2021 Men's Volleyball Roster
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Partain, Miles
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Jersey Number 24
Miles Partain
- Position:
- Setter/Opposite
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pacific Palisades, Calif.
- High School:
- Palisades HS
Bio
2023
Saw action in seven matches ... left the team after match 10 of the season to pursue his dream of earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball Team for the Paris Games ... registered a career-best 7 kills and added four blocks vs. Princeton ... had a season-high 36 set assists and 9 digs against UCSB ... served up a couple of aces in win over Ohio State.
2022
Named 2022 MPSF Player of the Year and a first-team NVA/AVCA All-America selection ... one of three finalists for the Lloy Ball Award as nation’s top setter ... first-team All-MPSF ... set the Bruins to the nation’s top hitting percentage in 2022 (.374) ... Bruins hit over .300 in 17 of the last 18 matches in 2022 ... he earned Molten/MPSF Offensive POW after play in wins vs. Pepp (4/7-9) ... Off the Block National Setter of Week after UCLA hit .384 and .364 in USC matches (4/4) ... 19 multi-kill matches ... served up a career-best three aces in wins over UC Irvine (h) and CSUN ... third in MPSF and seventh in NCAA in set assists (10.21) ... named Molten/MPSF Defensive POW (Jan. 24) for his play in wins over Ohio St. (11 digs, 3 blks) and Penn St. (7 digs, 3 blks) ... 10th in MPSF in digs (1.60) ... saw action in all 27 matches ... 7 multi-ace matches ... 19 matches with 5 or more digs ... 22 matches with multi blocks with season-best 6 BAs vs. Grand Canyon ... third-team CoSIDA Men's At-Large Division I Academic All-America Team selection ... named to the MPSF Men's Volleyball All-Academic Team ... UCLA All-Academic Team member … named UCLA Male Athlete of the Year by the Daily Bruin.
2021
Saw action in seven matches as a reserve setter ... had one kill at Stanford ... picked up an ace at Concordia.
High School
Played three seasons of varsity indoor volleyball for Palisades High School ... three-time CIF All-City Div. 1 Team member during back-to-back-to back Div. 1 City Section championships teams ... selected MVP of Redondo Union Tournament ... selected All-Tournament at the 2019 Best of the West Tournament and 2019 Karch Kiraly TOC ... VolleyballMag.com’s No. 5 recruit ... Valedictorian of Palisades High School class of 2020 ... National AP Scholar ... National Merit Scholar.
Beach/Club
Played for Pac6 Volleyball Club... Captured the gold medal, playing with Andy Benesh, at the FIVB Dubai World Beach Volleyball event in October 2022 ... Volleyballmag.com's 2022 AVP Most Valuable Player, Best Defensive Player... 2022 AVP Offensive Player of the Year and Most Improved... won his first AVP Championship at the 2022 Atlanta Open with Paul Lotman ... Volleyballmag.com’s 2021 AVP Best Defensive Player on the beach ... honorable mention Volleyballmag.com 2021 AVP Breakthrough Player of the Year ... named 2019 All-Pro Beach Volleyball Rookie of the Year by VolleyballMag.com ... named 2019 AVP Rookie of the Year.
Personal
Son of Lisa and Peter Partain ... has one older brother, Marcus, who played on the UCLA Men’s Volleyball team ... his biggest sports thrills to date include competing on the AVP beach tour since 2017, including partnering (at age 15) with his brother Marcus (then age 17) in 2017 to become the youngest pair to ever advance to the main draw of an AVP beach event… famous athletes he admires include Casey Patterson and Christian Sorum...hobbies include reading the Bible, spikeball, fishing and surfing ... dad also attended UCLA for graduate school … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 …majoring in Applied Math.
Saw action in seven matches ... left the team after match 10 of the season to pursue his dream of earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball Team for the Paris Games ... registered a career-best 7 kills and added four blocks vs. Princeton ... had a season-high 36 set assists and 9 digs against UCSB ... served up a couple of aces in win over Ohio State.
2022
Named 2022 MPSF Player of the Year and a first-team NVA/AVCA All-America selection ... one of three finalists for the Lloy Ball Award as nation’s top setter ... first-team All-MPSF ... set the Bruins to the nation’s top hitting percentage in 2022 (.374) ... Bruins hit over .300 in 17 of the last 18 matches in 2022 ... he earned Molten/MPSF Offensive POW after play in wins vs. Pepp (4/7-9) ... Off the Block National Setter of Week after UCLA hit .384 and .364 in USC matches (4/4) ... 19 multi-kill matches ... served up a career-best three aces in wins over UC Irvine (h) and CSUN ... third in MPSF and seventh in NCAA in set assists (10.21) ... named Molten/MPSF Defensive POW (Jan. 24) for his play in wins over Ohio St. (11 digs, 3 blks) and Penn St. (7 digs, 3 blks) ... 10th in MPSF in digs (1.60) ... saw action in all 27 matches ... 7 multi-ace matches ... 19 matches with 5 or more digs ... 22 matches with multi blocks with season-best 6 BAs vs. Grand Canyon ... third-team CoSIDA Men's At-Large Division I Academic All-America Team selection ... named to the MPSF Men's Volleyball All-Academic Team ... UCLA All-Academic Team member … named UCLA Male Athlete of the Year by the Daily Bruin.
2021
Saw action in seven matches as a reserve setter ... had one kill at Stanford ... picked up an ace at Concordia.
High School
Played three seasons of varsity indoor volleyball for Palisades High School ... three-time CIF All-City Div. 1 Team member during back-to-back-to back Div. 1 City Section championships teams ... selected MVP of Redondo Union Tournament ... selected All-Tournament at the 2019 Best of the West Tournament and 2019 Karch Kiraly TOC ... VolleyballMag.com’s No. 5 recruit ... Valedictorian of Palisades High School class of 2020 ... National AP Scholar ... National Merit Scholar.
Beach/Club
Played for Pac6 Volleyball Club... Captured the gold medal, playing with Andy Benesh, at the FIVB Dubai World Beach Volleyball event in October 2022 ... Volleyballmag.com's 2022 AVP Most Valuable Player, Best Defensive Player... 2022 AVP Offensive Player of the Year and Most Improved... won his first AVP Championship at the 2022 Atlanta Open with Paul Lotman ... Volleyballmag.com’s 2021 AVP Best Defensive Player on the beach ... honorable mention Volleyballmag.com 2021 AVP Breakthrough Player of the Year ... named 2019 All-Pro Beach Volleyball Rookie of the Year by VolleyballMag.com ... named 2019 AVP Rookie of the Year.
Personal
Son of Lisa and Peter Partain ... has one older brother, Marcus, who played on the UCLA Men’s Volleyball team ... his biggest sports thrills to date include competing on the AVP beach tour since 2017, including partnering (at age 15) with his brother Marcus (then age 17) in 2017 to become the youngest pair to ever advance to the main draw of an AVP beach event… famous athletes he admires include Casey Patterson and Christian Sorum...hobbies include reading the Bible, spikeball, fishing and surfing ... dad also attended UCLA for graduate school … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 …majoring in Applied Math.
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