The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2016 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Micaya White
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- Centennial High School
- Hometown:
- Frisco, Texas
- Major:
- Psychology
HONORS AND AWARDS
2019 AVCA First Team All-America … VolleyballMag.Com Second Team All-America … 2019 CoSIDA 2nd Team Academic All-America … Senior CLASS Award Finalist ... 2019 All-Big 12 First Team Unanimous … 2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... 2019 3x Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (9/16, 11/3, 12/2) ... Shocker Volleyball Classic Most Outstanding Player ... Preseason All-Big 12 ... Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year ... Big 12 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
2018 AVCA Second Team All-America ... VolleyballMag.com All-America Second Team … Southwest Region Player of the Year ... 2018 Big 12 Player of the Year ... Provo Regional All-Tournament Team ... All-Big 12 First Team ... All-Southwest Region Team ... Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 22) ... Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 1) ... HotelRED All-Tournament Team ... VERT Challenge All-Tournament Team ... 2018 Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year ... 1000 career kills (Oct. 4)….ESPNW Player of the Week (Aug. 20)….. 2018 Texas Athletics Academic Award (Apr. 18)…… …..2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team…. Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Jan. 22, Jun. 9, July 23) ... The V.F. "Doc" Neuhaus Female-Athlete of the Year Award (Apr. 22) ... 2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2017 AVCA All-America Third Team … 2017 All-Southwest Region … 2017 All-Big 12 First Team … 2017 All-District Academic Second Team … 2017 Academic All-Big 12 First Team … 2017 USD All-Tournament Team
2016 VolleyballMag.com Freshman of the Year … 2016 Big 12 Freshman of the Year … 2016 AVCA All-America First Team … 2016 VolleyballMag.com Second Team All-America … 2016 NCAA All-Tournament Team … Austin Regional All-Tournament Team … 2016 All-Southwest Region First Team … 2016 All-Big 12 First Team … 2016 Big 12 All-Freshman Team … 2016 Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Set a Texas record and Big 12 Conference record with eight Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors in a single season (Nov. 28, Nov. 21, Oct. 31, Oct. 24, Oct. 3, Sept. 26, Sept. 12, Sept. 5) … Rams Classic Most Valuable Player … 2015 Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year.
2019
Played in all 27 matches and 98 sets … led the team with 392 kills (4.00) per set, hitting a career-best .301 … dished out a career-high 30 aces on the season … scooped up 234 digs, added 59 blocks … finished her Texas career etching in the Longhorn record book as she sits sixth in career points (1,869.5) and kills (1,616), seventh in points per set (4.43), eighth in kills per set (3.83), and third in total attempts (4,257) … reached 1,000 career digs during the 2019 season, and finished her career with 1,014, joining an elite group of players to record at least 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs … put down a season-high 21 kills against BYU (9/13) … scooped up a season-high 19 digs against Iowa State (11/30) … dished out a career-high four aces twice (KState, 11/13 & Kansas, 11/23) … became the fourth Longhorn to earn a place on the top-three AVCA All-America teams four times (1st – 2016, 3rd – 2017, 2nd - 2018, 1st - 2019) when she was named a first team honoree in 2019 … She is the fifth to earn four AVCA All-America honors in total (1st – HM) … White became the fourth Longhorn Volleyball student-athlete to be named a CoSIDA Academic All-American when she was named to the second team in 2019 … She is now the highest honored for the award, with the three previous all being third team honorees.
2018
Finished her junior season with a team-high 391 kills (3.87/set), hitting .301 … posted 244 digs (2.42/set) … finished with 21 aces (0.22/set) and 52 blocks (0.51/set). Recorded a season-high 18 kills at Kansas State … had a career-best hitting percentage of .654 on 17 kills (0 errors on 26 swings) vs. Texas Tech … posted a season-high 14 digs vs. Florida … finished the season with a season-high five blocks vs. BYU.
2017
Finished her sophomore season with a team-high 354 kills (3.40/set), hitting .279 … Led the Longhorns in service aces with 21 (0.20/set) … Posted 273 digs (2.62/set) and 86 blocks (0.83/set) … Had a season-high 19 kills at Kansas … Recorded a season-high hitting percentage (.450) vs. Georgia Tech (10 kills, 1 error on 20 swings) … Had a season-high 17 digs at Kansas State … Registered a career-high 5 blocks three times.
2016
Posted a team-high 17 kills, 11 digs and six blocks vs. Stanford in the National Championship match (12-17-16) … had seven kills, eight digs and five blocks vs. Nebraska (12-15-16) … registered 12 kills (.458), seven digs and three blocks vs. Creighton (12-10-16) … recorded 24 kills (.322), 20 digs and three aces vs. BYU (12-9-16) … finished with 13 kills (.414) and 12 digs vs. SMU (12-3-16) … had 11 digs, seven kills and two aces vs. UTRGV (12-2-16) … recorded eight kills, seven digs, three blocks and two aces vs. West Virginia (11-26-16) ... posted a .387 hitting percentage on 15 kills vs. Kansas State (11-19-16) … tallied 10 kills and nine digs vs. Texas Tech (11-16-16) … registered a career-high and team-leading three service aces, with a sixth double-double of the season from 13 kills and 11 digs at Iowa State (11-12-16) … vs. Baylor (11-9-16) … had a 20th game with double-digit kills and a 10th with double-digit kills for a fifth double-double of the season, posting 13 kills, 12 digs at TCU (11-2-16) … contributed team highs of 25 kills and two service aces at #6 Kansas (10-29-16) … passed 300 kills for the season with 14 vs. Oklahoma (10-26-16) … set a career high for total blocks and block assists with five block assists, adding 16 kills and nine digs at Texas Tech (10-21-16) … had a fourth double-double of the season with 13 kills and 10 digs vs. TCU (10-19-16) … tallied 16 kills and eight digs at Baylor (10-12-16) … had had 17 kills, nine digs, and three block assists vs. Iowa State (10-8-16) … recorded a third double-double in a fifth game of the season with 20+ kills, posting a team-lead tying 20 kills and a career-high 16 digs at Kansas State (10-16-16) … registered a career-high 28.5 points from a team-leading 26 kills and a team-second 12 digs, a second double-double for the season at Oklahoma (9-28-16) … recorded a second game with 20 plus kills, posting 22 kills and adding eight digs vs. #8 Kansas (9-24-16) … had a 10th game for the season with double-digit kills from a team-leading 18 kills and a team-second nine digs at West Virginia (9-20-16) … equaled a career-high three solo blocks and posted a career-first double-double from 11 digs, a team-leading 23 kills vs. #6 Wisconsin (9-18-16) … had ten kills and two digs vs. #16 Texas A&M (9-14-16) … vs. Wichita State (9-10-16) … recorded a first career service ace and finished with a team-leading two, adding a team-leading four total blocks and a career-high three solo blocks at Colorado State (9-9-16) … set a career-high .583 hitting percentage with 14 kills, and four digs vs. Miami (9-3-16) … had 16 kills, eight digs, and four block assists vs. Army (9-2-16) … posted 13 kills vs. UTSA (9-1-2016) … contributed 13 kills and five digs vs. Lipscomb (9-1-16) … tallied three kills and one block assist vs. #1 Nebraska (8-27-16) … had 14 kills, three digs, and one assist in Texas’ season opener at Oregon (8-26-16).
2015
Took a redshirt in her freshman season.
BEFORE TEXAS
Fourth-ranked player on the Prep Volleyball 2015 Senior Aces list ... Under Armour High School All-American ... Club Volleyball All-American ... Prep Volleyball Junior Top 35 Finalist ... one of Volleyball Magazine’s 30 Underclassmen to watch and Fab 50 ... named Most Valuable Player on the All-Tournament team for the Girls National Championship in 2014 ... led Texas Advantage Volleyball to the GJNC championship and Team of the Year honors ... named USA Today’s American Family Insurance ALL-USA Preseason High School Volleyball second-team ... two-time All-Texas First-Team honors ... earned the Varsity's Best Female Athlete award in her junior and senior seasons ... four-time District Champions … four-time All-District First-Team recipient with District Newcomer of the Year as a freshman and three-time Most Valuable Player honors ... three-time All-State recipient ... named to the All-Area First Team in her junior and senior years ... earned Dallas Morning News Hitter of the Year honors in her senior year … named to Texas Girls Coaches Association All Star Team …named Player of the Week on numerous occasions by Texas Top 20 and MaxPreps.
PERSONAL
Full name is Micaya White ... parents are Randy and Melinda White ... has one brother, RJ who plays professional basketball in Japan... father played basketball at Louisiana Tech and was the eighth overall draft pick to the Dallas Mavericks in 1989.
