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Mac May
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
Mac May
Photo by: Jesus Ramirez
Mac May
Photo by: Han Duong (herewegobru.com)
Mac May
Photo by: Han Duong (herewegobru.com)
UCLA Athletics - 2021 UCLA Women's Volleyball Media Day Portraits, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.August 21st, 2021Copyright  Don Liebig/ASUCLAMay_Mac_0007.NEF
Jersey Number 14

Mac May

  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • High School:
    Wahlert Catholic HS
  • Hometown:
    Dubuque, Iowa
CAREER
Only Bruin in program history to rank top 3 on UCLA's all-timeย kills (3rd, 2,065) and aces (3rd, 178) lists โ€ฆ UCLAโ€™s all-time leader with 510 sets played โ€ฆ ranks fourth all-time in program history in kills per set (4.05) โ€ฆ 17th Bruin to win AVCA First Team All-American honors and the third Bruin to ever earn three AVCA All-American nods (one First Team and two Second Team) โ€ฆ the fourth Bruin ever to win four AVCA All-Region awards (three First Team and one Honorable Mention) โ€ฆ the second Bruin in program history to win Pac-12 Player of the Year honors twice (Daiva Tomkus, 1988 and 1989) and fourth Bruin to ever win four Pac-12 First Team awards (Nellie Spicer, Natalie Williams and Elaine Youngs) โ€ฆ six conference weekly awards โ€ฆ only Bruin to lead UCLA in kills in four seasons โ€ฆ scored second-most kills ever in a match by a Bruin with 39 at Washington State on Oct. 3, 2021 โ€ฆ tied the program record for aces in a match with eight versus Arizona on Nov. 21, in just three sets.
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FALL 2021
May was named an AVCA First Team All-American, Pac-12 Player of the Year, a Volleyball Magazine First Team All-American, All-Pac-12 First Team and AVCA Pacific South All-Region Team,ย leading the Bruins with 558 kills (4.85 kills per set) and 45 aces (0.39 aces per set) in 115 sets played โ€ฆ ranked second in the Pac-12 and ninth in the nation in kills per set โ€ฆ led the Pac-12 with 12 20-kill performances โ€ฆ eclipsed 30 kills twice with 30 at San Diego on Sept. 9 and 39 at Washington State on Oct. 3 for the second-most kills ever in a single-match by a Bruin and most since Natalie Williams set the program record with 43 kills versus Hawaiโ€™i in Sept. 1991 โ€ฆ the 39 kills were the most kills by a Bruin in a conference match in program history โ€ฆ the 39 kills marked the third highest kill total by an athlete in a match this season, and most by a Power 5 athlete โ€ฆ also scored 20 kills at Washington on Oct. 1 to finish the weekend with 59 kills, earning her Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honors โ€ฆ tied the program record for aces in a single match with eight versus Arizona on Nov. 21, in just three sets โ€ฆ followed that performance with the second-most aces in a single match in her career with six versus California on Nov. 24 โ€ฆ led the Bruins in kills in 25 matches and posted a team-high nine double-doubles, scoring double-figure kills in 29 of UCLAโ€™s 31 contests โ€ฆ opened the season with 21 kills and eight digs at UC Davis on Aug. 29 โ€ฆ notched a team-high 11 kills and four service aces for 15.5 points at Long Beach State on Sept. 2 โ€ฆ tallied 16 kills and 11 digs in a double-double effort versus Georgia Tech on Sept. 4 โ€ฆ added three aces, nine digs, two solo blocks and a block assist to her 30 kills (.308 hitting percentage) at San Diego on Sept. 9 โ€ฆ followed that with 14 kills (.355 hitting %), six digs and four block assists at San Diego State on Sept. 10 โ€ฆ notched 15 kills, two service aces and 12 digs in a double-double effort at Butler โ€ฆ recorded a double-double with 13 kills and 12 digs in the home opener versus USC on Sept. 22 โ€ฆ rattled off 22 kills at a .405 clip versus Colorado on Oct. 8 โ€ฆ struck for 18 kills at a season-best .424 hitting percentage at Arizona to go along with eight digs and two block assists on Oct. 15 โ€ฆ finished that weekend with a double-double at Arizona State on Oct. 17, featuring 20 kills and 12 digs โ€ฆ 22 kills, 16 digs and two service aces versus Washington State on Oct. 29 โ€ฆ matched her season-high hitting percentage (.424) in an 18-kill performance versus Washington on Halloween night โ€ฆ recorded a double-double with 16 kills and 11 digs versus Arizona State on Nov. 19 โ€ฆ added 13 kills at a .417 clip to her eight service aces against Arizona on Nov. 21 โ€ฆ recorded back-to-back 20-kill matches in the NCAA First and Second Rounds, including 25 kills, eight digs and three aces versus UCF on Dec. 4 โ€ฆ closed out her career with a match-high 17 kills at a .351 clip at Wisconsin in the NCAA Regional Semifinals, leading the Bruins in kills in the final 17 matches of the season โ€ฆ named to the Madison All-Region Team โ€ฆ honored as a CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American and a Senior CLASS Award Second Team member.

SPRING 2021
May earned AVCA Second Team and Volleyball Magazine Third Team All-American honors after leading the Bruins with 4.33 kills and 4.98 points per set to go with 30 service aces ... also named AVCA First Team All-Region and All-Pac-12 First Team ... ranked 21st in the country in points per set and 26th in kills per set, also ranking second among Pac-12 players in kps and pps and fourth in aces per set (0.36) ... posted double figures in kills in 21 of 22 contests, reaching the 20-mark on four occasions ... had four double-doubles ... was second on the team with 13 block solos ... had an ace in 13 of 22 matches, including multiples on nine occasions ... recorded a season-best 25 kills against USC on March 21, adding 12 digs ... had 24 kills and seven digs at Oregon (Jan. 29), 21 kills and 10 digs at Washington State (Feb. 6) and 20 kills and six digs versus California (Jan. 22) ... tallied a career-high 19 digs and tied a personal best with four aces to go with 16 kills against Washington on Feb. 12 ... had 17 kills, 10 digs and three aces at Arizona State (Feb. 21) ... served four aces and had 14 kills in the NCAA First Round against Rider on April 14, adding 18 kills and seven digs in the NCAA Second Round match versus BYU on April 15 ... had three aces, 16 kills and eight digs at Washington State on Feb. 4 ... notched 19 kills and eight digs at Arizona State (Feb. 19) ... totaled five blocks, three aces, 16 kills and eight digs versus Arizona on Feb. 26 ... posted 19 kills, seven digs and four blocks against Utah (March 12) ...ย was invited to train with the USA Volleyball Women's Collegiate National Team ... earned Academic All-America Second Team, Academic All-District First Team and Pac-12 All-Academic.

2019
Was named an AVCA and VolleyballMag.com Second Team All-American, the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year, AVCA Pacific South All-Region First Team and All-Pac-12 First Team ...ย led the team with 4.83 kills per set and 36 service aces, and was third with 2.58 digs per set ... ranked ninth in the nation in points per set (5.47) and second among Pac-12 players, tied for ninth in the country in kps (third in the Pac-12), first in the conference in service aces per set (0.35) and 39th in the nation in attacks per set (11.25) ... had 27 double-figure kills matches and nine contests with at least 20 ...ย was second on the team with eight double-doubles ...ย led the Bruins in kills in 25 matches ... had at least three aces in a match five times ...ย talliedย 15 kills and nine digs in the NCAA Second Round at No. 5 Wisconsin (Dec. 7) ... had 20 kills and only one hitting error (.487 percentage) with nine digs in the NCAA First Round versus Notre Dame on Dec. 6 ...ย was named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in 2019 on Dec. 2 ... recorded 17 kills, 14 digs and three aces at USC on Nov. 29, surpassing the 100-career ace plateau, and 21 kills and eight digs at Arizona on Nov. 27 ... had 20 kills and six digs against Oregon State (Nov. 24) and 22 kills, eight digs, four blocks and three aces versus Oregon (Nov. 22) ... had 17 kills, eight digs and three aces against No. 16 Utah (Nov. 9) and 20 kills versus Colorado (Nov. 7), surpassing the 1,000-career kill mark against the Utesย ... produced 20 kills and eight digs at No. 22 Washington State on Nov. 1 ... was named AVCA National Player of the Week and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after the Bruinsโ€™ victories over No. 2 Stanford (Oct. 25) and No. 15 California (Oct. 27) ... had 21 kills and nine digs versus the Golden Bears and 12 kills and 10 digs against the Cardinal ... recorded 19 kills and 11 digs at Oregon State on Oct. 20 and 22 kills at Oregon on Oct. 18 ... posted 18 kills and only one hitting error in 33 attempts for a .515 hitting percentage at Colorado (Oct. 13), adding seven digs ... registered a career-high 29 kills against No. 8 Washington on Oct. 6, adding 15 digs and a .434 percentage ... added 10 kills and 12 digs versus No. 24 Washington State on Oct. 4 ... had 15 kills and only one error in 31 attempts against Arizona State (Sept. 29) for a .452 percentage, adding eight digs and tying a career high with four aces ... recorded 12 kills and 15 digs at UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 18 ... was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Volleyball Challenge ... tallied double-doubles in each of the first two matches in Honolulu, recording 18 kills, 10 digs and two aces against West Virginia on Sept. 13 and 16 kills and 13 digs versus Utah Valley (Sept. 12) ... was named the MVP of the Long Beach State Mizuno Classic ... was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Husker Invitational ... invited to train with the U.S. Women's National Team in March 2020ย (canceled due to COVID-19).

2018
Earned VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American, AVCA All-Pacific South Region Honorable Mention and All-Pac-12 First Team honors after leading the team with 3.69 kills per set and 34 service aces, adding 1.86 digs per set ... ranked fifth among Pac-12 players in aces per set (0.34), ninth in points per set (4.21) and 10th in kps ... also led the team with eight double-doubles and 21 double-figure kills matches ... surpassed the 20-kill mark in three contests ... served at least three aces in four matches ... led the Bruins in kills in 21 matches ... produced 19 kills at Arizona State (Nov. 16) ... had 18 kills and nine digs versus No. 19 Washington State (Nov. 8) ... had 15 kills, 16 digs and three aces at Oregon State on Nov. 2 ... had 15 kills and 10 digs against No. 2 Stanford (Oct. 28) ... posted 13 kills and 10 digs at No. 23 Washington State on Oct. 21 ... collected 27 kills, a .404 hitting percentage and 13 digs at No. 19 Washington (Oct. 19) ... had 11 kills and 11 digs against No. 23 Arizona (Oct. 12), adding three aces ... served a career-best four aces versus No. 25 Arizona State on Oct. 10, adding 13 kills ... had 20 kills and 14 digs at Cal on Sept. 28, adding two aces ... posted 16 kills and 10 digs at No. 23 Utah on Sept. 21, adding two aces ... recorded the first double-double of her career with 17 kills and 11 digs at Long Beach State (Sept. 13) ... had 12 kills and a career-high six blocks at No. 22 Cal Poly on Sept. 7 ... was named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the first time on Sept. 3 following her play at the USD Invitational ... hadย 14 kills at No. 19 San Diego on Sept. 2 ... had 21 killsย with nine digs versus No. 12 Baylor (Aug. 31) ... Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.

2017
Was named All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention and Pac-12 All-Freshman Team ... led the squad with 33 service aces, adding 2.59 kills and 1.06 digs per set ... had 12 double-figure kills matches and at least a pair of aces in a dozen contests, ranking ninth among Pac-12 players in aces per set (0.30) ... had 16 kills, hit a season-best .636 and added two aces versus Arizona on Nov. 3 ... was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the second time on Sept. 25 after notching 12 kills and four digs against No. 8 Oregon (Sept. 22) and 13 kills, five digs, four blocks and three aces versus No. 21 USC (Sept. 20) ... recorded 16 kills and just one error in 30 attempts against UNLV on Sept. 2 for a .500 percentage, adding nine digs and two aces ... was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Aug. 28 after being named to the All-Tournament Team at the Texaco Rainbow Wahine Invitational, notching 43 kills, 17 digs, six blocks and five aces ... produced 18 kills, nine digs and three aces at No. 20 Hawaiโ€™i on Aug. 27 ... posted 17 kills and two aces versus Marquette on Aug. 26.

WAHLERT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
May was a three-sport athlete at Wahlert Catholic High School in Dubuque, Iowa ... played four years of varsity volleyball, two years of varsity track and field and one year of varsity soccer ... was named the 2016-2017 Iowa Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year, leading the state with 6.8 kills per set ... also earned Second Team AVCA/Under Armour All-America as a senior, as well as MaxPreps and PrepVolleyball All-American as a junior ... led the Golden Eagles in kills all four seasons, earning First Team All-Freelance Conference every year ... PrepVolleyball Senior Ace No. 10 ... was the Mississippi Valley Conference POY in 2016 and the Telegraph Herald POY her last two seasons ... Wahlert won the State of Iowa Class 4A title in 2016, as May was the Tournament MVP, averaging 26 kills per match ... had over 1,700 kills and 150 aces during her career ... coached in volleyball by Lindsey Beaves ... played club most recently with Club Iowa Juniors under coach Kekailoa Palea ... has also played with the USA Volleyball Indoor and Beach programs.

PERSONAL
Born MacKenzie Caitlin May in Dubuque, Iowa ... parents are Crystal and Robert May ... is the youngest of three, with sister, Morgan, and brother, Derek ... thing she likes the most about volleyball is the competition and team aspect of the sport ... was a member of the Dubuque Academy of Classical Ballet (2004-2013) ... favorites include the television show โ€œThat 70's Showโ€, singers Mac Miller, J Cole, A$AP Rocky, SZA, EARTHGANG and Anderson .Paak,ย the Kansas City Chiefs and the movie โ€œSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verseโ€ ... biggest athletic thrill was playing in front of her family in Madison, Wis. during the 2019 NCAA Tournament ... hobbies include hanging out with her friends and eating food ... has earned her bachelor's degree in sociology and is pursuing a Master's in John Wooden's Transformative Coaching and Leadership (Education major).

Mac May's Match Highs

KILLS 39, at Washington State (10/3/21)
TOTAL ATTEMPTS 84, at Washington State (10/3/21)
HITTING PCT. (MIN. 7 KILLS) .636 (16-2-22), vs. Arizona (11/3/17)
SERVICE ACES 8, vs. Arizona (11/21/21)
DIGS 19, at USC (11/26/21)
19, vs. Washington (2/12/21)
BLOCK SOLOS 3, Four Times (last at Stanford, 9/26/21)
BLOCK ASSISTS 5, at Cal Poly (9/7/18)
TOTAL BLOCKS 6 (1-5), at Cal Poly (9/7/18)
POINTS 39.0, at Washington State (10/3/21)
UCLA W. Volleyball Postgame - Oregon (Nov. 29, 2024)
Friday, November 29
UCLA W. Volleyball Postgame - Iowa (Nov. 27, 2024)
Thursday, November 28
UCLA W. Volleyball Postgame - vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 16, 2024)
Saturday, November 16
UCLA W. Volleyball Postgame - vs. Washington (Nov. 13, 2024)
Wednesday, November 13