UC Santa Barbara
2018 All-Big West First Team
2019 All-America Second Team
2019 All-Big West First Team
2019 AVCA National Player of the Week
2019 Big West Player of the Week
2019: Finished the season with an outstanding performance to earn All-America Second Team honors … Ended as a four-year letterwinner … Awarded a back-to-back All-Big West First Team title … Named Big West Player of the Week three times (Jan. 28, Feb. 4, Feb. 18) and AVCA National Player of the Week (Jan. 29) … Led the Gauchos as co-captain and played in all 28 matches and appeared in 107 sets … Proved to be a crucial asset to the team with career-highs of 370 kills, 120 digs, 61 total blocks, and 40 service aces … Was 14th in the nation in kills … Led the team in kills and service aces … Third on the team in digs and total blocks … Tallied a season-high 22 kills against UC Irvine (Apr. 13) with a .326 hitting percentage … Totaled double-digit kills in 21 matches … Reached a double-double in a five-set victory against CSUN on Mar. 30 with 10 kills and 10 digs … Had 10 straight double-digit kill matches from Jan. 18 to Feb. 15 … Secured 33 kills on an impressive 5.50 kills per set average over the course of a two-match sweep vs. BYU (Feb. 1, Feb. 2) … Dominated then No. 4 UCLA with 20 kills on a .472 hitting percentage, adding six digs and three service aces (Feb. 13).
2018: Built on a successful sophomore season to earn All-Big West First Team honors as a junior … Played in 23 matches and 81 sets while serving as the offensive focal point for UCSB … Led the team with 276 kills while his 3.41 kills per set average ranked Top-10 in the Big West … Second on the team with 30 service aces … Third on the team with 59 total blocks … Finished with 81 digs (1.00 digs per set) and 11 assists … Named Big West Player of the Week (Jan. 22) after racking up a career-high 24 kills while hitting .333 (24-9-45) with six total blocks in a 3-1 win at Pepperdine on Jan. 20 … Reached double-digit kill totals in 13 matches … Posted his lone double-double of the season with 13 kills and 11 digs in a 3-1 win vs. CSUN (Mar. 31) … Had another big game against the Waves with 22 kills while hitting .356 on Feb. 21 … Tallied 21 kills on two separate occasions; vs. Hawai’i on Apr. 7 and against CSUN in the Big West Tournament on Apr. 19 … Strung together three straight 13-kill performances at CSUN (Mar. 30), vs. CSUN (Mar. 31) and vs. Hawai’i (Apr. 6) … Logged a season-high seven total blocks in a 3-1 win at USC (Mar. 1) … Served up five service aces in a 3-0 sweep vs. Purdue Fort Wayne on Mar. 9 … Finished with multiple service aces in 10 matches.
2017: In his sophomore season, Chavers entered 22 matches and 78 sets ... Finished with 179 kills (2.29 per set), a .152 hitting percentage, 17 aces (0.22 per set), 70 digs (0.90 per set) and 57 blocks (0.73 per set) ... Ranked second on the team in kills per set, kills, total aces, and blocking ... Was at his best in early February, notching double-digit-kills in three straight matches from Feb. 3-8, including a season-high 18 at Hawai'i on Feb. 4 ... Had a total of five double-digit-kill performances ... Had 13 kills on a season-best .476 hitting percentage on Jan. 20 ... Had a season-high three aces in back-to-back matches against Long Beach State on Feb. 15 and UC San Diego on Feb. 24 ... Logged a 14-kill, 12-dig double-double at Pepperdine on Feb. 8, the first of his career ... Those dozen digs in Malibu were a season high.
2016: Made 15 appearances with 11 starts as a true freshman, playing in a total of 37 sets ... Notched 74 kills (2.0 per set), nine aces, 42 digs, and 13 blocks ... All of his appearances came in the first 21 matches of the season ... Started his career off in fine fashion, notching a season-high 12 kills over four games at No. 8 Lewis in the season opener on Jan. 2 ... Had his best all-around performance on Feb. 26 against Cal Baptist, tallying 10 kills on a season-high .412 hitting percentage with two aces and six digs ... Had a season-high three aces against UC San Diego on Feb. 12.
High School
Earned four varsity letters at Gahr High School under head coach Iris Murray ... Played outside hitter, middle blocker, and opposite for the Gladiators ... Led team in kills and blocks in both his junior and senior seasons ... Also led the Gladiators in aces as a senior ... Named the San Gabriel Valley League MVP in his senior season ... Two-time All-League and All-CIF Selection ... Was twice named to the Press-Telegram Dream Team ... Notable performances include: 29 kills, five blocks, five aces vs. Cathedral HS in the Third Round of the CIF Playoffs in 2015 and 23 kills, five blocks, three aces, eight digs vs. Camarillo High School in the CIF Second Round in 2014 ... Gladiators were Co-League Champs in 2015 ... Made it to the CIF Semifinals in 2015 and the Finals in 2014 ... Also competed in basketball ... Was listed on the President's Honor Roll.
Club
Played for the HBC from 2013-14 and the Highline Volleyball Club from 2014-15.
Personal
Corey Chavers was born on Jan. 17, 1997 in West Hollywood ... Plans on majoring in psychology .... Favorite sports team is the Cleveland Cavaliers ... Enjoys reading The Giver by Lois Lowry ... Favorite flicks include Transformers: The Movie (1986), Black Swan, and The Raid series ... Listens to John Mayer, Chief Keef, and Jayo ... In his free time, likes to play videogames, watch Netflix, and sleep ... Favorite athlete is Chris Mullin ... Likes to watch The Office, Parks & Rec, and Doctor Who ... Was also recruited by CSUN, Lewis, and UCLA.
