2019 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Megan McNamara
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- South Delta Secondary School
- Hometown:
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Megan McNamara partnered with her twin sisterย during the 2018 offseason and participated in six different FIVB World Tour events at four different levelsย ... began with a 1-Star event in Bangkok, Thailand, placing fourth at the Bangkok Open 2018 on May 13ย ... then placed 17thย at a 2-Star on June 24ย in Singaporeย ... finished 5th at a National Tournament in Nuernberg, Germany on July 1 and then won the 9th Annual World University Beach Volleyball Championship title in Munich, Germany on July 13ย ... there were 32 beach volleyball pairs from 29 different countries competingย on brand new courts in the historical Olympic Park at the WUBVC ... placed 9th at a 3-Star event on July 22 in Haiyang, Chinaย ... finished 5th at a 3-Star event on July 29 in Tokyo, Japanย ... finished 2nd at a Continental Tour event in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on Sept. 30ย ... placed 33rdย at a 4-Star on Oct. 21 in Las Vegas, Nev. ... concluded play at a 3-Star in Chetumal, Mexico on Oct. 28, placing 4th.
2018
Partnered with junior Nicole McNamaraย the entire season and the duo wasย named First Team All-Americaย and the court oneย Pair of the Year by VolleyMob ... the pair was also named First Teamย All-Americaย by the AVCA for the third straight season ... enters her senior season with a career record of 81-28ย ... set a UCLA record for wins in a season going 35-7 on the year, all on court one ... the 5-foot-9-inch twin sisters are the shortest team on court one in the nation, but went 7-1 during postseason play including a 4-0 mark at the NCAA Championship in May, helping lead UCLA to its first-ever national title in beach volleyball ... UCLA had arguably the toughest schedule in the nation, as evidenced by the McNamara's record of 30-7 against ranked teams (two more matches against ranked teams were truncated at the NCAA Championship) ... the twins were never swept on the season with all seven losses coming in three sets ... additionally, the duo was 31-0 in matches decided in two sets ... the McNamaras were named the Pac-12 Pair of the Year and also tabbed to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team and to the NCAA All-Tournament Team on court one ... they also recorded a personal-best winning streak of 16 consecutive duals during the season ... both players were named First Team All-Pac-12 and as Pac-12 First Team All-Academic performers ... the pair also clinched 11 victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins, which was second on the team.
2017
Completed her second beach season playing the entire season with her twin sister, Nicole McNamara, going 28-7 overall in duals on court oneย ... namedย First Team All-Pac-12, Pac-12 Beach Volleyball All-Tournament Team, 2017ย AVCA Collegiate Beach Volleyball All-American, 2017ย DiG Magazine First Team All-American andย was named a first team Pac-12 All-Academic performer with a 3.79 grade point averageย ... posted dual wins vs. CSU Bakersfield (March 2), at Cal Poly (March 2), at #4 Pepperdine (March 4), vs. #10 LSU (March 11), vs. #12 FIUย (March 11), vs. #7 Georgia State (March 12), #2 Florida State (March 12), vs. Portlandย (March 17), vs. San Jose State (March 17), vs. #13 Grand Canyon (March 18), vs. #20 Saint Mary'sย (March 18), vs. #15 California (March 27), at #6 Long Beach State (March 27), vs. #12 Arizona Stateย (March 31), vs. New Orleansย (March 31), vs. #4 Florida State (Aprilย 1), vs. Tulane (April 1), #20 Cal Poly (April 5), #20 Loyola Marymount (April 5), vs. Washington (April 8), vs. Concordia (April 8), vs. #5 Long Beach State (April 9), vs. #8 Arizona (April 9), vs. Cal Poly (April 22), vs. Washington (April 27), at #7 Arizona (April 27), vs. #7 LSU (May 5)ย andย #3ย Pepperdine (May 5).
2016
Played the majority of her freshman season with Nicole McNamara, going 18-14 overall on court one (16-12 in duals, 2-2 in pairs tournaments) ...ย paired with Nicole McNamara, going 14-11 on court one ... also paired with Jordan Anderson on court one posting a 2-1 duals record ... named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Pac-12, Pac-12 All-Freshman Team, Pac-12 Beach Volleyball All-Tournament Team, 2016 AVCA Collegiate Beach Volleyball All-American, 2016 DiG Magazine First Team All-American and DiG Magazine Co-Freshmen of the Year with her twin sister, Nicole ... posted dual wins vs. Long Beach State (March 5),ย CSUN (March 10), vs. Tulane (March 23), at Florida Atlantic (March 23), vs. Florida International (March 25), vs. Florida Atlantic (March 26), Pepperdine (March 30), vs. Arizona State (April 2), at Hawai'i (April 2), vs. San Francisco (April 9), vs. Long Beach State (April 9), Long Beach State (April 13), at CSUN (April 20), vs. Arizona (April 30), vs. Stetson (May 6) and vs. Pepperdine (May 7).ย FIVB U21:ย The McNamara twins represented their homeland as the top Canadian team at the 2016 FIVB U21 World Beach Volleyball Championships in Lucerne Switzerland (May 11-16) ... they finished second in their pool with a 2-1 record behind the Lithuanian pair of Irina Zobnina and Urte Andriukaityteย ... the McNamara's finished with an overall record of 6-2, falling in the semifinals to Russia's Nadezda Makroguzova and Svetlana Kholomina, 2-1 (21-17, 15-21, 15-13) ... they captured the bronze medal with a three-set win over USA'sย Sarah Sponcil and Torrey Van Winden (an incoming freshman at UCLA in 2017), 2-1 (18-21, 23-21, 15-10).
HIGH SCHOOL
Megan McNamara was a left-side hitter for coach Dan Burgess at South Delta Secondary School in Vancouver, Canada ... earned a Provincial Championship gold medal and first team All-Star honors in indoor competition for three consecutive years (2012-14) ... won the NVL Hermosa bronze medal in beach comeptition (summer of 2015) ... played club beach volleyball for the Sideout Beach Volleyball Club in Vancouverย ... was a three-time Canadian National Champion while competing on the U16, U18 and Women's Open teams ...ย won silver at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and bronze at the 2014 FIBV U19 World Championships in Portugal.
PERSONAL
Born Megan Norma McNamaraย in Richmond, BC, Canadaย on Aug. 1, 1997 ... prefers Megan ... parents are Sean and Kristina McNamara ... has a twin sister, Nicole, who is also her partner on UCLA's beach teamย ... chose to attend UCLA because, "because of the location and the academic reputation of UCLA as well as the coaching staff."ย ... lists winning the silver medal with her twin sister at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China as the biggest athletic thrill of her career ... hobbies include traveling, spending time with family ... an athlete she admires is Misty May-Treanor ... has yet to declare a major.
