2019 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Zana Muno
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Notre Dame HS
- Hometown:
- Hermosa Beach, Calif.
2018
Nicknamed "Team Wounded Bear" by head coach Stein Metzger, the duo of sophomore Savvy Simoย and junior Zanaย Munoย was named Third Team All-Americans by VolleyMob ... Muno, who only partnered with Simoย in 2018,ย enters her senior season with a career record of 48-10ย ... received Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic honorsย ... went 25-5 on the year overall (22-4 on court three, 1-1 on court four and 2-0 on court five) ... Muno missed 14 duals due to an undisclosed injury, but came back for the NCAA Championship and went 4-2 with Simo on court three ... went 23-5 against ranked teams ... also clinched seven victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins and had the best record on the team in three-set matches, going 6-2 ... also recorded a personal-best winning streak of 17 consecutive duals during the season.
2017
Munoย was on the squad but did not play due to an undisclosed injury.
2016
Muno finished her freshman season with an overall record of 23-5 ... played the majority of the early season with Reily Buechler, going 12-2 on court four in duals ... she finished the season with Jessyka Ngauamo going 9-0 on court four (4-0 in Pac-12 Tournament and 3-0 in NCAA Tournament) ... ended the year with a winning streak of 14 matches (also had two DNFs at the NCAA Championship) ... she also partnered with Jordan Anderson on court four going 2-2 overall and 1-0 in duals and with Kamila Tan on court three, going 2-1 overall and 1-0 in duals ... named Second Team All-Pac-12, Pac-12 All-Freshman Team, Pac-12 Beach Volleyball All-Tournament Team and 2016 NCAA All-Tournament Team (No. 4 Pair) ... posted dual wins vs. Long Beach State (March 5), vs. Hawai'i (March 5), Arizona (March 12), vs. Tulane (March 23), at Florida Atlantic (March 23), vs. Florida International (March 25), vs. Florida State (March 25), vs. Florida Atlantic (March 26), at Stetson (March 26), 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), vs. Loyola Marymount (April 20), at CSUN (April 20), vs. Washington (April 29), vs. Arizona (April 30), at USC (May 1), vs. Arizona (May 1), vs. Stetson (May 6), vs. Pepperdine (May 7) and vs. Hawai'i (May 7). FIVB U21: Muno partnered with USC's Abril Bustamante and went through the qualification round, going 3-0 to advance to the main draw of the 2016 FIVB U21 World Beach Volleyball Championship in Lucerne Switzerland (May 11-16) ... Muno finished second in her pool with a 2-1 record behind the eventual FIVB Champions, Eduarda โDudaโ Santos Lisboa and Ana Patricia Silva Ramosย of Brazil ... Muno and Bustamante finished with an overall record of 5-2, falling in the Round of 24 to fifth-seeded Austria (Holzer/Radl), 2-1 (18-21, 21-17, 15-9).
NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL
Muno was a three-sport athlete at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif. ... played four years of volleyball and also spent two seasons on the soccer and track teams ... was First Team All-Mission League her last three seasons (MVP as a sophomore) and First Team All-CIF in her junior and senior campaigns ... also two-time All-Area, the 2013 Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year and a Class of 2015 National Top 50 Junior recruit ... coached in volleyball by Kristin Dolan ... plays club with Mizuno Long Beach under coaches Lance Aoki, Dan O'Dell and Joy Fuerbringer ... was 2014 Club 18's All So-Cal Player and Opposite of the Year ... 2014 TAVA Club Volleyball All-American Honorable Mention ... has also earned many beach volleyball awards ... was a member of USA High Performance Beach Volleyball from 2013-2015 ... fifth at both the 2014 Youth Olympic Games (Nanjing, China) and the FIVB U19 World Championships (Porto, Portugal).
PERSONAL
Born Susannah Marie Muno on May 13, 1996 in Torrance, Calif. ... parents are Kimberly and Lawrence Muno ... has an older brother, JJ ... comes from an athletic family, as her mother is a former golfer, father is a former college football player, brother is a redshirt sophomore on the UC Santa Barbara baseball team and cousin, Danny, is in the New York Mets organization ... chose to attend UCLA because it has been her dream school since she was a little kid ... thing she likes the most about volleyball is competing in a high-pace team environment ... favorites include the TV show "The Bachelor", the Los Angeles Dodgers, singers Jack Johnson and Luke Bryan and the movie "Remember the Titans" ... biggest athletic thrill was going to China for the 2014 Youth Olympics and representing the USA ... favorite hobby is paddle boarding ... majoring in psychology with a career objective of sports psychology.
