UC Santa Barbara
2016: In his redshirt junior season, played in 24 matches and 81 sets ... Tallied 257 kills (3.17 per set), a .262 hitting percentage, 29 service aces, 100 digs, and 46 blocks ... Was second on the team in kills and aces ... In the MPSF, ranked sixth overall with 0.36 aces per set, 11th with 3.82 points per set, and 12th with 3.17 kills per set ... Had a .797 serve percentage ... Missed five of the final six matches of the season due to injury ... Had 10+ kills in 15 matches ... Best offensive performance of the season came on Feb. 24 vs. USC when had a career-high 18 kills on .500 hitting in just three sets ... Had three or more aces in four separate matches, including a career-high four against Quincy on Jan. 8.
2015: Emerged as a starter on the left side as a redshirt sophomore, appearing and starting in 24 matches ... On the year, totaled 214 kills (2.52 per set), a .195 hitting percentage, 12 assists, 23 service aces, 146 digs, 57 blocks, and 267.0 points ... Ranked 14th in the MPSF with a 1.72 digs per set average ... Had the second most aces among all Gauchos ... Placed third on the team in kills and digs per set ... Notched 10+ kills in half of his 24 appearances ... Started the season with a bang, putting down a match-high 15 kills in a 3-0 sweep of St. Francis on Jan. 8, almost twice as many as any other player from either team ... Recorded a career-high 16 kills on two separate occasions, Jan. 16 at Hawaii and Mar. 27 at USC ... Had two double-doubles on the season: 10 kills-11 digs at Long Beach State on Mar. 11 and 16 kills-10 digs vs. USC on Mar. 27 ... Was just three blocks away from a triple-double in that USC contest on Mar. 27, finishing with a career-high seven blocks ... Had multiple aces in six separate matches.
2014: Saw action in 20 out of 27 matches and 35 sets … Recorded a total of two kills, three service aces and three digs ... Spent most of the year as a serving specialist.
2013: Redshirted.
High School
Earned three letters at Westlake High under coach Doug Magorich ... Played outside hitter for the Warriors ... Made the All-Marmonte League First Team three times ... twice made the All-County Team ... Was named a First Team High School All-American by the AVCA and Second Team All-American by Volleyball Magazine.
Club
Played for the Legacy and Pali volleyball clubs.
Personal
Born Sep. 25, 1994 to Rod and Becky Delson ... Has two older siblings, Ryan and Lauren ... Aspires to become a real estate agent ... Roots for the Lakers, Chargers, Dodgers, and Borussia Dortmund of the German Bundesliga ... Favorite read is Salinger's Catcher in the Rye ... Listens to Young Empires, Foster the People, and Lil' B ... Enjoys playing beach volleyball and hanging out with friends in his spare time ... Favorite movies are Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie and Stepbrothers ... Kobe Bryant, Matt Kemp, Andrea Pirlo, and Shinji Kagawa are his favorite athletes ... Lists It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, South Park, and Dexter as his favorite TV shows ... Calls winning the Marmonte League title during his senior year as his most memorable athletic achievement.
