year. May, a 6-foot-3 outside hitter out of Dubuque, Iowa and Wahlert Catholic High School, was a three-sport standout, earning four varsity letters in volleyball, two in track (high jump and discus) and one in soccer. She was named a Second Team AVCA/Under Armour All-America as a senior, as well as a MaxPreps and PrepVolleyball All-American as a junior, also being named a PrepVolleyball Senior Ace #10.

May led the Golden Eagles in kills every season and was First Team All-Mississippi Valley Conference each year, as well as the league Player of the Year as a senior, when she led the state with 6.8 kills per set. She was First Team All-State as a junior, the two-time Telegraph Herald POY (2015-2016) and a MaxPreps Player of the Week this season. In her four-year career, she recorded 1,752 kills and 152 aces. Wahlert won the Iowa Class 4A Championship in 2016, as May was named the Tournament Most Valuable Player, averaging 8.7 kps during the tournament. May, a team captain as a senior, was coached at WHS by Lindsey Beaves.

"Mac was a starting outside hitter on the junior national team last summer," UCLA head coach Michael Sealy said during last November's NLI signing day. "She is a converted middle hitter who made the transition to ball control outside hitter very quickly. Her experience as a middle blocker makes her a formidable end blocker. Mac is a quick twitch athlete who can hit a wide variety of sets very effectively."

May currently plays with Club Iowa Juniors 18-Black under coach Kekailoa Palea. Her team qualified and competed in the USA Junior National Tournament (2013-2016). May was a member of the 2016 USA Volleyball Indoor Junior National Team, earning a silver medal at the NORCECA U-20 Continental Championships. She was a 2014 USAV Youth National Team alternate, as well as a three-time National USAV High Performance Team member and a two-time Iowa Region High Performance Team member. On the beach, May participated at the U-19 and U-21 FIVB Trials in 2016. She also spent nine years with the Dubuque Academy of Classical Ballet.

"The very first time I visited UCLA, I was struck by how beautiful the campus was and how at home I felt," May said. "I am a huge John Wooden fan and was impressed by how the coaches emulate his philosophy of hard work, humility, dedication to team and pursuit of excellence."

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