UC Santa Barbara
2020 AVCA First Team All-American
2020 Big West First Team All-Conference
2020
- Was named First Team All-Conference for the Big West and First Team All-America for the AVCA
- Was the first player in Big West history to lead the conference in both assists p/set (10.59) and digs p/set (2.48)
- Matched his career-high 593 assists in five less matches
- Set new career-highs in digs, blocks, points, and kills
- Had 30+ in all but one match
- Season-high 53 assists against No. 1 BYU
2019: Played in 27 matches and 80 sets as a junior setter … Ranked second on the team with 483 assists including a 6.04 average of assists per set … Tied a career-high of 96 digs … Recorded a career-high of 14 blocks, 18 kills, and 18 service aces … Logged 33 assists in an exciting five-set upset against UCLA on Feb. 13 … Contributed to the five-set win against Harvard with a season-high 49 assists (Jan. 3) … Racked up a double-double with 44 assists and 11 digs against then No. 1 Long Beach State in the Big West Tournament Semifinals (Apr. 19).
2018: Appeared in 22 matches and 67 sets as a setter and serving specialist as a sophomore … Tallied 242 assists for an average of 3.61 assists per set … Started six matches as a setter … Also finished the year with 52 digs, 10 blocks and six kills … Ranked fourth on the team with 10 service aces … Dished out a season-high 50 assists in a four-set match against Saint Francis on Jan. 5 … Logged 41 assists, nine digs and a tied a career-high with four blocks at No. 10 Lewis on Jan. 27 … Finished with a season-high 12 digs to go along with 34 assists in a thrilling five-set victory over UC Irvine (Apr. 14).
2017: As a true freshman, played in 21 matches and 62 sets as part of a setting tandem with fellow freshman Randy DeWeese ... Averaged a team-high 9.56 assists per set (593 total) ... Ranked sixth in the MPSF, and led all league freshmen, in assists per set ... Added 10 kills (0.16 per set), 16 aces (0.26), 96 digs (1.55) and 10 blocks (0.16) ... Was second on the club in aces per set (among those with more than five sets played) ... Needed just four sets to log a season-high 62 assists on Feb. 8 at Pepperdine ... Those 62 apples were the most by a Gaucho setter since 2009 (Vince Devany) and the most by a Gaucho freshman in the rally scoring era ... Had two other 50+ assist performances, including 53 against Mount Olive on Jan. 6 in his first collegiate start and 50 against UC Irvine on Feb. 25 ... Notched 11 digs against UCI on Jan. 11 for his first career double-double ... Had a season-high four blocks in a sweep of UC San Diego on Feb. 24 ... Had multiple aces in five separate contests, including a season-high four against BYU on Apr. 6 ... Improved his production in MPSF play, averaging 9.71 assists per set ... Thrived on the road, dishing out 11.17 assists per set in away contests.
Club/High School
Played prep volleyball at Loyola High School under head coach Michael Boehle ... Won the 2016 CIF Division I Championship with Loyola ... Was named to the Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 ... Was classmates at Loyola with fellow Gauchos Davis Boehle and Jack Truman ... Played setter and opposite for the Cubs ... Was a High School First Team All-American as a senior after winning CIF Player of the Year honors ... Was a First-Team All-Mission League choice ... Loyola went 30-3 in his senior year ... Cubs finished third in the CIF State playoffs ... Played club for Southern California Volleyball Club (SCVC) ... Won national championships with SCVC in 2013 and 2015 ... Finished in second place in 2014 and third in 2016.
Personal
Casey Thomas McGarry was born on Jan. 28, 1998 in Manhattan Beach, Calif. to parents Dan and Stacy ... Has three older siblings: Molly, Brett, and Scott ... Roots for the Los Angeles Lakers ... Calls winning the CIF Championship with Loyola his most memorable pre-UCSB sporting moment ... Calls Surf's Up his favorite movie ... Of Mice & Men is his favorite novel ... Likes to listen to Oliver Heldens ... In his free time, likes to surf, hang out with friends, and go to the beach ... Family Guy is his favorite show.
