COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2013 – Named to the 2013 All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation second team... Led USC in assists (867), digs (179) and aces (41) and was second in blocks (59). 2012 – During his freshman season at USC, named AVCA and MPSF Newcomer of the Year... Named AVCA Second Team All-American... Played in 102 sets… Tallied 1,097 assists with an average of 10.89 assists per set... Ranked fourth in the nation in assists average… Led the Trojans to a .296 hitting percentage.
No. 11 Micah Christenson Setter * 6-6 Honolulu, Hawaii College: Southern California Birth Year: 1993 Joined Team: 2013
CLUB/PREP HIGHLIGHTS: In 2008, was named captain of the High Performance Select A1 Red Team in Tuscon, Ariz.... In 2010, Micah’s Outrigger club team earned second place at the USA Volleyball Boys’ Junior National Championship in the 18U Open Division…Micah made the AllTournament team…First Team All-State his sophomore year…Named Volleyball Magazine First Team High School All-American as a sophomore… All-Conference for volleyball all four years…All-Conference for basketball three years… Gatorade Player of the Year for basketball his junior and senior year… State Player of the Year for volleyball his senior year. Led his high school team to the state championship as a sophomore and reached the state championship game again in 2010.
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2013 – NORCECA Continental Championship. 2012 – NORCECA Men’s Junior Continental Championship (Gold Medal). 2011 – FIVB U21 World Championship. 2010 – NORCECA Men’s Junior Continental Championship (Gold Medal)... NORCECA Boys’ Youth Continental Championship (Silver Medal). 2009 – FIVB U19 World Championship. INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 – Named Best Setter and served as team captain as the U.S. Men's Junior Team won the NORCECA Men's Junior Continental Championship and qualified for 2013 FIVB U21 World Championship... Finished with 87 running sets on 254 attempts with one error. 2011 – Team captain of the U.S. Men's Junior National Team that finished fourth at the 2011 FIVB Men's Junior World Championship in Brazil. 2010 – Competed in the NORCECA Men’s Junior Continental Championship (Gold Medal) and qualified for the 2011 FIVB Men’s Junior World Championship… Named Best Setter of the tournament… Christenson served as Team Captain for the U.S. Boys’ Youth National Team that finished second at the NORCECA Boys’ Youth Continental Championship… Finished with 67 running sets (fourth among all setters). 2009 – Member of the Boys’ Youth National Team that took 11th at FIVB Boys’ Youth World Championship… Named to USA Volleyball’s 2009 Indoor Team of the Year… Youngest setter ever to play for the United States in a World Championship.
PERSONAL: Born Micah Makanamaikalani Christenson on May 8, 1993, in Honolulu, Hawaii... Parents are Robert and Charlene Christenson...Has a sister Joanna... Father played basketball at University of Hawaii-Hilo...Mother played volleyball at University of Hawaii-Hilo where she won three national championships and was named a two-time All-American… Favorite food is his mom’s fried rice... Favorite book is the Bible... Favorite sports team is the Dallas Mavericks and favorite athlete is Larry Bird... Hobbies include hanging out with friends at the beach... Most admired people are his parents for their wonderful example…Micah says that his best moment in life is still to be determined.
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