Micah Maʻa

Micah Maʻa (/ˈmɑːʔɑː/; born April 16, 1997)^[1] is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Halkbank Ankara and the U.S. national team.^[2][3][4] He won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Micah Maʻa
Personal information
Born	(1997-04-16) April 16, 1997 (age 27) Kaneohe, Hawaii, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.92 m)
Weight	194 lb (88 kg)
Spike	131 in (333 cm)
Block	125 in (318 cm)
College / University	UCLA
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Halkbank Ankara
Number	13
Career
Years Teams 2015–2019 2019–2021 2021–2022 2022– UCLA Bruins Stade Poitevin Poitiers GKS Katowice Halkbank Ankara
National team
United States
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  United States Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team FIVB World Cup 2023 Japan 2019 Japan FIVB Nations League 2019 Chicago 2023 Gdańsk NORCECA Championship 2023 Charleston 2019 Winnipeg

Personal life

Maʻa was born in Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi to Pono and Lisa Strand-Maʻa.^[5][6]

Career

Maʻa was a standout 3 sport athlete at Punahou, a state football title in 2013, four state volleyball titles and earning the Hawaiʻi state volleyball player of the year his senior season in 2015 at Punahou. At UCLA he earned AVCA first-team All-America, first team All-MPSF and Off the Block's Server of the Year in his freshman season in 2016, all 2018 NCAA volleyball tournament honors when the Bruins finished runner-up in the championship game against the 49ers of Long Beach State, and AVCA first-team All-America, first-team All-MPSF, setting the UCLA Bruins single-season record of 67 aces his senior season in 2019. He graduated from UCLA in 2019 with a major in political science.^[5][6][7]

The 2022–23 CEV Champions League is his debut in the top European competition with Halkbank Ankara.^[8]

Ma'a was named to the U.S Men's Volleyball team for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Honors

College

• Domestic
  • 2018 NCAA national championship, with UCLA Bruins^[9]

Club

• Domestic
  • 2019–20 French Cup, with Stade Poitevin Poitiers

Youth national team

• 2014 NORCECA U19 Championship

Individual awards

• 2014: NORCECA U19 Championship – Best setter
• 2018: NCAA national championship – All-tournament team

References

1. "MA'A Micah". 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
2. "Deux nouvelles recrues à Poitiers". L'Équipe (in French). June 3, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
3. "FRA M: One of the biggest world volleyball prospects joins Poitiers". WorldofVolley. June 7, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
4. "Micah Ma'a nowym siatkarzem GieKSy". GKS Katowice (in Polish). May 7, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
5. "Micah Ma'a". Team USA. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
6. "2019 Volleyball roster: Micah Ma'a bio". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
7. "UCLA's Ma'a eyes showdown with hometown 'Bows". Hawai'i News Now. April 6, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
8. "Halkbank's Micah Ma'a excited ahead of Champions League debut". CEV. November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
9. "No. 3 UCLA Falls Just Short in National Title Match". UCLA Bruins. May 5, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2021.

External links

• Player profile at TeamUSA.org
• Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
• Player profile at Volleybox.net
• UCLA Bruins 2019 roster – Micah Maʻa