2016 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Mikaela Matthews
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Mt. Carmel
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
As a 5th-year senior (2016): Named team captain...started 27 of 28 matches...posted six or more blocks in five contests...registered a .389 hitting percentage with nine kills and two blocks in win over Rider (8/26)...named to the Yale Invitational All-Tournament Team after posting a team-high .605 hitting percentage and 1.25 blocks per set across the three games...hit a .727 clip (8-for-11) in the victory over Iona (9/2)...finished two shy of her career-best with eight blocks vs. Seton Hall (9/17)...led the team with five blocks at Illinois (9/24)...returned to the court after being sidelined due to injury and matched her season-high blocks total with eight against No. 4 Wisconsin (10/30)...posted eight kills and three blocks vs. Northwestern (11/26).
As a redshirt-junior (2015):Started 18 games ... finished first on the team with 1.07 blocks per set with a total of 61 blocks...named Academic All-Big Ten...led the team in blocks across the Santa Clara Tournament (Aug. 28-29), while finishing second on the squad in kills ... notched nine kills and four blocks in the win over UC Riverside (Aug. 29)...posted a season-high 13 kills in the match against Long Beach State (Sept. 5)...returned to action following injury and didn't miss a beat as she registered seven kills and tying her season-high six blocks in RU's victory over Maryland (Oct. 21)...re-set her season-high with seven blocks at Maryland (Oct. 24), as RU led UMD in the category, 17-12.5...tied for the team lead with five blocks at Iowa (Oct. 31) as RU led the match in blocks, 9-5...registered six kills and two blocks against No. 1 Penn State (Nov. 6)...tied her season--high with seven blocks at Ohio State (Nov. 28), including two solo blocks.
As a sophomore (2013): Saw action in 25 matches, starting in 21 ... led the team with 96 total blocks to average 1.23 blocks/set, good for third in the American Athletic Conference ... tallied double-digit kills on three occasions ... led the team in both kills and blocks in four different matches ... had a career performance at Cincinnati on Nov. 27, recording 19 kills on 32 attacks (.500) and 10 blocks (both career-highs) ... her double-double against Cincinnati (Nov. 27) marked the first time since at least 2006 that a Scarlet Knights finished with double-figures in both kills and blocks in a match ... finished with at least five rejections on eight separate occasions, including nine total blocks against both Houston (Nov. 3) and SMU (Nov. 1) ... posted a career-high four digs twice versus Temple (Nov. 22) and Stony Brook (Sept. 7)...named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
As a freshman (2012): Redshirted.
High School: Played two years of varsity volleyball at Mt. Carmel High School ... Division II Second-Team All-San Diego selection in 2010 ... awarded most improved player in 2010 ... was a scholar-athlete in 2011 and 2012, while also earning selections on San Diego's Union-Tribune All-Academic Team.
Club: Played with Epic Volleyball Club.
Personal: Daughter of Robyn and Karlwin Matthews ...has one sibling, Brea, who plays basketball for San Jose State.
